VDI/VDE-IT - making hightech a success

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Projects

Top Cluster MicroTec Südwest

MicroTec Südwest is one of the five winners of the second round of the top cluster competition of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. To play on international top-level regional clusters form startegic partnerships. Members of the clusters are enterprises, scientific institutions and further actors. VDI/VDE-IT accompanies the clusters.

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Hightech-Strategy: Further Development and Implementation

VDI/VDE-IT reviews and evaluates relevant sienstific papers in connection with the Hightech-Strategy, organises workshops and events to support the Federal Ministry for Education and Research in this field.

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Scientific monitoring of the BMBF-Initiative of accrediting vocational competencies to university courses – ANKOM

The initiative  ANKOM aims at improving the permeability between vocational and university education. Eleven state-wide development projects are intended to identify competencies and qualifications acquired during vocational training and equivalent to university study. The scientific monitoring, through VDI/VDE-IT in cooperation with the HIS GmbH, supports the eleven projects in the establishment of processes to determine competence equivalents. Additionally, through project-related process and result evaluation, it helps with the implementation of theses processes.

about ANKOM (only in German)

Human-Machine Interaction for Demographic Change

The better technology can adapt to humans, the more diverse the opportunities of Human-Machine Interaction become. The better technology is customised for specific scopes of action as well as for the variety of abilities and interests, the more urgent ethical and legal research questions come up. The technological research aspects affect crossover technologies of information technology, microsystem technology, sensors as well as those of various application fields. VDI/VDE-IT is project manager.

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BerTa - Evaluation of the funding programme for highly talented people of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research in the field of "Professional talents"

Professional success and personality development have their roots in life-long learning and further education of the individual. Two programs of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research are heading for talented people to support them in their efforts to further educate: "Promotion of talented people - further education in the profession -  further education scholarship" (started in 1991) and "Promotion scholarship" (started in 2008). The Institute for Innovation and Technology  iit together with the Institute for Education and Socio-Economic Research and Consulting (FiBS) are in charge of evaluating the programmes to further develop these.

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Industrial Network Renewable Energies Saxony

Internationally, Saxony is one of the leading energy technology locations. With the help of the VDI/VDE-IT lead agency of the EESA Initiative, the free state of Saxony aims at supporting this positive trend. The initiative wants to improve and extend the innovation power, the productivity and the export power of Saxony’s industry. This is accomplished through the strategic network made up of companies and research and educational institutions.

about EESA (only in German)

Accompanying research Autonomics

The accompanying research of the technology programme AUTONOMIK examines the projects of the programme. Its aim is to guarantee a high-standard quality of the project’s results. The incentive here lies in the establishment of market success as well as a successful introduction of technology-based process and production innovations. Additionally, it aims at a rise in the level of efficiency of the implementation of the production-enhancing methods. The identification and distribution of success factors to strengthen the German economy are also a part of the programme. The VDI/VDE-IT is the official contact.

about Autonomik (only in German)

IoT-A: Internet of Things - Architecture

IoT-A is the first major research project which aims at creating an universally applicable architecture for the future Internet of Things on an European level – consisting of hardware, software, network and further components. The VDI/VDE-IT co-ordinates the projects in which the German industry is strongly represented.

about IoT-A

ZIM - Central Innovation Programme SME

The Central Innovation Programme SME is the base programme of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. It concentrates on market-orientated promotion of the innovative mid-sized economy in Germany. In different modules, R&D cooperation projects, network projects as well as innovation-supporting service and consultancy are promoted. The VDI/VDE-IT is commissioned with the module ZIM-Nemo (initiation of regional networks) and ZIM-SOLO (single projects).

about ZIM (only in German)

IKT 2020 Focus Electronic Systems

Electronic Systems are one of the key technologies of the 21^st century and their support is an important part of Germany’s high-tech strategy. Therefore the BMBF supports this technology via the “Information and Communications Technologies (IKT 2020)” programme. There the support concentrates on system solutions which are especially qualified to strengthen the innovative abilities of the German economy. VDI/VDE-IT undertook the project management for this support programme on behalf of the BMBF.

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The innovation positioning system is the VDI/VDE-IT’s thematic radar screen in the area of innovation and technology policies. We are looking forward to discussing with you intriguing challenges that face technology and society.

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