Aug. 14 – Three cities come together in the name of research after the respective Ministries of University and Research signed an agreement last May allowing the Deans of the three universities to conclude a deal strengthening transnational hpigh quality research. The agreement will be signed duringthe Day of Tirolo, which coincides with Alpbach’s European Forum debut. During the folllowing weeks, more than 4.000 guests from the fields of politics, economics, science and society will come together in Alpbach. High profile guests include Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon, the president of the European Commission Jose Barroso, and the Austrian President Heinz Fischer. During the various scheduled sessions, the general theme of the event will be “Experience and Values.” The agreement will thus be signed after the conclusion of the first plenary session of the Forum and before the Ceremony to award the 2013 Young Euregio Researcher award. Present for the event are Daria de Pretis from the University of Trento, Walter Lorenz, dean of the Free University of Bolzano, Konrad Bergmeister, president of the same university, and Tilmann Märk, dean of Innsbruck University. Other institutional members present for the signing event are the Austrian Minister for Science and Research, Karlheinz Töchterle, and the Italian Minister of Education, University and Research, Maria Chiara Carrozza.
