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More than 120 researchers, students, entrepreneurs, policy makers and higher education professionals travelled to the city of St. Pölten to attend the E³UDRES² Forum 2023 under the motto "Connecting European Universities & Regions".

Gabriele Permoser and Michal Karpišek of St. Pölten UAS, and Roger Heijmans of UC Leuven-Limburg UAS represented E³UDRES² at various international events hosted by the OECD in collaboration with other institutions in New York.

The E³UDRES² Bootcamp 2023 brought together 30 students at Lake Balaton, enabling them to use their diverse backgrounds in solving real-life challenges revolving around the topic of future food.

The Citizen Science Conference, which took place at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal on the 29th and 30th of June, brought together a dynamic congregation of researchers and community members eager to explore the remarkable advancements and boundless possibilities of citizen science.

The consortium was successful in convincing the commission with its ambitious application: The work of the alliance will definitely continue until 2027/29 and get supported with funding of around 14.4 million euros. The main focus of the next phase will lie on intensifying the existing cooperation of the now nine full partner universities.

At the end of June, the second edition of the European Education and Innovation Summit took place in Brussels, with E³UDRES² lead coordinator Hannes Raffaseder speaking during a panel discussion titled “Higher education and innovation actors join forces".

The European Students Assembly, an annual event that gathers each year more than 230 students from most European University Alliances, was joined by Kitty-Maria Ianto from Politehnica University Timisoara.

At the beginning of June, Hannes Raffaseder, lead coordinator of the E³UDRES² alliance, was invited to Brussels to participate in a discussion with various guests to talk about the role of "University (alliance)s in innovation ecosystems".

Hannes Raffaseder, lead coordinator of E³UDRES² and CEO of St. Pölten UAS, was elected as the president of EURASHE, the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education. With Claudia Kreipl, Vice-President for Research and Transfer from E³UDRES² partner university Fulda University of Applied Sciences, another member of the alliance was also elected into the board of EURASHE.

On 7 June 2023, higher education professionals from various countries participated in the international Udice Forum, hosted in Paris. Iveta Putnina, site coordinator of E³UDRES² at Vidzeme UAS, Latvia, joined the event and showcased the E³UDRES² experience.

The OpenGLAM.at Cultural Hackathon, jointly organized with E.I.N.S., brought together visionaries from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums to explore the vast potential of open data. Over three days of intense collaboration, participants not only dived deep into cultural heritage but also experienced an exhilarating AR workshop.

On Thursday, June 1st, start-ups and companies discovered the innovative and creative world of augmented reality (AR) at the workshop hold by Sergiu Ardelean from Artivive, which was organized by SMARTUP and E.I.N.S.

On 31 May 2023, it was once again time for the I Living Lab Showdown - the event celebrating the I Living Lab journey of hundreds of E³UDRES² students that worked on solutions for challenges from various areas.

Sharing knowledge, best practices, and results at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal from June 29th to 30th, 2023, the first E³UDRES² Citizen Science Conference will explore how to bring citizens closer to research.

With the first phase of E³UDRES² coming to an end, the team at UC Leuven-Limburg invited the E³UDRES² family, non-academic staff and also the ‘family to be’ to Belgium to look at the past three years and to the future of E³UDRES².

During this year's UAS4Europe Networking Conference, representatives of the E³UDRES² alliance discussed the role of Universities of Applied Sciences in regional innovation with policymakers and industry representatives.

Six international students paired up during the second E³UDRES² iResidency to work on the perfect start-up village.

Uniting staff, students and stakeholders for future planning and synergies: The International Engagement Circus will be a gathering of coordinators, innovators, entrepreneurs, and students, this event sparks reflection and sets the stage for future initiatives.

Representatives from the Politehnica University of Timisoara shared their experience of being part of the E³UDRES² Alliance within the WUT Erasmus International Week.

The Politehnica University of Timișoara organized an award ceremony for the 148 winners of the 10 national competitions held by the university in Spring 2023.

Recently, the E.I.N.S. team organized an online workshop to train professional and academic staff in the “Wicked Architect” Conversation Card Game, teaching participants to be entrepreneurial and innovative in a world full of complex challenges.

