WEBVTT 00:05.280 --> 00:10.580 What fascinates me in production systems, in production, is that we 00:10.580 --> 00:13.400 create value creation, create jobs. 00:14.460 --> 00:19.480 Our biggest challenge is to increase this wealth through jobs, through 00:19.480 --> 00:25.540 value creation, but to consume fewer resources than we have done in 00:25.540 --> 00:26.140 the past. 00:26.140 --> 00:31.800 So really this decoupling of wealth and resource consumption, that is 00:31.800 --> 00:35.980 the biggest challenge in research, but also in the entire industry. 00:36.460 --> 00:40.660 The insights that we have in research, guided by knowledge, to really 00:40.660 --> 00:45.920 bring innovation into the industry, into the market, that is for me 00:45.920 --> 00:48.140 the whole pipeline of scientific transfer. 00:49.000 --> 00:53.900 And that is also what actually drives me to do relevant research. 00:53.900 --> 00:57.300 That means it really has an impact on society. 00:57.900 --> 01:03.500 I think we are excellently positioned at the KIT because we are very 01:03.500 --> 01:10.240 engineering -oriented, and we engineers have this scientific transfer 01:10.240 --> 01:10.240 in our blood, so to speak. 01:10.740 --> 01:14.160 The absolute motivation for me came from the combination of doing 01:14.160 --> 01:17.780 something relevant, and that with people who are highly motivated. 01:17.780 --> 01:22.240 And that is the fascinating thing about a research environment like a 01:22.240 --> 01:25.600 university, with the possibilities of the entire KIT. 01:26.100 --> 01:28.660 This lever that we have, this scaling. 01:29.440 --> 01:35.280 Ultimately, if you compare it to a surgeon who saves lives, one-to 01:35.280 --> 01:38.660 -one, hopefully more every day and hopefully always successful. 01:38.660 --> 01:46.120 We in engineering can give him tools, up to autonomous robot systems, 01:46.680 --> 01:50.500 which then bring it out into the whole world in a scalable way and can 01:50.500 --> 01:51.940 save many, many people. 01:52.900 --> 01:56.560 Successes are probably always temporarily assessed differently. 01:56.740 --> 02:00.680 Therefore, the most important grade is probably the latest, that we 02:00.680 --> 02:05.180 have won the SFB cycle factory for the forever innovative product. 02:06.160 --> 02:07.400 Highlight of my studies? 02:07.740 --> 02:09.500 I mean, I never really got away. 02:10.020 --> 02:13.860 So it must have been great that I always stayed true to the KIT or my 02:13.860 --> 02:17.420 university, my alma mater, more or less. 02:18.820 --> 02:22.280 So it was a great time of study that I wish everyone. 02:23.620 --> 02:27.820 I still have a circle of friends from the O-phase back then, so the 02:27.820 --> 02:30.080 orientation phase before studying. 02:30.080 --> 02:32.700 That was already the case with the economic engineers back then. 02:33.600 --> 02:38.680 And all this time that you have built up a network, friendships. 02:39.520 --> 02:42.740 I think that's the defining thing that's left of your studies. 02:43.720 --> 02:48.000 I think the topics that motivate you to stick to it. 02:48.640 --> 02:53.180 But what excites you are always the people you work with. 02:53.180 --> 02:56.920 That was already the case during my studies, during the promotion here 02:56.920 --> 02:57.660 at the institute. 02:58.380 --> 03:04.120 This togetherness, this motivation, this burning for the topics. 03:04.660 --> 03:08.760 And that in the entire team, that's what's actually the highlight. 03:09.280 --> 03:13.200 As head of the institute, you may also be the top saleswoman. 03:13.680 --> 03:15.880 That means I'm on the market, so to speak. 03:15.880 --> 03:21.100 I would say that this is the production company that we want to 03:21.100 --> 03:21.680 support. 03:22.100 --> 03:24.560 And not only today, but also in ten years. 03:24.660 --> 03:27.920 How can we produce competitively and sustainably there? 03:28.740 --> 03:31.460 That means, on the one hand, what are the new trends? 03:32.240 --> 03:36.540 What are the new technologies that we can then explore to really make 03:36.540 --> 03:37.640 an impact outside? 03:39.060 --> 03:44.220 So I think we live here at the institute really this whole pipeline 03:44.220 --> 03:47.000 from the knowledge to the implementation in the company. 03:47.220 --> 03:49.400 Even if, of course, the turnover has to be made in the company. 03:51.000 --> 03:56.860 But I say, I am, so to speak, a translation aid. 03:57.080 --> 04:00.840 I think the only way at KIT is that we really have a system 04:00.840 --> 04:01.160 commission. 