Dr. Barbara Arbanas Ferreira presented the project SeaTecHub – „Croatia-Cyprus Excellence Hub on Eco-Innovative Technologies for Healthy and Productive Sea“ at the LEAP Summit on May 16th, as part of the Sustainable Innovations track. Her talk, titled "Innovating for Healthy Seas: A Cross-Border Journey," highlighted recent advancements in the project and shared experiences in developing this cross-border collaboration in eco-innovative technologies.

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