On 17 March 2015, the first advisory board meeting of the zdi Centre for the Kleve District, cleverMINT, took place in the ‘Energy’ student laboratory at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.
Kleve, 17 March 2015: Following its establishment in 2012, the Advisory Board of the zdi Centre for the Kleve District, ‘cleverMINT’, held its first meeting. Following a brief welcome by Prof. Dr Scholz, Vice-President for Research and Development at Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Ms Bracht-Nienaber, project co-ordinator of the zdi Centre for the Kleve District, updated the advisory board members on recent developments and the current status of the zdi Centre for the Kleve District.
In a subsequent round-table discussion, the advisory board members – Ms Ossyra (Wesel Job Centre), Ms Platzen (Regional Education Office), Mr Kuypers (Kleve District Economic Development Agency), Dr Reiff (Lower Rhine Chamber of Industry and Commerce), Mr Privik (SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH), Mr Rübo (Kisters Foundation), Prof Dr Scholz (Vice-President for Research and Development at Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences), as well as Ms Bracht-Nienaber (zdi Centre, Kleve District) and, as a guest, Dr Heusipp (Centre for Research, Innovation and Transfer) discussed the objectives and future development of the zdi Centre, Kleve District.
The Advisory Board is an important body that provides strategic advice to the regional initiative ‘zdi Kreis Kleve cleverMINT’ and sets key strategic directions. It supports the activities of the zdi Centre as a panel of experts through mutual dialogue. The meetings, which will take place every six months from now on, thus represent a key element in positioning the zdi Centre for the Kleve District ‘cleverMINT’ to secure a skilled workforce in the STEM sector within the region.
