Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Dr. Abdel Fattah Saoud, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, Prof. Dr. Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Dr. Ghada Farouk, Acting Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, Ain Shams University in Egypt and Technical University of Berlin partnered to develop and deliver market-relevant education programs over a three-and-a-half-year project period; During which educational proposals relevant to the market are developed and presented, taking into account the sustainability of the project by preserving the final results and effects in the long term, by paying attention to education, research, and supporting relationships with partners, in addition to establishing a joint major program between the two universities.

Both institutions will work to implement all these activities to create sustainable economic growth and provide support for finding employment opportunities through the creation of start-ups and the transfer of entrepreneurship and innovation skills to students and graduates using a number of complementary activities such as close cooperation with industrial partners, educational programs and incubation, in addition to applied research, with funding From the German Authority for Cultural Exchange DAAD The project team includes: Prof. Dr. Diaa Khalil, former dean of the Faculty of Engineering, general supervisor of the activities of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the main researcher for the project from the Egyptian side, Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer, Chaired Professor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and Founder/Academic Director of Center for Entrepreneurship Principal investigator from the German side Prof. Dr. Mohammed Al-Buhairi, Executive Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Deputy Principal Investigator of the project, Dr. Weam Mahmoud, Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and project manager from the Egyptian side. Paul Wolf Researcher at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Project manager from the German side Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Sheikh, Director of the Technology Transfer Unit at the Centre, Eng. Mahmoud Shams, Director of Operations at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Mrs. Lubna Mahmoud Refaat Al-Shihabi, Deputy Director of Operations at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Many activities will also be presented by a number of industrial and academic partners in Germany and Egypt in the field of the fourth generation of industry "0.4 Industry".

First: The joint project begins with an inaugural meeting in Berlin, where the German partners host a delegation of project managers and employees from the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Ain Shams University, where the meeting takes place at the Entrepreneurship Center at the Technical University of Berlin. The meeting aims to start planning for the first phase of the project and review the plan of activities to be held during the project period.

Second: The project team in Egypt (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Ain Shams University) is preparing to hold a conference on innovation and entrepreneurship within the framework of the fourth-generation technologies of industry "0.4 Industry", and many activities will be presented by a number of industrial and academic partners in the conference. Germany and Egypt in the field of the fourth generation of industry "0.4", over two days in December and the conference activities will be implemented in the innovation and entrepreneurship iHub building, and there will be a live broadcast of the conference at the Technical University of Berlin.

During the conference, a series of seminars, panel discussions, and workshops will be presented and implemented by a group of industry experts and project partners in Egypt and Germany. The conference aims to attract students in their last academic years, recent graduates, and researchers in Germany and Egypt.

Third: This conference will connect researchers, students, and graduates with industrial partners, and highlight innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of 0.4 Industry among students and local and international stakeholders to participate in educational activities and attract new partners to achieve the goals of the project. The current partners in the project from Egypt and Germany are:

Conbotics

DADB

youthinkgreen Egypt LLC

SI-Ware Systems

Si-Vision

Within the framework of cooperation between the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Egypt and Germany, a wise approach will be taken in establishing the following activities:

A- Short term: a joint course on innovation and entrepreneurship

B- Short term: a joint summer training camp in Berlin and Cairo on "Sustainable Innovation and Industry 0.4"

C- Short Term: A competition on how to develop a "business plan" for companies

D- Medium Term: Establishing a specialized diploma in the field of 0.4 Industry

C - Long-term: establishment of an interdisciplinary joint/double master's program

Fourth: Work will be done to develop an effective plan to achieve sustainability for the project.

It is worth noting that the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IHub) was established in 2013 at Ain Shams University, and it is a platform for exchanging knowledge, skills, and experiences and building strong networks of young entrepreneurs. It also serves as a magnet for talents and enthusiastic learners from Ain Shams University and then returning these talents to the labor market ready as leaders and makers of change, and this is done by building a driving force and acting as a catalyst that connects the missing points between the academic and industrial media and the call for entrepreneurship as a career option.

The Cfe Meeting of the Technical University of Berlin also prepares its entrepreneurship-related activities under the umbrella of the Entrepreneurship Center, where the center works to support entrepreneurship and innovation management, and entrepreneurship with a three-dimensional sustainable impact - economic, social, and environmental - is taught. The center also provides support to scientists, students, and employees at the University of Berlin to help transform ideas, innovations, and technologies and develop business models that create added social and environmental value at the same time.

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