
Christine Weiß
Focus of work
- Research and innovation in context of demographic change
- Health, assistance and care technologies
- Medical technologies and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)
- Digitization of the social and creative economy
- Innovations for small and medium-sized enterprises
Curriculum vitae
Christine Weiß studied mechanical engineering, specializing in biomedical technology, at the Technical University of Berlin. She then worked for five years as a development engineer for invasive monitoring at B. Braun Melsungen AG. In 2000, Ms. Weiß started as a research associate at VDI/VDE-IT. Christine Weiß studied mechanical engineering, specializing in biomedical engineering, at the Technical University of Berlin. She then worked for five years as a development engineer for invasive monitoring at B. Braun Melsungen AG. In 2000, Ms. Weiß started as a research assistant at VDI/VDE-IT. Between 2011 and 2019, she was deputy head of the Demography, Clusters and Futurology department. Since 2019, she has headed the “Transformation in SMEs and Industry” division and is responsible for numerous project sponsorships, above all the “Central Innovation Program for SMEs” (ZIM) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.