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Indo-German Dialogue "Industry Academia Cooperation" | 26 September | IHC New Delhi

Indo-German Dialogue

Industry Academia Cooperation

 

Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Venue: Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Colony, New Delhi


 

Time

Programme

15:30 h – 16:00 h

Registration

16:00 h – 17:00 h

Welcome address
- Ms. Heike Mock, Director, German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH Delhi) & German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Regional Office Delhi

Inaugural Address
- Dr. Martin Ney, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi

Special Address
- Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel,
President, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Keynote: 
Opportunities and challenges for Sustainable Cooperation between Industry and Academia in India

- Prof. Dr. Furkan Qamar,
Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

17:00 h – 17:30 h

Networking Tea

17:30 h – 18:00 h

The German Federation of Industrial Research Associations, AiF
- Dr.-Ing. Thomas Kathöfer (tbc),
CEO, German Federation of Industrial Research Associations, AiF

18:00 h - 19:30 h

Innovation and Incubation as key factors in Industry and Academia Cooperation: Universities as a breeding ground for Innovation
- Best Practice examples of Indian Start-ups (tbc)

Expert Panel Discussion
- Prof. Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director IIT Madras 

- Sunil Mathur, CEO, Siemens India

- Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Prömel, President, Technische Universität Darmstadt

- Prof. Dr. Dieter W. Heermann, Vice-President International Affairs, University of Heidelberg

- Representative, KIT Karlsruhe (tbc)

- Dr. Michael Harms, Director Communications, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Chair

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