Marianne Thellersen

Marianne Thellersen

Senior Vice President - Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Technical University of Denmark

Anker Engelunds Vej

Building 101, room 1.228

2800 Kgs. Lyngby

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News from DTU

2022
DTU Senior Vice President for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Marianne Thellersen, General Manager for IFF in Scandinavia Flemming Jørgensen, and DTU President Anders Overgaard Bjarklev at the start up meeting of the three year Corporate Partnership mellem DTU and IFF. Photo: DTU.
22 FEB

IFF and DTU sign Corporate Partnership agreement

Corporate Partnerships ensure close collaboration on innovation between industry and DTU. IFF is a new partner.

Biotechnology Food production
Marianne Thellersen, koncerndirektør for Innovation og Entreprenørskab
03 FEB

Market relevance must enter early into research

Making business development a priority at the start of a research project increases the likelihood of science turning into solutions.

2021
Foto: Kaare Smith
09 NOV

Students and people with disabilities develop universal solutions

At DTU disabilities are used as a source of innovation. It will provide young people with disabilities with tools to become entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship
DTU Startup Day 2021.Photo:Roar Reinert.
01 NOV

DTU Startup Day premiere drew full houses

More than 300 participants and 60 start-up projects participated in DTU Startup Day, which gathered activities from DTU’s entire ecosystem for innovation. 

Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development
Next Generation East African Innovators. From left: Harriet Anyango from the project Tripple P, Regional Director, WFP East Africa, and Marianne Thellersen, Senior Vice President for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at DTU.
15 SEP

Danish-African partnership strengthens food innovation

East African entrepreneurs will develop projects and prototypes in collaboration with DTU students, researchers, and startups.

Food and fisheries Food safety Food production Nutrition and dietary habits Food technology Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development
Photo: DTU
08 SEP

Lack of risk-taking is slowing the green transition

There’s not enough willingness to invest early in green technology, and this is delaying efforts to market sustainable new solutions that can make a difference. To achieve our shared climate goals, we must find a new investment model that promotes bolder investments.

Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development
29 JUN

Grøn Dyst med ambition om social bæredygtighed

DTU´s studenterkonkurrence Grøn Dyst 2021 havde særligt fokus på det sociale aspekt i projekter med bæredygtighed og teknologi til mennesker.

29 JUN

Green Challenge drives ambition for social sustainability

The DTU student conference, Green Challenge 2021, emphasized social inclusion as an integral part of engineering new sustainable and technological solutions.

Foto: Sari Vegendal
24 JUN

DTU students develop ‘groundbreaking’ course in innovation

DTU will soon be the only university in Denmark to give all MSc students the tools to have great ideas. This will happen when a new course, developed with help from the students themselves, goes live. Philip Binning, Dean of Graduate Studies, calls the course ‘groundbreaking’.

Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development
Christian Randløv Schmidt and Jon Sigvert, Student Start-up of the Year at DTU 2021
23 APR

Student start-up aim to stimulate green electricity production

The Reel student project receives the award as DTU student startup of the year for its creation of financing agreements which allow citizens and small and medium-sized enterprises to contribute directly to the construction of new green electricity production.

Innovation and product development Entrepreneurship Climate adaptation Electricity supply Energy production Energy and supply
DTU Skylab
23 MAR

DTU Skylab publishes book on creating an innovation environment

In a new book, DTU gives insight into the experience of creating the first university-based innovation hub in Denmark: DTU Skylab.

Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development
Students and company employees will be trained to be catalysts for the transition to sustainability in the Cataly(c)st project.
23 FEB

Students to speed up sustainability and circular economy

Technical universities in the Nordic region join forces to help students and company employees speed up sustainability and the transition to a circular economy.  

Climate adaptation Environment and pollution Life cycle analysis
2020
Finals in DTU X Tech and Ignite
17 DEC

DTU celebrates best start-up projects of the year

The student start-up Reel receives DKK 200,000 to develop a solution that can promote green transition in small and medium-sized Danish businesses.

Innovation and product development Entrepreneurship
Defudger is DTU startup of the year 2020
15 DEC

Detection of manipulation receives DTU award

DTU’s award for this year’s student start-up goes to Defudger for their use of artificial intelligence to expose fake photos and videos.

Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development Image analysis Systems and data security
Bygningen er organiseret omkring et centralt fællesrum, hvor man kan se ind i alle etager og funktioner. Foto Niels Nygaard
07 SEP

DTU’s innovation hub opens with space for new partners

DTU’s innovation hub DTU Skylab doubles in size and creates space for both students and researchers as well as the opportunity to expand its collaborations with companies and international partners.

24 JUN

DTU invites to a sustainable reopening of society

DTU invites students, companies, and organizations to an innovation competition aimed at contributing to the reopening of a sustainable society after COVID-19.

Climate adaptation Environment and pollution Innovation and product development Entrepreneurship
Many new start-ups are developed in DTU's innovation hub, DTU Skylab
19 FEB

DTU maintains high number of startups

The number of DTU start-up companies fell slightly in 2019, but nonetheless remains high, after stricter financial requirements for the formation of companies. 

Four universities are joining forces for a new digital hub. From the right it is Helle Zinner Henriksen, CBS DIGI; Mads Nielsen, DIKU; Philippe Bonnet, ITU; and Jan Madsen, DTU Compute. Photo: Kaare Smith.
30 JAN

Universities are joining forces for a new digital hub

DTU Skylab Digital will be a new meeting place and melting pot for digital innovation and startups in The Capital Region.

Innovation and product development Entrepreneurship Software and programming IT systems Computer calculations Systems and data security IT and cyber security
DTU indgår aftale med BioInnovation Institute om vækstmiljø for biotech-spinouts
08 JAN

New agreement on growth environment for biotech spin-outs

DTU has entered into an agreement with the Bioinnovation Institute to establish research groups in a new growth and funding environment for biotech spin-outs.

Biotechnology Innovation and product development Entrepreneurship