NMU keynote speech at the North Sea Region Programme Conference

Written by Gesine Stück  |  Tuesday, 07 July 2009  | 

NMU’s project leader, Gordon Wilmsmeier (Edinburgh Napier University), gave a keynote speech at the Annual Conference 2009 of the North Sea Region Programme.  Wilmsmeier’s presentation focused on "Sustainable Innovation – challenges for maritime transport policy".
Download here the handout of the presentation by Gordon Wilmsmeier.

Furthermore, our NMU project partner, Susanne Neumann (Universities of Applied Sciences Kiel and Bremen), held the presentation "Innovative concepts for transnational education and research in maritime transport".
Download here the presentation given by Susanne Neumann.

The international conference was held in Egmond aan Zee/Haarlem, the Netherlands from the 24th to the 26th June 2009. Under the title "Sustainable Innovation" the conference was focused on the social and environmental dimensions of innovation in the context of transnational cooperation and the European policy framework.
The conference marked the main annual event of the North Sea Region Programme 2007-2013, which aims to expand the scope of transnational cooperation and facilitate relevant and innovative projects for the North Sea Region.

For more information refer to the Interreg website.