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Innovations in the Münsterland
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Innovations

Münsterland Innovation Region

Change, redesign, progress: topics that are of enormous importance in Münsterland. Because a company's or business's ability to innovate determines its future - and this has long since reached the companies and employees in Münsterland.
They see social changes such as the digital transformation as an opportunity for improvement. Innovations are often driven by the management and developed together with the customer based on the specific problem or need.

In doing so, they recognise the opportunities of digitalisation and implement them - for new products and business models, for opening up new markets, for more efficiency in work processes and for more varied and interesting fields of work.

You can find some exciting examples of this innovative power in our Innovation Stories. In them, companies report on their successes through new developments - which have often come about through cooperation with other players in Münsterland.

Innovation Stories

Numerous innovations originate from the Münsterland region. Numerous innovations originate from the Münsterland region.
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Ideas from the Münsterland
Innovation Stories
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Technology scouting for companies

How can technological developments be recognised and used more quickly and comprehensively in Münsterland? This question is becoming increasingly important, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. To make this search for new technologies as simple and cost-saving as possible, it makes sense to involve regional experts and quickly exchange information on these topics.

The Enabling Networks Münsterland project has developed various measures in the field of technology scouting to support you in your search for new technologies. This creates special technology knowledge that companies, research institutions and competence centres can use to work even better. Take advantage of this expertise and find out more about technology scouting in Münsterland.

Special competences

Would you like to know in which areas the Münsterland is particularly active? Then click through the innovation competence fields. You can find out more about innovation in our FAQs.

Münsterland is not only innovative, but also a region of the future. For example, companies from future-oriented sectors such as IT and mechanical engineering are strongly represented here.

Innovations and networks

Innovations are the engine of our economy. Without them, there is no progress. That is why innovative achievements deserve special attention, appreciation and support. The Münsterland Innovation Award has been presented every two years to companies, universities and institutions in Münsterland since 1993. Novel developments that convince through their sustainability, simplify and accelerate processes in industry or advance digitalisation have enthused both the jury and the public in recent years. Find out here which inspiring innovations have won the competition so far.

But companies, universities and institutions are also in constant exchange in their everyday work and exchange ideas with each other in networks or at events such as the Innovation Forum.

Special projects on the topic of innovation

Your contact persons for innovations

Bernd Büdding
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Sonja Raiber
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Sonja Raiber
Enabling Networks Münsterland" project

0049 2571 94 93 06

Workshops, seminars, consulting

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SEARCHING PERFECT SHAPES | MyVR_Planet.DA Michelle Adolfs & Beate Gärtner
20.08.2023, 14:45 24.03.2024, ca.18:00
DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Hörstel
Exhibition

Under the title "SEARCHING PERFECT SHAPES", the two artists Beate Gärtner and Michelle Adolfs invite you to a special exhibition from 2.45 p.m. that opens up new aesthetic spaces by means of virtual reality and augmented reality. Throughout the Klosterpark, 3D sculptures can be experienced digitally, entering into a new relationship with architectural features and the natural space. Using a smartphone or tablet, the artworks can be brought onto the screen, superimposed on the live camera image. The result is a game with visual axes and concrete forms that open up an expanded world in motion. The artists sound out digital in-between worlds and show a creative rethinking of sculpture - weightless and interactive.


The project "MyVR_Planet.DA" - part of this year's KunstKommunikation project scholarship - finds its first work conclusion here. The basic principle is a reduction with an abstract language of forms; they are small interventions in our field of vision - everyone controls their own experience. The artists have worked with the works in the tradition of Heinrich Neuy's Bauhaus. In autumn, another exhibition will follow at the Heinrich Neuy Bauhaus Museum in Borghorst, where the digital objects can be experienced haptically with the help of 3D printing.

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20.08.2023, 14:45 24.03.2024, ca.18:00
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    14:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr
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    11:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr
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25
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Quatier walk through Nottuln
25.09.2023, 17:00 25.09.2023, ca.20:00
Nottuln, Nottuln
Organiser: Gemeinde Nottuln
Dialogues
guided tour
Lecture

On 25 September, a neighbourhood walk will take place on the topics of climate adaptation, energy-efficient building renovation, mobility, local supply and quality of stay in Nottuln. The municipality of Nottuln cordially invites all interested citizens.


The municipality of Nottuln is currently working with the Energielenker office from Münster on a first integrated energy district concept. This is an individual, forward-looking plan of action tailored to local conditions. The spectrum of contents and goals is wide: it ranges from energy-efficient refurbishment, energy-efficient heat supply and electricity use, the use of renewable energies to environmentally friendly mobility and an increasingly important climate adaptation in the neighbourhood.

