KTUR²: Towards a global innovation ecosystem in the Upper Rhine region
KTUR²: Towards a global innovation ecosystem in the Upper Rhine region
The Knowledge Transfer Upper Rhine 2 (KTUR²) project offers companies privileged access to innovation and cutting-edge technologies by focusing on several strategic axes in the Upper Rhine.
A programme supported and co-financed by the European Union, KTUR² acts as a catalyst for innovation and collaboration between businesses and researchers on a cross-border scale.
It aims to meet the R&D needs of businesses by facilitating: access to innovations resulting from research work and to cutting-edge technologies available in cross-border research units.
KTUR² is also developing a range of continuing training courses to enhance skills, keep pace with socio-economic developments and enable your teams to remain at the cutting edge of your business sector.
In addition, the project promotes entrepreneurship and the creation of start-ups within the tri-national network, while simplifying access to innovation funding in the region.
The University of Freiburg and the University of Strasbourg are leading the „Entrepreneurship Education and Networking“ work package. Exciting projects are planned in collaboration with the KTUR partners. Among other initiatives, a specialized venture capital workshop for graduate students is on the agenda. Additionally, a new podcast series featuring experienced founders from the Upper Rhine Region will be launched. The well-established trinational summer school is being expanded to include an international audience, and a startup job fair will be introduced to connect small businesses with job seekers and interns. We have plenty of ideas in the pipeline and look forward to seeing you there!
The KTUR² Consortium
The origins of the KTUR network
The ambition of the first KTUR project, launched in October 2019, was to make knowledge and technology transfer at regional and cross-border level more efficient, systematic and sustainable between public research and businesses.
To achieve this, a network of 12 member universities comprising the Eucor universities (the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Fribourg-en-Brisgau, Haute-Alsace, Basel and Strasbourg), the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau and the TriRhénaTech universities of applied sciences (Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Offenburg, Furtwangen, Lörrach, North-Western Switzerland) as well as technology transfer players such as Conectus, Grand E-nov+ (Regional Innovation Agency) and the CCI Alsace Eurométropole have joined forces.
Veranstaltungen
Project supported and co-funded by the European Union
Contact:
Dr. Frauke Lorenzen
Project leader working group „Entrepreneurship“
- 0761/203 - 8992
- frauke.lorenzen[at]zv.uni-freiburg.de
Britta Laskowski
Marketing and Communications working group „Entrepreneurship“
- 0761/203 - 98653
- britta.laskowski[at]zv.uni-freiburg.de
Generic KTUR e-mail address: ktur@unistra.fr