Sustainability InnoCenter

Great discussions and inspiring ideas during our first in-person meeting of the Future Minds project on the beautiful island of , 🇬🇷

Future Minds is an + initiative focused on co-designing new curricula for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in sustainable and . The project brings together partners from across Europe to develop innovative learning approaches and collaborative frameworks that support more inclusive and sustainable futures for tourism and transport.

Special thanks to Ioanna Pagoni and Eirini Vlassi from the University of the Aegean for the excellently coordinated meeting and for their wonderful hospitality. It was also a real pleasure to finally meet in person and connect with our other partners: Athena Tsirimpa (MobyX), Samyajit Basu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and Marika D'Angelo and Rita Quisillo (CESIE ETS).

The meeting was highly productive, and we agreed on several ambitious next steps for the project.

In the coming weeks, our team at Sustainability InnoCenter will focus on establishing a Learning Community of Practice in , bringing together people from academia and industry to exchange ideas, knowledge, and experiences, identify current needs in the field, and contribute valuable input to the development of university curricula. Our focus will be on community-based planning for climate-neutral tourism and transport.

If you are interested in this topic and would like to contribute to the future of education while connecting with like-minded professionals, feel free to reach out.

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Future Minds is an Erasmus+ project supported by the European Commission.

🩺🗾EU SMEs and start-ups in the and sector looking to expand to Japan, you are on time to apply for our upcoming business mission to Osaka!

EU Business Hub @ World Health Expo 2026
📆 From 30 Jun - 4 July 2026
📍 Osaka, Japan
📝 Application deadline: 24 March 2026

👉 Learn more about the benefits for participants and apply now: https://eubusinesshub.eu/en/missions-catalogue/eu-business-hub-world-health-expo-2026

🔎 Target Audience:
European SMEs and start-ups involved in the medical and healthcare equipment sector, including technologies such as:

✅Medical equipment
✅AI applications in healthcare
✅Imaging and diagnostics
✅ICT for healthcare
✅Disposables and consumer goods
✅Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering
✅Digital health
✅Nanotechnology in healthcare
✅Assistive technologies
✅Telemedicine and remote health monitoring

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EU Business Hub - Japan and the Republic of Korea is an EU-funded programme that supports EU SMEs in the 🌱 green, 💻 digital, and 🩺 healthcare sectors to enter the markets of Japan and the Republic of Korea. Sustainability InnoCenter is a partner organisation in Sweden.

Delegation of the European Union to Japan, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea

Still buzzing from the final Baltic Impact Accelerator event!

The event took place on 12 February bringing together over 50 companies from three acceleration cohorts representing Sweden, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, alongside investors, mentors, and ecosystem partners from across the Central Baltic region.

Highlights of the programme included networking sessions, investor speed-dating, a personal branding workshop, and a field visit to Naco Technologies, a Latvian deep-tech company.

The event provided a valuable platform for knowledge exchange, fostering new partnerships, and offering practical insights to support startup growth and international expansion.

A big shout-out to our Latvian partners, -Tech Cluster Latvia and Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Latvijas Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības kamera), for making this event such a success!

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Implemented within the Interreg Central Baltic Programme project "Triple Bottom Line Baltic Accelerator" (ID CB0100053). The European Union is not responsible for the content of this material. Partner from Sweden - Sustainability InnoCenter.

Join the Future Minds ThinkLab! 💡

Ready to rethink education in tourism and transport?

Registration is now open for the Future Minds ThinkLab, an interactive online space to explore innovative ideas for a more sustainable future.

🗓 27 February 2026
⏰ 09:00-11:00 CET (10:00-12:00 EET)
💻 Online (Zoom)

For more details and the agenda, visit:
https://future-minds.eu/future-minds-thinklab

Don't miss out! Register now using this link 👉 https://forms.office.com/e/EPQbspRRU8

Note: Registration ends on 26 February 2026.

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FUTURE MINDS is an Erasmus+ project supported by the European Commission. It aims to co-design new curricula for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in sustainable tourism and transport through interactive and innovative learning approaches.