19 August 2014 - 21 August 2014
Alpbach, Austria
This year, the European Forum Alpbach is organizing the Higher Education Symposium for the first time. Under the title "At the crossroads – Universities equipping us for an ever changing world" the participants will discuss current critical developments in the higher education institutions in Europe and the role they can and want to play under these new conditions. The symposium particularly focuses on the question how universities can prepare their students for a ever-changing world.
Wolfgang Lutz will give a keynote during the opening panel entitled "Times They are a-Changin’ – How Societal Trends Impact European Universities" to provide the demographic perspective on the questions:
For more information please visit the Alpbach Forum website
CONTACT DETAILS
Interim Deputy Director General for Science Directorate - DDG for Science Department
Principal Research Scholar and Senior Program Advisor Population and Just Societies Program
Principal Research Scholar and Senior Program Advisor Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group - Population and Just Societies Program
Higher Education Symposium
Program
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313