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“The early bird catches the worm”, as the English saying goes, and planning for the new trade fair year is getting off to an early start accordingly. Trade fair registrations and stand bookings were already made last year to guarantee our exhibitors the best possible conditions. In 2024, academics from Mittweida University of Applied Sciences will be taking part in numerous trade fairs – on the one hand as ‘old hands’ and regulars, and on the other hand as first-time exhibitors.
It all kicks off this week with didacta, taking place from 20 to 24 February in Cologne. At this trade fair and professional development event for the entire education sector, Professor Röbbe Wünschiers and his team will be presenting their projects for the third mission for the first time at stand B027 in Hall 7. In addition to teacher training, these projects also involve supporting pupils in applying their school subjects to the complex and fast-paced world of Biotechnology. Using teaching materials and pilot lessons, they will demonstrate possible entry points into the field of Biotechnology.
In early March, a team from the university will travel to Dresden. SPIN2030 is the name of the campaign through which our Free State is promoting Saxony as a centre for research. A science festival will take place on 8 and 9 March at the Technische Sammlungen Dresden. Through exhibits, experiments, talks and more, our researchers will showcase the full range of applied research carried out at the university. The full (family-friendly) programme can be found at the following link: https://wissenschaftsfestival.lineupr.com/wissenschaftsfestival/
Further events will be added there in due course.
At the Leipzig Book Fair, taking place from 20 to 24 March, publications by authors from our university will take centre stage at our stand. Professor Röbbe Wünschiers will once again be appearing at ‘Leipzig liest’, and Professors Christoph Meyer, Dirk Labudde and Röbbe Wünschiers are looking forward to chatting with visitors at the #buchbar. The fair programme will be published in the next few days.
Professor Röbbe Wünschiers and René Kretschmer will be presenting the HSMW biotechnology cluster at analytica in Munich from 9 to 12 April, whilst also taking in the latest developments in the sector with a view to integrating them into research and teaching.
From 14 to 16 May, the Rapid.Tech 3D trade fair in Erfurt will be all about 3D Printing. For the first time, in collaboration with researchers from the Institute for Lightweight Structures (IST) at Chemnitz University of Technology, the Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida (LHM) will be showcasing its entire portfolio in the field of laser-based additive manufacturing in metal and ceramics.
Next up for the LHM is the SurfaceTechnology Germany trade fair, taking place from 4 to 6 June in Stuttgart. At its own stand at the International Trade Fair for Surfaces & Coatings, the Laser Institute will be showcasing its latest innovations in the fields of laser surface treatment and pulsed laser deposition (PLD).
Professor Jörg Hübler and his team are set to make their debut at EUROBIKE, which takes place from 3 to 7 July in Frankfurt am Main. Last year, the team took part in the trade fair as part of a joint stand. This year, they will have their own stand, where the initial findings on additively manufactured frame structures from the ‘Innovationscluster 2023’ research project will be presented. Together with a Chinese research partner, they will unveil the first prototype of an e-cargo bike.
The ‘all about automation’ (aaa) trade fair, taking place on 18 and 19 September in Chemnitz, marks the (provisional) conclusion of the trade fair year. Once again, Professor Leif Goldhahn and the team from the PerspektiveArbeit Lausitz (PAL) joint project will be present at the stand. In 2024, the focus will be on hybrid working at the interface between humans and automation, ergonomic aids and measurement methods, as well as strategies for introducing data-based assistance systems into companies. (Here is last year’s report).
A list of Mittweida University of Applied Sciences’ planned participation in technology and technology transfer fairs in 2024, along with the respective research groups represented, can be found at the following link: https://www.forschung.hs-mittweida.de/messen/messejahr-2024/
The trade fair calendar is updated on an ongoing basis. Individual trade fairs will be highlighted separately shortly before they begin.
We wish our exhibitors every success at the fairs and – in the spirit of the proverb mentioned at the beginning – plenty of ‘catches’!
Text: Annett Kober and the exhibitors
Photos: Mittweida University of Applied Sciences