On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Crete University Press (CUP), a unit of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), is organizing a celebratory event on Friday, March 28th at its new bookstore, housed within the Science and Cultural Center of FORTH, at the intersection of Zografou and Averof Streets, in Heraklion city center.

Under the theme "Innovation in Crete: Artificial Intelligence, the Day After," the Innovation Crete Conference returns to Crete for its sixth consecutive year! The central focus of this year’s conference is: What comes next in research and entrepreneurship following the advent of Artificial Intelligence? What initiatives are being undertaken by institutional bodies to integrate Artificial Intelligence?

The Seminar will take place at the Conference Centre of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou str.-Platani Patras, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (16.00).

Speaker: Prof. Francesco Dondero, Department of Science and Technological Innovation,University of Eastern Piedmont “Amedeo Avogadro«, Italy

For those who wish to attend the seminar remotely, please check the monitoring link: https://iceht-forth.webex.com/meet/Seminar

The Seminar will be in English.

The Municipality of Rethymnon and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) are organizing for the year 2025 a series of lectures addressed to the general public of Rethymnon. In these talks, open to everyone, the Institute's researchers will present elements of their research work in an accessible way, followed by a discussion.

The second lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 20.00 by Marinos Sariyannis, a researcher at IMS-FORTH, who will present some aspects of the relationship of the Ottomans with the supernatural element during the early modern period, i.e. until the early 19th century.

The Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, with the support of the Municipality of Heraklion, is organizing two stargazing nights dedicated to the impressive parade of planets that currently adorns the night sky, on Saturday 8th of March and on Sunday 9th of March 2025, at 19:00 - 21:00, Heraklion Walls, Jesus Bastion.

The Institute of Computer Science of FORTH is organizing a 3-hour workshop on “Gender Issues in Computer Science”. The workshop will take place in person at the Georgios Lianis Auditorium of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, with remote participation supported via video conferencing (Zoom), on Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 14:30 to 17:45 EET.

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, was officially inaugurated in a grand ceremony, on Monday February 17th, 2025. The inaguration ceremony was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop of Crete, Eugenios.

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of FORTH, is organizing two lectures in the new field of "Systems Therapeutics Drug Discovery", which will be given by Prof. Manolis Dermitzakis and Prof. Nikos Katsanis, pioneers in this new and groundbreaking research area.

The lectures will take place -in english-, on February 17, 2025 at 12:00 at G. Lianis amphitheater, FORTH central building.

The Municipality of Rethymnon and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) are organizing for the year 2025 a series of lectures addressed to the general public of Rethymnon.

The first lecture wil take place on Monday, February 10, 2025 at 19.30 pm by Nikos Potamianos, a researcher at the IMS-FORTH, who will present how women participated in the Athenian carnival from the final years of Ottoman rule until the Second World War.

The Laboratory of Geophysical Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeoenvironment (GeoSat ReSeArch Lab) of Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of FORTH, in collaboration with the PROSPECT International Thematic Network and COASTLINE Project (Coastal Zone Environment and Geo-Sciences - https://www.coastline-msca.eu) will organize the workshop: "Imaging the cultural dynamics in the transition zones with geoinformatics."