The successful SPARK ideas competition of the Foundersclub Freiburg will take place from 15th of May – 17th of July 2021 – now as a trinational event within the framework of the KTUR project. At the ideas competition last year in 2020 80 students from different disciplines, took part to develop start-up projects based on cool ideas. During the program, the students – from computer science, design to classical business studies – worked together in teams. 13 exciting projects resulted from the competition.
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Knowledge Transfer Upper Rhine
Trinational partnership connecting public research and industry
A lively exchange between science and business is the key to a region’s successful economic development. The targeted use of research output from universities by industry spurs unique innovations and solutions beneficial to society.
The Upper Rhine metropolitan region, located in the border triangle of Germany, France and Switzerland, harbors outstanding innovation potential. In addition to a large number of highly capable companies—both start-ups and established businesses—this region is home to numerous universities that conduct top-level research in a wide range of disciplines. Along the Upper Rhine, thousands of the brightest minds are generating high-quality fundamental research and innovative inventions and discoveries on a daily basis. Research provides companies in the region with a rich palette of superb results and knowledge that can be utilized for production and creating value.
To ensure that existing knowledge and potential solutions are not squandered, six universities and six universities of applied sciences from the Upper Rhine Valley have established a cross-border network with trade associations and companies. Through regular exchange, the partners share their knowledge and expertise, jointly developing trinational structures and activities. The aim is to bring science and business in the region closer together, in order to accelerate the transfer of knowledge and technology and to foster even more mutual learning by working together. In this manner, short innovation cycles can be created, exploiting synergies for the entire Upper Rhine region.
What is Knowledge and Technology Transfer ?
Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) is a reciprocal, interactive process between the university, along with its representatives, and society as a whole. In this sense, ‘society’ holistically encompasses citizens, industry, cultural institutions, and the political sphere. The KTUR network, with its twelve institutions of higher education from Germany, France, and Switzerland, taps regional knowledge and technology transfer across borders. Having such a large number of partners, with their variegated focus, results in a range of expertise second to none. At the same time, the locations in three countries spark new perspectives and opportunities for cooperation. This special diversity and international quality distinguish KTUR, furnishing valuable opportunities for the exchange, further development, and application of new knowledge at the intersection of scientific endeavor, the business world, and society at large.
Cooperations
Are you seeking a technological solution to implement an innovative idea or to improve your product? You can benefit from the scientific findings and know-how on hand at the universities in the Upper Rhine region.
Continuing education
Continuing education increases motivation and job satisfaction, as well as preparing you for new professional requirements. The university partners offer a wide range of different measures for academic continuing education.
Starting a business
Are you a student, graduate student, or research assistant at a university on the Upper Rhine whose goal is to realize your business idea? Or have you already successfully founded your own business and now want to give it fresh impetus? The university partners maintain their own “spin-off communities” and intend to link them more closely in the near future. In addition, there are plans to create joint trinational offers for entrepreneurs founding new businesses.
Innovation events
The regional universities host events highlighting innovation, to provide an overview of inventions and new ideas emanating from science. At these events, you will have the opportunity to discover the latest developments in research and innovation in the Upper Rhine region and to network with potential cooperation partners.
about the project
The EU project Knowledge Transfer Upper Rhine (KTUR), launched in the fall of 2019, marked the start of systematic cooperation among Upper Rhine universities, research institutions, trade associations, and companies in the field of knowledge and technology transfer. Within the framework of the INTERREG V Upper Rhine funding program, the EU will support KTUR with €1.6 million over the next three years. The project is being coordinated by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
News
Trinational KTUR Summer School Entrepreneurship – On the way to your own company
KTUR team
April 13, 2021
The Trinational KTUR Summer School provides first-hand insights into the dynamic world of entrepreneurs. Over the course of a week, the big questions of any business are examined from a practical perspective: What is my business model? How do I make money? Where does the funding come from? How can I attract enough customers? Am I suitable as an entrepreneur? What is a business plan? How do I attract and motivate employees?
Furthermore, do you enjoy meeting students from Germany and France and extend your network in the Upper Rhine Region? Then this Summer School is for you. It is a collaboration across borders between University of Strasbourg, University of Freiburg and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. The class will compromise of students from all three countries and we will have inputs from lecturers and founders from the different universities.
The sessions are interactive and each day there is time to apply the tools and techniques to business ideas from the class in interdisciplinary teams.
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New team member – Colleague Robot
KTUR team
April 13, 2021
Due to advancing digitalization, increasing cost pressure as well as increased customer and flexibility requirements, companies are confronted with the challenge of using their available resources more and more efficiently. Process automation with robotics is at the forefront of future-oriented human-computer interaction, both in the production and service sectors.
How does the implementation of such solutions work? What challenges arise? What are the possible development prospects for companies in the region?
On May 20 at 3:00 p.m., Offenburg University of Applied Sciences will bring together a panel of researchers, developers and users to discuss these issues as part of the new series of events “Future Company”.
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Events
15 April
Online
Thursday
KTUR PhD Talks
1:30 am - 2:30 pm
16 April
Friday
Karlsruhe Mobility Summit 2021
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
21 - 22 April
Wednesday
21 April
Online
Wednesday
Webinar: Digitale Geschäftsmodelle
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
22 April
Thursday
03 - 05 May
Online
Monday
No event found!
Contact
For more info about KTUR project, please send an e-mail to:
ktur@irm.kit.edu
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