International Week 2025
- 12 May, 2025 - 15 May, 2025
- UAS Technikum Wien
Third mission and community outreach are vital for transnational cooperation in higher education as they foster collaboration beyond academic boundaries. By engaging with local communities and international partners, institutions can address global challenges and promote social responsibility, which goes in line with the motto of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien: Change our tomorrow. Outreach enhances knowledge exchange, encourages diverse perspectives, and builds trust, creating a more inclusive and equitable educational environment. Ultimately, it empowers institutions to contribute meaningfully to societal development while strengthening international ties and promoting cultural understanding. Change our tomorrow, together!
Monday, May 12, 2025 | Welcome and Key Notes
13.00-15.00 Opening Welcome and Introduction to the Program
Keynote: Stellenbosch University’s socio-economic contributions in society (Corina du Toit, SU)
Input: Austrias’s public engagement in science (Michael Strähle, UAS Technikum Wien)
Following a Panel Discussion: Country-specific Perspectives on Third Mission & Success Stories of Institutions Effectively Engaging with their Communities (Chair: Stefan Sauermann, Fishbowl)
Tuesday May 13, 2025
09.00-12.00 Session 1: Morning Session: Case Studies of Successful Outreach Initiatives by partner higher education institutions (HEIs) & UASTW (chaired by: Momir Tabakovic)
- Wilfried Wöber: Autonomous Search and Rescue Robotics: Reliable Mobile Solutions for Critical Missions
- Brendan Jackman: “Industry as Educational Partners”. Exploring how industry partners can add value to the curriculum. Describing experiences at SETU.
- Volker Ahlers: Innovercity, Ideen Expo, and Beyond: A Critical View on Community Projects at Hochschule Hannover
- Elaheh Momeni-Ortner: Case Study KITE
- Oyunsatsral Tseyenbaljir: Green affordable housing practices in Mongolia
12.00- 14.00 Walking Tour with Eugene Quinn:
Brigittenau, Southern Tour: Among the sites we will explore on the earlier, southern tour are the edge of Augarten, Radio Orange, Donaukanal party scene, a famous eating establishment, Hannover street market, the district administration building (where your guide Eugene got married in a shotgun wedding!), another bureaucratic building which issues visas for foreigners to live in Vienna and has a bad reputation(!), Adolf Hitler’s former residence, a big new smart city development on the brownfield site of former railway station Nordwestbahnhof, and an unusual living building.
14.30-16.30 Walking Tour with Eugene Quinn:
Brigittenau, Northern Tour: On the second tour focusing on the northern edge of the island, we will see Otto Wagner’s legendary lions which protect the city from torrents of water, find out who Brigitte was (a Swedish woman who gave her name to the district), and also an important writer in Austria who told stories of naughty girls, see some of Vienna’s famous social housing, visit the most famous thing in this district, the Millenium Shopping Centre, with its fine views of Danube, hotels, play areas and cinemas. One mystery we will solve is why so many local streets are named after German cities (Dresdnerstrasse, Hannovergasse, Donaueschenfeldgasse, Leipziger Str., Sachsenplatz).
BOTH Walking tours start at the front desk.
Wednesday May 14, 2025
14.00-16.00 Session 2: Afternoon and Closing Session: Case Studies of Successful Outreach Initiatives by partner higher education institutions (HEIs) & UASTW (chaired by David Warren)
- Günter Essl: Occupational field reserach at UASTW
- Andrey Koptyug: Teaching inventiveness and supporting innovations
- Hervé Boileau: Initial feedback from the introduction of project-based teaching and the validation of skills as part of our accreditation
- Hugo Paredes: Digital Ecosystems for Active and Healthy Living
- Rob Kotze: SU International Office staff as internationalisation practitioners
Students and staff are welcome to join. No registration is needed.
