SPIRE Newsletter out, Horizon 2020 survey launched

The Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE) PPP has just published its first newsletter. The newsletter is available by subscription via the SPIRE website and will regularly inform subscribers of the key activities within and around the SPIRE Public-Private Partnership as well as other issues related to the European Process Industry. The first issue contains a wealth of news and information on some important upcoming events. Subscribe today!

The first SPIRE newsletter contains articles on:

• The first SPIRE Horizon 2020 projects that resulted for the SPIRE first call in 2014 
• The launch of SPIRE project DISIRE that aims to set new standards in energy efficiency for chemical, steel and mineral processing as well as for the combustion processes used in many industrial sectors
• Views on the early results for the second SPIRE call currently being evaluated
• Work on the next SPIRE calls that should be published in September 2015
• The next SPIRE Brokerage event that will take place on 29-30 June 2015
• SPIRE's involvement with the European Parliament including SPIRE's recent membership of the Knowledge4Innovation Forum (K4I)
• New members of the A.SPIRE consortium
• Upcoming events

SPIRE Survey
A short SPIRE survey has also been launched to gather information on stakeholder experiences with the first year of the Horizon 2020 programme. The anonymous survey will provide valuable feedback that can be used to propose potential improvements in the SPIRE work programme and call processes as well as contribute to the mid-term review of Horizon 2020 itself that will take place in 2017.