Topics such as quality of stay, accessibility or local supply are also relevant. Each part of the municipality has different requirements and possibilities.


The municipality of Nottuln would therefore like to invite citizens to contribute their own ideas and comments during a neighbourhood walk.


Programme


17:00 Meeting in front of the town hall


17:30 hrs Stiftsplatz, topic "Climate adaptation


6:00 p.m. Kirchstraße 1, topic "Energy-efficient building renovation


18:30 hrs Park & Ride Rhodepark, topics "Mobility, local supply and quality of stay".


19:00 hrs Catholic parish hall, presentation and subsequent discussion.


The walk will be framed by a story that illustrates what the future could look like in the neighbourhood. The planning office and the administration look forward to a lively exchange at all the stops.

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25.09.2023, 17:00 25.09.2023, ca.20:00
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28
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Funding opportunities ERDF/JTF programme
28.09.2023, 10:00 28.09.2023, 11:30
Münsterland
Organiser: WFG Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft für den Kreis Borken
Virtual
Lecture

A total investment volume of 4.2 billion euros is available for forward-looking, sustainable and innovative projects in North Rhine-Westphalia from the ERDF/JTF NRW 2021-2027 programme "Making Future - Shaping Transformation". It is fed by 1.9 billion euros in EU funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF), as well as co-financing from the state of NRW and the projects' own contributions. Information on this will be provided at this event.

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28.09.2023, 10:00 28.09.2023, 11:30
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15
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FEEDS Material - Myths - Symbols
15.10.2023), ca.11:00 25.02.2024, 17:00
Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen
Exhibition

Who does not know it, the thread of life, the red thread? Who is not interwoven with others? We encounter threads in myths, in language and also in art, where they are often used as metaphor, model or medium. The theme of this exhibition is therefore the symbolic meanings of threads for people and human life.

Thus, FÄDEN brings together works by contemporary women artists, exemplary spinning and weaving utensils as well as graphics with motifs from selected Greco-Roman myths. These works, deliberately brought together from different contexts and categories, are "interlinked" in such a way that they offer visitors - to stay with the metaphor - numerous connecting threads to engage with the use and meaning of thread as a symbol of personal and social narratives. Spaces of thought and association open up between the poles of fate and responsibility, trust and scepticism, individuality and collectivity, and power and powerlessness. The exhibition thus builds bridges from antiquity via the present into a possible tomorrow.

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15.10.2023), ca.11:00 25.02.2024, 17:00
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Öffnungszeiten vom 15.10.2023 to 28.04.2024
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    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
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Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat 11−21 Uhr

Geöffnet: 26.12.2023 (2. Weihnachtstag), 01.04.2024 (Ostermontag)
Geschlossen:  24. und 25.12.2023 (Heiligabend und 1. Weihnachtstag), 31.12.2023 (Silvester), 01.01.2024 (Neujahr), 29.03.2024 (Karfreitag), 31.03.2024 (Ostersonntag)

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  • ermäßigt: 6
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Oct
15
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ARIADNE'S NAAIKUSSEN Historical needlework and sewing utensils
15.10.2023), ca.11:00 28.04.2024, 17:00
Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen
Exhibition

Since 2018, the Draiflessen Collection has owned the "Stichting Ariadne's Naaikussen". This collection of almost 2,000 historical needlework and sewing utensils, a collection of textile samples and a specialist library was assembled over several decades by Clementine Kuttschrütter, née Brenninkmeijer. The treasures date predominantly from the 18th and 19th centuries and are artistically crafted from precious materials. In addition to items still in use today such as needles, scissors, thimbles or elaborate sewing boxes, they also include such items as yarn balls, sewing clamps or shuttles for frivolity work, whose practical significance and aesthetics we can experience anew.
The first presentation of "Ariadne's Naaikussen" in the rooms of the Draiflessen Collection introduces highlights and marks the start of the scholarly treatment of this outstanding collection. It is also a tribute to the passionate collector, who would have turned 90 this year.

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15.10.2023), ca.11:00 28.04.2024, 17:00
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Öffnungszeiten vom 15.10.2023 to 28.04.2024
  • Monday
    closed
  • Tuesday
    closed
  • Wednesday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
  • Thursday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
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    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
  • Saturday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
  • Sunday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr

Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat 11−21 Uhr
Geöffnet: 26.12.2023 (2. Weihnachtstag), 01.04.2024 (Ostermontag)
Geschlossen:  24. und 25.12.2023 (Heiligabend und 1. Weihnachtstag), 31.12.2023 (Silvester), 01.01.2024 (Neujahr), 29.03.2024 (Karfreitag), 31.03.2024 (Ostersonntag)

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Kinder und Jugendliche unter 18 Jahren haben freien Eintritt.

