Under the auspices of Her Excellency (H.E.) the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) celebrated its 40th anniversary (1983-2023). The festivities started on Monday, December 11, 2023 and culminated on Sunday, December 17, 2023, with a Celebratory Event, which took place at the Foundation's headquarters in Heraklion, Crete.

In the framework of the Celebrations of the 40^th anniversary of FORTH, the Gender Equality and anti-Discrimination Committee organized an event entitled "40 years of FORTH: Honoring Women in Research".

“Innodays 2023” was organized by the Region of Crete on the 24-26 of November 2023.

Within the framework of the Research Project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024) supported by the A. S. Onassis Foundation, the IMS-FORTH, in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Center for Hellenistic Studies (ACHS), organizes a monthly online lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism (3rd-7th c. CE).

Wednesday, November 8 2023, 19:30, Vikelaia Municipal Library of Heraklion.

Co-organised by the University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS/FORTH)

The conference is part of the research project Leaders and Crisis Management in Ancient Greek Literature, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation and hosted at IMS/FORTH. Its aim is to trigger a broad reflection on the phenomenon of crisis in Antiquity, by focusing on terms and concepts.

The 5^th annual Nicholas Kylafis Distinguished Lecture will be given for 2023 by the distinguished astrophysicist Professor Seven Balbus, the Savilian Chair of Astronomy at Oxford University (UK).