The second annual Think Beyond Summit will focus on the challenges that will decide the future of Austria and Europe as a research location: the attractiveness of academic careers, the degree of academic freedom, and the opportunity for international networking.
The Summit offers participants the opportunity to delve into these questions with national and international experts, including Robbert Dijkgraaf (former Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science and former Director, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton), Manuel Heitor (Head of the Horizon Europe expert group, former Portuguese Minister of Science), and Adelheid Wessler (Head of the Societal Transformations team at the VolkswagenStiftung).
The Think Beyond Summit brings together experts and decision-makers from science, business, research policy, and other areas of society to discuss the future of science from a basic research perspective. This FWF event gives participants the opportunity to converse with stakeholders and multipliers, view both national and international perspectives, exchange knowledge and experiences, and search for answers to key challenges Austria is facing as a hub of knowledge and research.