On the occasion of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Region of Crete – Gender Equality Office and the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) are co-organizing an awareness event focused on the prevention and response to online violence and the protection of the mental health of children and adolescents, on Thursday 22 May 2025, 6:00pm-9:00pm, at the new Science and Cultural Center of the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH), housed in the historic neoclassical building of FORTH, on the corner of Averof & Zografou Street, in the city of Heraklion, Crete.

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.

The competition was held this year on 6 and 7 May in Georgioupolis, Chania, coordinated by the Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the Innovative Business Observatory (IBO) of the Region of Crete. STEP-C has been a long-standing participant in the EUSAIR POPRI Youth initiative, in the framework of its cooperation with Primorski Tehnološki Park in Slovenia, while this year it also took on the coordination of the Greek participation.

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.

FORTH will have a dynamic presence at the International Defence Exhibition Athens, taking place from May 6 to 8, 2025, at Metropolitan Expo, in Hall 1, Booth 08 of the Ministry of Development. Leading companies and organizations will showcase the latest technology, equipment and systems across land, sea and air. The exhibitionwas will be held under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of National Defence.

FORTH had a dynamic presence at the International Defence Exhibition Athens, taking place from May 6 to 8, 2025, at Metropolitan Expo, in Hall 1, Booth 08 of the Ministry of Development. Leading companies and organizations showcased the latest technology, equipment and systems across land, sea and air. The exhibitionwas held under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of National Defence.