  • ermäßigt: 6
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15
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STORYTELLING The Narrative Power of Printmaking
15.10.2023), ca.11:00 28.04.2024, 17:00
Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen
Exhibition

The advent of printmaking in the 15th century revolutionised the dissemination of images. Whereas earlier, for example, altarpieces and paintings were only accessible to a select audience, the new media of woodcut and copperplate engraving suddenly made it possible to produce images relatively quickly, cheaply and in large editions.

The exhibition shows how printmaking, with its special narrative form, helped to make images and the stories they contained accessible to a wider public. At the same time, the motifs and depictions were increasingly devoted to profane themes, although the artists and art of the time were still strongly influenced by religion. What purpose did these secular images serve, what zeitgeist did they reflect and how did the artists manage to convey not only an image but also a message to the contemporary viewer on just a few square centimetres of paper? However, while the viewers of the time understood all the hints in the pictorial language very well, this knowing seeing is often lacking today.

STORYTELLING therefore invites visitors to (re)discover the answers to these questions.

Time
15.10.2023), ca.11:00 28.04.2024, 17:00
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Öffnungszeiten vom 15.10.2023 to 28.04.2024
  • Monday
    closed
  • Tuesday
    closed
  • Wednesday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
  • Thursday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
  • Friday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
  • Saturday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr
  • Sunday
    11:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr

Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat 11−21 Uhr
Geöffnet: 26.12.2023 (2. Weihnachtstag), 01.04.2024 (Ostermontag)
Geschlossen:  24. und 25.12.2023 (Heiligabend und 1. Weihnachtstag), 31.12.2023 (Silvester), 01.01.2024 (Neujahr), 29.03.2024 (Karfreitag), 31.03.2024 (Ostersonntag)

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Kinder und Jugendliche unter 18 Jahren haben freien Eintritt.

  • ermäßigt: 6
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15
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OUTLOOK! Design exhibition for PSKK 24
15.10.2023, 18:00 18.02.2024, ca.11:00
DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Hörstel
Exhibition

Experience the art of tomorrow today: In 2024, the district of Steinfurt will continue to support up to four participatory and site-specific art projects that invite people to "join in and think" for a year as part of the KunstKommunikation project scholarship at the DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst. The "Outlook!" exhibition brings together those project designs that were selected for final judging in the multi-stage selection process. For better illustration, the visually prepared exposés will be supplemented by numerous objects and models.

The exhibition will open on 14 October at 6 pm. At the same time, the projects selected for implementation in the coming year will be publicly announced. There is already the opportunity to attend the opening of the 36th joint exhibition "Art in the Region" in the West Wing at 5 pm.

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15.10.2023, 18:00 18.02.2024, ca.11:00
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    14:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr
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    14:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr
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    14:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr
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    11:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr
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Oct
16
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SCIENCE TO START-UP CONVENTION 2023
16.10.2023, 08:45 16.10.2023, 22:00
Leonardo Campus 18, Münster
Organiser: REACH Euregio Start-Up Center
Workshop

The convention brings together scientists, students and founders to promote the transfer of scientific knowledge into successful start-ups and to raise awareness of spin-offs as a means of knowledge transfer. In the course of various workshops, possibilities will be shown as to how existing knowledge and technology-based start-ups have taken this path. Experts will report on their start-up experiences and discuss current trends in their sectors. The main topics revolve around GovTech, Sustainability, AI, Innovating Health, Entrepreneurial Skills and Science-to-Start-up Culture.

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16.10.2023, 08:45 16.10.2023, 22:00
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Oct
27
Fri
Participatory conference NATURE barn Schmetkamp Farm
27.10.2023), ca.19:00 27.10.2023, ca.21:30
Sendenhorst Municipal Forum, Sendenhorst
Organiser: Allgemeiner Schützenverein St. Martinus, Johannisbruderschaft Sendenhorst, Naturfördergesellschaft Sendenhorst e.V., Heimatverein Sendenhorst e.V.
Dialogues

Would you like to take part in our project?

The project group NATURScheune Hof Schmetkamp would like to convert the building and the grounds into an extracurricular place of learning.

A place of learning for many people
whether big or small, old or young
...in nature, from nature.

The group has been active since 2021, and the future users have also been involved. have been involved. The plans for the conversion are ready. The self-sufficient technology has been decided, funding applications are in the works.

The project is by Sendenhorster for Sendenhorster!

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27.10.2023), ca.19:00 27.10.2023, ca.21:30
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