3255 Baden-Württemberg: Scientific Excellence and Its Contribution to Energy Efficiency

Friday, February 18, 2011: 10:30 AM
206 (Washington Convention Center )
Peter Frankenberg , Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Baden-Württemberg, the German Southwest, is the # 1 of Europe's innovative regions: 4.2% of the GDP are invested in Research and Development, more than in any state in the EU. The state's recipe for its success in providing the basis for top level research in energy efficiency will be shared. Research facilities and their most exciting projects in the field of energy efficiency will be presented. Furthermore, strategies of successful international cooperation and partnership will be introduced.