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Uwe Kies
Uwe Kies
Uwe Kies is the Secretary General of InnovaWood, the European network for wood science, research, innovation and education. He is also the chair of the Wood4Bauhaus Alliance, a policy platform to promote more wood use in the building sector.
is a Brussels-based non-profit association founded in 2007, with about 60 member organisations in 28 countries. The mission is to provide a forum for the members and partners to share knowledge and latest information, create synergies and collaborations, and follow innovation trends providing strategic orientation in the European R&I ecosystem in response to the global challenges. Following the launch of the by the EC President Ursula van der Leyen in 2021, the was founded by the main umbrella organisations of the European wood sector , , , and the scientific partners InnovaWood and InnoRenew CoE. The Alliance establishes an open policy advocacy platform to encourage research, co-creation and skills development for novel and innovative use of wood in the built environment. Uwe Kies is the chair of the W4B Alliance.
Uwe Kies holds a MSc in forest information technologies from and a PhD in natural sciences from the in Germany. As an experienced manager and coordinator, he has gained broad expertise in forest-based industries and has a long record in European-funded projects in forestry, wood and innovation-related topics under FP7, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.
The project Green, Digital & Inclusive University of Primorska (GDI UP) is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation and the European Union – NextGenerationEU. The project is implemented in accordance with the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) under the development area Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, component Strengthening competencies, in particular digital competencies and those required by the new professions and the green transition (C3 K5), for the investment measure Investment F. Implementation of pilot projects, the results of which will serve as a basis for the preparation of a roadmap for the reform of higher education for a green and resilient transition to a Society 5.0: project Pilot Projects for the Reform of Higher Education for a Green and Resilient Transition.