PATENTS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & ETHICAL ISSUES
Biotechnology covers a wide range of techniques that use living organisms; in particular, the Rio Declaration on Enviroment and Development of 5 June 1992 defines that “Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivates thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use”.
BLOCKCHAIN & IP
The concept of blockchain technology, presented for the first time in 2008 by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, regards to the possibility of creating a shared and transparent database, able to record and track transactions and resources; initially developed to manage and give evidence of exchanges through bitcoins, a digital currency based on cryptography (cryptocurrency), blockchain is a technology capable of a revolutionary impact on various sectors.
The European Commission, in its Communication of 02.07.2014 (COM 2014 – 442 Final) defines Big Data as “large amounts of different types of data produced with high velocity from a high number of various types of sources. Handling today’s highly variable and real-time datasets requires new tools and methods, such as powerful processors, software and algorithms.”.
Read MoreThe kick-off meeting of iDistributedPV project, funded by the European Union under Horizon 2020, was held on September 7th-8th, 2017 in Madrid.
The project, which brings together twelve expert entities in the photovoltaic solar sector from six different countries, from the prestigious Fraunhofer Institute to system operators, will analyze the existing barriers in Europe for the distribution of photovoltaics and will propose effective solutions for the development of this sector.
Read MoreThe kick-off meeting of TOMRES project was held on June 8th-9th, 2017 in Turin.
Read MoreThe kick-off meeting of TRIVALENT project was held on June 22nd, 2017 at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome.
Read MoreThe internal meeting of the TEAMS project, funded by the European Union Humanitarian Aid and Civil Portection ,took place on 30th June and 1st July at the Hotel Novarello in Via Dante Graziosi, 1 a Granozzo con Monticello (NO).
Read MoreThe second Kick-off meeting of TEAMS project was held on 21st January 2017 in Turin.
Read MoreThe Kick-off meeting of TEAMS project was held on 17th January 2017 at the Auditorium ERCC in Brussels.
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