KEEN Regions | Knowledge and Excellence in European Nanotechnology Regions

Keen-Regions aims to accelerate and foster the nanotechnology development in three European regions - Veneto (Italy), Rhone Alps (France) and Basque Country (Spain)- through the establishment of consistent and cooperative networks of research centres, boosting the synergies among the research and business communities and valorising the complementarities among these regions.

KEEN-Regions is one of the Regions of Knowledge projects and it is supported by the European Commission through its Seventh Framework Programme.

Events

COMS2012

COMS2012 is the 17th annual conference on commercializing micro- and nanotechnology and takes place on June 24th - 27th 2012 at Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway.

Industrial Technologies 2012

Industrial Technologies 2012, the largest event in the field of industrial technologies (nano, materials and production) will show how innovation can boost European growth and competitiveness. 19-21 June 2012 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Beyond the horizon. Lessons from KEEN-Regions.

The KEEN Regions final conference takes place on 17 April 2012 at the Committee of the Regions 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

BASKRETE Industry Open Days

March 13-14th, 2012. San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa (SPAIN)

MicroNanoConference 2011

November 15th - 16th 2011, Ede, Netherlands

NanotechItaly hosts debate on regional policies for Nano

November 23rd 2011, Venice - Governance and development of nanotechnologies: a regional joint action plan

SEMICON Europa 2011

11-13th October 2011, Dresden

FP7 INFORMATION DAYS for the Public Private Partnerships

PPPs on ' Energy-efficient Buildings, Factories of the Future and Green Cars', 11-12 July, Brussels

EM Laboratory Opening Workshop

16-17th June 2011, San Sebastian

International Summer School - Light alloys castings: from innovative design to advanced applications

July 25th-29th 2011, Vicenza, Italy

News

KEEN-Regions: a joint programming story

KEEN-Regions project releases the booklet "Smart methodology applied to nanotechnologies".

Number of Finnish companies using nanotechnology triples between 2008 and 2011

The number of Finnish companies using nanotechnology tripled during 2008 to 2011. This was revealed by a survey carried out by the Nanotechnology Cluster Programme (OSKE) in early 2012. In 2007–2011, the Nanocluster expanded to include 210 companies that provide a commercial product involving nanotechnology. Approximately one hundred of these are at the pre-commercial phase, while at least 170 have reached the vision stage.

Final conference presentations available

The KEEN-Regions final conference "Beyond the horizon. Lessons from KEEN-Regions." took place on April 17th 2012 at the Committee of the Regions - Brussels.

KEEN-Regions joint planning approach

KEEN-Regions project releases the booklet "Smart methodology applied to nanotechnologies".

KEEN Regions Joint Action Plan released

The Joint Action Plan of the KEEN Regions project has been released on March 2012. The JAP aims to create synergies and to share new methodologies among KEEN-Regions partners.

KEEN-Regions Research Potential

Veneto, Rhône-Alpes and the Basque Country embody three different models of nanotechnology research driven clusters. In fact KEEN-Regions initial activities aimed to collect and share targeted information of each cluster through mapping and analysis of the existing resources.

SMART SPECIALIZATION

During the KEEN-Regions project life the Smart Specialization concept has been repeatedly associated to the project activities. In fact the Smart Specialization has been widely utilized in the identification and setting up of the KEEN-Regions Joint Action Plan actions. For example one of the Smart Specialization ideas considers the clusters as the venue for entrepreneurial discovery process.

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Knowledge and Excellence in European Nanotechnology Regions