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The Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas is the premier multidisciplinary research institution in Greece with well-organized facilities, highly qualified personnel & a reputation as a top-level research institution worldwide https://www.forth.gr
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🌍🔬 November 10, 2025 |𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 & 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭,UNESCO
🎉FORTH celebrates this day by honoring the fundamental role of science in promoting peace,social progress & sustainable development worldwide 👉 bit.ly/4oUqkdQ
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November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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In a significant step toward creating safer digital spaces for young users,TikTok has partnered with @forth-ite.bsky.social supported by the Greek Safer Internet Center SaferInternet4Kids, to launch a new initiative aimed at empowering parents & guardians in Greece
👉 en.protothema.gr/2025/11/05/t...
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🔷The event is organized by the Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (HDHC) and it is dedicated to showcasing EU-funded initiatives & collaborative efforts in digital health led by innovative organizations based in Crete.

📑 View the agenda & register for the event: hdhc.gr/el/node/216
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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🇬🇷🤝 🇩🇪 The Head of Economic Affairs of the German Embassy, Mr. Frank Werner, visited FORTH premises in Heraklion today, Tuesday November 4, 2025.

More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CxT...
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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✨The 7th Annual Nick Kylafis Distinguished Lecture was successfully held today (29/10), featuring the renowned astrophysicist Prof. Roger Blandford. The lecture, was entitled “New Horizons in Extreme Electrodynamics of Black Holes and Neutron Stars.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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FORTH welcomed Cisco to its premises at the Science&Technology Park of Crete marking the official launch of the company’s🆕office in Crete.The🤝between Greece’s leading research institution & the global tech leader Cisco,highlights Crete’s growing role as a hub for tech & innovation bit.ly/Cisco_Crete
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🌏🌿 @imsforth.bsky.social promotes research, education and public awareness on landscapes through initiatives such as TOPIO and GEOLAND projects, highlighting the role of Geoinformatics and Citizen Science in understanding Europe’s landscapes.

👉 bit.ly/Internationa...
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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🌿 The Statistical Learning Lab of the Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics of FORTH applies machine learning to predict olive oil sensory attributes &detect adulteration,offering a faster,data-driven alternative to traditional expert panel testing
bit.ly/WorldFood-Day

#OliveOilResearch
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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✍️ A Memorandum of Intent (MoI) was signed today, Thursday 9/10, between @forth-ite.bsky.social and @esa.int
within the framework of the Conference, aiming to further strengthen their ongoing successful collaboration.

👉 bit.ly/ESA_MoI
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🚀 @esa.int & @forth-ite.bsky.social are co-organizing the 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, taking place on October 7–9, 2025, on FORTH’s premises in Heraklion, Crete.

👉 bit.ly/Conference_ESA
October 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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▪️ Did you know that by 2050 almost one in three Europeans will be over 65❓
👵👴Active and healthy living is not just a priority-it is a necessity!
✨At ICS-FORTH,the Centre for eHealth Applications &Services (CeHA) contributes to the vision of healthy living for all with key activities
bit.ly/42keNf2
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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✨Researchers’ Night 2025 at FORTH, brought together over 2.000 visitors of all ages in an exciting journey of science 🔬& discovery🔍
🙏 Warm thanks to everyone who joined us and to our supporters!
🎉 We look forward to welcoming you again next year!

🎥 bit.ly/4nvqZCd
September 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🎉 The MAYA Project has officially launched!
🎯Empower adolescents & young adults who survived cancer,by using smart mirror technology & AI-powered tools to improve cardiovascular health & quality of life
✔️Project Coordinator:University of Ioannina
✔️ 16 partners-11 countries
ℹ️ forth.gr/en/news/show...
July 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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👩‍🔬🔬On Wednesday, July 9, in the framework of the Onassis Lectures 2025, Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold delivered a compelling–open to the public-speech on harnessing the power of evolution to engineer enzymes and proteins with new or improved functions.
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➡️ bit.ly/3UgEQ21
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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🔸The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2025
🔸Prof. Frances Arnold (2018 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry) will give a public speech entitled “Innovation by Evolution”, on Wednesday,July 9 🕗20:00
📍G.Lianis Auditorium of FORTH, Heraklion Crete
👉 bit.ly/onassis_lect...

