Knowledge Transfer

Together with our colleagues from the University of Stuttgart, the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems and Cyber Valley, we have created an ecosystem that actively supports knowledge transfer. IntCDC draws on the University of Stuttgart’s initiatives for supporting two-way knowledge transfer with industry and fostering a start-up culture, such as the Technology Transfer Initiative (TTI), the Transfer Centre (TRACES) and the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENI). Additionally the University’s International Centre for Cultural and Technological Studies (IZKT) brings together scientists of different disciplines to foster exchange in the University and beyond.

The Cluster promotes an active start-up culture in order to spin-off and transfer findings into the industry.

The EXC – Start-Up Series jointly organized by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science (ENI), the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC and the Cluster of Excellence SimTech, comprises the following components:

EXC – Start-up Talks

The EXC – Start-up Talks will feature discussions on current start-up topics with active and successful founders from the respective areas of the clusters. Topics will include such as success factors, collaborations and the path from research to market. The discussion involve other experts from the University of Stuttgart’s start-up network.

EXC – Start-up Lectures

The EXC – Start-up Lectures are designed to introduce researchers to topics that are necessary for starting their own business. These include legal aspects, IP, financing and market analysis. Experts from within the University and from Stuttgart’s ecosystem will give the lectures.

EXC – Start-up Workshops

The EXC – Start-up Workshops provide an interactive opportunity for researchers to develop a commercial perspective on their own research and potentially advance initial business ideas based on their research findings. The workshops will apply state-of-the-art start-up methodologies such as lean start-up.

The aim is to promote the founding of start-ups from research and its results.

The Cluster’s expert guest lecture series “IntCDC Constructive Conversations” ensures a close interaction with the larger research community by hosting renowned national and international scientists, including IntCDC Visiting Professors, and industry experts to present their insights on current topics and challenges in the field of IntCDC.

The lecture series is open to the public.

Conferences offer a great opportunity for knowledge transfer and allow us to discuss current challenges and cutting-edge research approaches, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach encompassing architecture, civil engineering, manufacturing and systems engineering, computer science and robotics as well as social sciences and humanities.

In October 2023, IntCDC hosted the Advances of Architectural Geometry 2023 conference, which was an overwhelming success. Welcoming nearly 450 conference attendees and 160 workshop participants from all over the world was truly inspiring.

Each IntCDC Conference offers insights into the work of the cluster and focuses on interdisciplinary cutting-edge research on rethinking design and construction towards a future-proof built environment.

IntCDC Conference 2022

The second IntCDC Conference with more than 420 participants took place on 13 October 2022 at the University of Stuttgart as part of the Stuttgart Week of Advancing Architecture, Engineering and Construction (SWAA).

IntCDC Spring Conference 2020

The first IntCDC Spring Conference took place on 21 February 2020 and provided a first-class opportunity for exchange with leading speakers and guests from all over the world.

In October 2022, IntCDC hosted the Stuttgart Week of Advancing Architecture Engineering and Construction (SWAA) at the University of Stuttgart with almost 500 international participants. Over the course of three exciting days, excellent research was presented by some of the most renowned speakers in the AEC world.