The development, practical implementation, and evaluation of research programs on big topics in the interest of society will be in the focus of the conference on June 04 and 05, 2014 at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). These tasks are accomplished by various Project Management Agencies in Germany on behalf of federal and state ministries. For example, research projects are initiated in life sciences to preserve a healthy environment or for efficient and sustainable technologies and supported by the Project Management Agencies.
”Effective support in project funding, together with scientific expertise and organization skills, is the core competence of the Project Management Agencies. The Federal Government is dependent on this support. The Project Management Agencies contribute essentially to successful education and research policy,” says Cornelia Quennet-Thielen, Undersecretary of State of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). On the Day of Project Management Agencies, she will speak about “The Federation and Project Management: Together for Good Education, Research, and Innovation,” and cooperation of the Federal Government with the Project Management Agencies (Wednesday, June 04, 2014, 11.30 hrs, KIT Campus North).
For further information (in German): http://www.ptka.kit.edu/downloads/Flyer_Projekttraegertag2014_Web.pdf
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