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HR4 Platform: connecting LEAPS specialists and industry professionals

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LEAPS virtual collaboration platform is the fresh new addition to the DIGITAL LEAPS initiative. Stemming from the collective strategic goals of LEAPS facilities to foster transversal collaborations and information network in the effort to shape the future of science, the digital platform has been launched in October 2021.

The platform is readily accessible to LEAPS specialists of all the facilities as well as expert industry professionals – all entering with the common objective of technology exchange for innovative development. In the first days of the platform´s activity, the community has already embraced the effort by active participation and engagement. 

Development professionals from both research and industry are encouraged to post their news, project updates or relevant announcements and tagging one of the topics #LEAPStechnologynews #LEAPSprojectupdate #LEAPScallforsolution #LEAPScallforpartnership to make sure the post gets to the right contact without any delay. Inevitably, the connection with the member fitting the niche request will be made.

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LEAPS and ARIE at the MC2021 Conference

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Caterina Biscari, Chair of LEAPS and Director of ALBA, participated today as a speaker at the Microscopy Conference 2021, where she presented the Analytical Research Infrastructures of Europe during the workshop on Research Infrastructures for Electron Microscopy in Europe.

“The ARIE network is present in the MC2021 conference, highlighting the complementarity of all European Research Infrastructures in providing state-of-the-art instruments to the scientific, technological and industrial community for tackling the challenges our society is facing,” said Caterina Biscari.

A round table followed the five foreseen presentations with the participation of Giorgio Rossi (Trieste/IT), who spoke about the NFFA-Europe paradigm, Peter A. Van Aken (Stuttgart/DE), who presented the success story of ESTEEM, Rafal Edward Dunin-Borkowski (Jülich/DE) who gave an overview on the strategies of the e-DREAM initiative for European electromicroscopy and finally José Maria De Teresa (Zaragoza/ES) who spoke about lab sinergies. This roundtable discussion was facilitated by Nicolas Villacorta (Jülich/DE) and Vittorio Morandi (Bologna/IT).