Category - smart regions

Floods: Education, awareness, action!

Extreme weather and flooding are on the rise. Susanne Karr talks to Düsseldorf architect Jan Hinnerk Meyer about his concept for a flood competence center and what needs to be done now.

Laufen: From Gmunden out into the world

Laufen's ceramic kiln was fired with gas for four decades. This is now over: After four years of development, the Gmunden production facility is being converted to an electric tunnel kiln.

Ideology is a bad advisor

Ideologies are guiding principles that have become outdated and are in urgent need of an overhaul. Especially in a time of high dynamics and uncertainty, politics is increasingly becoming a pure game of strategy: If you move, you lose.

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Raw materials & energy: The search for independence

In addition to the strong role of global supply chains, the pursuit of independence has become increasingly important. We will increasingly produce energy locally. The circular economy also strengthens independence and the local economy.

Save the Grüner Veltliner!

Artificial intelligence's ability to process large amounts of data, learn from patterns and make predictions opens up new opportunities - not only - in the energy transition.

Entrepreneurial chances in the Emirates

Over the past 5 decades, the Emirates grew to become the fourth largest economy in the Middle East. As a desert state, the federation is dependent on products and know-how from abroad.