More than 70 Schleswig-Holstein representatives from politics, business and science visited the Bay Area in California from 25 to 31 August. The programme during the five-day trip included visits to internationally-active companies, innovative start-ups and renowned universities, as well as discussions with local initiatives and communal institutions.
The political highlight of the trip was the opening of the Northern Germany Innovation Office (NGIO) in San Francisco at August 28. The liaison office, which is funded by the state of Schleswig-Holstein, the WTSH, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the state capital Kiel as well as companies from Schleswig-Holstein, will be the focal point for contacts in the Bay Area. It is headed by Tim-Ole Jöhnk, a native of Schleswig Holstein who has been working in Silicon Valley for some time, and has good contacts there.
