LabCampus at Munich Airport welcomes MIT in cooperation agreement
Posted: 5 November 2018 | International Airport Review | No comments yet
The agreement will see the development of a smart city concept at Munich Airport in the hope that the design and development of products and services for the world of the future will be tested onsite.
Munich Airport and the renowned Senseable City Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have agreed to work together in the development of the LabCampus Innovation Centre at Munich Airport.
Plans to launch the LabCampus future project, an innovation lab on the airport campus that will promote cooperation between companies and across industry boundaries, were announced by Munich Airport in March 2018.
Starting on 1st November 2018, the renowned Senseable City Lab, at MIT, will be on board to provide conceptual support for the establishment and development of the new innovation campus. Under an initial three-year cooperation agreement, the MIT Senseable City Lab, based in Cambridge, MA, will act as a research partner, supporting the team in Munich as it turns the campus into an innovative smart city.
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The goal is to build an ideal urban environment offering optimal conditions for people and companies to work together efficiently, creatively and, above all, under one roof. This will provide a setting to design and develop products and services for the world of the future and to test them onsite. To make this a reality, LabCampus GmbH will work with MIT to establish a future-ready infrastructure right from the start, focusing on state-of-the-art technologies in the areas of energy, mobility and urban planning as well as the connectivity between them for optimal sustainability and livability for the users.
Dr. Marc Wagener, Managing Director of LabCampus GmbH, commented: “This cooperation is a major milestone for our innovation site. We will be working with MIT researchers to study and evaluate the most important trends and digital technologies that can benefit us in the development and successful implementation of a smart city concept.”
Prof. Carlo Ratti, Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab, said: “This is an excellent opportunity for us to be involved in creating a smart city from the earliest stages. It gives us a chance to look ahead and weave everything, including future needs, into the infrastructure from the very beginning.”
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