A week dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration – with workshops, scientific lectures, and state of the art presentations on digital crisis management strategies and reliable infrastructure.
This year’s emergenCITY Week took place from June 10 to 14, 2024. Once again, the event provided a valuable platform for external and internal exchange between the diverse disciplines that come together in emergenCITY. Scientists and emergenCITY employees gathered for lectures, workshops, and award ceremonies.
On Monday, the program kicked off with a internal workshop for entrepreneurs led by Carolin Bock and Syrene Adala. Entitled “Where to Play,” the workshop focused on how to identify and exploit the most promising market opportunities for start-up ideas.
On Tuesday, presentations on the research areas of emergenCITY followed, initially from the program areas of Communication, as well as City and Society. On Wednesday, the presentation continued with contributions from the areas of Cyber-Physical Systems and Information.
On Thursday, the Open eHub Day marked the official opening of the real-live lab eHub. The program included presentations of the emergenCITY missions Aerial Crisis Network and the Smart Digital Situation Control Center as well as the serious game Krisiopolis. Timon Gremmels, Hessian Minister for Science and Research, Art and Culture, visited for the opening ceremony and a round tour.
More on the event and the eHUB here
More on the media response to the event here
On Friday, the Ruzena Bajcsy lecture series on communication and resilience starred another speaker. Under the title “What helps your career and your start-up – my personal lessons,” Barbara Meyer, Managing Director of BMC Partners GmbH, shared in a business-oriented talk personal experiences and insights that provided valuable inspiration for both individual careers and entrepreneurial growth.
The whole talk is online on Youtube
Friday and the entire week concluded with the presentation of the emergenCITY Collaboration Award 2023. This internal award recognizes and promotes outstanding interdisciplinary collaboration between the various program areas of emergenCITY.
More on the winners and their topic of research here
