Visit of representatives of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to Ain Shams University and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Within the framework of the partnership concluded between the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Ain Shams University (ASU-iHub) and the Innovation Center at the Technical University of Berlin (CfE-TU Berlin) for a period of three and a half years in the innovative solutions project for the fourth generation of industry ISI4Egypt, a meeting was held on Monday, December 12, with each of:

• Jacqueline Groth, Head of Division: Employment; Special Initiative for Training and Job Creation, German Federal Ministry for economic cooperation and development (BMZ)

• Domenica Preysing, Senior Policy Advisor: Employment; Special Initiative for Training and Job creation, German Federal Ministry for economic cooperation and development (BMZ)

• Elvira Kanichay, Project manager, SI AuB, GIZ

• Miral Fahmy, Advisor, SI AuB, GIZ

• Jan Fraeb, Senior-Coordinator Regional Initiative, North Africa, GIZ

• Andreas Holtkotte, Abteilungsdirektor, KfW

• Menna Rabie, Egypt Focalpoint SI AuB KfW

And in the presence of officials from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Ain Shams University:

• Prof. Dr. Diaa Khalil, director of the center

• Prof. Dr. Mohamed El Behairy, Executive Director

• Prof. Dr. Weam Mahmoud, deputy director of the center

• Prof. Dr. Mohammed Al-Sheikh, Director of the Center's Technology Transfer Unit

In the presence of officials from the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Technical University of Berlin:

• Paul Wolf, researcher, and project manager

• Nora Kipman

• Anna Bamberg

In this meeting, the ISI4Egypt project was followed up, and what was done in the conference "Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of the Fourth Generation of Industry" was held on Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11. During the meeting, a presentation was made about the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center and its activities and means of cooperation between the two sides were also discussed.

The meeting was also attended by two of the winners of the best poster award for scientific research at the conference, namely Rahma Mohsen from the Faculty of Computers and Information, and Mushaira Saad El-Din from the Faculty of Computers and Information, and they presented their winning idea to the attendees.

The meeting was also attended by the Virtual Reality Lab team: Ihab Naguib and Abanoub Fawzi, and the attendees tried the virtual glasses.