The Chilean-German Industrial High School of Frutillar will play a central role in this strategic alliance between the education sector and industry.
SERC Chile (Solar Energy Research Center) values the signing of the agreement by the Municipality of Frutillar to complement collaborative actions together with the University of Chile's Energy Center and the Municipal Energy and Electromobility Innovation Center of Frutillar, the latter of which will soon have its own headquarters in the city.
The launch event was attended by the director of SERC Chile, Rodrigo Palma, who emphasized the importance of responding, from every city in the country, to the current demands of the energy and electromobility industry. "We want to focus on supporting student preparation to face energy transition challenges, exploring the necessary skills, training opportunities, and strategic alliances between the educational sector and industry," he stated.
Additionally, together with Nicolás Beghelli, co-founder of Minverso—the world's first mining metaverse and one of nine metaverse platforms worldwide—they expressed interest in addressing human capital challenges in the energy industry and perspectives regarding the alliance with the Chilean-German Industrial High School of Frutillar.
The event was moderated by Julio Brintrup, an Industrial Civil Engineer from the Universidad Austral de Chile, Master in Innovation from UC, and director of the Innovation Center of the Los Lagos Region.
Among the panelists were Cristian Santibáñez, director of the Chilean-German Industrial High School of Frutillar; Mauricio Henríquez, an Aerospace Civil Engineer with extensive experience in the private and public sectors within the energy, aeronautics, and mining industries; Juan Carlos Vera, an Aquaculture Engineer from Andrés Bello University with more than 19 years of experience in the aquaculture industry; and Víctor Altamirano, founder and CEO of EQ.Transport.IA and an Industrial Engineer specializing in the maintenance of marine aquaculture farms.
