Universities in Dialog: Innsbruck meets Munich for strong partnerships!

Universities in Dialog: Innsbruck meets Munich for strong partnerships!

Prunksäle der Industrie- und Handelskammer für München und Oberbayern, 80333 München, Deutschland - On June 2, 2025, the event "Universities meet friends - Let’s go Munich!" instead of. This event was organized by the German Freundeskreis (DFK) in cooperation with several Innsbruck universities and the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI). The venue was the splendid rooms of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria.

The main speaker of the event was Martin Kocher, who is a professor of economics at the Institute for Higher Studies in Vienna. His extensive academic career includes stations in cities such as Munich, Amsterdam and Gothenburg. By March 2025, Kocher was also Federal Minister of Labor and Economy in Austria and will be governor of the Austrian National Bank from September 2025. He completed his studies in economics at the University of Innsbruck, which also strengthens the connection to the event.

Topic of the event

The central theme of the event was "Germany & Austria in Europe. together in international competition". Markus Walzl, the chairman of the DFK, and Klaus-Josef Lutz, President of the IHK, opened the event. The moderation of the panel discussion took over Oliver Stock, editor of Business Punk.

event details and networking

The event started at 11:00 a.m. with the arrival of the guests. The greeting word and the keynote of Martin Kocher followed a lively question and discussion round. The event ended with finger food and refreshments from 1:00 p.m. Overall, the event should also serve as a platform for discussion about future projects and ideas.

The partnership -based cooperation for this event included the IHK Munich & Oberbayern as well as the Technical University of Munich and the Austrian Foreign Trade Center Munich. Interested parties were able to register at the email address chairman@dfk-innsbruck.at.

Events like this are crucial for the exchange between universities and the economy. They not only offer insights into economic topics, but also promote the networking of actors from different areas. In a year in which the European Business School Ranking was released by the “Financial Times”, it is remarkable that the WU Vienna is continuously placed in the ranking, but is currently ranked 43. For comparison, the London Business School remains the best European economic university.

The combination of academic institutions and the economy is laid the basis for successful cooperation and a dynamic exchange, which is of great benefit to both sides. Such events are not only informative, but also an important step in the direction of stronger networking between the countries and their educational institutions.

The successful event in Munich once again underlines the importance of exchange and cooperation between Austria and Germany in the zeitgeist of European integration.

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