The rector of UzhNU Volodymyr Smolanka and Jürgen Reitzner, the Director of the Steinbeis Center for Technology Transfer signed the Memorandum of Understanding between Uzhgorod National University and the Steinbeis Center for Technology Transfer.
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Young People need perspectives. They need to be involved in designing the future. And: they need to learn being responsible. Danube Youth Alliance becomes active. Conference in Bucharest, 26.11.2015.
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Minister Peter Friedrich visits Bucharest – and together with the delegation from Baden-Württemberg he is guest of honor in Haus der Donau. On this occasion USAMV and STM sign a MoU. Linking Baden-Württemberg and Romania: Members of the National Advisory Board for implementing EUSDR meet the delegation from Baden-Württemberg.
The National Advisory Board for implementation of EUSDR meets in order to discuss its work program. Special guest: Co-ordinator of Priority Area 8, Dr. Hans-Peter Herdlitschka. Jürgen Raizner participates as permanent member of the Advisory Board and informs about Danube-INCO.NET, the official support and coordination action which addresses EUSDR in fields of research and innovation.
Prof. Doru Pamfil, Rector of USAMV Cluj-Napoca, and Jürgen Raizner sign the Memorandum of Understanding on establishing the Steinbeis Transfer Centre at USAMV Cluj-Napoca. Attending the signing ceremony: Minister Peter Friedrich, Baden-Württemberg, and Prof. Adrian Curaj.
From 16 to 17 of April 2015, high-level representatives of 11 Academies of Science met in Ulm. The 6th Danube Academies Conference focused on Innovation and Technology. Special attention was given on funding opportunities of EU programs H2020, EUREKA as well as to the Danube Strategy. Around 40 guests, among them scientists, industrial representatives, policy advisers and representatives of the EU-institutions participated in the event. Among them also Danube-INCO.NET representatives.
Jürgen Raizner, Director of Steinbeis Danube Center, and member of Danube-INCO.NET consortium pointed out in his presentation that innovation needs more than research. The economy and society have to be taken into account. This is one subject that is covered by Danube-INCO.NET: to linking stakeholders and decision makers from science, economy and public sector in order to solve societal challenges.
Funding opportunities, given by EUREKA have been presented by entrepreneurs who showed on concrete examples how they benefit from the funds. Clear message to participants was that both programs should be taken into account while EUREKA procedures are easier to understand and to manage than the Horizon program. The two day event also covered various and important aspects from social and political area. The European identity through migration and culture evolution was discussed as well as water-ethics and de-contamination.
Johannes Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, expressed his support towards the Danube Academies of Science via video message. He also took the chance to express his gratitude to all the people involved in the process of developing the Danube Region and their devotion to finding the best solutions to harness it at its true potential.
The 6th Danube Academy Conference was organised by the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Salzburg and the University of Ulm. Next Conference is foreseen to take place in Ljubljana 2016.
Jurgen Raizner, director at the Steinbeis Danube Center, presents the Steinbeis technology transfer model at the Cluj Innovation Days, March 20th 2015, in Cluj, Romania.
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