ENTEG staff plays major role in collaboration agreement between University of Groningen and MEYER WERFT

The University of Groningen (UG) and the MEYER WERFT Papenburg have signed an agreement for a long term partnership until 2050. On Monday 23^rd of July UG prof. dr. S. (Sibrand) Poppema, president of University of Gr oningen and MEYER WERFT director Tim MEYER signed a memorandum of understanding. The two major stakeholders in the Northern Netherlands and North Western Germany are logical partners when it comes to knowledge and innovation. The goal of the partnership is to support and enlarge the impact of both science and industry in the Northern region. Both parties bundle their forces in the “Innovation Lab Papenburg – Groningen 2018-2050” (IB2050). This contains actual projects between MEYER WERFT and UG to create sustainable and competitive solutions. These projects will combine academic engagement with corporate topics.

The priority will be to set up so called Future Rooms, from where all projects and activities will be coordinated. The Future Room in Papenburg will be realised on the Wharf or in the city of Papenburg. The FR in Groningen will most likely be implemented within the Zernike Campus (Start Up City Building) and will be managed by MEYER.

The first three projects will be on IT, Energy efficiency and Sustainability. In two of these projects ENTEG researchers are in the lead:

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