About the Forum
On the 26th and 27th of September 2023, INCENTIVE was represented by the VGTU team in the 1st Athena Technology Forum.
The Forum was organised by the European University Alliance ATHENA from the 25th to the 29th of September 2023. The Department of Nutrition & Dietetics of HMU hosted the event in Sitia, Crete. The Technology Forum occured in parallel with the 1st international week and the International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence and Embedded Systems. (AmiEs-2023) The main topics that were covered in the Forum were:
- The Nutrition and Dietetics Technologies.
- The 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies (e.g., AI, Robotics, Additive Manufacturing, Automation).
- University Networking,
- Skills and Competencies Market is looking for.
During the Forum, the VGTU team delivered a presentation with the title: “What is Citizen Science and how to apply it in R&I?”
Moreover, a relative workshop was organised in the context of the Forum, titled: “Reverse engineering citizen science projects”.
About the ATHENA alliance
The ATHENA alliance is part of the EU University Alliances initiative, an EU-wide flagship initiative for higher education development that puts forward transnational collaborations between European higher education institutions. More than 40 university alliances operate under the initiative, which can reportedly produce positive externalities to individual researchers’ academic and professional updating, such as higher chances of employment, stronger language and cultural competence, and increasing interdisciplinary endeavours between researchers.
If you want to learn more about the initiative, click here.
