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In the realm of technological prowess, #brnoregion stands tall as a true leader in cybersecurity. While the city is renowned for its overall remarkable achievements in information technology, local companies have thrived in the cybersecurity arena, making it an exceptionally compelling and noteworthy aspect to highlight.

Exploring new materials for chip production and enabling their analysis directly in the production environment – these are the tasks of two scientific teams from #brnoregion – from Thermo Fisher Scientific and Brno University of Technology. Electron microscopes play a key role in their efforts. Thanks to them, as part of the three-year European ALL2GaN project, we can look forward to a solution that has enormous potential to save energy and thus mitigate the climate crisis by reducing CO2 emissions. Indeed, the gallium nitride chips being developed will be used in a wide range of applications including telecommunications and e-mobility.

Every creative person understands how difficult it is to come up with genuinely good ideas. They, like mushrooms in the wild, require the correct conditions to develop into something remarkable. To find those conditions, a growing number of people have been moving out of classic offices and into unique places where they can get inspired by others. What are the top coworking spaces in Brno?

According to the latest data, a total of €856 million went into research and development in the South Moravian Region. This is 3.2% of the regional GDP, which means the highest share of the whole Czech Republic. Such support for innovation is contributed to not only by universities and public research institutions, but above all by companies that focus on research and development. This results from the 2023 Data report on science, research, innovation and entrepreneurship in South Moravia.

The second Velvet Innovation Conference brought business leaders, European and local policymakers, and innovation fans together to network and inspire one another. The two keynote presentations addressed various strategies for the sustainable development of global businesses to courage local companies in their sustainable visions.

Supporting innovations is crucial for regional development, which is why Petr Chládek, CEO at the JIC innovation agency, believes that innovations will be key to restoring Ukraine after the war. Here’s an interview on how #brnoregion may benefit from our support.

The multidisciplinary genetics conference is held in Brno, Czech Republic, on 20–23 July 2022 to commemorate both the International DNA Day and the 200th anniversary of the birth of G. J. Mendel, the father of modern genetics. Among the keynote speakers will be three Nobel Prize laureates.

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Young chemist Vojtěch Kundrát has already accomplished as much as some do in their entire lives. As a high-school student, he started working with top research groups at universities in Prague as well as Brno. He’s patented several inventions, contributed to the development of a sunscreen oil for albinos in Ghana, and dozens of people in Tanzania now have access to drinking water thanks to his invention. On top of all this, he decided to study art at the Faculty of Fine Arts at BUT.