Better prepared through an effort to anticipate

Better prepared through an effort to anticipate

by | 16.03.2020 | CIM 2020/1, Focus

CIM: A new decade has started: can we expect the 2020s to be “golden” like the 1920s?Professor Ingo Rollwagen: There is a chance the new decade will be the start of a digitally dynamic renaissance, one of greater awareness in both a material and a non-material sense....
Nature and the human factor

Nature and the human factor

by | 11.03.2020 | CIM 2020/1, CIM 2020/5, Focus

Reorientation. “Reality shock means that we have to give up decades-old certainties because, among other things, we are being confronted with an overdose of world affairs and complexity,” says journalist Sascha Lobo, explaining the alarming title of his new...
Digital and sustainable

Digital and sustainable

by | 10.03.2020 | CIM 2020/1, CIM 2020/5, Focus

Looking ahead. At the beginning of this new decade, what we need is a heightened focus on the challenges of a world that is becoming increasingly complex. The 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos closed with an urgent appeal to combine economic growth with...
Sustainability incentives

Sustainability incentives

by | 20.11.2019 | CIM 2019/6, Focus

Taking a stand. “I reject invitations to conventions.” This sentence appeared in bold in the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit on 22 August 2019. It comes from Stefan Rahmstorf, a climatologist and the co-chair of the Earth System Analysis department at the Potsdam...
Carbon emissions down by 90 per cent

Carbon emissions down by 90 per cent

by | 19.11.2019 | CIM 2019/6, Focus

CIM: Are you one of the eight Germans in ten who, according to a study, would be willing to have a virtual or digital twin?Michael Looschen: As a first step, that sounds rather promising. However, I firmly believe that in today’s world with its ever faster pace driven...
17 goals, 360-degree focus

17 goals, 360-degree focus

by | 18.11.2019 | CIM 2019/6, Focus

Dear Readers,are we just talking, or are we already taking action? Today’s event attendees with their fresh awareness of new formats and sustainability are often amazed at the Powerpoint deluge, disposable carpets and plastic badges. What does it take to get people to...