04:01.160 --> 04:05.300 As a university in the Helmholtz community, we can really tackle 04:05.300 --> 04:08.120 social issues for decades. 04:09.520 --> 04:13.460 And there is an extremely large lever, but also a responsibility in 04:13.460 --> 04:16.500 the political advice, in the research of the overall system. 04:17.240 --> 04:20.980 That's what I think makes us unique. 04:22.020 --> 04:27.060 For me, KIT is extremely anchored in the city, in the region. 04:27.420 --> 04:31.000 Karlsruhe is, so to speak, the hometown of KIT. 04:31.000 --> 04:33.400 There is not much else. 04:33.480 --> 04:35.620 It is, so to speak, the spider on the web. 04:36.260 --> 04:39.240 Has radiance after Berlin when it comes to energy transition. 04:42.180 --> 04:45.700 Mobility transformation, so to speak, in the middle of the country. 04:45.980 --> 04:48.620 Has international radiance. 04:49.260 --> 04:53.060 And that fascinates me, that we live this, let's say, this tension 04:53.060 --> 04:57.940 from Badisch to international wonderfully at KIT. 04:57.940 --> 05:03.800 The exchange between research and economy is essential for me because 05:03.800 --> 05:05.480 I want to do relevant research. 05:06.640 --> 05:10.600 I want to do research that may not be implemented directly tomorrow. 05:11.600 --> 05:13.260 It is first of all knowledge-driven. 05:13.780 --> 05:17.980 But they should bring added value to society, to this prosperity. 05:19.280 --> 05:21.940 And that's why this exchange is immensely important. 05:21.940 --> 05:27.060 The great achievements of KIT in this decade, I think, can only really 05:27.060 --> 05:28.880 be assessed by people in 30, 40 years. 05:30.160 --> 05:35.520 It is often underestimated that it takes a long time to distinguish 05:35.520 --> 05:40.060 what really had a great impact on humanity, so to speak. 05:40.720 --> 05:44.780 And if you look at humanity, then it is certainly this energy 05:44.780 --> 05:47.880 transition that we are currently in, which is essential. 05:47.880 --> 05:51.980 And that's what KIT stands for and has to take responsibility for. 05:52.600 --> 05:55.780 For me, KIT must remain a place of research. 05:57.080 --> 06:01.740 As important as transfer to society and communication to society is, 06:01.920 --> 06:03.000 we must not neglect the gain of knowledge. 06:05.320 --> 06:09.480 And you can't always expect the same people to master scientific 06:09.480 --> 06:13.600 communication wonderfully and still be the absolute cracks in the 06:13.600 --> 06:13.880 laboratory. 06:13.880 --> 06:17.200 So I think we have to master this, let's say, this keyboard. 06:19.000 --> 06:22.900 And in the future, it will become more and more important to get these 06:22.900 --> 06:28.320 transmission belts into society, because our topics are becoming more 06:28.320 --> 06:28.960 and more complex. 06:29.620 --> 06:32.480 Of course, we want to play a leading role in production technology. 06:33.130 --> 06:38.200 And I think we also have great challenges here to be competitive as 06:38.200 --> 06:42.420 Germany in the production of goods. 06:43.160 --> 06:46.160 And goods means software, that can be anything. 06:46.840 --> 06:51.440 That means we have to see how we can use new technologies, 06:52.540 --> 06:57.360 digitization, to really remain competitive in the world. 06:57.360 --> 07:04.760 To be competitive as Germany means, on the one hand, to explore new 07:04.760 --> 07:08.640 inventions, but then also to bring them into the market. 07:09.260 --> 07:13.060 Especially in production technology, it is then about producing this 07:13.060 --> 07:15.580 competitiveness at the standard of Germany. 07:16.800 --> 07:19.500 We have a lot to do and want to play in the Bundesliga. 07:19.500 --> 07:25.980 Nutrition for Spinouse needs absolutely creative, brave, young people. 07:26.400 --> 07:30.320 Not just young people, of course, but that's what KIT has. 07:30.680 --> 07:33.120 And now we need the right framework conditions. 07:33.420 --> 07:38.220 I think we're not bad, but we can still add a lot, such as virtual 07:38.220 --> 07:38.590 shares. 07:39.580 --> 07:44.280 So that we simply make the framework conditions easier for the 07:44.280 --> 07:44.760 founders. 07:44.760 --> 07:48.860 Especially the standard Karlsruhe with this digitization environment, 07:49.180 --> 07:53.100 CyberLab and everything we have, technology factory, technology 07:53.100 --> 07:57.340 region, is especially suitable for the new start-ups, which are very 07:57.340 --> 07:59.260 software -driven. 08:01.300 --> 08:06.460 I wish the KIT above all very good and brave students.