Academic report, by a Commission or a Working Group

21 Oct Industry 4.0 and Urban Development – The Case of India

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2015
Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing are topics of a high international relevance. They are currently intensively discussed both in the academic literature, and in practice within the framework of Industry 4.0 which refers to the so-called 4th industrial revolution. They depend to a high degree on the availability of adequate digital infrastructures and well-functioning logistics systems, and they have a number of repercussions on cities and regions.
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21 Oct Industry 4.0, Urban Development and German International Development Cooperation

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2016
Industry 4.0 has high potential to positively impact the economic development of cities in developing countries and emerging economies. It can help to promote a green urban economy and contribute to sustainable development. However, the success of its potential benefits is also dependent on the appropriate economic and urban framework conditions being in place.
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21 Oct Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index – Managing the Digital Transformation of Companies

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2017
Digitally connected industrial production promises faster and more efficient processes – in development and production, services, marketing & sales and for adapting entire business models. Agility and the ability to make changes in real-time are key strategic characteristics of successful companies in Industrie 4.0. To acquire these features, it is necessary to create a continuously expanding data base. However, a company’s organisational structure and culture also play an important part in determining whether this data’s potential is leveraged effectively. This acatech STUDY describes a new tool for helping manufacturing enterprises to forge their own individual path towards becoming a learning, agile company. The acatech Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index is a six-stage maturity model that analyses the capabilities in the areas of resources, information systems, culture and organisational structure that are required by companies operating in a digitalised industrial environment. The attainment of each development stage promises concrete additional benefits for manufacturing companies. The model’s practical application was validated in a medium-sized company.
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21 Oct Autonomous Systems – Opportunities and risks for business, science and society (Short Version)

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2017
no English short version available.
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21 Oct The Way to the German Academy of Science and Engineering

National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2011
Against the backdrop of the long-standing prehistory of the scientific positioning of engineering sciences, the publication presents the founding phase of the German Academy of Science and Engineering, which began in the middle of the 1990s, its players and the social framework conditions. Alongside the investigation of the position of engineering sciences within the Academies of Sciences since the onset of the 20th century, the discussion about the self-conception of the engineering sciences is traced, as well as an examination made of the erratic relationship of the engineering sciences to the state in the 20th century. Various aspects of the work of acatech on its way to an independent German Academy of Science and Engineering are elaborated, and the institutional development of the Academy up to the beginning of the presidency of Henning Kagermann and Reinhard Hüttl is presented.
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21 Oct The Future of Manufacturing in Ireland – Interim Report

Irish Academy of Engineering (IAE)
2013
The report consists of a summary of papers drawn from fuller working papers, prepared by the Manufacturing Standing Committee, based on extensive consultations with interested stakeholders and reviews of national and international data and statistics. Taken in the global context the Manufacturing Sector in Ireland is facing serious challenges.  The trend of decline in manufacturing jobs will continue in the absence of major new initiatives to implement key related policies.  The report identifies 9 key policies/strategies that emerged from the study of the major Manufacturing clusters in Ireland. The examination of 7 major industrial clusters leads to the inclusion under each cluster of respective relevant policy/strategy requirements.
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21 Oct Wishes of the Maritime Sector as to Research Activities at CBS Maritime

Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV)
2013
Until this report – commissioned by the Danish Maritime Authority - the maritime research at CBS could be characterized as being clarifying and explanatory. This report recommends that the future, maritime research at CBS should have an extended focus on future possibilities and challenges, not least by means of the newly established, business-oriented research centre, CBS Maritime.
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21 Oct Experiences and Wishes of Trade Organisations as to the Interaction with Clusters and Network

Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV)
2013
Commissioned by the Forum for Clusters and Networks in Denmark, this report clarifies the importance of Danish clusters and networks focusing on innovation and value-creation at private businesses. Focus should not be on political issues but on knowledge-sharing and cooperation between Danish universities, private businesses and the GTS-institutes (GTS – Advanced Technology Group is a network consisting of nine independent Danish research and technology organizations).
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21 Oct Jubilee Annual 2017-2018 of the Croatian Academy of Engineering

Croatian Academy of Engineering (HATZ)
2018
The significant aim of this edition is to make a contribution to marking the 25th anniversary of our Academy through the organizational and historical review of activities over the past years and to make you familiar with the type and membership of the Academy. In addition to the informative presentation of the activities, an insight into the part of our members' scientific work is given so that the Annual also contains a series of recent original papers of some of our members, giving the Academy additional scientific value. The Annual presents a brief description of our normative acts with special reference to the Statute of the Academy. Three comprehensive papers are dedicated to the twenty-five-year history of the Croatian Academy of Engineering described through the memories of the previous historical presidents. The following chapter “National Awards and Decorations of the Members of the Croatian Academy of Engineering 1993-2018” and “Recipients of the Awards of the Academy 2002-2018” brings a list of our members who are the winners of social  awards  and decorations, and especially of traditional awards made by our Academy for years. It is an opportunity for our readers of the Jubilee Annual to get acquainted with our members and their number in the special chapter 'Members of the Academy in 2018 (Full Members of the Academy, Elected Members of the Academy, Emeriti of the Academy and Associates of the Academy in 2018 ',    ' Honorary Members of the Academy in 2018 ',' Deceased Members of the Academy (all categories) 1993-2018’. As the Academy maintains cooperation with the rest of the scientific community, and especially with the economy, the next chapter 'Supporting Members of the Academy in 2018'  also presents our current corporate members in the category of supporting members of the Academy. In 2017 the current leadership, i.e. the Governing Board, was elected, whose mandate lasts up to 2021. As this jubilee year falls within the scope of this mandate, we have found it desirable to present a shortened election program of work of the new Governing Board to give the reader an insight into the current activities of the Academy as presented at the end of the first part of the Annual in 'A Short Overview of the Work of the Governing Board of the Croatian Academy of Engineering 2017-2021 '. In order to become more familiar with the scope of the activities of our members whose quality and number we are proud of, the last part of the Annual presents in the form of 'Who is Who' in our Academy, as we have done earlier, the basic information about our members and the reader will surely then gain the impression of the significance of the Croatian Academy of Engineering today.
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