Europatagung 2019: "Turning the Page"
The Europatagung 2019 took place on 5 November 2019. The conference outline, programme and presentations can be found below.
The Europatagung 2019, to be opened by Federal Minister Iris Rauskala on 5 November 2019, is about the fact that nothing will remain the same as it is today. Now is the time of a transitional government in Austria, the time before the parliamentary elections, followed by the time when a new government will be formed, and then?
Now is the time of a new EU Commission being appointed, the time of negotiations on the future EU budget, the time of tuning in to Horizon Europe, and then?
Now is the time before BREXIT, the time of growing global tensions, not least between the US and China, and then?
The Europatagung 2019 will take up all these uncertainties and will discuss them with a view to research, technology and innovation. TURNING THE PAGE as the motto of the Europatagung 2019 will invite its participants to answer the question "and then?" in many ways. The European Commission's Director-General for Research and Innovation will highlight Austria's success in the EU Framework Programmes so far. Nonetheless, he will also remind us that yesterday's success is no guarantee for success in Horizon Europe. Austria will have to position itself even better in order to be able to benefit accordingly from the ERC and the EIC, the Missions and Partnerships and all Clusters, the EIT and the other parts of the Programme.
Austria's share in the population of the EU is less than 2%. RTI policy in Austria will also have to think of the remaining 98% of Europe when shaping the new RTI Strategy 2030 of the Federal Government in 2020. The Europatagung will provide input from the FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), the FWF (Austrian Science Fund), and the Industriellenvereinigung (Federation of Austrian Industries) on what "TURNING THE PAGE" means from their point of view, in order to move Austrian RTI on to the next level of quality and impact.
Global developments in the field of RTI also deserve an increased level of attention. For this reason, one of the afternoon panels of the Europatagung will highlight the issue "Beyond Europe: Success through cooperation". Another panel will discuss the current status of the developments in Austria, "Government Programme 2019-2024: Success through RTI“. A third panel will be dedicated to "Europe's Challenges: Success through impact".
The content design of the Europatagung is closely linked with the ERA Council Forum Austria, chaired by Helga Nowotny. At the end of this year's Europatagung, the members of the ERA Council will invite participants to a sparkling wine reception, to mark the expiry of the mandate of this advisory body. In 2020, the Austrian advisory system will be re-designed in the context of the RTI Strategy 2030. TURNING THE PAGE, also in this respect.
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Europatagung 2019 - Programme
The programme in German is available for download at the end of this page.
10:00 Registration and coffee
Moderator: Tarek Leitner, ORF
10:30 Musical opening
Nuno Maulide
Opening address
Iris Rauskala, Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research
Welcome
Helga Nowotny, Chair of ERA Council Forum Austria
Keynote
Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research and Innovation,
European Commission
„How can Austria continue to benefit from the EU in the field of STI?“
Kick-off statements
Henrietta Egerth, General Manager of FFG -
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
"Turning the Page – Austria in Europe"
Klement Tockner, President of FWF -
Austrian Science Fund
"Turning the Page – Austria's science"
Isabella Meran-Waldstein, Division Manager for RTI,
Industriellenvereinigung (Federation of Austrian Industries)
"Turning the Page – Austria's economy"
Claus Karthe, German Accelerator Southeast Asia,
Singapore (tbc)
“Turning the Page – China, India and South-East Asia”
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Silent Discos
Silent Disco 1: "Government Programme 2019-2024: Success through RTI"
Moderator: Helga Nowotny, ERA Council
Ludovit Garzik, RFTE - Austrian Council for
Research and Technology Development
Mariana Kühnel, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (Austrian
Economic Chambers)
Isabella Meran-Waldstein, Industriellenvereinigung (Federation of
Austrian Industries)
Klement Tockner, FWF - Austrian Science Fund
Oliver Vitouch, UNIKO - Universities Austria
Silent Disco 2: "Europe's Challenges: Success through impact"
Moderator: Jana Kolar, ERA Council
Michael Dinges, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
Andrea Höglinger, FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Jean-Eric Paquet, European Commission
Martin Russ, Austria Tech, EU-Mission Board Member
Silent Disco 3: "Beyond Europe: Success through cooperation“
Moderator: Reinhilde Veugelers, ERA Council
Marcus Bergmann, BMEIA - Austrian Federal Ministry of
Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
Stefan Riegler, BMDW - Austrian Federal Ministry of
Digital and Economic Affairs
Brigitte Weiss, BMVIT - Austrian Federal Ministry of
Transport, Innovation and Technology
Barbara Weitgruber, BMBWF - Austrian Federal Ministry of
Education, Science and Research
followed by Sparkling wine reception on the occasion of the expiry of
the six-year mandate of the ERA Council
16:30 Europatagung ends
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We kindly ask you to register by 25 October 2019 by e-mail to europatagung@bmbwf.gv.at.
How to get there:
Shuttle busses will take participants to the venue from 09:15 a.m., departing from Josef-Meinrad-Platz/Burgtheater, 1010 Vienna.
By public transport: bus stop 7B, 65A, 15A
By car: Coming from Triester Straße, turn right into Hertha-Firnberg-Straße, then right again into Maria-Kuhn-Gasse.
Free parking will be offered at the venue's underground car park (access via Maria-Kuhn-Gasse) on the day of the event. We recommend that you park your car at level -5 and following the signs in the lift. When leaving the event, you can have your ticket stamped by us.
For any questions please contact:
europatagung@bmbwf.gv.at