Technology summit in Vienna: The focus on Europe's competition!

Technology summit in Vienna: The focus on Europe's competition!

The comingTechnology Talks Austria 2025On September 11th and 12th, Vienna Museumsquartier will take place. Over 20 internationally renowned top speakers, including leading heads from science and industry, will take part in this important event. The event focuses on central topics such as research, technology and innovation, especially with regard to the competitiveness of Austria and Europe. As part of the opening speech, Minister of Innovation and InfrastructurePeter Hankeunderline the relevance of networks for success in the European economy, whileBrigitte Bach, Managing Director of AIT, emphasizes that the future of Europe depends on key technologies. In addition, becomesAndreas Kugi, scientific managing director of AIT, emphasize the role of research and innovation as a foundation for competitiveness, which illustrates the implementation of the importance of FTI (research, technology and innovation).

The structure of the event includes keynotes, plenary events and14 workshopswho deal more intensively with the challenges in the areas of productivity, digitization, technology leadership and resilience. The leading topic will promote the discussion about competitiveness in the global context, especially in competition with the USA and China. The aim of the workshops is to find answers to important questions about increasing competitiveness and to develop solutions for FTI policy.

Workshops and networking

On the first day of the conference, the topic "Made in Austria" is dealt with. From 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., the workshops offer a platform for in -depth discussions:

• „European Innovation Ecosystems – Key to Powerful & Strategic Value Chains“ (Industriellenvereinigung)
• „Wir machen Europa stark – für eine lebenswerte Union“ (ecoplus)
• „Making Europe Fit for a World of Global Competition“ (ESBS-Austria)
• „Attracting Excellence: How Can We Succeed in the Competition for Scientific Talent?“ (FWF)
• „Batterien als Schlüssel einer nachhaltigen Wertschöpfung – Chancen und Potenziale“ (Joanneum Research)
• „Science2Business: Wie Forschungsergebnisse besser in innovative Produkte umgesetzt werden können“ (FORWIT)

Networking opportunities are promoted by Side Events, the TU Austria Innovation Marathon and the Falling Walls Lab Vienna, which intensify the exchange between science, politics and industry.

Fti monitor and competitiveness

A current analysis of the FTI monitor 2025 shows that Austria has improved in the key technologies such as photonics, advanced materials and quantum technology, but remains with the international competitiveness and the frequency of the patents behind leading countries such as Switzerland, the USA and Japan. Artificial intelligence is particularly emphasized as a future -oriented technology. Currently, around 20 % of Austrian companies with ten employees use at least one AI technology, which is above the EU average, but remains under the performance of the innovation leader Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands.

The results of the FTI monitor directly affect the development of theFTI strategy 2030that aims to make Austria an innovation leader in a European context by 2030. To achieve this goal, the need to create successful framework conditions and to offer targeted support in the field of artificial intelligence.

The Technology Talks Austria 2025 are therefore not only a platform for exchange about central questions of the modern economy, but also a step towards a stronger international competitiveness of Austria and Europe.

More information and tickets are under technologytalks.ait.ac.at available.