ATTRACT, a research and innovation project funded by the European Union and backed by a consortium of nine partners, including CERN, will commit €28 million to finance 36 projects from more than 20 countries
ATTRACT is a European funded project whose goal is to develop next-gen scientific tools, co-create new business and market products, increase European companies’ competitiveness, and trigger more and better jobs for Europeans. (Image: ATTRACT)
CERN Courier features IdeaSquare as part of CERN's unique innovation ecosystem.
CERN hosts an ecosystem like no other in the world, from equipment procurement to knowledge-transfer initiatives. IdeaSquare has a special place there since it represents the "fuzzy front end" of innovation.
ATTRACT phase 2 was presented at the Big Science Business Forum 2022 (BSBF 2022), hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the Spanish Innovation Agency. And Pablo García Tello, ATTRACT Project Administrative Office, explained this initiative during the session “Career Opportunities and Pathways in the Big Science Market”.
ATTRACT offers an opportunity to study the construction of an innovation ecosystem. In this regard, Cinzia Da Vià, ATTRACT R&D&I committee Co-chair and Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester, reflects on how the environments involved in that ecosystem are the basics for the economy.
CERN operates the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) the largest particle accelerator ever built. Four main experiments were established on its circumference with the purpose of resolving major scientific enigmas. The general-purpose detector CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) is one of these experiments.
Here is another project which highlights the discourse between art and science to inspire you to think - and feel - outside the box. Our long-term resident Umut Kose collaborated with three other artists, Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, and Chris Bruckmayr on this sensory piece of art that is powered by the infinitely small.
Are you interested in exploring the creativity of students in interdisciplinary teams during the brainstorming and idea generation phase? Find out more at the latest issue of #CERNIdeaSquare CIJ journal https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/