Finals of Innovation Award Lower Saxony 2023

This week Marc and Dirk participated in the finals of the Innovationspreis Niedersachsen 2023 as representatives of the aerogel-it team. aerogel-it had been nominated for the category Vision with its 100% bio-based lignin aerogel for energy efficiency and decarbonization.
 
The event in the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover was excellently organized by Nele Bracht and Hannes Putfarken and their colleagues of the Innovationsnetzwerk Niedersachsen. There were speeches by the Minister of Economy, Traffic, Construction and Digital of Lower Saxony Olaf Lies, the Minister of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony Falko Mohrs, president of the Leuphana University Lüneburg Prof. Dr. Sascha Spoun and CEO of the Innovationszentrum Niedersachsen Dr. Thomas Schulmeyer.
 
It was an excellent event with nine truly interesting contributions from industry and academia, and it had been noticeably hard for the jury to select the winners. aerogel-it did not win the first prize but the team was honored to be among the selected few nominated companies and individuals!
 
Nicely, our adopted home city Osnabrück showed a strong presence with one nomination and one win - congratulations to the team of Altosens GmbH who presented their innovative pressure sensing technology! The teams were happy to be supported on site by Thomas Serries of the WIGOS Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Osnabrücker Land mbH, Thomas Büdden of the ICO InnovationsCentrum Osnabrück and Ingmar Bojes of the WFO Wirtschaftsförderung Osnabrück GmbH.
 
After the award ceremony, the evening was rounded off with a reception in the museum patio for celebration and networking.