In addition to the key focus topic of “urban and regional quality of life”, the cooperation also involves the exchanging of experiences and the transfer of knowledge as well activities in the fields of sustainability, staff recruitment and entrepreneurship and innovation. The 2023 annual meeting placed a spotlight on entrepreneurship, an important subject at all three universities. Anita Buchli, Head of the ZHAW entrepreneurship strategic initiative, introduced the initiative, which promotes entrepreneurial thinking and actions as well as the community within the ZHAW. Elisabeth Haslinger-Baumann, Vice Rector for Research and Development, explained the framework in place for entrepreneurship at FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences in the area of research and development. Heimo Sandtner, Rector of FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences, presented the Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Career Center (EICC), which supports and oversees students and graduates interested in founding their own companies as they embark on the road to self-employment. Thomas Stumpp, Vice President for Business at Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, where entrepreneurship has been anchored as an interdisciplinary topic since 2002, spoke about developments and objectives for the years ahead. Pavlina Vujovic, Head of Internationalisation at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE), introduced Start for Future (SFF), an open alliance comprising representatives from the scientific community, start-ups, industry and public organisations that serves as an open hub for entrepreneurship and drives systemic innovation at an international level.