Lufthansa Group, TUM and Munich Airport: Working together for the future of aviation
From left to right: Minister of State Dr. Florian Herrmann, Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, Jost Lammers, Chairman of the Executive Board of Flughafen München GmbH, Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of Science, Albert Füracker, Bavarian Minister of Finance, Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, President of TUM, Jörg Eberhart, representing the Lufthansa Group
An innovative research location that connects industry and student engagement: the Lufthansa Group, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Munich Airport are planning a new center of cooperation and innovation with the ‘TUM Convergence Center’. The new building complex is to be built on around 20,400 square metres of the LabCampus, the innovation hub at Munich Airport.
The signing of a letter of intent (LoI) took place today in the presence of Bavaria’s Minister of Science, Markus Blume, and Minister of Finance, Albert Füracker. In addition to the President of TUM, Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, Joerg Eberhart signed the document for the Lufthansa Group and CEO Jost Lammers for Munich Airport.
Joerg Eberhart said: ‘In order to efficiently and sustainably shape the future of aviation as the Lufthansa Group, we want to create a unique platform for collaboration between Munich Airport and TUM with the support of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts at the Munich location through the joint research institute.’
The new TUM Convergence Center will create a unique environment in which students, scientific talent, start-up teams, business partners, and citizens can work together on groundbreaking projects in an integrative and innovative way. The research priorities include the key areas of aviation, mobility, robotics, and security. The TUM Sustainable and Future Aviation Center is being newly established together with the Lufthansa Group and Munich Airport to develop viable solutions for more sustainable and efficient aviation.
