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New AIT Foresight Brief Explores Human-Centricity in Austrian Manufacturing

What does it mean to place humans at the center of industrial innovation?The latest Foresight Brief 02/2025 from the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy examines how human-centricity can be [...] interoperability, and data protectionAn analysis of the European funding landscape and international innovation dynamicsRecommendations for action targeted at businesses, policymakers, and educational institutions [...] ity is not only seen as a design-oriented approach, but as a strategic lever for strengthening innovation capacity, employee motivation, and organizational resilience – making it a key success factor for

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Putting people at the center

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a scientific contribution to the Alpbach Technology Talks. Human Centered Innovation How central the topic of " Human Centered Innovation " is in current research and technology development can be illustrated [...] technologies offer. "This is a driver for innovation: We believe that experience-led innovation and new ways of human-machine interaction are key building blocks for innovative and successful technologies." In [...] 08.2021 This year's yearbook "Discussing Technology" is dedicated to the topic of " Human Centered Innovation ". As a scientific contribution to the Alpbach Technology Talks 2021, it will address topics

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Center

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in these areas. Center for Energy read more Center for Digital Safety & Security read more Center for Health & Bioresources read more Center for Transport Technologies read more Center for Vision, Automation [...] Automation & Control read more Center for Technology Experience read more Center for Innovation Systems & Policy read more [...] Center Seven Specialized Centers Conduct Research on the Key Infrastructure Topics of the Future The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria’s largest non-university research institution. With

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Center for Technology Experience

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Center for Technology Experience The Center for Technology Experience deals with fundamental questions on the interaction between people and technology. We don’t just use technology, we live with it. Much [...] experience research, experience driven innovation as well as new modalities of interaction have evolved into prominent and required building blocks towards future innovative and successful technologies, applications [...] required that enables state-of-the-art analyses and evaluations. Experience Oriented Innovation Experience Oriented Innovation helps organizations to understand their customers on a whole new level by identifying

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Giefinggasse

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Communications Fields Center for Digital Safety & Security Center for Energy Center for Health & Bioresources Center for Transport Technologies Center for Innovation Systems & Policy Center for Technology Experience [...] Experience Center for Vision, Automation & Control How to reach us Google maps How to reach the Giefinggasse (pdf) Bus 29B Station Paukerwerkstraße 30A Station Siemensstraße 31A Station H.-von-Buol-Gasse

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High-performance vision technologies for industrial quality control

at/ueber-das-ait/center/center-for-vision-automation-control/messen-events Scientific Vision Days - The AIT lecture series on the trade fair https://www.ait.ac.at/ueber-das-ait/center/center-for-vision-a [...] point for a worldwide audience.  When it comes to innovative inspection solutions for a wide range of industrial applications, the AIT Center for Vision, Automation & Control (VAC) is one of the [...] parties forward."  The Center VAC presented the following technologies live, which can now be viewed at AIT (Giefinggasse 4) xposure:photometry  The innovative photometric stereo line scan

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LKR coordinates new COMET project We3D²

to LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen as coordinator, the AIT Center for Vision, Automation & Control, Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, RISC Software GmbH, and the Institute for Materials [...] projects approved in July 2025 as part of the Austrian COMET competence center program. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility, and Infrastructure, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs [...] titanium digitally and layer by layer during the manufacturing process. This is made possible by innovative methods of data collection and analysis that allow intelligent linking of process data and material

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The Challenge of Dementia. Caring Relatives in Need for Support

to support caring relatives with digital solutions and innovative training courses, thereby specifically counteracting depression. A user-centered app (http://demicare.app) was already developed in the [...] project manager and researcher at the AIT Center for Technology Experience. The DemiCare+ project falls within the Social Experience research area at the AIT Center for Technology Experience. The aim is to [...] well-being. The goal of the research is to develop human-centered innovations in the spirit of digital humanism and to give everyone access to digital services and solutions (Accessibility). More information

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How transformation towards a more sustainable city can succeed

alone. To this end, there are ongoing transnational R&D calls and projects. The AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy has now developed a concept for monitoring the various JPI Urban Europe [...] round was conducted. The results were presented by Susanne Meyer and Robert Hawlik (both Center for Innovation Systems & Policy) to the 20 participating European countries at the JPI Urban Europe on [...] resilient and liveable. For this transformation to succeed, initiatives in the areas of urban innovation and technological development are needed. JPI Urban Europe aims to be a hub for urban research

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Innovation Systems & Digitalisation

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Innovation Systems & Digitalisation Innovation Systems & Digitalisation The analysis of innovation systems and changing innovation patterns allows us to develop research and innovation strategies for RTI [...] organisations and research promotion agencies. New innovation models such as open innovation, crowdsourcing, business model innovation or frugal innovation as well as the increasing internationalisation of [...] alisation of research and development, social innovation, and open innovation. The analysis of innovation systems and new forms of research and innovation has a strong empirical focus: We apply a range

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AIT advises German Federal Government on research and innovation policy

the annual report on research and innovation was handed over to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. One focus this year was the so-called "Agile Research and Innovation Policy" (R&I Policy). This contribution [...] contribution builds in significant parts on a background study led by the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy and conducted jointly with the FU Berlin. The agility concept shows ways in which policy [...] prepare the ground for far-reaching processes of change," says study author and Head of AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy Matthias Weber. So far, however, a comprehensive and implementable concept

