Forum Seeks Dialogue Between Research and Industry
The Science Campus is returning to K 2016 with more than 20 research institutions and a focus on four key themes.
After a successful debut in 2013, the Science Campus returns to K 2016 (Oct. 19-26, Düsseldorf, Germany) with presentations from universities, colleges, institutes and sponsoring organizations. It will feature a focus on four key themes defined by the K 2016 Innovation Circle – a panel consisting of experts from science and representatives of the K 2016 Exhibitors’ Council. The themes for 2016 are:
- Innovation drivers of global change focusing on resource efficiency
- Plastics Industry 4.0
- New materials
- Lightweight engineering
In addition to 10 institutes or chairs of macromolecular and technical chemistry, the institutes and schools participating in the campus in Hall 7 will include:
- Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Institute of Plastics Engineering (ikd)
- Johannes Kepler University, Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing, Linz, Austria
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)
- Chemnitz University of Technology, Cluster of Excellence MERGE, Institute of Lightweight Structures
- Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK)
- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Polymer Technology (IKT)
- Fraunhofer Society (eight institutes)
- Kunststoff-Institut (plastics institute for SMEs in North Rhine-Westphalia) (KIMW)
- Beteiligungs- und Kunststoffverwertungsgesellschaft mbH (BKV)
- Climate-KIC GmbH
- Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
- German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- VDI – The Association of German Engineers
- Scientific Alliance of Plastics Technology (WAK)
According to Messe Düsseldorf, the Science Campus will offer exhibitors and visitors the possibility to gain a concentrated overview of scientific activities and findings in the plastics and rubber sector and promote a knowledge exchange between companies and universities.