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July 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🤝We had the honor to welcome at FORTH today,a delegation from the National Innovation Center Par Excellence (NICE) & the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI), headed by Prof.Qing Liu, President of NICE/JITRI.
More info: www.facebook.com/FORTH.ITE/po...

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We had the honor to welcome at FORTH today, a delegation from the National Innovation Center Par Excellence (NICE) and the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI), headed by Prof. Qing Liu, President of NICE/JITRI. The visit included presentations by Prof. Qing Liu and Prof. Dimitris Plexousakis, FORTH’s Vice President and ICS Director, focusing on the mission, research activities, and strategic priorities of both organizations, followed by a fruitful discussion on possible areas of collaboration, and a guided lab tour at the Institute of Computer Science and the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, visiting the Distributed Computing Systems and Cybersecurity lab, the Ambient Intelligence Program, the Photonics for Heritage Science Group and the Ultrafast laser Micro and Nano-processing group. This visit builds upon a Memorandum of Understanding signed between FORTH and NICE/JITRI in 2019, which set the framework for bilateral cooperation in high technology and industrial research, including joint projects in informatics, biotechnology, energy, materials, lasers, and other cutting-edge fields. We would like to warmly thank the NICE/JITRI Delegation members: Prof. Qing Liu, President of NICE/JITRI, Dr. Paul Burrows, Former Vice President of JITRI and Secretary General of the WAITRO, Ms. Xin Yao, Assistant Director of the Overseas Cooperation Department and Representative in the Netherlands, Mr. Cheng Xu, Representative in Northern Europe and Ms. Lilly Liu, Senior Manager of the Overseas Cooperation Department, for their visit and strong interest in fostering long-term scientific collaboration. On behalf of FORTH, Dr. Emmanuel Stratakis, Acting Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Prof. Electra Gizeli, Vice-Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology and Prof. Vasiliki Pavlidou, Acting Director of the Institute of Astrophysics, participated in the meeting.
June 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🌊🔉 Sound travels better in water than light – and that’s what makes underwater acoustics so powerful!

At FORTH’s Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM),our Underwater Acoustics Group has been listening to the ocean since 1985 🎧

bit.ly/3Hzhodn

#WorldOceansDay #OurOceanOurFuture
June 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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🌱FORTH for Environment & Climate Protection🌏

✔️Waste registration in the Electronic Waste Register
✔️High-efficiency, low-energy units
✔️LED lighting, inverter motors, centralized energy management systems
✔️2 photovoltaic plants, electric vehicles+EV charging stations, Nearly Zero Energy🏠
June 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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💎 Prof. Gelina Harlaftis, Director of @imsforth.bsky.social received the John R. Lyman Award in Maritime History of the North American Society for Oceanic History, in May 2025, for her book "Onassis Business History, 1924–1975", Brill 2024.
May 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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📸𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨

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May 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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🏅 @forth-ite.bsky.social accepts proposals for the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of B.Xanthopoulos-St.Pnevmatikos 2025

📚 Thematic cycle: Social Sciences and Humanities
⌛️ Closing date for the proposals Friday 18/7/2025

🔗 bit.ly/FORTH_Award

#UniversityExcellence #FORTHAward
April 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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🎉 #GirlsinICT Day
🗓 24th of April
🌍 A Global Day of Inspiration for Girls & Young Women in Tech!
Since 2011, the ITU has established Girls in ICT Day to promote female participation in STEM & ICT fields,with the goal to inspire the next generation of innovators, researchers, and digital creators!
April 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🌺Warm wishes for a Happy Easter!

#Easter2025 #EasterWishes #Easterholidays
April 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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🌟𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐒𝐀 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞🌟

📅 7-9 October 2025
📍 Location: @forth-ite.bsky.social, Heraklion, Crete

🌐 Learn more & register now: 👉 nikal.eventsair.com/7th-quantum-...
👉 forth.gr/en/news/show...
April 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Nektarios Tavernarakis, Prof. at the Medical School of the Uni. of Crete & Chairman of FORTH was unanimously elected President of the European Molecular Biology Conference, for a 4-year term starting in January 2025

➡️ He is the first Greek to hold this position
#EMBC
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February 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM