INNOVATION

Innovation Greece 5.0 | Athens | January 26-27
ECONOMY

Innovation Greece 5.0, the conference on innovation in the country and on the entities supporting it, will be held on Friday and Saturday at EKEFE Democritus (27 Neapoleos, Agia Paraskevi, Athens) from 11 a.m.


Embracing military tech innovation
NEWS

The Greek armed forces are to link with local startups from which they can order advanced equipment and applications, according to draft legislation that will be opened to public consultation next week.


Research or inertia?
OPINION

Some things never change. Politicians may promise and brag, news media may report breathlessly on any inch of progress, and legions of people distinguished in their fields may devote money, time and their reputation to the cause, but Greece seems unable to invest seriously in research and innovation.

Greece ranked 42nd in Global Innovation Index
NEWS

Greece’s problem with innovation can be summed up in two sub-indices of the Global Innovation Index, whose 2023 edition was released on Wednesday by the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization.

Greek app aims to tackle food waste
SOCIETY

With every Greek throwing out nearly 100 kilograms of edibles every year – giving the country the fourth worst ranking for food waste in the European Union – a homegrown app seeks to promote a culture of greater sustainability.


Cyprus seen among EU’s innovators
INNOVATION

Cyprus has again been placed among the EU’s strongest innovators, for a second year in a row, according to the annual European Union innovation scoreboard, marking a significantly faster performance than the EU average.

EIT sets up info center in Cyprus
INNOVATION

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is about to set up an information center in Cyprus, called the EIT Community RIS Hub and is already in search of a national secretary to lead and coordinate it.



Users start innovating for themselves
ERIC VON HIPPEL

In a world of constant commercialization and patenting of every innovation, even those needed to cure very serious diseases, the lion’s share of the scientific community consisting of eminent experts propose the free sharing of knowledge and synergy between manufacturing companies and product users-perceivers to accelerate the development of new technologies.

Few Greek innovation leaders
ECONOMY

While Greece has picked up speed in terms of innovation and strengthening the technology sector, businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, still have a long way to go to boost their performance in this field, which is an obstacle for their further development.

Reversing Greece’s brain drain
SOCIETY

Greece’s Demokritos National Center for Scientific Research is preparing to receive deep-tech startups from NATO countries at its business accelerator in Agia Paraskevi, northern Athens, within the next year.


Greece an innovation laggard
TECHNOLOGY

Greece has made obvious leaps since 2015 in innovation, trying to close the gap with other pioneering countries. However, despite the improvement, its performance in various categories that make up the profile of an innovative country this year (funding and support, innovative businesses, intellectual property data, broadband penetration, human resources, etc) prove that Greece is far from the European average.