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Draghi Tracker launched to measure and accelerate European innovation and competitiveness at Davos’ Frontiers Science House

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

André Loesekrug-Pietri, Chairman and Scientific Director of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI), the European ARPA, today announced the launch of the "JEDI Draghi Tracker," a quarterly progress report measuring Europe's implementation of the Draghi report on competitiveness. The announcement was made during a session at Science House, held on the Davos Promenade during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026. The tracker aims to empower policymakers, industry leaders, and researchers to move from discussion to action on innovation and competitiveness across Europe.

News roundup from Davos Frontiers Science House day 2 and 3 and look ahead to day 4 and 5

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

Frontiers Science House Day 2–3 programs spotlighted urgent global risks and practical, science-led solutions – from antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and trust in science to AI-enabled sustainable cities and cancer research in microgravity.

AI platform helps cities develop within planetary boundaries

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

Genisys AI today announced the launch of AI Polis, a pioneering AI-powered platform that helps cities plan and scale sustainable, people-centered growth. The announcement was made during a session at the Frontiers Science House, taking place on the Davos Promenade alongside the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026.

“Antimicrobial resistance pandemic will kill more people than cancer by 2050 and no one at Davos is talking about it" – leading scientists speak out at Frontiers Science House

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

At Frontiers Science House, Vanina Laurent Ledru, Chief Public Health and Government Affairs Officer of Institut Merieux and bioMerieux, warned that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be the next “pandemic” like COVID-19, killing more people than cancer by 2050. Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and Adèle James, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of Phagos, urged immediate global action against AMR.

SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing (PP26)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Meeting Announcement

This is the conference of the SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing.

Registrations open for São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Immigration, Environmental Violence and Colonialism

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

The School aims to foster critical training and collective production of knowledge on the main challenges set by the convergence of crises faced by contemporary society.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

You’re invited to ICBRA-BWC 2026 – The global biochar gathering

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Meeting Announcement

The 3rd International Conference on Biochar Research & Application + 2026 IBI Biochar World Congress (#ICBRA_BWC 2026) is coming to Zhengzhou, China, from Aug 7–10, 2026.

Frontiers Science House opens: Don’t miss the science driving the Davos agenda

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

Frontiers Science House officially opened Monday in Davos corresponding with the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026. The week-long program places transformative, open science back at the heart of global dialogue and decision-making amid rapidly evolving geopolitical, economic, technological, and environmental challenges.

Co-hosted by CO-OP4CBD and Biodiversa+: Side event at SBSTTA-27 highlighted the role of the knowledge-holders in UN CBD

Pensoft Publishers
Meeting Announcement

On 24 October 2025 at SBSTTA-27 in Panama City, CO-OP4CBD together with Biodiversa+ co-hosted a side event highlighting the vital role of knowledge holders in strengthening the science–policy interface for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The session showcased capacity-building initiatives and presented a preview of a jointly developed UN CBD Guide.

Funder: Horizon Europe

HKU co-hosts "The Nobel Heroes Forum: Shaping Science and Future"

The University of Hong Kong
Meeting Announcement

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings co-hosted "The Nobel Heroes Forum: Shaping Science and Future" today (12 January 2026), convening six Nobel laureates for thought-provoking discussions on how fundamental research drives progress in science, technology, health, and the global economy. Held at the Grand Hall of the Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre on the Centennial Campus, the forum drew an audience of over 800 participants, fostering interdisciplinary exchange among some of the world’s most distinguished scientific minds.

Engineering multicellular systems conference in Barcelona

Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Meeting Announcement

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) aim to contribute to the discussion on challenges and opportunities in the expanding field of engineered multicellular systems.

Meeting: Engineering Multicellular Systems | EMBL-IBEC Conference

Behind and Beyond the Brain Symposium brings together researchers to discuss end-of-life experiences

BIAL Foundation
Meeting Announcement

“End-of-life experiences” is the theme of the 2026 edition of the “Behind and Beyond the Brain” Symposium, promoted by the Bial Foundation, which will take place from April 8 to 11 at Casa do Médico, in Porto, Portugal, and for which registrations are now open. The symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue between different approaches — scientific, philosophical, and cultural — to explore what is scientifically known about the biological processes that occur when life ends, how different cultures interpret death, and whether the experience of death can alter our understanding of reality.

Funder: Fundação Bial

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