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High-tech forum presents central recommendations for the further development of the high-tech strategyToday Wednesday the high-tech forum presented its recommendations for the further development of the inter-departmental research and innovation strategy the high-tech strategy as part of a digital results conference. Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek explainsThe pandemic has clearly shown us the central role that the forward-looking promotion of innovative ideas and fresh thinking plays when it comes to successfully mastering social challenges and crises. The vaccine development against Covid-19 was successful in such a short time because the scientists were able to build on decades of research in the field of mRNA technology. With our research and innovation policy activities under the umbrella of the high-tech strategy the federal government has set the right course for this.I very much welcome the recommendations that have now been presented by the High-Tech Forum. For me three points are in the foreground We have to make the opportunities of digital change in business and society usable for each and every one of us and enable everyone to participate. We want to contribute to a leap in quality in sustainable development by linking our research innovation and sustainability policies even more closely. And we are pursuing the goal of being technologically sovereign in Germany and Europe in the future as well i.e. helping to shape the development and application of key technologies internationally on an equal footing and in line with our values.We will also further develop the mission-oriented approach that has been tried and tested in the current legislative period. With this approach we have strengthened cross-departmental cooperation in research and innovation policy in order to work specifically on solving the central challenges of our time for example in the areas of health or mobility.The recommendations of the high-tech forum will help ensure that Germany a country of innovation remains a leading global location for science research and economic and social innovation. This is important because only an innovative society is also a resilient resilient society that can react quickly to new challenges.With its recommendations the High-Tech Forum also confirms that we should continue on the path we have chosen and achieve a 3.5 share of the gross national product from research and development by 2025. BackgroundThe high-tech strategy 2025 forms the strategic umbrella of the federal governments research and innovation policy. The implementation and further development of the strategy has been accompanied by the high-tech forum since 2019 in which 21 experts from the fields of science business politics and civil society take part. The advisory mandate is linked to the current legislative period.The results report of the high-tech forum is based on previous publications on consultations on the central topics of German research and innovation policy. The results report bundles the central recommendations in five main topicsMission-oriented innovation policyParticipation as a strategic instrument of innovation policyResilience and technological sovereigntyAgile research and innovation fundingInitiative for freedom of transfer - promoting knowledge-intensive start-ups.The results report is based on the discussions on eight stimulus papers with the topics of 3.5 percent target social innovation future of value creation open science and innovation BioIT innovations agility and sustainability in the innovation system as well as guidelines for innovation policy according to the SARS CoV-2 crisis and key messages from the participation process for the further development of the high-tech strategy.The report also includes the ideas paper Developing a culture of innovation in Germany together. This summarizes the interim results of an external stakeholder process that was initiated on the recommendation of the high-tech forum. The idea paper reflects the opinion of the undersigned participants in the stakeholder process.Members of the high-tech forum January 2019 to September 2021The high-tech forum consists of 21 experts from the fields of science business and civil society. Christian Luft State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF and Professor Dr. Reimund Neugebauer President of the Fraunhofer Society.
