TRAIN Academy Kick-off Event

29 October 2025

With a keynote by Dr. Henrike Hartmann from Volkswagen Foundation.

We are pleased to invite you to the TRAIN Academy kick-off event.

The event will be followed by a get-together with finger food and drinks!

KEYNOTE: Dr. Henrike Hartmann, Head of Funding Department and member of Executive Board of Volkswagen Foundation

TITLE: The Volkswagen Foundation – A Funder‘s Perspective: Strategy, Opportunities and Innovation

The presentation will cover the Volkswagen Foundation's funding strategy, various funding opportunities in "zukunft.niedersachsen" as well as information about the general funding portfolio. Furthermore, experimental approaches of the Volkswagen Foundation to the innovation of funding processes such as application and review procedures will be presented.

DATE: 29 October 2025

TIME: 3:00 pm

PLACE: NIFE (Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development), Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625 Hannover

LANGUAGE: English

PLEASE NOTE: Registration for the TRAIN Academy program “Translational Research & Medicine – From Idea to Product” is still open. Find out more on our website and get in touch with us.