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Aurora kicked off in Kaunas!

First physical meeting marks the Start of Aurora

Kaunas, Lithuania, 10th October 2024 – A European consortium of experts with vast experience in climate research, public health, and city planning has begun work to deliver transformative AI-driven solutions that help cities build climate resilience and improve public health outcomes.

AURORA's overarching mission is to closely monitor and model the interconnected impacts of climate change and health-related risk factors. This will enable the project to provide early warnings, forecast climate hazards and recommend tailored mitigation strategies, to support policymaking, and build public health resilience.

AURORA will tailor solutions for real world application by demonstrating them in five “Demo” cities: Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Tampere, and Pori, with three “Replicant” cities—Klaipeda, Joniskis, and Jurmala—joining the efforts to replicate successful models.

The kick-off event was kindly hosted by the project’s Scientific Manager – Lithuania University of Health Sciences, in their modern academic building dedicated to fostering philosophical research and intellectual engagement – Emanuelis Levinas Center in Kaunas.

The 26-member consortium is led by EXUS AI LABS, an innovative technology company specializing in AI solutions, along with partners from 11 different EU countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Romania, Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland) that bring expertise from epidemiology, climate science, health sciences, public sector and social research. Its structure is based on excellence, complementarity, transnationality, and multi-disciplinarily, including all the value chain actors of the network across the EU.

This marks the beginning of a fantastic collaboration with a skilled group of Aurora partners across the Europe. We're excited to dive into productive discussions, fresh ideas, and innovative solutions as we embark on this journey together. 🗓️ 🎯

The project is funded by the European Union (AURORA under the Grant Agreement n° 101157643). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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