One of our team members, George Vafakos, had the opportunity to attend the 4th Training School “Bridging Science and Innovation: Translating Plasma Medicine into Clinic and to the Market” of the PlasTHER Cost Action.

The participants had the opportunity to present their work and elaborate on the projects they are involved in.

This training school prepares early career researchers to transition plasma medicine research into market applications through expert-led sessions on technology transfer, commercialization, and regulatory aspects. It covers key topics like intellectual property, standardization, clinical applications, and science communication, with insights from startup founders and industry experts.

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Based on the paper: Personalised in silico biomechanical modelling towards the optimisation of high dose-rate brachytherapy planning and treatment against prostate cancer published in Frontiers in Physiology

Caption: We explored recently a novel computational approach that can enhance the accuracy of high dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BRT), a therapeutic modality against prostate cancer. HDR-BRT involves temporary insertion of radioactive source-carrying catheters into the prostate. However, catheter insertion is a task that is highly dependent on the experience of the treating physician which in turn defines the accuracy and therapeutic outcome of brachytherapy.

Welcome to the 2025 edition of the EIC Summit, Europe’s prime event where deeptech meets policy.

Join us for two dynamic days featuring exclusive workshops, pitching sessions, unparalleled networking opportunities and groundbreaking projects. Register now Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with key players shaping Europe’s deeptech landscape. Explore groundbreaking EIC projects and discover how the EIC can support your innovations on their path to market.

Agenda Wednesday 2 April 2025 – EIC beneficiaries day Day 1, 2 April 2025, is an invitation only day, exclusively for and will be fully dedicated to EIC beneficiaries with workshops covering diverse issues, such as investments, IP, or scaling up your company.

Beneficiaries day programme Thursday 3 April 2025 – Flagship event Day 2, 3 April 2025, is our flagship event, open to all interested stakeholders – immerse yourself in inspiring plenary speeches, visionary insights, and the thrilling celebration of the EIC Prizes awards! Flagship event programme Speakers Hear from the pioneers of innovation in Europe, visionary scientists, entrepreneurs, investor and policy makers to get inspired. Discover the speakers! Networking Benefit from great networking oportunties. Upon registration, download the dedicated EIC Summit networking app. Be ready to schedule your meetings and network through the whole event! Project exhibition The Summit will showcase an exhibition of projects funded by the European Innovation Council across various schemes. More details on the exhibitors will be shared soon! Satellite events Two satellite events will take place during the EIC Summit 2025: the EIC Community Training – Artificial intelligence (AI) tools for innovators on 1 April in Brussels, and the Pathfinder Challenges Info Day on 4 April at Borschette. Discover them and register now! EIC Prizes Stay tuned and discover the winners of the European Innovation Council Prizes! On 2 April, we will award the winners of the European Innovation Procurement Awards, and on 3 April, the European Prize for Women Innovators. Get to know more about the EIC Prizes. Venue The EIC Summit 25 will take place in the historical Tour & Taxis site on the Brussels Canal.

Have a look to the venue details! EIC Summit 2024 Curious about the previous edition?                                                                                                                                                            Go to the EIC Summit 2024 edition for recording, photos and more.

BUDAPEST 2025

In 2025, one of the most important regional event for medtech researchers, startups, QA (Quality Assurance) & RA (Regulatory Affairs) professionals, manufactures and investors and will take place in a new two-day format. The event is unmissable due to its highly professional content on all segments of the medical device industry and the unique international business networking opportunities.

Technological innovations, regulatory trends, development resources, regulatory expectations, and best manufacturing practices will continue to be in focus – all in one place at the MedTech Summit Budapest Conference!

The event supports business development opportunities with targeted B2B meetings, as this event has become one of the most important meeting points for healthcare industry participants. The record-breaking number of participants each year attests that this event is not to be missed. Leaders from healthcare, medical technology, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic companies, as well as ministries, authorities, research institutions, universities, test labs, consultants, and notified bodies, will all be present from all around the world.

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The European Health Data and Innovation Summit is an event on the future of healthcare, focusing on the use of health data and innovative technologies.

The meeting will bring together experts from the public sector, the private sector and the European institutions to present the latest solutions to support the development of personalised medicine and the improvement of health services. The European Health Data Space (EHDS) and innovations in healthcare will be the main topics of debate.

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will be organized by

National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele – Bucharest, Romania &

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

WELCOME TO THE ICPIG 2025 – JULY 20TH/25TH – AIX EN PROVENCE, FRANCE

The International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), now in its XXXVI edition, since 1953 has been a forum for the discussion of nearly all fields of plasma science, covering modelling and experiments, from the fundamentals of elementary processes, basic data and discharge physics (including transport and interaction with walls), to applications. Topics include low and high pressure thermal and non-thermal plasmas including non-thermal plasmas in fusion devices and atmospheric and stellar plasmas, from modelling to diagnostics, from surface processing to plasma medicine, environmental protection and pollution control, plasma aerodynamics…

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Join the event to discover the range of services at your disposal to ease the first steps of the path to market of your Pathfinder results. The event will be opened by the EIC Board President providing an opportunity to participants to hear about the EIC Board, the role and vision of the EIC Board President. Feature sessions will cover the EIC Business Acceleration, the EIC Women Leadership Programme, the Horizon Results Booster, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the European IP Helpdesk, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) services, and few more. Participants will learn on when, for what, who and how one can apply to a given service as well as on the expected outputs. You will also hear about the proactive project and portfolio management implemented by EIC Programme Manager with the EIC Pathfinder PO support. During the event, you will have the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers via Slido and will learn for example but not exclusively on:

1. obligation of EIC Pathfinder grantees on protection and exploitation of Key Exploitable Results (KERs);

2. what is needed, what it takes to protect and translate a Pathfinder KER into a product or service for the market (e.g. IPR rights, value proposition, different business models, market analysis, build a team, regulatory issue, etc.) and specifically which first steps shall be taken;

3. which services are available to you if you are a graduate student or post-doctoral researcher and you wish to proceed with the commercialisation of your research results;

4. which services are available to you if you are an Associated Partner;

5. what proactive management of Pathfinder Open projects is and what it practically means if your project is part of an EIC Pathfinder Challenge portfolio;

6. what proactive management of Pathfinder Open projects is.

Vasileios Vavourakis, Associate Professor at the University of Cyprus and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University College London, announced their recent work in computational modelling (which is also referred as _in silico_ modelling) and medical image analysis towards building a digital tool forecasting lung cancer patient outcome after radiation therapy.

The four-year joint effort of his group (https://in-silico-modelling.ucy.ac.cy) with clinical experts from the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre (https://www.bococ.org.cy/en) culminated in a peer-reviewed research article in the Royal Society Interface journal. The manuscript is open-accessible from here

12-13 May, 2025

The 4^th Workshop on FAIR Data in Plasma Science (FDPS-IV) will be held on 12-13 May, 2025 at the INP in Greifswald, Germany. The event will also offer the option for virtual participation. The workshop is a continuation of annual events on research data management in the low-temperature plasma (LTP) community in the past years. It aims to inform about current developments and to strengthen community exchange on this topic.

Venue

The workshop will be held as a hybrid meeting. The on-site event will take place at

Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)
Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 2
17489 Greifswald
Germany

For more information and Registration application, please, visit:

plasma-mds.org