{"id":7944,"date":"2025-11-28T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/?p=7944"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:47:40","slug":"press-release-by-the-parliamentary-secretariat-for-youth-research-and-innovation-the-research-and-innovation-expo-2025-showcases-over-35-research-projects-and-strengthens-public-engagement-in-scien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/2025\/11\/28\/press-release-by-the-parliamentary-secretariat-for-youth-research-and-innovation-the-research-and-innovation-expo-2025-showcases-over-35-research-projects-and-strengthens-public-engagement-in-scien\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE BY THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIAT FOR YOUTH, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION &#8211; The Research and Innovation EXPO 2025 showcases over 35 research projects and strengthens public engagement in science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Research and Innovation EXPO 2025 served as a celebration of Malta\u2019s growing research and innovation ecosystem. The event brought together researchers, students and key stakeholders to explore more than 35 completed research projects funded through Xjenza Malta, covering a wide range of thematic areas including the blue and green economy, sustainability, health and wellbeing, engineering, and ICT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The exhibition was organised in collaboration with Esplora, the Interactive Science Centre of Xjenza Malta, with the aim of strengthening knowledge-sharing and public engagement in research. The morning session was dedicated to secondary and post-secondary students, who had the opportunity to interact directly with researchers and discover the real-world impact of research on everyday life.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During the press conference that followed, the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation, Keith Azzopardi Tanti, opened the event and emphasised the importance of fostering stronger links between research, society and the economy. \u201cResearch and innovation are key drivers of sustainable progress. Today\u2019s EXPO reflects our commitment to empower researchers, engage young people, and translate knowledge into impact. We are proud to showcase the concrete results of national investment in research and to act as a bridge towards further collaboration, \u201d stated the Parliamentary Secretary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.mt\/en\/Government\/DOI\/Press%20Releases\/Pages\/2025\/11\/19\/PR252057en.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view the full Press Release.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-7945 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27676%27%20height%3D%27380%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20676%20380%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27676%27%20height%3D%27380%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RI-EXPO.jpeg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Research and Innovation EXPO 2025 served as a celebration of Malta\u2019s growing research and innovation ecosystem. The event brought together researchers, students and key stakeholders to explore more than 35 completed research projects funded through Xjenza Malta, covering a wide range of thematic areas including the blue and green economy, sustainability, health and wellbeing,<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7946,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7944\/revisions\/7946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}