The 7th Quantum Technology Conference will take place on 7-9 October 2025 in Crete, Greece, hosted by the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). The conference will focus on quantum technology applications in space with a particular emphasis on new initiatives and international collaborations, quantum community goals, new strategic challenges, technical developments and breakthroughs, emerging opportunities, both commercial and institutional.

Registration is now open!

The 2nd Summer School of the TWINN2SET project will be held from June 30 to July 4, 2025.

The Summer School includes a series of lectures, workshops and lab tours. For the second consecutive year, the Summer School is organized by the Institute of Geoenergy/FORTH in collaboration with the Technical University of Crete within the framework of the EU-funded project TWINN2SET (Twinning to Sustainable Energy Transition).

PRAXI Network, as a member of the Enterprise Europe Network and coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, is co-organising a B2B matchmaking event within the framework of the Balkonnect Festival 2025, which is an annual entrepreneurship and innovation festival that will take place in Pristina, Kosovo, at the Emerald Hotel.
Under the motto “Business Without Borders”, the festival aims to connect entrepreneurs and investors from across the Balkans and wider Europe. It aspires to strengthen cross-border cooperation and foster innovation throughout the region.

PRAXI Network, member of the Enterprise Europe Network and coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, is participating as a co-organiser in the FEINDEF 2025 brokerage event, which will take place on May 12–14, 2025, within the framework of the International Defence and Security Exhibition FEINDEF 2025 in Madrid, Spain.

PRAXI Network, a unit of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), is organizing an InfoDay & Networking Event titled “Connecting Research with Defense Industry”, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, within the framework of the Defence Exhibition Athens (DEFEA) 2025 at Metropolitan Expo, in Athens.

Recent publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters: New findings by an international team of astrophysicists, based on data collected by IXPE, have revealed the mechanism that creates the bright X-ray radiation, which is associated with the extremely powerful plasma jets that erupt from supermassive black holes.

PRAXI Network, a member of the Enterprise Europe Network and coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, in collaboration with DEFEA 2025, is organizing a matchmaking event within the framework of the international defense and security exhibition DEFEA – Defence Exhibition Athens 2025.

The workshop is organized by Dr. Yorgos Moraitis and Prof. Gelina Harlaftis and is scheduled for 6 May 2025 at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies-FORTH, in the old town, 130 Nikiforou Fokas and Melissinou, Rethymnon.

Τhe International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), entitled "Cell biology of the nervous system”, is held at the Fodele Beach Hotel in Crete, 5-8 May 2025, with the active participation and co-organisation of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas.

FORTH announces the 34rt call for the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Basilis Xanthopoulos and Stephanos Pnevmatikos. For 2025, proposals that fall under the thematic cycle of Social Sciences and Humanities are accepted.

The closing date is Friday 18 July 2025.