The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) and the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), are co-organizing a two-day event, entitled “Crete and the Sea.” The opening event will take place on Monday, 9 February 2026, at 18:00, in the “Kastellaki” Hall at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry, where citizens and local stakeholders will have the opportunity to be informed about the work carried out at the two Research Centers. The Scientific Workshop will be held on Tuesday, 10 February 2026, from 10:00 to 17:30, at the HCMR Amphitheatre at CRETAquarium, in Gournes, Heraklion.

Praxi Network, as a National Contact Point for the European Innovation Council (EIC), and EISMEA (European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency) co-organize an Online Info Day on the EIC Work Programme 2026, which will take place on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 (10:00–12:30, Greece time). The event will focus on the new Work Programme and the calls for proposals to be launched in 2026. It is addressed to researchers of all levels, from all scientific fields, research and academic institutions, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Τhe Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) is organizing a lecture entitled " Tides of labor: gender and mobility in social history from the South Atlantic". The Lecture will take place on Tuesday, January 27, (19:30), at IMS-FORTH, 130 Nikiforou Foka and Melissinou, in the old down, Rethymnon.

The activities of “Contact Point” at FORTH is an original series of public discussions, each featuring a FORTH scientist and a distinguished artist. “Contact Point” brings Science and Culture into Creative Dialogue, fostering open and meaningful communication of science through art.
The third event of the series, entitled entitled “Back to the Future: When Yesterday meets Tomorrow”, will take place on Monday, January 26, 2026, at 18:00 at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion, in the Experimental Theatre Hall, co-organized with DEPANAL S.A.

The Natural History Museum of Crete is organizing three events under the title “A century of light”, for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the electrification of the city of Heraklion. The first event is organized in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH.

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 events will take place at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in the old town, 130 Nikiforou Fokas and Melissinou.

The sixth lecture titled "Crete in the Ottoman Era", will take place on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 19.30 by Antonis Anastasopoulos, Yannis Spyropoulos and Petros Kastrinakis.

The 14^th Distinguished Lecture "Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes" of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), will take place on Monday, December 15, 2025 at the institute's conference center and it is open to the public.

“Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes” Distinguished Lectures are organized every year by FORTH/ICE-HT in Patras, to honor the memory of A. C. Payatakes (1945-2009), Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Director of ICE-HT (1999-2006), and Chairman of FORTH from 2006 until his passing, on the 29th November 2009.

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 events will take place at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in the old town, 130 Nikiforou Fokas and Melissinou.

The fifth lecture titled “Two Painters from Crete”, will take place on Monday, December 1st, at 20:30, by Panagiotis Ioannou, Professor at the University of Crete & collaborating faculty member of IMS–FORTH and Popi Sfakianaki, Lecturer at the University of Crete & Postdoctoral Researcher at IMS–FORTH.

The Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas will have a dynamic presence, with keynote speeches, participation in panel discussions, and numerous innovative, cutting edge exhibits, in the Innovation Exhibition InnoDays 2025. The exhibition is organized by the Region of Crete, implemented by the Innovation Business Observatory (IBO) of Crete Region, and will take place on 28–30 November at the International Exhibition Center of Crete. The event is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Development and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation.

The presentation of Christina Agriantoni’s book “Hermoupolis of Syros, 1823–1940. An Early Industrial City in the Aegean Sea” will take place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 19:30, at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in Rethymno.