The E³UDRES² lead coordinator exchanged experiences with representatives of European University Alliances, National Agencies, national authorities and other stakeholders.

At the end of April, students from all E³UDRES² institutions travelled to Belgium to participate in the Blended I Living Lab local week at UC Leuven-Limburg UAS.

Commissioner Mariya Gabriel recently brought together representatives of European Universities with the "Coalition of the Willing", aiming to create new innovation hubs.

The event hosted on 19-20 April 2023 at St. Pölten UAS connected members from E³UDRES², Ulysseus, RUN-EU, ATHENA and EU4DUAL, giving them the opportunity to discuss their experience during many interesting sessions.

The Intensive I Living Labs, an on-site event bringing together international students to work on real-life challenges, were hosted at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia.

Hosting the event at the University of the Basque Country, the ENLIGHT Alliance brought together various higher education experts to discuss the topics of impact and engagement.

With the submission of a new proposal and many other activities, the E³UDRES² research network on "Human Contribution to Artificial Intelligence" has seen many great developments in the last months.

Dora Marosvolgyi from the EIT Jumpstarter and Malgorzata Goraczek, project coordinator of the E.I.N.S. project, presented insights into the various EIT funding possibilities. 

From 22 to 23 March 2023, the consortium of UASHome, a project further connecting many members of E³UDRES² in a new setting, has met for its first on-site partner meeting at Amsterdam Science Park.

On 10 March, the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences open.day took place again - a yearly event where the university opens its campus to all interested visitors, this year with a strong focus on the E³UDRES² Universe.

The workshop was organized by the Politehnica University of Timișoara, through the ID/IFR and e-Learning Center with the support of the EDEN Europe and IEEE Romania associations, during the Open Education Week 2023, supported by Open Education Global.

On 21 February 2023, Lisa Recnik, member of the organizing team of the E³UDRES² I Living Labs, and student Lidia Goro, a participant of the 2022 I Living Labs, visited Campus & City Radio 94.4 to talk all things I Living Labs live on-air.

E³UDRES² was present at the "Spotlight Heritage Timișoara - Digital Culture & Heritage Talks" conference on 17 February 17 2023, opening the diverse programme of Timisoara European Capital of Culture 2023.

On 09-10 March 2023, the second meeting of the General Assembly of the E³UDRES² Ent-r-e-novators project will be held at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, Austria.

At the Global Village Festival, Saxion UAS' students, teachers, and employees celebrated diversity, inclusion, and internationalisation with workshops and lectures, and over 170 participants.

Alois Frotschnig of St. Pölten UAS joined the annual event hosted in Bilbao, Spain on 02-03 February 2023.

From March 6th to 10th 2023, the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal will host the third edition of the E³UDRES² Research Living Labs.

With the proposal for "E³UDRES² 2.0" submitted, the Alliance looks forward to bringing its activities and impact to another level in the next four years of funding and beyond.

Hannes Raffaseder travelled to Brussels to exchange with representatives from various other European University Alliances and meet with Mariya Gabriel.

The European Association for International Education regularly invites experts for their blog.

In the beginning of January 2023, the team responsible for the organization of the upcoming E³UDRES² Bootcamp and iResidency met in Portugal to discuss the work ahead.

What does it take for an idea to become a successful start-up? On 13 December 2022, Malgorzata Goraczek and Ulrike Wieländer of E.I.N.S., the E³UDRES² Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network for Smart and Sustainable European Regions, discussed the key elements of a winning start-up idea on-air visiting Campus & City Radio 94.4 in St. Pölten.

On 20 December 2022, students, Educational Entrepreneurs and T-Shaped Innovators celebrated the successful end of the third round of I Living Labs.

The new E³UDRES² video explains the essentials of the E³UDRES² Alliance and gives a glimpse into how people and regions benefit from E³UDRES² activities.

On 14 December 2022, six student teams from the E.I.N.S. partnering universities presented their Start-up ideas in front of their peers and an international panel of Entrepreneurship & Innovation experts.

The team of E.I.N.S., the E³UDRES² Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network for Smart and Sustainable European Regions, travelled to Italy to participate in the Sense-Making Workshop hosted by the EIT HEI Initiative, the funding body of the project.