Discovering Future Technology
The world's population is growing, the climate is changing, raw material consumption is increasing and resources are becoming scarcer. Only responsible and well-trained people will be able to master these global challenges. This is particularly true of our country, whose future depends on knowledge and technology. However, only one third of young Germans are interested in how technical things work. Fewer than one in ten of those completing their higher school-leaving certificate begin engineering apprenticeships. More than 20,000 engineering positions remain vacant because there are not enough young people to fill them.
To ensure that Germany remains a country of innovations, ThyssenKrupp launched the "Discovering Future Technology" initiative with the intention of promoting dialog on the subject of technology across all social and age groups. And above all to appeal to young people – the thinkers and "engineers of tomorrow" – because this is their opportunity to shape their own and our future. Together with our partners, we want to prove that technology can be fun and offer food for thought. To date, more than 120 institutions from the sciences and research, government, associations, business, society and the media have joined the project.
