The conference is organised in the framework of the project LACRIMALit, IMS/FORTH, with the collaboration of the Postgraduate Programme in Classical Studies of the University of Crete and it will be held at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Nikiforou Foka 130 & Melissinou, Rethymnon) from 14th to 15th of November.

On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, the FORTH’s Friends Association is organizing an event titled “Artificial Intelligence; Blessing or Curse?” at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry, on the occasion of the “Miltiadis Karatzis” Award ceremony, which is given to a PhD candidate of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, in memory of late Miltiadis Karatzis. This year’s awardee, Ms. Ioanna Pandi, a PhD Candidate at the Biology Department of UoC, who carries out her PhD in the laboratory of Dr. Panayiota Poirazi at FORTH, was unanimously selected by the designated committee.

The Institute of Chemical Engineering & High Temperature Chemical Processes of FORTH (today, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences) was founded in 1984 and operates in Patras. Τhe "40^th Anniversary Event of ICE-HT", was held on Friday, November 8^th 2024, at the Auditorium of the ICE-HT Conference Centre.

Dr. Maria Charisi, Associated Research Fellow at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IA-FORTH) and Assistant Professor at Washington State University, in the USA, has been awarded the 2024 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Greek Award for Women in Science, in the field of Natural Sciences.

Scientists from the Foundation for Research & Technology -Hellas (FORTH), the National Centre for Scientific Research -NCSR “Demokritos” and the Athena Research Center, visited China between 12-19 October 2024, aiming to foster collaboration between the two countries.

The Seminar will take place at the Auditorium of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT) Conference Centre (Stadiou str.-Platani Patras), on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 (12.00).

Speaker: Athanasios Nenes, Professor of Atmospheric Processes and heads the Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

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.

ERC funds scientists to map Galaxy in 3D: Torsten Enßlin (Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics), Philipp Mertsch (RWΤΗ Aachen University) & Vasiliki Pavlidou (Inst. of Astrophysics-FORTH), have been awarded a highly competitive European Research Council Synergy Grant) aiming to create the first three-dimensional, comprehensive atlas of our Milky Way galaxy.

A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed on Tuesday 29th of October, by the president of FORTH, Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis, and the President of the Economic Chamber of Eastern Crete, Mr. Evangelos Glakas. The two organizations aim to leverage the expertise of their scientific teams on issues of common interest concerning the country's social and economic life. This collaboration will focus on joint research activities, educational programs, studies, and events to promote the Digital Economy.

In the framework of the World Space Week celebration, the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH in collaboration with the Department of Physics of the University of Crete are organizing an event (in Greek) at the Department of Physics, on Friday 25 October 2024 (18:00-21:00).

The 14th Scientific Retreat of FORTH took place with great success, on October 11-13 at the Conference Center of the International Olympic Academy (IOA) in Ancient Olympia, under the patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The location of this year’s Retreat, which coincides with an Olympic year, was selected to highlight the close link between research and culture and their mutual contribution to human progress.