The EPN Consulting Newsletter No. 116 | April 2020
The Editorial
Dear Colleague,
The majority of us in Europe are experiencing a long period of lockdown in our houses, working from home (for those jobs that allow it), sharing the flat 24/7 with family (never happened before..!), new habits to build, new way of doing business and new ways of keeping ourselves professionally updated. This last item of new kind of lifestyle shows... Read more
Record number of applications to the EIC Accelerator Pilot: over 1,000 ideas to help tackle the Coronavirus outbreak
The European Commission received approximately 4,000 applications for the 20-March deadline of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Pilot programme - more than double the usual amount. The upsurge is partly due to the call for ideas to help tackle the Coronavirus outbreak; over 1,000 startups and small and medium-sized companies with innovations relating to preventing the impact and spread of the coronavirus applied. Read more
EU
ETSI group sets out to define alternative to TCP/IP for 5G
ETSI created a new Industry Specification Group (ISG) designed to find alternative technologies to the 1970s-era TCP/IP-based networking protocols deemed inadequate for today’s 5G networks. Read more
Horizon Europe: Grounds for investment
Back in 2010, EU Member State leaders agreed to invest 3% of the bloc’s GDP in Research and Innovation. Ten years later, Members States have shamelessly failed to reach this target. The current EU programme for research, development and innovation, Horizon 2020, worth about €77bn, is Europe’s main tool for achieving this. At the same time, new priorities have been presented by the new Commission. So, how will Horizon Europe fit into this new landscape?
EU
Why COVID-19 should not stop your green ambitions
Mr Angelo Salsi, Head of Unit of the LIFE Programme at EASME, recently spoke to us about the new-look 2020 LIFE call for project proposals.
Q) How did the crisis affect the launch of the 2020 LIFE call for project proposals?
A) Thankfully, the COVID-19 crisis did not stop or alter the launch of our call. Even though we are all working remotely, we managed to publish our call on 02 April as planned. 
EU
The Website of the Month: European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN)
The European Trade Mark and Design Network (ETMDN), envisaged in the EUIPO’s first Strategic Plan (2011-2015) was the result of a collaborative and cooperative effort between the Office and its national and regional office partners, supported by user associations and international organisations.

Under Strategic Plan 2016-2020, the work continues. Cooperation on IP within the EU became part of the core business of the EUIPO upon the entry into force of Regulation 2015/2424 on 23 March 2016. In the light of this new mandate, the European Trade Mark and Design Network was renamed the European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN).

This cooperation has five strands. Each strand contains at least one project, which is supported by a working group comprising EU national and regional IP office experts, users, and, where relevant, experts from international organisations.

Upcoming Professional Events - find many more in our Events Section
07 May 2020 – EXTENDED Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020 [ERC-POC-LS] call ( European Research Council Proof of Concept Lump Sum Pilot)

12 May 2020 – EXTENDED Deadline to submit proposals to No.35 H2020 [ Clean Sky 2] calls

12 May 2020 – EXTENDED Deadline to submit proposals to No.6 H2020 [JTI-IMI2-2020-20-two-stage] calls ( Innovative Medicines Initiative – Stage 1)

12 May 2020 – Deadline to submit proposals to No.7 [ 2020 CEF Telecom] calls

14 May 2020 – EXTENDED Deadline to submit proposals to the H2020 [INFRASUPP-02-2020] call (CSA – Strengthening the human capital of research infrastructures)

14 May 2020 – EXTENDED Deadline to submit proposals to No.2 H2020 [H2020-INFRAIA-2018-2020] calls ( Integrating Activity)

14 May 2020 – EXTENDED Deadline to submit proposals to No.2 H2020 [INFRAINNOV-2019-2020] calls ( Innovation Pilots)

Events
Please note that many events and conferences are being cancelled or postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Visit events websites for updated information.

18-20 May 2020 – Lisbon (PT) – ITS EUROPEAN CONGRESS

26-27 May 2020 – Berlin (DE) – AMAA 2020 – 23rd International Forum on Advanced Microsystems for the Automotive Applications

27-28 May 2020 – Amsterdam (NL) – 3rd Conference on CLEAN BUSES in EUROPE

01-02 June 2020 – London (UK) – World Business Forum London

03-05 June 2020 – Rome (IT) – WEB ONLY – IEEE Event-Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT

16-18 June 2020 – Palermo (IT) – WEB ONLY – MELECON 2020 – 20th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference

22-26 June 2020 – Europe – EUSEW 2020 – EU Sustainable Energy Week
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