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Imagine if, in just three weeks in January, you could accelerate your company’s #sustainability and #CircularEconomy development by exploring a handful of new #business and market opportunities, at the same time as ensuring future compliance and the achievement of your #2030targets. Join us in January for a CE boost and improve your circular economy readiness. This offer is put together by Professor and Section-lead Tim McAloone and the DTU Section of Design for Sustainability in collaboration with the ready2LOOP team. A team of 4–5 master's students, guided by #DTU #CircularEconomy experts, will dedicate approximately 250 hours to working on your case. You will get a: 🟢 Full Circular Economy readiness assessment 🟢 Prioritisation of where to set a future focus 🟢 A set of new Circular Economy strategies and 🟢 Connected roadmap of how to implement these Results: All of the above will be presented in a detailed 10-page report and a concise summary, along with a student-led presentation. ▫️You can apply to be a case company if you are a product manufacturer, component manufacturer or packaging manufacturer. ▫️Company resource commitment - > 10 hours.  ▫️Three short interventions during January 2025 – either physically at DTU Lyngby or via Teams. ▫️When: January 6nd – 24th 2025. Sponsor Case fee: From 2026, there will be a sponsor fee of 12,500 DKK per participating company's case. This year you can still join free of charge. How to get involved: Please register your interest (link in comments), and we will reach out to you shortly. Deadline: 13th of December 2024. For any questions, please reach out to: Peter Munch Kofoed / +45 40 80 48 75 / pmkof@dtu.dk  We hope to see you join us... Tim McAloone, Daniel Guzzo, Daniela Pigosso, Giovana Monteiro Gomes, Krestine Mougaard, Peter Munch Kofoed, Thomas J. Howard, Frederik Juul Wilhardt, Nikolaj Scharling Holm, Niels Steen, Astrid Halberg Binnerup and many more. . . ready2LOOP DTU Construct DTU - Technical University of Denmark DTU Entrepreneurship Sponsored by Industriens Fond

NEXT DELFT EXPANDS WITH 10,000 m2 OF NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR TECH SCALE-UPS AND INNOVATORS The ASR Dutch Science Park Fund is adding 10,000 m2 of office space, maker labs and community space to NEXT Delft with phase II. This space is intended for scale-ups and new tech companies looking to locate on campus and near the University of Delft. Phase I of NEXT Delft was completed in March 2022 and was entirely let within six months of completion. Leasing has started and will be handled by a.s.r. real estate itself. The realisation of phase II starts this month, and the expected completion is in Q3 2025.  NEXT Delft (phase I) forms a unique hub within the ecosystem of the TU Delft Campus. In this top tech innovation ecosystem, more than 45,000 researchers, entrepreneurs, employees and students work together on important innovations for a better society. NEXT Delft provides a pleasant, flexible place where entrepreneurs can grow, with all the necessary facilities and a supportive community of like-minded entrepreneurs.  NEXT Delft phase II offers additional and expanded office and manufacturing space for innovative business activity within TU Delft's target group. With various 'meet & greet' facilities, such as a meeting centre, co-working and community space, and enlarged catering facilities, the building offers every opportunity for meetings, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. #innovation #scienceparcs #tudelft #asr #realestate #areasofinnovation Benny Ng, PhD Paul Jansen Jacques van Dinteren Vinoo Khandekar Edwin van de Woestijne Marco van der Spank

OPEN CALL for students! 📣 Apply to be part of the OpenInnovation programme, an amazing opportunity to work with and share your bright ideas and solutions for real industry challenges 🧠 Only for students in DK. Ramboll is thrilled to partner up with DTU - Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen Business School, and Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen in an exciting open innovation initiative. Together with Lendager and The Copenhagen Metro and Greater Copenhagen Light Rail, each of us will pose a company challenge under the topic 🌱 Sustainable Cities 🌱 Represented by our Water market and Ramboll Tech, we are asking students to explore and reimagine how might we transform our urban spaces to support nature-positive, sustainable, and healthy communities by allowing water to play a visible and central role. With mental health in big cities declining and biodiversity in crisis, we start looking towards a rewiring of the way we think of cities. For far too long the average city has been grey, paved, and lifeless except for its human residents. With this challenge, we want to reimagine what a city is. We believe that water can help us do that as the life-giving asset it is. The ambition is establishing a new normal for urban spaces that takes all living systems into consideration with water as its starting point 💧 A big thanks to DTU Skylab, Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship, and Actory for driving this important initiative. Follow the links to read more about the open innovation programme, the challenges, and of course APPLY ✍ https://lnkd.in/eRkJ3__b https://lnkd.in/dEMH-QdX #sustainablecities #openinnovation #letsclosethegap #partnerforsustainablechange

