Bringing Together What Belongs Together
MFG Baden-Württemberg operates as central contact point to consolidate the creative and high-tech sectors. MFG is committed to networking the creative and the high-tech sectors, hereby strengthening south-west Germany's economic position and promoting cooperation on a global level.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
ICT is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Baden-Württemberg. Because of in-depth industry expertise, MFG actively monitors new ICT trends and developments.
IT in the High-tech Sector
Information Technology is a significant innovation ‘enabler’, affecting almost all traditional industry sectors.
Creative Industries
Also, IT continuously opens up new services and products for the creative sector. One of MFG’s main objectives is to foster innovative solutions at the interface of creativity and technology in areas such as media, design, culture, architecture and engineering.
MFG Services
Innovation Support and Technology Transfer
Innovative research findings have to meet business marketing potentials. MFG stimulates cooperation between science and industry in a variety of network formats and looks back on a series of success stories linked to the commercialisation of research outcomes. As innovation support begins in college, MFG awards scholarships to students who succeed in bringing their own project ideas to life with a blend of creativity, innovation and dedication (Karl-Steinbuch Scholarship). The Heidelberg Innovation Forum offers IT researchers and companies a platform for the transfer of research close to the market, bringing them together systematically. MFG initiate programmes designed to encourage innovation in the IT and media areas by small and medium-sized enterprises in Baden-Württemberg. The establishment of research cooperations and the organisation of symposiums, notably in the field of software research (FAZIT Research), further underlines MFG’s proven expertise in research management.
Cluster and Network Management
In the globalised economy, clusters and networks are key elements when it comes to protecting and strengthening the economic advantages of regions and nations. Today, the majority of countries operate regional economic development programmes and endeavour to establish economic clusters. Professional cluster management is vital to their success. MFG has been committed to this aim in Baden-Württemberg for many years, promoting interdisciplinary cooperation and fostering a systematic exchange of knowledge and ideas between research, industry and public administration.
Important networks are:
cluster-excellence.eu
Cluster Visual Computing
bwcon
LiSoG
ebigo.de
Regional Economic Development and Marketing
To identify and mobilise innovative strengths are the keys for successful location development. As one of Baden-Württemberg‘s most influential location developer, MFG brings together the region‘s most innovative players – scientific researchers and companies, commercial and business service providers and potential investors. Every year, more than 12,000 decision-makers attend our professional conferences, training programs and other networking events such as the German Multimedia Congress (DMMK). MFG also networks the sector via its news portal doit-online.de, a weekly newsletter as well a quarterly doit-magazine.
