innovation

European Innovation Scoreboard 2022

The Commission has published today the 2022 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard, which reveals that the EU's innovation performance has grown by about 10% since 2015.

The EU and Japan open Horizon Europe association talks

Leaders at the EU-Japan Summit taking place in Tokyo agreed to start exploratory talks on Japan’s possible association to the EU's key research & innovation funding programme Horizon Europe. Association is the closest form of international cooperation on research and innovation with third countries, and it could pave the way for an intensified cooperation in research and innovation between the EU and Japan.

Strategic Meeting at Málaga TechPark

During the month of May 2022, the Ambassador of Japan, along with some embassy members, visited Málaga TechPark in Spain, to strengthen the relations of Japan with Málaga city from the scientific, business, technological, and cultural point of view.

Join Asia’s largest Open Innovation event: Innovation Leaders Summit 2022

The Innovation Leaders Summit (“ILS”), possibly Asia's largest open-innovation event, was held both online and offline in February this year. The next edition meant to take place from 29 November 2022 will continue as a hybrid event. The past on-line edition of ILS was held on 7-10 February, while the face-to-face event took place in Tokyo from 16 to 18 February.

'About Japan' webinar series 188: How to build trusting and long-lasting relations with Japanese partners (MIRAI case study)

Mar

2022

How can you overcome cultural differences and build trusting partnerships? – Experiences from MIRAI Japanese-Swedish university collaboration

Webinar 168: EU-Japan.AI Project (H2020)

Mar

2021

How to increase synchronisation and cooperation on AI and related digital technologies in manufacturing, with higher global impact?

Technology Transfer Webinar 13: How can SMEs practice open innovation with EU and Japanese universities and research centers?

Jul

2017

07-07-17 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CET How to build effective collaborations to practice open innovation?

Technology Transfer Webinar 11: Open Innovation and International Cooperation with Japanese Companies

Mar

2017

07-03-17 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CETHow to build collaborations with Japanese Companies?

Empowering EU-Japan Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation

Jun

2016

Empowering EU-Japan Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation - Key programmes to facilitate EU-Japan Cooperation:

Seminar report : Japan - the land of the rising business opportunities

Report on the 22 March 2016 "Japan - the land of the rising business opportunities" event organised in Poland by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation and the Polish Confederation Lewiatan

18th BRT Annual Meeting

Apr

2016

The 18th EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT) meeting took place at the Hotel New Otani, Tokyo on Wednesday, 20 April 2016.

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