Due to recent disruptions in their supply chains, companies are forced to reassess their production footprint. Even in times without supply chain crises, optimizing the production network is on top of CEO agendas due to its high relevance for efficient operations. In a guest lecture at TUMCS, Dr. Michael Schmeink from McKinsey & Company talked about Production Network Optimization.

TUM has retained its ranking as Germany’s strongest research university in business sciences. The latest issue of the WirtschaftsWoche rankings not only reaffirms the number one position of the TUM School of Management – it also highlights the work of individual researchers. Prof. Alexander Hübner from TUMCS is one of the 50 best.

It was a pleasure for Prof. Rubén Costa to participate in this European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) sponsored discussion on vertical farming with new innovations as our Bio-LEDs developed in ARTIBLED.

Twelve young researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) – including Prof. Niederholtmeyer, a new professor at the TUM Straubing Campus – have received ERC Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC).

Applying machine learning models to real world agricultural applications – In this episode Prof. Dr. Dominik Grimm from TUM Campus Straubing and Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences gives us insights into CropML, a BMBF funded project.

Charles Cozette is studying for a Master’s degree in Bioeconomy at the TUM Straubing Campus. He recently participated in the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (COP27) with the Brazzaville Foundation. In the interview, he talks about his impressions and experiences at COP27. And he talks about a meeting with the Princess of Morocco.

Olivia Mrozinski is studying towards a Bachelor’s in Technology of Biogenic Resources at the TUM Straubing campus. She and two classmates recently became three of 15 EU Youth Ambassadors for Bioeconomy. Their objective is among other things to sensitize the European Commission for sustainable transformation in society and the economy.

A systematic review paper on consumer response to bio-based products has been published by members of Chair of Marketing and Management of Biogenic Resources at TUM Campus Straubing. The following Share-link provides free access to the full text of the paper on ScienceDirekt until November 27, 2022.

The number of seats in the bus is limited to 50 participants. Therefore, registration is required. The principle first-come-first-served applies! The registration also includes the seats for the (German language) Presidential Event in the Audimax and the TUM Sustainability Symposium in Garching. A separate registration via the official portal for these events is not required!

Around 200 participants from all over the world learned about current developments in the bioeconomy at the three-day symposium “Key Technologies in the Bioeconomy – A Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference” at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) for Biotechnology and Sustainability at the end of September. The organisation of the conference under the slogan “KTB2022” was taken over by the TUMCS under the leadership of Rector Prof Volker Sieber and Prof Bastian Blombach.