FFG FORUM 2018 >> BEST OF AUSTRIA MEETS EUROPE
>> 13:00 Expert Talks
>> 18:00 Evening Session
>> Requests: forum@ffg.at
During the week of the FFG FORUM the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) also organizes the BE OPEN - Science & Society Festival
The Programme
(work in progress - changes possible)
Expert Talks
12:30 h Welcome
13:00 h OPENING FFG FORUM 2018 | Nurturing Talents Prize
Heinz FASSMANN
Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research
Carlos MOEDAS
EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
Henrietta EGERTH and Klaus PSEINER
Managing Directors, Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG
Helga NOWOTNY
Chair, ERA Council Forum Austria; former President European Research Council (ERC)
Awardees
Panel 1: Impact – made in Europe
Mark FERGUSON
Director General, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Peter PRENNINGER
Corporate Research Coordination, AVL List GmbH
Michael STAUDINGER
Director, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG)
Klement TOCKNER
President, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Lena TSIPOURI
Professor of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Barbara WEITGRUBER
Director General, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Andrea HÖGLINGER
Department Manager, Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG
Panel 2: Masters of Export and Digital Change
Regina GRILLARI
CTO and Co-Founder, Evercyte; Co-Founder of TamiRNA, Phoenestra and Remute Bio; Assoc. Prof. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Philipp VON LATTORFF
Director General, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV
Ludwig PEKAREK
Managing Director, DOKA
Ulrich SCHUH
Director General, Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Birgit TAUBER and Andreas WILDBERGER
Department Manager, Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG
Panel 3: Infrastructure and Digitalisation
Franz M. ANDROSCH
Senior Vice President, Research Development and Innovation, voestalpine AG
Monika FORSTINGER
CEO, proquest Riskmanagement | Member of the Supervisory Board of ÖBB Holding
Wilhelm MOLTERER
Managing Director, European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
Andreas REICHHARDT
Secretary General, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Georg KRAUSE
Board, Plaut AG; Advisory Board, Digitalisation Agency
Emmanuel GLENCK and Andreas GEISLER
Department Manager, Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG
Moderator:
Gerald GROSS
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17:15 h Welcome
Evening Session
18:00 h
Norbert HOFER
Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Margarete SCHRAMBÖCK
Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs
Gertrude TUMPEL-GUGERELL
Chair of the Supervisory Board, Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG
Christian KOLONOVITS
Austrian composer, conducter and music producer
Henrietta EGERTH and Klaus PSEINER
Managing Directors, Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG
Moderator: Andi KNOLL, radio station "Ö3"
Networking
REGISTRATION
Requests: forum@ffg.at
Changes possible
Translation with support from the EU Council Presidency Translator