From research to business: how to build a successful start-up
Turning research into a thriving business is no easy task. Science-based spin-offs and startups need support mechanisms to embark on an entrepreneurial path and use the intellectual assets as the basis for a successful company. What structures, programmes and services help them turn ideas into market-ready products and solutions useful for society? As the EU […]
How To Pick The Right AI Agent
Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash UNSPLASH.COM If generative AI was the first frontier in artificial intelligence, AI agents are the next. We’ve reached a point where startups are posting job listings—not for humans, but for AI agents (or those who build them). It might be a clever PR move, but it’s not a gimmick. […]
How To Start Using AI Agents To Transform Your Business
Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash UNSPLASH.COM I’m calling it now—2025 is the year of the AI agent. These autonomous systems can actually make decisions and perform actions without human prompting, so it makes sense that savvy business leaders are looking to integrate them into their operations. But like all things AI, implementing agents into […]
Open and secure: how to valorise your research results in an uncertain global environment?
The panel will be moderated by Nienke Buisman, Head of Unit for International Cooperation (Asia, Pacific, Africa & the Middle East) at Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, with the following speakers: Katleen Janssen, Legal Counsel for Export Control and Knowledge Security at KU Leuven (Belgium) Fabrizio Barberis, Assistant Professor at the University of Genoa (Italy), […]
How To Challenge Assumptions And Unlock Your Team’s Potential At Work
How To Challenge Assumptions And Unlock Your Team’s Potential At Work getty What’s holding your team back from reaching its full potential? It’s not always a lack of talent or resources—it’s assumptions. You know, that little voice in your head that tells you things are one way, even though they might not be. Assumptions are […]
How To Stop Worrying And Embrace AI
Photo by Rob Pinney Getty Images As a father of three, I’ve spent quite a bit of time checking around rooms for monsters. During daylight hours, my kids are inquisitive and confident. But at night, after their teeth are brushed and it’s time to turn out the lights for sleep, a new fear takes over. […]
How to Create More Good Jobs by Simon Johnson
At least since the 2008 global financial crisis, widespread frustration with stagnant economic prospects and deep regional disparities in developed countries has fueled increasingly dangerous forms of anger. But there are constructive ways forward, as the example of the 2022 US CHIPS and Science Act shows. WASHINGTON, DC – In many countries, innovation and good […]
How To Really Drive Innovation And Reignite Economic Growth
Whoever forms the next U.K. Government must find a way of boosting growth, and encouraging … [+] innovation will be key. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Getty Images Earlier this week, Peter Kyle, the Labour Party’s shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, pledged that if victorious in next month’s U.K. General Election […]
How to fingerprint a fish
All along the supply chain, vendors often pass off cheaper fish species as their more valuable counterparts. When one fish fillet looks much like another, misidentification and even deliberate fraud are easy. An EU-funded project has pioneered simple DNA fingerprinting techniques that help consumers get the fish they pay for. The challenge When is a […]
Helen Toner: How to govern AI — even if it’s hard to predict
No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former board member of OpenAI. But that doesn’t mean we can’t govern it. She shows how we can make smart policies to regulate this technology even as we struggle to predict where it’s headed — and why the right […]