Event

Innovation Challenge Lausitz

The Innovation Challenge is an event in which diverse groups develop prototype solutions for concrete or selected problems in the district of Görlitz.

Time
- Europe/Berlin
Address
Weisswasser, Germany

 

The Innovation Challenge is a 2.5-day event in which diverse groups develop prototype solutions for concrete or selected problems of companies, municipalities, and associations in the district of Görlitz.

UNU-FLORES Doctoral Researcher Atiqah Fairuz Salleh will present a pitch on vertical farming to invite potential solutions to sustainable urban food production in the region. The teams will then be guided and accompanied by coaches and mentors, including Research Associate Franziska Stoelzel

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