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On 8 June 2022, we welcomed top-class speakers in Salzburg on the subject of universities and higher education in the 21st century. One of them was Sabine Seidler, Rector of the Vienna University of Technology. We asked her what the university of the future looks like for her and how a location can be successful despite small-scale structures and demographic change.

Who are the most innovative companies in Salzburg? This is the question asked by the WIKARUS jury, who will award the Salzburg Business Prize on 27 September. The submissions are currently being evaluated. As our innovation expert and head of the Innovation Service Centre Romana Schwab is part of the jury in the “Innovation” category, we are allowed to take a look behind the scenes.

The challenges and strategic development of the domestic research and university location are on the agenda for the scientific elite of Salzburg these days. Additionally, today, they are meeting with the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development.

The challenges and strategic development of the domestic research and higher education location are on the agenda of Salzburg’s scientific elite these days, who met with the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development on Wednesday, 8.6.2022.

What do PALFINGER, Salzburg Milch and the University of Salzburg have in common? They were victims of a cyberattack. How Salzburg can strengthen its cyber resilience was discussed by a top-class panel at the panel discussion “Cyber resilience as a key factor” on 18 May 2022 at the salz21 innovation festival.

A recent Austrian-wide study by KPMG shows how strongly domestic companies are affected by cybercrime. 67 percent report cyber attacks in the last twelve months. The study was presented on Wednesday, 18 May 2022, by the FH Salzburg and Innovation Salzburg.

Smart textiles can protect firefighters from overheating or support the product development of sports equipment. Research helps to maintain well-being and physical and cognitive performance through the use of textile sensors.

In the new research project, recycled concrete is being enriched with CO2 for the first time in Austria. This takes the circular economy of the construction industry to the next level and has a positive impact on the overall cost structure of construction projects.

Artificial intelligence, big data, neural networks, machine learning – in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) we encounter terms that do not exactly simplify the understanding of this already complex topic. Here we give you a classification of the terms to make artificial intelligence and its accompanying processes more understandable.

If you want to get the research grant for a software development, the software must offer innovative and new solutions. A fine line to engineering. IOVAVUM shows how to get a research grant in the IT sector.