LTFN performed a large Press Conference took place on 29 June 2017 at the Porto Palace Conference Hotel, Thessaloniki, in order to inform the public about the prestigious award of the FP7 EU Project Smartonics coordinated by LTFN and the inauguration of the NANOTEXNOLOGY 2017 multi-event at 1st July in Thessaloniki.

The first part of the press conference focused on the presentation of the Award of the EU Smartonics Project by EU during the EuroNanoForum 2017 event organized by EU in Valeta, Malta at 21-23 June 2017. Smartonics has been awarded as a 1st Runner Up for the Best Project Competition, a highly prestigious award from EU in recognition of the project's potential impact, dissemination and outreach towards industry and society.

LTFN presented the upcoming NANOTEXOLOGY 2017 annual multi-event that will takes place for 14 consecutive years, including premier and internationally established conferences, summer schools, exhibition and matchmaking events! This year new special workshops take place in the framework of NANOTEXNOLOGY 2017. In particular the following:

• New Business Development & Commercialization Workshop, 6-7 July
• Workshop to honor Prof. Y. Missirlis
• 3rd NANO-GR
• EU-USA Workshop
• Workshop on renewable Energy & Storage
• HOPE-A 7 JAPEC Joint Workshop on Organic Electronics