Strategy Workshop: Industry of the Future

StrategieWerkstatt is a dynamic and moderated platform for the development/qualification of the regional industrial policy. The Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport is leading that instrument as an open, continuous, interactive communication and strategy building process. In its first phase from 2016, stakeholders and actors from the triple helix analyse and discuss the current state of play of the industry development and of the related policy, future trends and regional foresight scenarios for the industry and challenges which result from them for industry, the research as well as for the related policy. The instrument aims at the development of policy guidelines for a sustainable industrial development and the identification of projects for its successful implementation. Projects and innovative approaches to develop and to access up-to-date research infrastructures are likely to be identified as important tasks to implement the new strategy. Also, it has been recognized that the interregional cooperation in that field will be one of the success factors for the new strategy. But presently, only few international experts and partners are involved in that process. The linkage of the future workshop with policy approaches and the mutual learning with other regions would improve the instrument significantly. It will contribute to the objective of the process to identify international strategic innovation partnerships for the Saxon industry.