The KTUR² network brings together Knowledge and Technology Transfer offices and academic research units in the Upper Rhine to stimulate innovation in the region.
Entrepreneurship
25/08/2025
For students and (future) entrepreneurs
From your first idea to a business model in five days with the KTUR Summer School.
Move your idea forward and learn about market strategies, team building, financing and how to present your project at the end.
The summer school offers students from the Upper Rhine region a glimpse into the dynamic world of entrepreneurship.
It runs from August 25 to August 29, 2025, with two days in Freiburg, two days in Basel and one day in Strasbourg.
R&D
23/09/2025
For students, researchers and companies
New LabVisit – Immersion at the heart of industrial innovation!
Join us for an exclusive tour of the major players in technological innovation in Strasbourg-Illkirch. This new LabVisit, with the KTUR² label, takes you behind the scenes of applied innovation: from advanced research to concrete industrial production.
Three structures, one common ambition: to transform science into industrial solutions.
• IREPA LASER
Come and discover our additive manufacturing plant, with the first robotised machine incorporating AMFREE technology, as well as our laser welding line. Thanks to live demonstrations, you’ll see how our technologies are already being implemented in various industrial sectors.
• ICube Strasbourg
Explore the joint LaserSurf laboratory, the fruit of an ANR collaboration between ICube and IREPA LASER. On the programme: ultrafast lasers, AI applied to laser processes, photonic instrumentation and multimodal microscopy. Dive into the world of complex beams and surface characterisation techniques on a microscopic scale.
• Aerial-CRT
Discover our experimental irradiation station feerix, a unique infrastructure in the world. A specialist in ionisation, agri-food and freeze-drying, Aerial opens the doors to 40 years of expertise at the service of technological innovation.
📍 Strasbourg-Illkirch Innovation Park
🕒 Schedule of the visit
1.45pm: Welcome of participants in front of IREPA LASER
2.00pm to 6.30pm: Guided tours of IREPA LASER, ICUBE and AERIAL
6.30pm: Closing cocktail at IREPA LASER
12 universities, their research units and 3 key economic players are joining forces to create a solid bridge between the academic and business worlds in the cross-border Upper Rhine region, where Germany, France and Switzerland meet.
What does KTUR² want to achieve?
Launched in September 2024, KTUR² is supported by the European Union.
innovation and technologies from research units.
thanks to cross-border continuing education.
the development of entrepreneurship and startups around the Upper Rhine.
Upper Rhine innovation funding schemes.
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