TECH2X consortium meets in Barcelona to advance deep-tech innovation in higher education
On 13–14 March 2026, partners of the TECH2X project gathered in Barcelona for a two-day in-person consortium meeting hosted at Esade. The meeting brought together representatives from across the consortium to review progress, share insights, and define the next steps in strengthening deep-tech innovation and entrepreneurship within higher education institutions.
Advancing Innovation in Education
TECH2X at EIT Education & Skills Days 2025
At the opening of the EIT Education and Skills Days conference on 15–16 October in Brussels, one sentence set the tone: “Resilience is not built in factories.” It captured the urgent need for soft-skills training and framed two days of discussion on how to build these capabilities in Europe’s innovation ecosystem. CERN IdeaSquare’s Ole Werner was there representing TECH2X to find out more.
Training the entrepreneurs Europe needs
ATTRACT2 is creating skilled tech talent and entrepreneurial leaders, rolled into one.
ATTRACT2 is creating skilled tech talent and entrepreneurial leaders, rolled into one.
New insights into Scientists’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy within the ATTRACT ecosystem
Nowadays, the commercialisation of scientific and technological innovations is crucial for economic and social advancement. However, one of the biggest challenges is transforming scientific discoveries into viable market products and services.
A conversation with Ash Ravikumar on how entrepreneurship at CERN connects science and technology, business, and law
We sat down with Ash Ravikumar, Entrepreneur Development Officer at CERN’s Knowledge Transfer group, to discuss entrepreneurship at CERN and his session during the last IdeaSquare Open Doors.
We sat down with Ash Ravikumar, Entrepreneur Development Officer at CERN’s Knowledge Transfer group, to discuss entrepreneurship at CERN and his session during the last IdeaSquare Open Doors.
How to leverage scientific advances in your company
The World Wide Web, touchscreens and radiotherapy are just three of the revolutionary technologies that were discovered in research labs, without clear commercial applications at first.
The World Wide Web, touchscreens and radiotherapy are just three of the revolutionary technologies that were discovered in research labs, without clear commercial applications at first.