On June 6, 2006 the report by an International Committee consisting of Haim Harari, Olaf Kuebler, and Hubert Markl was submitted to the Federation of Austrian Industries. This report provided a concept and recommended steps towards the establishment of IST Austria. Today, 10 years later, the report describes the founding principles that continue to shape IST Austria’s development from vision to reality. 

We hereby cordially invite you to the event “On the Way to the Top: What Makes a Research Institution Excellent?”.

When: Monday, June 6, 2016, 6:00 pm
Where: Raiffeisen Lecture Hall, IST Austria, Klosterneuburg 

Confirmed speakers are:
* Patrick Aebischer, President of EPFL
* Jonathan Dorfan, President of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
* Peter Gruss, former President of the Max Planck Society
* Haim Harari, former President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
* Rolf-Dieter Heuer, former Director General of CERN
* Olaf Kübler, former President of ETH Zurich

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