Catalyse NEB 2025: Transforming Cities with Sustainability and Innovation The Catalyse NEB 2025 initiative is now open! Supported by the EIT Community, this program aims to merge #sustainability, #innovation, and #inclusivity to shape the future of urban spaces. If you’re passionate about creating greener, more livable cities while driving innovation, this is your #opportunity to make a lasting impact. 🔹 What’s in it for you?   - Access to cutting-edge resources to bring your ideas to life.   - Collaborate with a network of experts, innovators, and stakeholders.   - Develop projects that align with the New European Bauhaus values.   - Secure funding to catalyze change in urban environments. 🔹 Who can apply? Startups, SMEs, innovators, and organizations dedicated to sustainable urban transformation and innovative community-building. 💡 Don’t miss this chance to lead the way in creating cities of the future! 👉 Learn more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/dkwMhND2 📩 Need support with your application? Contact us at malta@eitcommunity.eu for assistance. Diana Miceli - EIT Community RIS Hub Malta EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology | Climate-KIC | EIT Food | EIT Urban Mobility | EIT Manufacturing | New European Bauhaus #CatalyseNEB #SustainableCities #NewEuropeanBauhaus #UrbanInnovation #EITCommunity #GreenerFuture #CityTransformation #InnovationForGood #RISHubMalta #Startups #SMEs #innovators #organizations #Business #Entrepreneurs #PublicAuthorities #Researchers #Students #Universities

Dal Innovation Week will showcase ventures and innovations springing up across campus, and students, faculty, staff, alumni, entrepreneurship and innovation supporters and members of the community are invited to attend: https://ow.ly/sHq350TjWXB Highlights include: Sept. 17 - Falling Walls Lab pitch competition. Some of Atlantic Canada’s brightest minds will share groundbreaking research, disruptive technologies, and transformative ideas to change the world for the better, in just 3 minutes: https://ow.ly/8t4950TjXj9 Sept.18 - Open Street Innovation. A fun street fair in the Tupper Quad where you’ll meet 25+ groups that can help you along your entrepreneurship and innovation journey. https://ow.ly/YPNe50TjXeP Sept .19 - Innovation in the Field. Join us for a celebration and showcase of agricultural innovation on Dalhousie’s Agricultural Campus. Stroll through the Cultiv8 gardens as you enjoy refreshments, pick up fresh produce from the farm stand, and visit agricultural research displays. https://ow.ly/92PX50TjXng Sept. 20 - 21 - Blue Hackathon. Passionate about the ocean? Tackle a complex ocean-related problem in a guided environment. New to hackathons? No worries. You won’t be required to build hardware or write code – but creativity of all kinds is encouraged! https://ow.ly/625050TjXNC

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OpenInnovation is back! 💥   Registration for this year’s cross-disciplinary student innovation challenge is now open!   Once again, we are bringing more than 120 students from Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Business School, and DTU - Technical University of Denmark together to power new solutions to how we can secure sustainable cities in the future 🌇   This year, we have teamed up with Metroselskabet & Hovedstadens Letbane, Ramboll, and the Lendager represented project, StructuralReuse ♻️ We can’t wait to unveil what challenges they are bringing! Are you or do you know a student who could be interested in tackling challenges with future cities? Tag away in the comments 💡🧑💻   #DTUInnovation #OpenInnovation #StudentInnovation #SustainableCities #dtudk Actory Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship KU Lighthouse‎

Questions... 1. Should a regional Innovation Zone be based inside a University Campus? 2. Should start-ups be signposted to Catapults, Research & Technology Organisations and Universities for their early stage product development support? 3. At what stage should start-ups, needing to develop new commercial products, be introduced to Industrial Design consultancies? 4. Why does the NW of England have the 2nd lowest level* of investment in New Product Design and New Service Design in the country? *according to Innovate UK

1. the whole system for supporting innovation needs urgent review - and better targeted funding - universities have a role - along with others - and delivery should be on a (far more effectual) regional basis 2. each innovation region should be able to provide connections to a network of approved suppliers - grounded in each region but without precluding specialists who may be more likely to operate country-wide 3. (all) iterations of design consultancies should be part of this network subject to having appropriate credentials 4. not sure about the north west also...investment and growth needs to be part of this network too, to ensure start ups that have received support actually grow and remain based in the UK with UK owners - things are going to get very country-focused finally...although country-focused, please let's re-establish the UK as part of the EU's innovation eco-system

Reflecting on the milestones that have transformed Greater Boston into a global leader in tech and sustainability, it’s incredible to see how government and academia have driven lasting impact. From the founding of The City of Boston’s Office of New Urban Mechanics in 2010, an initiative that pioneered civic innovation in the U.S., to the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-lab), launched in 2011 to empower student-led startups, we see the early seeds of a collaborative, resource-rich environment. By 2016, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched The Engine Accelerator, pushing forward “tough tech” ventures with the resources to tackle world-changing challenges. Fast-forward to 2023, and we find ourselves with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Tech Hub, furthering ocean research and technology to address critical environmental issues. Looking ahead, the planned Boston Climate Innovation Center (2025) aims to position Boston at the forefront of climate tech, fostering solutions that could have a global impact. Together, these milestones reveal an intentional, layered approach to building a robust innovation ecosystem where government and academia intersect to drive societal progress. Share if you want to add any other meaningful moments to Greater Boston's innovation journey. #Innovation #GreaterBoston #Sustainability #TechEcosystem #InnovationMilestones #CivicInnovation #ToughTech #ClimateTech #OceanResearch #AcademicMilestones