Tag: The Innovation Platform Issue 01
Why we need marketing restrictions on unhealthy food for children
Kate Oldridge-Turner, Head of Policy & Public Affairs at World Cancer Research Fund, outlines why we need marketing restrictions on unhealthy food for children.
There...
ECCO on achieving the best possible quality of cancer care
The Innovation Platform speaks to European Cancer Organisation Chief Executive Mike Morrissey about how the upsurge of innovations in the field of cancer care.
Reaching...
Supporting the decarbonisation of transport in Scotland
The Innovation Platform speaks to EVA Scotland about their ambition to be the voice of the electric vehicle movement and to promote the decarbonisation...
Regenerative medicine: repairing fundamental issues
Recent European analysis has demonstrated that the European clinical trial landscape for regenerative medicine is falling behind.
The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) is an...
A world without wetlands is a world without water
The Innovation Platform speaks to Wetlands International Europe about how healthy and restored wetlands can contribute as nature-based solutions to the European Green Deal.
Wetlands...
The importance of co-operation between EU Member-States
The Innovation Platform speaks to Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, about his time at EDA, the importance of co-operation between EU Member-States.
After...
The Ocean Foundation discusses why we need to protect our oceans
The Innovation Platform speaks to The Ocean Foundation President Mark Spalding about why we need to protect our oceans.
The Ocean Foundation (TOF) responds to...
Driving allergic disease research in Europe
The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology are fighting for the advancement in the knowledge surrounding the complexity of allergic diseases.
Allergic diseases represent...
Immunotherapy research: today’s science is tomorrow’s medicine
Joan Seoane, Secretary General for the European Association for Cancer Research, speaks to The Innovation Platform about the importance of immunotherapy research.
The European Association...
Technology in sustainable agriculture
The Innovation Platform speaks to Innovation for Agriculture’s Dr Lisa Morgans about the latest technology in sustainable conservation agriculture.
In today’s changing environment, farmers must...
Achieving responsible aquaculture together
The Innovation Platform speaks to Global Aquaculture Alliance communication manager Steven Hedlund about the importance of achieving responsible aquaculture throughout the US and across...
Solving the storage conundrum to accelerate innovation in life sciences
The Innovation Platform speaks to Dale Brantly, Director of Worldwide Storage Systems Engineering at Panasas, about accelerating innovation in life sciences.
An inability to process...
Tackling global wildfires with satellite data
The Innovation Platform speaks to Global Forest Watch about the latest in global wildfire research through satellite data, technology and tools.
Recent years have been...
Connecting communities in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry speaks to TIP about how medicinal chemistry is at the forefront of recent breakthroughs in therapies that address unmet medical...
Debunking myths about electric vehicles
ChargePoint’s Policy Director UK & Ireland, Tanya Sinclair, speaks to The Innovation Platform about some of the most common myths about electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles...
ESAs plans for the future of space and defence
ESA Director-General Jan Wörner speaks to TIP about space debris and ESAs plans for removal, as well as about Space19+ and the contentious issue...
Tackling problems in the coffee industry
Hanna Neuschwander from World Coffee Research discusses some of the current issues facing the coffee industry.
The global coffee crop is increasingly threatened by climate...
Inland ports as innovation hubs
Seemingly unappealing inland ports are being called upon to use traditional modes of transport in innovative and sustainable ways in order the tackle our...
Discussing innovation in the space sector with the European Commission
The Innovation Platform met with the Director General of the European Commission’s DG CONNECT in Brussels to discuss innovation in the space sector.
The 12th...
Capturing complex and emergent properties in molecular biology
Meet NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering – a paradigm shift focusing on molecular factories, cellular systems and the improvement of health.
The National Centres of Competence...