At the beginnig of 2014 the DLR Space Administration has started an initiative to promote innovation and new markets – the INNOspace initiative. This initiative includes professional meetings, expert workshops and ideas competitions. The focus is on the development of new markets and the transfer of space technologies.

An important pillar of the DLR INNOspace initiative is the implementation of cross-industry trade conferences. These symposia bring together the space industry with one to two other sectors and identify synergies or transfer opportunities. The symposia will be carried out in close cooperation with the federal states and the BMWi. For the 20th February 2014 is scheduled a conference for space and maritime industry in Bremen. More information can be found here.