The finalists of ACES 2013 are proof that Europe has the ingredients to create the best of high tech start-ups, while their founders are inspiring entrepreneur role models. But more support is needed to help others learn from – and build on – these exemplars
Funding model “red line” for Council, but compromises in other areas may be enough to secure agreement, say Irish officials
The League of European Research Universities has once again hit out at IP rules and funding levels in the EU’s Innovative Medicines Initiative, saying academics will be discouraged from taking part in the €2B collaborative research programme
If Europe is serious about boosting innovation it needs to create a single market for innovation, reducing bureaucracy, allowing greater cross-border cooperation and promoting the development and mobility of skills, says leading industrialist Nani Beccalli-Falco
There are fine lines to tread – and regulatory, technical and cultural obstacles to negotiate – to protect the IP rights that underpin commercialisation and defend individual privacy when opening up and interconnecting Big Data stores