Twin City Hub @ Digital Horizons Slovakia 2025 conference
At the “Digital Horizons Slovakia 2025” conference in Bratislava, Markus Kleinfercher, Senior Project Manager at EIT Manufacturing, presented the Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub (2C FIMH), an interregional project to develop a cross-border innovation strategy between Slovakia and Austria. The aim of the hub is to strengthen industrial cooperation in the Bratislava-Vienna region, increase competitiveness and promote the development of a joint roadmap for manufacturing innovations.
Highlights
At the conference, representatives from politics, business and research discussed how coordinated investment and cross-border cooperation can translate industrial ambitions into concrete reality. The Twin City Hub project was present and emphasized cooperation in the areas of strategy, incubation, education, co-creation in the business sector and collaboration.
What the project is about:
- Development of recommendations for a cross-border innovation strategy
- Promotion of cross-border cooperation and economic cohesion
- Talent, training and education development in the manufacturing sector
- Support for start-ups and SMEs in the manufacturing sector
- Promoting collaboration between industry and startups/maker community
- Development of a sustainable and scalable operating model
More information about the conference is available in this Diplomacy & Commerce article.
