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So könnte es zumindest lauten, wenn alle Funktionen ihrem Namen die Ehre erweisen und tatsächlich funktionieren.

Tempus, magister vitae, omnia mutat et movet. Nihil in hac vita manet idem; omnia fluunt et mutantur, sicut flumina quae numquam eodem loco stant.

Antiqui Romani saepe dixerunt: “Carpe diem.” Hoc significat tempus non esse negligendum, sed propositis bonis et actionibus plenis frui. Nam vita brevis est, sed memoria rerum gestarum potest longa esse.

Sapiens ergo non timet mutationem, sed eam amplectitur, sciens omnem mutationem partem esse naturae.

Virtus et honor fundamenta bonae vitae sunt. Sine virtute, gloria vana est; sine honore, potentia iniusta.

Thai-German Networking Event

We were honoured to have welcomed the DTG, CAI and many guests from Thailand and Aachen at the Digital Capability Center (now Innovation and Learning Center) in Aachen.

It was a gathering where masks were still quite common. But we managed to keep the social distancing at a minimum.

exCITE Symposium 2024

In collaboration with the Center for Circular Economy of RWTH Aachen University, the RWTH Innovation GmbH and ITA Academy GmbH INSTec welcomed over 60 thought leaders in circularity innovation from Europe and beyond. This first edition of the „Exchange on Circularity Innovation & Transition Enablers (exCITE)“ Symposium was the Grande Finale of the EIT HEI funded project „CITE“ on entrepreneurship support in textile circularity as it gave the stage to the CITE partners and to many of the start-ups and scale-ups who were supported in the project.

The event was not only a success for the content presented – it was unique because of the positive atmosphere and the openness for exploring ways of collaboration which could be felt throughout the 1.5 days. Directors of multi-million € public private partnerships, investment organisations and regional development agencies met innovators, entrepreneurship educators, students and further supporters of international collaboration and innovation – and they engaged in discussions on eye level. A number of follow-up activities especially in collaboration with partners from Southeast Asia were drafted in the meantime. An exCITE Symposium 2025 is expected to be held in October.