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From April 10 to 13, 2019, around 55 students and ten professors and accompanying staff from Nottingham Trent University visited Karlsruhe as part of the "European Creative and SmartCities Challenge."
The partnership between the two cities of Karlsruhe and Nottingham has now existed for 50 years - and the exchange is correspondingly close in the academic field as well. As part of a three-day program on the topic of "European Creative and SmartCities Challenge", a delegation of around students from various disciplines, professors and accompanying staff from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) visited Karlsruhe. The key question: How can cities and universities work together in the future to foster creativity and innovation? - This is an exciting task, also in view of the United Kingdom's possible withdrawal from the European Union.
In addition to Smart City Development topics such as mobility solutions of the future, Karlsruhe's concepts for promoting the creative industries played a prominent role in the program. The creative park Alter Schlachthof in the eastern part of Karlsruhe was presented as a successful project. On the site, players from various sectors of the cultural and creative industries are to work together in an innovative, communicative and inspiring environment. In addition to a tour of the including a guided tour of the two business incubators Perfekt Futur and the consolidation and expansion center (FUX), the students were able to get to know the founders and creatives from the Schlachthof area and their work personally. Managing director of let's dev Karl-J. Wack presented in his lecture the comprehensive service offerings of the company and spoke about the development on the site. let's dev has been located on the site since 2013 and moved into new, larger premises at FUX.
