This year's IntCDC Status Seminar took place on 17-18 November 2022 in Bad Boll. The annual two-day event served as a summit for all Cluster participants to discuss and exchange current research topics, strategies and arising expectancies for the future-proof advancement of IntCDC.
With regard to the future of the Cluster, focusing on impact, visibility and sustainability, Principal Investigators, Participating Researchers and Junior Research Group Leaders met in two separate workshops to discuss and define their visions and goals.
To further promote scientific exchange within the Cluster, a selection of project highlights from the Research Network Period 1 (2019-2022) were presented, followed by a report from the researchers of the latest building demonstrator, the livMatS Biomimetic Shell, sharing insights from recent research.
With the successful start of Research Network Period 2 (2022-2025), the Cluster was excited to welcome the new researchers to the Status Seminar, where they introduced themselves and their previous work with excellent rapid fire presentations.
These were followed by insights of the IntCDC survey on Equal Opportunity and Diversity, which was conducted in spring among all Cluster members.
The members of the Cluster's management team introduced the supporting structures and measures of their respective area. In a marketplace all early career researchers were offered the possibility to further discuss these supporting structures and measures, and to ask questions and make suggestions to the team.
Another highlight of the annual meeting was the IntCDC awards ceremony. Early career researchers were recognised with the following three awards:
Two Best Publication Awards went to
- Marta Gil Pérez (ITKE) together with Christoph Zechmeister (ICD) for the publication “Computational co-design framework for coreless wound fibre-polymer composite structures”
A Blue Sky Project Grant was awarded to Gili Ron (ICD/CA) for her project “Planning for uncertainty: human teaching and machine learning for human-robot collaboration in architectural assembly”.
Many congratulations to the awardees on their achievements!
Day two of the Status Seminar started with an inspiring presentation on the potential of “Digital Technologies in Design” by Prof. Chris Harty, London South Bank University, who will join IntCDC as a Visiting Professor in spring 2023. We are very much looking forward!
There was also a formal farewell ceremony for the previous Early Career Board, honouring their commitment and valuable work.
This was followed by the election of the new Board, which, much to the delight of IntCDC, has seen an increase in membership and was warmly welcomed by the Cluster. IntCDC has established the Early Career Board (ECB) in order to involve early career researchers in the Cluster governance and give to them an independent voice for participation.
To prepare for the election, to know each other and network, the former Early Career Board organised an Early Career Retreat on Wednesday before the Status Seminar.