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Karl-Heinz Leitner at Austrian Innovation Forum 22

this year's Austrian Innovation Forum. He is currently involved in the cross-center joint project NEFI - New Energy for Industry with the decarbonization of industry and innovation management. The Austrian [...] Austrian Innovation Forum - the annual forum for innovation and new growth took place from 13.-14. October at the ERSTE Campus Vienna. https://www.austrian-innovation-forum.at/   https://www.nefi.at/

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AIT at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020

two centers as part of the EU-funded Coordination and Support Action MicrobiomeSupport. Angela Sessitsch and Tanja Kostic, Center of Health & Bioresources, together with Beatrix Wepner, Center for [...] for Innovation Systems and Policy, organized the breakout session "Microbiomes for the Bioeconomy - Hype or hope" as part of the workshop "How bioeconomy is transforming agriculture". The Breakout Session [...] microbiome applications in food systems. Expectations, needs for future strategic research & innovation agendas and regulatory issues were discussed and raised great interest among GBS 2020 participants

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Innovate 2021

Innovate 2021 will address this central topic in a high-profile panel with Julian Breitenecker (CEO & Co-Founder/SchoolFox), Peter Biegelbauer (Senior Scientist/ Center for Innovation Systems & [...] Steering & Participation/City of Vienna) as well as in nine interactive workshops.  www.innovate2021.at  (Online Event)

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Presentation of the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda of the Horizon Europe Partnership "Clean Energy Transition" & "Driving Urban Transitions”

and innovation agendas. The AIT played a key role in the preparation of the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for the Horizon Europe Partnership "Clean Energy Transition". The Center for [...] the creation of the agenda.  The Center for Energy (Helfried Brunner) was involved in the identification and preparation of the 8 Research & Innovation Challenges:  CETP Challenge 1 "Optimised [...] for Innovation Systems & Policy (Susanne Meyer & Nikolas Reschen) supported the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action in coordinating the process of creating the SRIA between May and November

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AIT Bioresources team wins the Lower Austrian Innovation Award in the category "Best Innovation from Lower Austrian Research Institutions"

The Bioresources Team of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources was honored for its innovative research achievements in the field of sustainable agriculture. With the project "Endophytes - the solution [...] Austrian Innovation Prize, awarded by a cooperation between the Province of Lower Austria and the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce, honors outstanding achievements in the field of innovation every year [...] a central part of regional innovation promotion and reflects the commitment to progress and sustainability. The experts from the Comptence Unit Bioresources of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources

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Trends in the 5G market

In a study for the European Commission, experts from the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy and the Center for Digital Safety & Security looked at trends in the market for 5G equipment [...] measures that can strengthen Europe's competitiveness," says project leader Michael Dinges (Center for Innovation Systems & Policy). The study provides an in-depth analysis of future developments in [...] cybersecurity, energy efficiency and standardisation needs. Thomas Zemen, Principal Scientist at the Center for Digital Safety and Security, highlights one aspect: "Realising all performance parameters for

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FFG Success Story: Cellectric Biosciences revolutionizes sepsis diagnostics

Cellectric Biosciences comes in,” explains Elke Guenther, Head of Center at the AIT Center for Health & Bioresources, ”a spin-off of our Center's Molecular Diagnostic Unit, which has made significant progress [...] Cellectric Biosciences, a spin-off from the AIT Center for Health & Bioresources, has been named an FFG Success Story for its innovative method for diagnosing sepsis. The method, which is based on [...] been recognized as an FFG Success Story, which underlines the importance and potential of this innovation. The funding from the FFG enables a clinical study to validate the method in everyday clinical

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ECOVATION 2018

im Austria Center Vienna in Wien statt. Über 200 erwartete Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer diskutieren zu fünf verschiedenen Themenschwerpunkten. Eva Buchinger vom AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy [...] Policy moderiert auf der ECOVATION 2018 eine Session zum Thema „Innovative öffentliche Beschaffung erfolgreich umsetzen“. Folgende Fragen werden dabei behandelt: Welche Politikinstrumente zur Unterstützung [...] Hannes Pöcklhofer (Amt der OÖ Landesregierung) Podiumsdiskussion (EU - Mutual Learning Exercise on Innovation Procurement) Weitere Informationen zur ECOVATION 2018 und das Programm finden Sie hier. AIT-Kontakt:

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Karl-Heinz Leitner als Speaker beim 17. Forum Innovation

Von 25.-26. Juni findet das Forum Innovation in Linz statt. Das 17. FORUM INNOVATION der PFI - Plattform für Innovation steht unter dem Motto NETZWERK - WISSEN - ZUKUNFT. Die Veranstaltung verbindet [...] Zukunfts- und Innovationsthemen. Karl-Heinz Leitner vom AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy tritt am 26. Juni im Rahmen des Innovation Days um 11:15 Uhr als Speaker auf. Er spricht zum Thema „Das [...] Innovationen im Spannungsfeld zwischen formaler und informeller Organisation“. Über das Forum Innovation AIT-Kontakt: Karl-Heinz Leitner

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