We are delighted to share highlights and EXCITING NEWS from the 8th International Scientific and Professional Symposium held on November 9 and 10, 2023.

The latest National Workshop of the Deep Green Inno project took place at POLIS University in Tirana between November 2nd and 3rd, with the participation of four other partner teams: project coordinator with her team from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Banja Luka, Innovation Centre Banja Luka, CNR SCITEC 'Giulio Natta' and Innovation Greece.

Our colleagues from University "UNION NIKOLA TESLA" promoted the Deep Green Inno project at the stand in a framework of the 52nd Education and Teaching Aids Fair in Belgrade 📚 .

Ambitiously titled workshop “Recognition of Deep Tech Potential and Exploitation of Research Results” ✈ was opened on behalf of the Rector by academic Hristo Beloev and vice-rector prof. Desislava Atanasova. Special guests of the event who welcomed the participants were also Milen Dobrev, Executive director at the Ruse Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gergana Ilieva and Radina Kostadinova, PR and communication Experts at the Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry which gave the guests an opportunity to hear about the entrepreneurship opportunities in this region.

During the preparation of the Deep Green Inno project, University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev" scored highest in entrepreneurial teaching and learning self-evaluation. We are proud of this partner and the team leader prof dr Maria Nikolova, who is narrowly specialized in coating 🎨 technologies.

The second student training workshop was held at our partner University "UNION NIKOLA TESLA" premises in Belgrade. It targeted students of environmental 🌼 protection and entrepreneurial business, achieving one of the most important KPIs of Deep Green Inno project.

Research administrators are the driving force behind the success of us researchers. We were invited speakers at the opening conference of the V4+WB RMA Network Plus project coordinated by HÉTFA Group, and held in Bratislava this week.

Coordination of the Deep Green Inno project by Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular has very much to do with incredible mining history of this country, which has a continuation for centuries and was never abandoned. One of the guardians of this tradition is also "Kreševski Citrin" an association of professional and amateur geologists from this city. They held their 20th mineral fair this weekend and the Faculty of Sciences, University of Banja Luka project team saw this as an exciting networking opportunity and gave their contribution to the event.

Next week, we will be presenting our EIT HEI Deep Green Inno success story from a slightly different angle that takes the #researchsupport office into an account, as part of the agenda of the V4+WB RMA Network Plus launching conference in Bratislava. We will talk on "Deep tech in Higher Education: