CIIT-Partner inIT Received Price as “Selected Landmark in The Land of Ideas”

The research and development center CENTRUM INDUSTRIAL IT (CIIT) was recently selected as one of 100 “Selected Landmarks in the Land of Ideas”. The inIT was rewarded for its special culture of cooperation at CIIT: Research and Science jointly work together on solutions for the factory of the future. For the second time CIIT is ambassador for the “Land of Ideas” and represents the innovation potential in Germany. Institute Industrial IT (inIT) of OWL-University of one of the partners of CIIT.

Very pleased to receive mail from Berlin with the announcement “Selected Landmark in the Land of Ideas”: Sybille Hilker (director head office, CIIT) and Professor Jürgen Jasperneite, co-initiator CIIT.

The initiative under the patronage of the Federal President and Deutsche Bank annually awards outstanding ideas and projects from the fields of Industry, Science, Environment, Society, Culture and Education that make a contribution to Germany's sustainability. Professor Jürgen Jasperneite, Director of Fraunhofer Application Center IOSB-INA and co-initiator of CIIT, is delighted that the top-level research from Lemgo in the field of Information Technology and Automation is an established name nationally as well as internationally.

According to the motto “NachbarschafftInnovationen – Gemeinschaft als Erfolgsmodell” the CIIT supplied a convincing answer to the question how joint action can master the challenges of tomorrow. Specialization and a clear focus on a certain topic area was a successful concept for CIIT and its partners. Sybille Hilker, director head office of CIIT, emphasizes: “Besides research at high level, it is especially the cooperation between industry and science that characterizes the CIIT”.

Jürgen Fitschen, member of the board of directors of Deutsche Bank and presidium member of the initiative “Land of Ideas e.V.”, describes CIIT’s key to success with community, partnership and collaboration. Because of this, CIIT is one of 100 flagship projects for Germany as a location.

Ulrich Grillo, President of Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI) and chairman of the Land of Ideas, emphasizes that networking and collaboration is important – especially facing upcoming challenges like globalization or migration. “In Lemgo we are able to show that collaborations work and offer potential for SMEs”, says Jasperneite.

A panel of 16 judges and an advisory board hat picked 100 winners from more than 1000 applications.

About the competition: „Selected Landmark in the Land of Ideas“
Demographic change, globalization, environmental and climate topics – social challenges increase and are getting more and more complex. Neighborly coexistence and common thinking is the motto. “Germany – Land of Ideas” is the location initiative of the German Federal Government and German industry. Since 2006 Deutsche Bank is partner and sponsor of the competition “Selected Landmarks in the Land of Ideas”. It is the aim of the project to acquire a higher visibility of German innovations in Germany and abroad on the one hand and to strengthen the future viability on the other hand.

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