Managing Innovations from Universities into Markets

BEITRAINING® an international company specializing in continuing education, has decided to employ the KnowledgePulse® in order to strengthen the accomplishments and people skills gained by the participants of their in-person training and thus build up lasting knowledge. According to the trainers at BEITRAINING® the KnowledgePulse® stands out due to its easy content creation and -management, simple user administration and precise measurement of users' learning progress.

Further information about BEITRAINING®
Further information about the KnowledgePulse®

By building the International Quartier Salzburg one further step has been made to turn Salzburg into the so called “Science City”. The IQ is meant to be a central location for numerous research and development institutions - such as the IQ-lab. The demonstrations lab for innovative Geo-Informatics - an initiative of the Research Studios Austria - has the aim to strengthen the relations between the IQ and its publics.
Research Studio iSPACE Website
ORF News referring open day (in German)

Dieter Duftner and Christof Bader are the heads of Syncurator, a young company specializing in skill synchronization. Among other activities, Syncurator assists RSA FG with the procurement of strategic partners related to the MicroLearning tool Knowledge Pulse©.
Tiroler Tageszeitung, Juy 4ht 2009
Research Studio MINE Website   Knowledge Pulse Website

During the IOS-Get2Gether on June 30th, 2009, at the Vienna University of Technology, Christian Huemer lectured on communication issues appearing in inter-organisational applications. Philipp Liegl demonstrated how the approaches and tools of Research Studio Inter-Organisational Systems can contribute to seamless communication between organizations. The presentation emphasized the importance of process choreography and the advantages of reusable building blocks in service-oriented architectures.
Presentation Prof. Huemer    Presentation Phillip Liegl   Research Studio IOS Website

Such was the motto of the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2009, running from May 25th - 27th, 2009. The forum focused on the future of eGovernment and aimed to raise awareness of public administration services and innovations.
eGovernment Forum 2009

On May 24th and 25th, 2009, a very well-attended MicroLearning workshop was held in Manama, Bahrain. Over the course of these two days, participants learned the ins and outs of successfully using this innovative approach.
Executive Summary (pdf file)    Workshop-Program (pdf file)
Research Studio MINE Website   Gulf Future Business Website

How can your company benefit from tool-based, model-driven and standards-compliant document creation? What are your innovation requirements for interoperability environments? On June 30th, 2009, Research Studio IOS will host a workshop offering answers to these questions and further discussions on the subject matter.
Program (pdf file)   Workshop Registration
Research Studio IOS Website   Technical University Vienna Website

2009 marks the second year that the independent users' forum Utility Insight is being held at the AGIT 2009 Spezialforum. Prof. Thomas Blaschke of Research Studio iSPACE will host the topic "The energy industry in the field of tension between incentive regulation, competition and green energy".
Program (pdf file)
Information and Registration
Research Studios iSPACE Website

On April 29th, the SMC (Studien und Management Center Saalfelden) held its annual spring festival. The festival was attended by members of the Universities of Salzburg, Linz and Hagen, as well as representatives of Research Studio MINE. During the event, the Knowledge Pulse once again received recognition for its successful use in the SMC course "Modern Management Assistant".
SMC Website
Knowledge Pulse Website
Research Studio MINE Website

On April 23rd, Research Studio iSPACE hosted an open house and presented current research projects as well as focal points of the Studio's work. The event was a great success and numerous guests, including political and economic representatives, were able to gain insight into current projects in the field of energy, planning and infrasafety.
Research Studio iSPACE website

Several years' worth of research findings on renewable energy, including geographical distribution and energy balances, will now be released to the public as an interactive map service. Users will be able to interactively call up and spatially display data on the following energy potentials: biomass, geothermics, solar energy, ambient heat, water- and wind power.
Energy atlas website

Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft mbH has founded a research professorship for applied geoinformatics with a focus on security- and risk research. The current holder is Dr. Thomas Blaschke.
Press release
Research Studio iSPACE website

While touring the IQ, Salzburg's mayor Dr. Heinz Schaden also visited Research Studio iSPACE. Key researchers presented the Studio's core research topics and current projects. Dr. Schaden emphasized the importance of application-oriented research for the Salzburg region.
Photo - Mayor Dr. Schaden's visit
Research Studio iSPACE website

Austria's best student thesis papers were evaluated and awarded prizes at the AGEO Award 2008. The main prize went to Ingrid Schardinger, a researcher at Research Studio iSPACE. Congratulations!
Research Studio iSPACE website
AGEO Award website

Mag. Ingrid Schardinger, currently working at Research Studio iSPACE, has been awarded a grant by the Friedrich Schiedel Foundation for Energy Technology. Titled "Geographic data and -methods as foundations for the optimization of rural biomass energy systems", the grant includes residencies at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching and will be supervised by Dr. Thomas Hamacher, Head of the Energy and System Studies Department at the Max Planck Institute.
Friedrich Schiedel Foundation Website
Research Studios iSPACE Website

Studio MicroLearning and Information Environments participated at the 17th LEARNTEC Convention in Karlsruhe. The market for education- and information technology in the German-speaking world is undergoing considerable change. Of the 220 exhibitors from the past year, 170 presented professional education management solutions this year.

Further information about MicroLearning at LEARNTEC 2009
Studio MicroLearning & Information Environments Website
Knowledge Pulse Website

Many companies are increasing their focus on the senior generation, aged 50 and up. The yearly volume of the so-called "silver market" encompassing goods and services catering to seniors totals approx. 800 billion dollars. The 50plus GmbH has made it its mission to thoroughly evaluate the desires, concerns and needs of this target group and incorporate the evaluation results into its research and development efforts, bringing new opportunities to the senior generation.
50plus Center Website

The recently founded Special Interest Group for Intuitive Interaction (part of the Austrian Computer Society's Workgroup for Human-Computer Interaction & Usability Engineering) is regularly hosting interactive discussions over coffee in Linz and Vienna. The events are aimed at sharing knowledge, experience and techniques among participants engaged in a variety of disciplines, research fields and application areas.
The next "interactive coffee-breaks" will be held on January 27th, 2009, Vienna (Thurngasse 8/16, 1090 Vienna) and February 3rd, 2009, Linz (Aubrunnerweg 1, 4040 Linz)
Further information, dates and events

How does a large corporation such as Intel manage innovation? Which strategies are employed in the field of tension between scientific development and market-based demands? How does the company evaluate measures which will ensure long-term success? These topics were addressed by Dr. Martina Roth, Director for Global Education Strategy at Intel Corporation, in her lecture on application development and business strategies in educational technologies.
Intel Education Website

As part of the annual closed meeting of the Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft, Bruno Jacobfeuerborn (Director of Network Operations at Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa/era) was invited to lecture on "Introducing and Managing Disruptive Technologies with a Customer Experience Focus".
Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa (era)