2nd CZECH-GERMAN WORKSHOP FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

"Energy System Solutions for the Future"

15 November 2022, German Embassy in Prague

VSB – Technical University of Ostrava together with its partners the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT invite representatives of the industrial sector to the 2^nd Czech-German Workshop for Industrial Research and Innovation entitled "Energy System Solutions for the Future", which will present the possibilities of cooperation with the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (FIP-AI@VSB-TUO), either on a contractual or project basis. 

FIP-AI@VSB-TUO, the only FIP in the Czech Republic, research and develop the great potential of energy management technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent production in industry. For this ambitious initiative, the partners each contribute their own expertise: VSB-TUO in the areas of artificial intelligence and next generation computing; Fraunhofer ICT in materials research and energy systems; and Fraunhofer IWU in manufacturing technology and production. The bundling of these competencies enables the partners to offer particularly powerful solutions for the entire industrial value chain.

The workshop will feature the representatives of all partners involved in the innovation platform as well as representatives of CzechInvest, the Business and Investment Development Agency of the Czech Republic, which closely monitors the innovation environment of the Czech Republic in terms of research, its practical application and the necessary infrastructure, and the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, an organisational unit for the support of research, experimental development and innovation, which provides financial support for applied research from national and European funds.