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24/10/2026

On Thursday 22nd October 2026, the Cancer Survivorship - Artificial Intelligence for Well Being Cluster ( ) hosted a webinar on how resilience after cancer can be built on purpose rather than left to luck. It was a genuinely informative hour, and the conversation carried on well into the live Q&A.

Our sincere thanks go to Prof. Nazanin Derakhshan, founder and head of the Centre for Building Resilience in Breast Cancer ( / UK) and head of the Growth and Resilience in Trauma ( ) Centre at the National Centre for Integrative Oncology (NCIO / UK). She covered a lot of ground, from how the brain handles worry to what her trials have found, and explained it all in a way that was easy to follow. Thank you to Tom Flynn (TFC), founder and chair of , for guiding the discussion and making sure that the questions from the audiences were answered.

And a big thank you to everyone who registered and joined us. It was lovely to see so many people from , , digital health and the community in one room, and your questions made the Q&A one of the best parts of the hour.

For many people, the end of cancer treatment is expected to bring relief. In practice, it often marks the start of a different and less visible challenge.

This webinar explored why psychological resilience after cancer should be understood not as a quality that individuals either have or lack, but as something that can be measured, strengthened and supported through care. Details and take away from the webinar are online at

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-survival-top-down-pathways-resilience-after-cancer-cs-aiw-0dirf/

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About our charity Our charity’s objectives are to protect, preserve and promote better health, wellbeing and quality of life for people of any age diagnosed with any form of cancer and their families or carers. We specifically focus on providing integrative oncology care and supporting integrative...

10/10/2026

The Lesson That Every Child in Europe Should Learn Before They Need It:

Ask a ten-year-old what to do if there’s a fire and most will tell you straight away: get out, stay low, don’t go back for anything. Someone taught them that, and it stuck.

Now ask the same child what to do in a flood, a heatwave, or a power cut that lasts three days. The answer, in most cases, depends entirely on which country they live in, which school they attend, or whether a parent happened to have thought about it.

That inconsistency is what the Policy document of the B-prepared Horizon Europe project project has set out to address. The goal is clear: an EU directive that builds citizen resilience training into the education system, with every European country committing to a minimum standard of learning in primary and secondary schools.

Policy has a habit of drifting away from the people it’s meant to serve. Directives, frameworks and standards can start to feel abstract, as though they exist on paper rather than in kitchens, classrooms and playgrounds.

At the B-prepared Final Conference in , September 2026, Mary Corbett (TFC) brought the conversation back to where it belongs. When we talk about citizen preparedness, she told the audience, we should remember what sits at the heart of it: the safety and wellbeing of the people we love, and above all, our children.

A common standard for resilience training isn’t a box-ticking exercise. It’s a promise that a child in Ireland or a child in Hungary and any part of Europe will grow up knowing how to keep themselves and others safe.

When people know what to do in an emergency, communities hold together better. They act quicker, help their neighbours, and work alongside emergency services rather than adding to the pressure on them. That cooperation between prepared citizens and trained professionals is what reduces the damage when things go wrong.

Schools are where we already teach the habits and knowledge, we expect people to carry for life. Resilience belongs on that list.

There’s an understandable concern that teaching children about disasters might frighten them. The opposite tends to be true. Uncertainty breeds anxiety; knowledge builds confidence. A child who understands what to do is far less likely to freeze when it matters.

Although the project has come to close, the work and intention is not. The consortium will continue as a standing network, using the White Paper and its policy recommendations to keep this conversation going with European and national decision-makers.

The best time to learn what to do in a crisis is long before one arrives. For most of us, that time was school and it should be for every child across every region of Europe.

Warning systems can tell people a disaster is coming. Only education can help them to know what to do next. Perhaps growing pressure on public budgets and spending is needed now to allocate resources for better disaster preparedness, especially for children. Long-term sustainability activities for disaster preparedness might need to be mandated right across Europe. How many disasters will it take before this is truly understood?

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24/09/2026

WCRD - World Cancer Research Day

Today (24th September 2026), is recognised as World Cancer Research Day (WCRD). It is set to recognise the significance of the role that scientific research world-wide plays in preventing, diagnosing, treating cancer as well as for post-cancer patient care. The importance of fostering collaboration among scientists, patients, and institutions to drive breakthroughs in oncology and post-cancer patient care and support is underlined in the recognition of WCRD.

Presently, it is understood that 92 per cent of the world population will be affected by cancer in their lifetime, either through their own cancer diagnosis or that of a close family member. The cluster sits in the cancer survivorship space. Survivorship is not simply the absence of disease but it includes physical recovery, psychological adjustment, social reintegration as well as long-term support. It also includes challenging financial issues that comes announced with survivorship.

In celebration of WCRD, today, it is the cluster’s pleasure to announce a free public webinar event, which will be given by the Founder and Head of the award-winning Centre for Building Resilience in Breast Cancer (BRiC), and Head of the GRiT (Growth and Resilience in Trauma) Centre at the National Centre for Integrative Oncology (NCIO), UK. Professor of Experimental Psychopathology, Nazanin Derakhsan, our key speaker, on the 22nd of October 2026 will bring her knowledge, understanding and experience to light to present details on a resilience pathway to cancer survivorship. Patient wellness is key. We know that the webinar will be of interest to many around the world. Tom Flynn (TFC), our hashtag cluster chairperson, will moderate the webinar. All are welcomed to the webinar.

Post-cancer patient care must be designed with – and for – people affected. This is the new direction of the 'Cancer Survivorship - AI for Well Being' cluster.

Registration and webinar details will follow on the LinkedIn page.

