The Annual Research Conference (ARC) is the European Commission’s flagship research forum that brings together leading researchers in economics and policymakers. The 2024 edition of the Annual Research Conference (ARC) aims to contribute to the understanding of the implications of ongoing trends in  global trade, including changes in the organisation of global value chains, and their impact on economic efficiency capital allocation and incentives for innovation and investment low-carbon technologies the costs and benefits of industrial policies aimed at the development of strategic sectors including, among others, defence, energy, healthcare and high-tech, and its implications for the EU single market The conference aims to facilitate a lively exchange between researchers and policymakers. It will feature the presentation of a limited selection of papers to spur discussion. Additional papers will be selected to be displayed in the form of posters. The conference keynote speech shall be delivered by Kalina Manova (University College London). More information: here 

The CASSINI Hackathons and Mentoring Programme gives a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the European Space and Defence sector, connect with like-minded individuals and organisations, and use your knowledge and skills to solve current Space and Defence challenges together as a team!  What ?  The theme for this 8th edition is "EU Space for Defence and Security". You'll spend two days with various mentors and professionals from the sector to ignite innovation with 3 challenges defined by DG DEFIS and EUSPA as a starting point. You will be challenged to use European Space Technologies to strengthen Europe's defence and security capabilities by leveraging all available European space data, information, and signals from Copernicus, Galileo, or exploiting possible future services to be provided by IRIS2. Challenge 1 - Enhancing Defence & Security with Geospatial Intelligence Challenge 2 - Unmanned Drone Applications for Defence & Security Operations Challenge 3 - Orbital security : Navigating the collision frontier. Together with our experts and mentors from the MoD, the industry, and in collaboration with the European Space Agency, you will ideate and develop a project to maybe win one of the prices and the chance to compete the EU final with the other 10 countries winners! 🏆  Who ?  Belgian and EU citizens, defence and space enthusiast, start-ups, policy people, software, and hardware engineers, UX designers, students from relevant universities and university colleges. When ? 22 - 24 November 2024. Where ? ESA ESEC site in Redu, Belgium (Place de l'ESA, 1, 6890, Libin) Places onsite at ESA are limited but the event will also be held online. Registrations are open!    Want more information?  Check out the website:  https://www.cassini.eu/hackathons/belgium Want to register? Follow the procedure via this link: https://taikai.network/cassinihackathons/hackathons/euspace-defence-security. Have any question ? You can contact the organisers:  8th.cassini.belgium@soprasteria.com

The Royal Higher Institute for Defence is pleased to announce an information briefing on knowledge security, more specific on the topic of security clearances.  This information session is organised within the framework of DEFRA and the NGCAT Call and in cooperation with the National Security Authority (NVO) and the Security Service of Defence (ACOS IS). It is aimed at both the public and private sector.  More information about the event 09:00 - 09:45 Registration and coffee 09:45 - 10:15 Briefing by NVO/ANS 10:15 - 10:30 Q&A 10:30 - 11:00 Briefing by ACOS IS 11:00 - 11:30 Q&A Registration for this event is currently open. Register now