As co-chair of Innovation by Creative Economy (ICE), the MSC, including HLRS, will help develop strategies for improving education, research, and economic opportunity.
In late October, a consortium of academic and private organizations from across Germany met in Stuttgart to begin planning activities that will promote scientific research, technology development, and multidisciplinary collaboration across the culture and creative industries. Called Innovation by Creative Economy (ICE), the consortium is one of 50 partners that were selected to join EIT Culture & Creativity, an EU-wide Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) announced by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) in late June.
EIT Culture & Creativity #eit is the newest of nine European KIC’s, which work strategically to promote the development of new products and services, new companies, and training opportunities in domains that are important for European economic development. Other KIC’s are active, for example, in fields such as digital, energy, mobility, or food
ICE was founded through the collaboration of arts, culture, and business organizations across Germany, including the Media Solution Center Baden-Württemberg (MSC).
Launched in 2018 by the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) together with the Hochschule der Medien and Center for Art and Media (ZKM), the MSC facilitates collaboration among artists, cultural organizations, scientists, technologists, and industry in order to open new creative synergies.
The acceptance of ICE into the EIT Culture & Creativity general assembly means that the Media Solution Center, including HLRS, will contribute to the development of this exciting new initiative at the national and EU levels. Matthias Hauser, General Manager of the Media Solution Center Baden-Württemberg (MSC), is a co-chair within ICE, serving as chairman of a European platform called The Next Renaissance.
