K 2013: Strong encouragement for the younger generation

K 2013 also puts a strong focus on encouraging young people to enter the profession. Once again there is a a programme by kai, the plastics education initiative. In panel discussions, shows with live experiments, and at the research stands, apprentices, school and university students will have opportunities to experience what working with plastics involves.

In addition, the German Association of Engineers VDI will be staging its VDI Students Forum on Sunday, 20 October. And in the special show “Plastics moves the world” there will also be sessions on Sunday, 20 October entitled “Youth talking with...” to outline to young people what kinds of jobs are available in the plastics industry and to discuss environmental aspects and future topics with them.

Further highlights in the supporting programme are the premiere of the Science Campus, in which universities and research institutes are grouped together in one area for the first time to present future-oriented topics, and the DesignChain@K conference.

Also being staged for the first time, the latter addresses designers and developers from different branches of industry, offering the opportunity to learn about plastics and their design possibilities. Another first is the conference “Printed Electronics – Chances for the Plastics Industry” and the PEPSO Pavilion (Printed Electronics Products and Solutions) with information on the status quo and perspectives of the innovation theme of printed electronics.

K 2013 Düsseldorf is open from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. daily from Wednesday, 16 October, to Wednesday, 23 October.