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22/09/2026

Final conference on B-prepared will be held this Thursday and Friday ! Details ..

https://lnkd.in/p/d3kWy-KD

See you in Budapest!



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10/09/2026

DigiGreenTT cluster - Webinar - Series 1

Yesterday, the DigiGreenTT cluster webinar was held. Titled "Beyond Green and Digital: Rethinking the Measurement of the Twin Transition" - a look at how the twin transition is measured across European regions, was presented by Dr. Christina Kakderi (AUTH, ST4TE) and moderated by Mary Corbett (TFC, FITTER-EU). It is primarily based on the work and findings of the ongoing ST4TE project.

Dr. Karderi explained digital technologies are meant to reinforce each other, with digital tools making green solutions smarter and more controllable, while green objectives give digital technologies a purpose beyond efficiency alone. She illustrated this, sector by sector — for instance, renewable energy generation combined with grid sensing and control produces smart grids capable of balancing intermittent supply; electrification combined with connectivity enables lower-emission connected mobility. The central question of the session was deceptively simple: is that combination actually happening — and where, and for whom?

We will be running a series of DigiGreenTT cluster webinars in the future. Notice and invitation to register for each webinar will be made know well in advance.

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05/09/2026

DigiGreenTT cluster webinar insight ..

Theme: Beyond Green and Digital - Rethinking the Measurement of the Twin Transition

One hour, 15:00-16:00 CET on Wednesday, 9th September 2026.

What actually happens in this hour? 🤔

🎙️ Professor Christina Kakderi (AUTH, Greece) presents the ST4TE framework for measuring the twin transition, including the approach and the reasoning behind it.

🖥️ A live walkthrough of the and , using real regional data.
🧭 Mary Corbett (TFC, Ireland) moderates, keeping the session on the practical questions
❓ Live Q&A to close, so bring the questions you actually want answered.

It promises to be insigtful !

Register before the 8th September 2026, 17:00 CET: https://lnkd.in/d-i4ZSGK



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28/08/2026

Meet our DigiGreenTT cluster speaker🎙️

Prof. Christina Kakderi from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki takes the stage on 9th September for an insightful presentation and discussion for "Beyond Green and Digital: Rethinking the Measurement of the Twin Transition".

Christina is Associate Professor at the School of Spatial Planning and
Development, at the University in Greece and a member of the URENIO Research Unit. Her research focuses on regional innovation systems, smart cities, innovation policy, regional resilience as well as the green, digital and twin transitions, which is the subject area for the DigiGreenTT cluster presentation.

She currently coordinates the Horizon Europe project ST4TE (Strategies for Just and Equitable Twin Transitions in Europe) as well the Horizon Europe project PACT. Both projects importantly examine how Europe's transitions can be made more inclusive and territorially balanced. Her recent research focuses on the measurement process of regional green, digital and twin transitions and significantly examining their implications for regional development and territorial cohesion, which is of interest to many European regions.

DigiGreenTT webinar will be interactive and held on:

🗓️ 9th September 2026 │ 15:00–16:00 CET

Register before 8th September, 17:00 CET.

Registration: https://lnkd.in/d-i4ZSGK

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24/08/2026

Have you registered for the St4te webinar on the 9th September 26?

The webinar looks at European regions that are expected to deliver the green and digital transitions together.

Registration and details are accessible here ..

https://fitter-eu.com/en/javali-event/upcoming-digigreentt-virtual-event

Project website is here ..
https://st4te.eu

TFC is here ..
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20/08/2026

📢 Save the date: Wednesday 9th September 2026

DigiGreenTT Cluster Webinar - Beyond Green and Digital: Rethinking the Measurement of the Twin Transition
Registration link: https://lnkd.in/d-i4ZSGK

Europe asks its regions to go green and digital at the same time, and then measures the two separately. Green progress sits in one set of indicators. Digital progress sits in another. The interaction between them - the part that decides whether a region pulls ahead or falls behind - sits in neither.

That gap has consequences. If you cannot see where the two transitions reinforce each other, and where one is quietly working against the other, you cannot plan for it, fund it, or correct it.

On the 9th September, Christina Kakderi, Associate Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, coordinator of the ST4TE and PACT projects, presents the work being undertaken: a unified for measuring the twin transition across European regions, together with the and built on top of it. The session includes a live walkthrough of the tools, not just slides about them.

Mary Corbett from TFC Research & Innovation Limited moderates, with time set aside for audience questions.

🎙️ Presenter: Christina Kakderi (ST4TE)
🧭 Moderator: Mary Corbett (TFC)
🗓️ 9th September 2026 │ 15:00–16:00 CET

NB. ->Register before the 8th September, 17:00 CET: https://lnkd.in/d-i4ZSGK

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11/08/2026

📣 B-PREPARED FINAL CONFERENCE

Strengthening Citizen Disaster Preparedness Across Europe

TFC Research & Innovation Limited and our colleagues in the B-prepared project are pleased to announce our final conference❗

📅 24–25 September 2026
📍 Budapest, Hungary.

This milestone event showcases the project’s key achievements and feature live demonstrations of innovative tools designed to strengthen citizen disaster preparedness and community resilience.

It covers ..

🔹 Budapest ice flood guided walk by IM-prepared
🔹 All-day VR-prepared demo station
🔹 Disastropedia.com & RU-prepared walk-throughs

Programme details are available and registration is open:

-> https://b-prepared-project.com/b-prepared-final-conference/

Experience the scientific insights, technological advances and policy perspectives that are redefining citizen-centered disaster preparedness.



See you in Budapest !

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