Professor Manfred Bayer invited numerous visitors from academia, industry, and the city’s neighborhood at the Westfälischer Industrieklub (Westphalian Industrial Club). The President of TU Dortmund University highlighted that the aim of the Gambrinus Online forum is to reinforce the dialogue between science and society.
Establishing Understanding Resources Strategically
Economist Teacher Martin Ihrig, who took a trip to the Gambrinus Forum from New York, spoke about sustainable growth in a knowledge-based society and an increasingly unsure world. In order to tactically establish understanding within organizations– whether business, municipalities, or universities– a stocktaking is first needed. This should consider “proprietary understanding,” which is extremely structured and does not scattered, such as patents and intellectual property. In addition, the “personal understanding” of subject specialists need to be considered, which is generally unstructured and non-diffusing. Added to this are the “dominating understanding,” such as industry-wide shared convictions, and “public understanding,” which is, for instance, taped in business publications.
In his consulting work, Teacher Ihrig recommends always establishing and picturing a strategic portfolio of all these understanding resources and their interrelationships, in order to have the ability to establish knowledge strategically. In this method, a company can generate innovation and accomplish sustainable growth.
Professor Ihrig has actually lived and worked in the United States for around twenty years. He currently holds consultations at New York University (NYU) and at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also co-founder and president of the I-Space Institute, which supports companies in establishing development and growth methods.
Driving Change through Innovation
Teacher Martin Paul, President of Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), presented the Ruhr Innovation Lab. Under this name, TU Dortmund University and RUB are getting in the second competition stage of the Excellence Technique together. The 2 universities goal to create an experimental area where brand-new possibilities for research study can emerge and where innovative options can grow out of basic research study. To this end, the task likewise intends to innovate on the partnership between academia, market, and civil society.
The Ruhr area is especially well suited for this, as it has actually already demonstrated how economy and society can change positively and sustainably. With 22 universities and numerous non-university research organizations, it has become a strong hub of knowledge. RUB and TU Dortmund University can construct on the University Alliance Ruhr, in which they have actually been collaborating strategically and closely with the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) considering that 2007.
In four profile areas, the two universities currently show outstanding top-level research study, consisting of sustainable chemistry, trustworthy IT systems, novel materials, and the nature of matter, according to Teacher Paul. TU Dortmund University and RUB are likewise very well placed in the fields of transfer and start-ups. Together with UDE and other partners, they effectively protected financing this summertime for the BRYCK Start-up Alliance as one of ten Start-up Factories in Germany.
The vision of the Ruhr Development Laboratory, Teacher Paul discussed, is to contribute through research and innovation to safeguarding success and values in addition to strengthening the dependability of info. Following submission of the application on 12 November and evaluation in the coming spring, it will be revealed in October 2026 which 15 universities and university consortia of quality will get financing.
Professor Martin Paul has been President of RUB because 2021. Prior to that, the pharmacologist served for ten years as President of Maastricht University. He also carried out research and taught at Freie Universität Berlin and at the Charité. Starting in 2016, he served for several years on the professional panel of the German Excellence Strategy.
Internationalization Awards in Four Categories
As part of the Gambrinus Online Forum, TU Dortmund University once again gave its annual Internationalization Awards. Teacher Tessa Flatten, Vice President International Affairs, honored exceptional international dedication in the areas of teaching, research, transfer, and administration.