simul+Innovation Day Zittau

The Saxon State Board for Rural Areas (SLK) and the ^{simul+InnovationHub}of the Saxon State Ministry for Regional Development (SMR), in collaboration with the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, the Cottbus-Senftenberg University of Applied Sciences (BTU), and the Fraunhofer Plastics Center Upper Lusatia, are organizing the ^{simul+ Innovation Day}in Zittau.

The event’s theme is “A Catalyst for the Region in Transition: Business, Science, Politics, and Society,” and it will take place in the lead-up to the 23rd Saxon State Harvest Festival. Four thematic blocks—“Energy, Circular Economy, Construction, and Mobility”—will showcase examples of the results of this collaboration.

LRÄ/district cities, municipalities, associations/clubs/foundations, chambers, companies/trade/freelance professions, science/research, students/trainees, citizens

Starting at 12:00 p.m.

• Registration

1:00 p.m.

• Welcome to the simul⁺ Innovation Day
• Opening Remarks ( Stephan Meyer, District Administrator of the Görlitz District; Thomas Zenker, Mayor of Zittau, the district seat; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, Rector of Zittau-Görlitz University of Applied Sciences)
• Keynote Presentation: “Establishing and Developing New Business Areas and Models in Lausitz” (Andreas Huck, Lausitz Energie Verwaltungs GmbH)

1:50 p.m.

“Drivers of Change for the Region: Business, Science, Politics, and Society”—Key Technologies for Structural Change in Lausitz

• Heat Supply of the Future ( Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, Rector of Zittau-Görlitz University of Applied Sciences / Institute for Process Engineering, Process Automation, and Measurement Technology; Industry Partner: Christoph Steffan, Managing Director of AQVA Synergy GmbH)
• Green Technologies for the Circular Economy (Prof. Wolfgang Nendel, Deputy Head of the Chair of Lightweight Structures and Plastics Processing, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology; Industry Partner: Andreas Huck, Lausitz Energie Verwaltungs GmbH)
• Construction—Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow ( Prof. Dr. Hubertus Domschke, Professor at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg / Lausitz Technology Center GmbH LAUTECH Hoyerswerda; Industry Partner: David Köhler, studio heyho!—design studio in Dresden and Nuremberg)
• New Vehicle Systems and Their Requirements for Tomorrow’s Mobility (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Scholz, Director of the Fraunhofer Plastics Center Upper Lusatia – Fraunhofer IWU; Industry Partner: Diplom-Ingenieur in Transportation Systems Engineering (FH) Jens Wolff, Authorized Signatory at vci VerkehrsConsult Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Dresden)

2:40 p.m.

• Coffee break

3:15 p.m.

• Panel Discussion

  featuring Thomas Schmidt, Saxony’s Minister of State for Regional Development, and one representative from each of the aforementioned subject areas

4:15 p.m.

• Refreshments – “Freund Blase” (Street Food & Catering)

12:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

• Innovation Fair / Networking

5:00 p.m.

End of event

Moderator: Uta Georgi

Download the program

Free participation in the event can be booked online in the period from 11.07.2022 to 23.09.2022: Book participation

Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Peter-Dierich-Building
Theodor-Körner-Allee 16, 02763 Zittau