


Introducing our project Colibri at the „International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning“
Our Erasmus+-funded project Colibri will be introduced under the title “Blended Learning and Problem Based Learning in a multinational and multidisciplinary setting“ at the Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL) in Bogotá in early July. Besides aconium, two more companies and seven universities from all over Europe are involved in the project. The presentation will particularly address the challenges universities and companies are facing nowadays and discuss the approaches from Colibri.

Midway seminar of the Erasmus+-funded project Colibri (“Collaboration for Better, Personalized and IT-Supported Teaching”)
Colibri, an Erasmus+ funded project, aims to improve the quality of academic offering through innovative teaching methods. It takes place in three consecutive years, offering one-semester courses for students from seven universities from all over Europe. This year´s midway seminar from 18 to 22 April in Barcelona supported the collaboration between as well as the personal guidance of the students.

In Düsseldorf: First meeting of G20 digital ministers
For the first time in the almost 20-year history of the G20, a meeting of digital ministers took place on April 6 and 7, 2017. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Brigitte Zypries invited the ministers for digitalization in the G20 countries, international organizations such as the OECD, WTO and UNCTAD as well as the host countries the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore and Spain to Düsseldorf. The theme of the meeting was “Digitalization: Policies for a Digital Future”.

Development of future hydrogen projects
On Wednesday, 3rd March, aconium participated at a meeting regarding the launch of HyTrEc 2 in Brussels.

„Europe, let’s cooperate! – Interregional cooperation forum of the „Interreg Europe“ programme in Malta
On 22nd and 23rd March 2017, the annual conference of the EU-funding programme “Interreg Europe” took place under the heading “Europe, let’s cooperate!”.