Manuel Brunner is the head of the Center of Excellence for Smart Production at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria since 2018. He is responsible for the organizational lead of this comprehensive research center. Before that, Brunner worked for 5 years as a project manager for production in the Mechatronics-Cluster, where among other responsibilities he led a project for a maturity model. Brunner was a coordinator of the Platform Industry 4.0 and the Lead initiative Digitalization…

Barbara Müller is associate professor and vice-head of the Institute of Leadership & Change Management at JKU. She is teaching and researching in the fields of leadership, organizational learning and change management. She is particularly interested in the question as to how organizations can adapt to constantly changing environments through organizational, team and people development. Her work aims at drawing practical implications on the development of organizations, groups as well as of…

EU project manager with more than 10 years of experience as coordinator of transnational EU projects. Deep knowledge of EU policies, legal framework and programming, since 2015 he’s Cluster Benchmarking Expert recognized by ESCA and Associated Cluster Instructor of EFCE. Specific knowledge in the following topics: cluster policies, innovation, education and training, capacity building and governance, Industry 4.0. Since 2020 he’s certified as Servitization Manager. Sound project writing skills,…

Journalist, communication expert and senior project manager for cooperation & innovation international initiatives addressing SMEs competitiveness enabling factors. She works for more than a decade in the innovation ecosystem of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Alpe Adria cross border region. International networking, EU funded projects design and timewise project implementation represent her strengths. Impact measurement strategies are her new professional obsession. Francesca is leading the EU…