The Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) brings together the technological expertise of the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) under one roof. How can future challenges in a digital world be addressed? How can knowledge and innovation processes be effectively and efficiently organized in a small economy like Austria? The LIT Open Innovation Center (OIC) is a research and development center focused on businesses and collaborative projects between science and industry in the following areas:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Robotics Intelligence
• IT Security
• Information Electronics
• Industry 4.0

Together with the LIT Factory, the LIT OIC serves as an open platform to explore, develop, demonstrate, and enhance the potentials and technologies of digitization. It aims to create cross-industry solutions for products and production.

BRIDGING RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY

The LIT Open Innovation Center at JKU is intended to be the place in Upper Austria where the transfer of state-of-the-art university knowledge to society in general and the economy in particular takes place. The LIT OIC serves as a modern platform for collaboration and exchange for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research groups whose goal is to advance technology.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

In addition to creating a favorable climate for cooperation, current research findings are actively conveyed and transferred through various internal and external event formats.

OPEN SPACE FACILITATES RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

In addition to new or intensified research collaborations with existing companies, active start-ups and spin-offs are potential outcomes of the interdisciplinary exchange process. Additionally, it includes a convenience store and a cleanroom area.