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Highlights

2023 RLS-Sciences Digital Week
24-28 April, 2023, online

The third RLS-Sciences Digital Week was held online from 24-28 April under the theme “Shandong in RLS-Sciences: Forward from Herrsching”. The 2023 Digital Week aimed to expand and develop the scientific exchanges and work started last September in Herrsching, Bavaria, and to and to create a platform for RLS-Sciences partners to learn more about the Shandong research and development ecosystem. The 2023 Digital Week had a special focus on the partner region Shandong. This year, Shandong is hosting the Regional Leaders Summit.  
 
Over forty researchers shared insights with over one hundred participants into innovative research on new materials for aerospace and energy production, international projects on green hydrogen and artificial photosynthesis, clinical cooperation projects on machine learning and big data in healthcare, modelling for the future of regional air mobility, Earth observation missions to generate much-needed data on environmental changes, and more. These included seventeen Shandong experts from thirteen institutes, companies, and universities, who presented in dedicated blocks throughout the 2023 Digital Week.  Participants joined from across the RLS partner regions, and all sessions included researchers from other thematic groups, carrying on the interdisciplinary exchanges which began at the 2022 Overall RLS-Sciences Conference in Herrsching last September.

Photo Credit: WKS Bavaria-Québec/Alberta/International, 2023

The next RLS-Sciences Overall Conference will be hosted by Québec in 2024.
 
Review the 2023 Digital Week Program here.
RLS-Sciences partners can access the 2023 Digital Section of the RLS-Sciences Resource Library here.

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About RLS- Sciences

The Regional Leaders Summit (RLS) is a forum comprising seven regional governments: Bavaria (Germany), Georgia (USA), Québec (Canada), São Paulo (Brazil), Shandong (China), Upper Austria (Austria), and Western Cape (South Africa). Within the framework of RLS, RLS-Sciences seeks to leverage the unique composition and strengths of the RLS network to support scientific research within and between the RLS regions. The goal is to generate and support academic, scientific, and technological exchanges, as well as the initiation of multilateral research projects. RLS-Sciences is comprised of its scientific network, the existing bilateral relationships between the RLS members, and its five research projects: RLS-Energy Network (the RLS-Sciences pilot project), the RLS-Expert Dialogue on Digitalization, the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus, RLS-Small Satellites , and the RLS-Digital Health Initiative.

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Recent Research News

Aerospace
As part of the RLS-Sciences April Digital Week 2022, the RLS-Global Aerospace Campus met online to discuss “Advanced (Urban) Air Mobility”. Presentations were given by experts from Bavaria, Georgia, Québec, and São Paulo on the differing facets of advanced urban air mobility. Providing a review of the latest developments in advanced urban air mobility and transportation in their respective regions, the experts elaborated on emerging trends and how challenges are being addressed in the different cultural, political, and geographic contexts. The online course, “Urban Air Mobility” is now live and open for registration. Learn more about the Global Aerospace Campus here.

Energy
As part of the RLS-Sciences April Digital Week 2022, the Energy Network met to exchange on the topic of energy security and systems resilience. The session included regionally focused presentations on energy security and system resilience challenges at the regional level, the showcase of two Bavarian-led lighthouse projects aiming to improve energy security and system resilience, and a panel discussion with high level experts from across the partner regions, moderated by Dr. Robert Tichler. Learn more about the RLS-Energy Network here.

Small Satellites
The RLS-Small Satellites group met as part of the RLS-Sciences April Digital Week 2022. The partners reviewed their current commitments, including 3 TOM satellites from Bavaria and possible further contributions. The group also discussed the development of an RLS-Sciences User Community for the data which the satellites will generate. Learn more about the project here. 

Digitalization
The RLS-Expert Dialogue on Digitalization attended the Digital Health session at the RLS-Sciences 2022 April Digital Week, which was held on Friday, 8 April. Learn more about the Expert Dialogue on Digitalization here. 

Digital Health
As part of the RLS-Sciences 2022 April Digital Week, the Digital Health Initiative met to exchange on emerging and ongoing initiatives of particular regional importance from their respective regions. These presentations, which were given by representatives from Bavaria, Georgia, Québec, São Paulo, and Shandong, provided an opportunity for exchange on topics of common interest. Learn more about the Digital Health Initiative here.

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Contact Us

RLS- Sciences
Dr. Florence Gauzy
wks(at)bayfor.org
tel.: +49 (0) 89 9901 888-0