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September 11–12, 2025

MuseumsQuartier Wien

The Technology Talks Austria 2025 are all about expanding and securing the competitiveness of Austria and Europe.

Technology Talks Austria

Boosting Competitiveness

The Power of Research and Innovation

The main theme of the Technology Talks Austria 2025 is the central importance of research, technology and innovation (RTI) for competitiveness.

Europe faces tough competition from other economic powers, particularly the USA and China. Europe has recently fallen significantly behind in terms of competitiveness, productivity and innovative strength. There is an urgent need to take countermeasures here.

The Technology Talks Austria 2025 aim to find answers to the following questions:

How can Europe become more productive and competitive?
How can Europe return to the forefront of technology?
What framework conditions are required for a prosperous centre of innovation?
How can Europe remain competitive in the long term?
What conclusions can be drawn from this for European, national and regional RTI policy?

Shaping the future successfully

In particular, the focus will be on which areas need to be emphasised in order to actively shape the future and achieve progress in competitiveness. For example: How do we close the productivity gap with the USA? How can new technologies be taken up and implemented more quickly? In which areas of technology does Europe have opportunities? Where is the greatest need for research? How can we increase the stability of supply chains and reduce dependencies? What role do research, technology and innovation (RTI) play in reducing resource intensity and building a circular economy? What can we learn from thriving innovation hubs? How should European and national RTI policy respond to the challenges? And how does the interaction with regional innovation systems work?

Mix of presentations, discussions, workshops and space for networking

These issues will be discussed in an innovative mix of high-calibre keynote speeches by internationally renowned speakers, diverse plenary debates and in-depth workshops. A multi-stakeholder perspective is adopted in all formats: The three groups of science/research, business/industry and politics/public authorities are always involved - with the aim of identifying solutions and deriving conclusions for European and Austrian RTI policy.

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Our program

Our Claim

The Technology Talks Austria is the most relevant technology conference for the research and innovation landscape of Austria with European visibility. As a summit of the Austrian technology community, they provide a discussion platform with all relevant partners of the domestic and European RTI landscape – and that in a global context. The technology discussions thus enable the identification of emerging technologies and the anticipation of breakthrough innovations.

Innovative Formats

Concise keynotes
from internationally
renowned speakers

Interactive formats
for more exchange

Deep dive workshops
for in-depth
discussions

RTI community events & lounges
for networking

This is a rough schedule of the Technology Talks. Program details will follow. Subscribe to our newsletter.

The MQ is all about research, innovation & technology for 2 days.

First held in 1983 as part of the European Forum Alpbach, the Technology Talks have developed into the leading platform for future issues in the fields of research, technology and innovation.

In 2024, the Technology Talks reinvented themselves as Technology Talks Austria with a new concept and new location. More than 850 participants came to Vienna's MuseumsQuartier and took part in exciting, cutting-edge keynotes and discussions. At this year's Technology Talks Austria, the participation of the federal states will now be expanded.

As in the previous year, the Technology Talks Austria will take place back-to-back with the FFG Forum.

With a strong international and European focus, which also includes national and regional aspects, technology trends are discussed, breakthrough innovations are identified and current issues of RTI policy are debated.

The Museumsquartier as a research and innovation campus

Technology Talks Austria 2025 - Discussing Technology

Our partners

Whether as sponsors, exhibitors, or speakers on our stage: For years we have been connecting globally successful technology experts with researchers, industry representatives and the best minds of tomorrow.

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