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Transporting more freight by rail is a critical factor in protecting the climate, but the volume of freight transported by rail is actually declining in the majority of EU countries. Fraunhofer ISI examined the political and economic changes needed to shift more freight onto rails.

BOHEMIA is an important strategic future study that contributes long-term perspectives to “Horizon Europe”, the EU’s future framework program. In 19 targeted scenarios, the project’s final report shows which research topics should appear on the agenda in future in order to meet the challenges of the next 20 years.

In her presentation at the DLD-Campus conference in Karlsruhe, Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, the director of Fraunhofer ISI and professor of Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, dealt with the topic of uncertainty in the context of digitalization.

The PROGRESS project, which has been funded by the European Union, has developed recommendations for the broad deployment of industrial biotechnology and has drawn up future scenarios.

Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, director of Fraunhofer ISI and professor of Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, was invited to join the steering committee of karlsruhe.digital.

China's booming economy is also reflected in the growing demand for important raw materials. A new model developed by a German-Chinese research team led by Fraunhofer ISI calculates the effects of this development on copper flows in China. The findings are published in a new article.

Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, director of the Fraunhofer ISI and Chair for Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, represented these institutes in Vienna as a member of the podium group discussing “Knowledge and technology transfer from ideas to markets” as part of the dialogue on university policy.

Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, director of the Fraunhofer ISI and professor for Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, opened the network meeting “women&healthcare” with a presentation about disruptive technologies in the health sector.

The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is intended to strengthen data privacy protection in the European Union and came into force on 25 May 2018. This raises questions about what has changed in concrete terms and what has to be taken into account. Dr. Michael Friedewald, whose research focus at Fraunhofer ISI is on data protection and privacy issues, and who coordinates the research consortium Forum Privacy, answers the most important questions in the following interview.

Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, director of Fraunhofer ISI and Professor for Innovation and Technology Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, is now supporting the work of the research committee at the German Council of Science and Humanities.