My topics: International business cooperation, Start-ups, public procurement of innovation and Healthcare:- Internationalisation support for companies: internationalisation strategy consulting, trade fair intelligence services, cooperation partner search- EU project Procure4Health https://procure4health.eu/, Member of the Advisory Board (since November 2022)- Businessplan competition for North Rhine-Westphalia Senkrechtstarter https://www.senkrechtstarter.de/, Mentor/Coach (since 2010)- German MedHealth Businessplan competition Axolotl https://axolotl-med.de/ , Mentor/Coach/Jury (since 2009)- German Environmental Technologies Businessplan competion KUER (Climate, Environment, Energy Efficciency, Resource Conservation) https://www.proruhrgebiet.de/start-1/3-initiativen-und-projekte/#KUER, Mentor/Coach (since 2018)

The Advisory Board is a consultation and validation body for PROCURE4HEALTH. The Advisory Board consists of independent experts with wide recognition and proven expertise in the fields of ecosystem development, procurement of innovation processes, health industry landscape and European health policy. https://procure4health.eu/

Internationalisation of SMEs, partnering events like Healthcare Brokerage Event at MEDICA (2001-2022), public procurement of innovation PCP/PPI, management consultancy for SMEs, technology transfer, local and regional development policy, cluster development, innovation management, trans-regional cooperation, research funding.Industries: healthcare/medical technologies.Staff member of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), 2008-2022- Teamleader Life Sciences, 2008-2021- Teamleader Internationalisation of SMEs, 2016-2020- Chair of the Sector Group Healthcare of the EEN, April 2015 - December 2021- Member/Coordinator - Action Group C2.1 Innovative Procurement of EIP on AHA (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing), 2016 - 2020-Member of the Executive Team of the Thematic Group of EEN "Internationalisation of SMEs to third countries, September 2016 - December 2021- Member of the Thematic Group Cluster of EEN, 2014-2021

Teamleader EU and international projects, 1. A large number of regional development projects in Germany (including ex-GDR), Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria (plus agreement for trilateral social dialogue and EU pre-accession training), Moldova (conversion of military state combines), Russia and Chile. 2. European studies e.g. on remote work, speech recognition.

Political Advisor of the speaker of the political group of Socialdemocrats of the Committee Regional Policy of European Parliament. As well as advisor concerning activities to integrate the GDR and ex-GDR into the European Community.

Political Advisor to the German Federal Ministry of Regional Planning and Housing.Research on the competitiveness of German and European regions: first German studies about this topic.

Project Manager and Assistant to Managing Director EUREGIO - Compilation of the first “EUREGIO Trans-border Development Programme” for the EC. It was the base of the coming INTERREG programme of the EC.