From Feb 10th to 11th, the Siemens CKI (Center of Knowledge Interchange) Symposium was held in Munich in Germany. Representatives including directors and managers of Siemens CKI offices from eight prestigious universities - MIT, UC Berkeley in the U.S., Tsinghua University, Tongji University in China, the Technical University of Denmark, the Technical University of Berlin, RWTH Aachen and the Technical University of Munich - all participated in the symposium. The representatives from eight Siemens CKI offices shared their experiences on key collaboration projects, research collaboration models with Siemens, talent training and also exchanged the ideas on future collaboration plans. The symposium was hosted by Siemens CKI Director Dr. Natascha Eckert. Managers from Siemens Human Resources department, Industry Solution, Industrial Automation, Mobility, Building Science and Healthcare sectors introduced their demands on talent recruitment and research collaboration. Dr. Ma Jun, Director of Siemens CKI Tsinghua Office, participated in the meeting and made a presentation in the symposium.
CKI is at the top level of the cooperation model between Siemens and universities around the world. Since the year 2007, Siemens has been endeavoring to establish cooperative ties with universities outside Europe. Tsinghua University and Tongji University were the first China universities to establish CKI offices with Siemens.
