Breakfast Sessions - hosted by: 

• TU Austria

• ams OSRAM AG

• BMLV

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What does technological sovereignty actually mean–and how can Europe achieve it?

• Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Chair, Committee on Security and Defence, European Parliament)

• Jakob Edler (Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI)

• Andrea Schenker-Wicki (President, University of Basel)

• Lars Reger (Chief Technology Officer, NXP Semiconductors)

• Lisa Smith (Co-Founder Prewave)

Das Falling Walls Lab ist ein internationaler Pitching-Wettbewerb, der in über 80 Ländern weltweit ausgetragen wird. Junge Talente aus allen Disziplinen erhalten die Chance, ihre Forschungsideen in einem dreiminütigen Pitch vor einem breiten Publikum zu präsentieren. Der oder die Gewinner:in vertritt Wien beim internationalen Finale im November in Berlin.

Partner: ACR – Austrian Cooperative Research Complexity Science Hub, Fraunhofer Austria, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft, Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, Österreichische Fachhochschul-Konferenz sowie xista innovation GmbH (mit Unterstützung durch die Österreichischen Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG) und das AIT Austrian Institute of Technology). 

Which framework conditions (FP10, ECF, Single Market, Partnerships etc.) does Europe need to innovate, scale, and compete globally?

• Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament; Rapporteur for FP10)

• Jesús Valero (Director General, Tecnalia; President EARTO)

• Jana Kolar (CEO, CERIC; Former Chair, ESFRI)

• Sabine Herlitschka (Vice President, Federation of Austrian Industries; CEO, Infineon Technologies Austria AG)

• Tatiana Lopez Garrido (Deputy Head of Unit, DG GROW, European Commission)

What can Europe learn from its most successful national innovation systems –and how European countries can contribute to common European goals?

• Malin Frenning (CEO, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden)

• Georg Knill (President, Federation of Austrian Industries)

• Theresia Vogel (Vice Chair, Austrian Council for Research, Science, Innovation and Technology Development FORWIT)

• Annelieke van der Giessen (Secretary-General, AWTI Netherlands)

• Dominique Foray (Professor Emeritus, EPFL Lausanne; Member, Swiss Science Council)