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The first public KERES workshop, "The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage," on October 28, 2021, will present the current state of climate research in the KERES project and how this knowledge can be applied to cultural heritage to derive appropriate conservation measures.

The second Annual Labor Policy Conference in the "Future Centers" program took place on June 22, 2021. This year, over 200 participants from across Germany attended the live stream of the digital event, which was held in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS).

The research project "REGINA" started with a digital kick-off event with representatives of the participating project partners. The aim of the project is to evaluate the prospects of success in the implementation of an online marketplace for regional food in Saxony.

The Climate Heritage Network recently announced 31 new members of the Network. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is one of the new members, representing 24 Fraunhofer Institutes as part of the Research Alliance for Cultural Heritage including Fraunhofer IMW.

The second internal exchange meeting in the "Future Centers" program focused on common challenges and the new Artificial Intelligence (AI) module.

With the launch of its website, the Center for Digital Work (ZdA) offers users a wide range of online information on the implementation of the project and on the ESF-funded program "Future Centers" run by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS).

Co-financing is increasingly coming into the focus of companies. This is because it is necessary to set up a broader and more diverse financing structure in order to make entrepreneurial decisions more independently. But what is the state of knowledge among companies on this topic? Fraunhofer IMW surveyed companies from all over Europe to find out.

For the first time, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Office, strategic cooperation partner of Fraunhofer IMW, organized the "TechCul Ideathon", an online event for the development and promotion of the creative and cultural sector in the Asia-Pacific region. Urban Kaiser, head of the Innovation Acceptance Unit, was involved as an expert in the subsequent online jury session.

Knowledge transfer at the interface of cultural and cultural heritage sites often face special challenges. One such case is Petra in Jordan, which, with its stone-carved facades, is located directly at this interface. On December 7th and 8th, 2020, the online symposium SXNCH (Sites at the Intersection of Natural and Cultural Heritage) took place for the exchange of knowledge and networking on issues relating to the preservation, management and perspectives of such cultural heritage sites.

The joint project “SING - Making Schools Inclusive: development of specialist didactic concepts and organizational structures of an inclusive school" is coming to its end as a project. The results and experiences of this insightful project were presented at the interdisciplinary final event.