MCAA General Assembly and Annual Conference to be held in Vienna

The Marie Curie Alumni Association's (MCAA) annual event will take place at the University of Vienna on 24 & 25 February 2019. For the sixth time this two day event wil bring policy makers, entrepreneurs, researchers across disciplines from both academia and industry together. The MCAA Annual Conference is the flagship event and provides a forum for presentations, workshops, debates, career fair and networking, with a focus on research careers, innovation and science policy. This year the event is focused on "Research and Innovation Beyond the Information Age". The 2019 event is expected to gather more than 700 participants including members of excellence of the academic society, European Commission, and renowned speakers. The president of the Austrian Academy of Science Prof. Anton Zeilinger and the CEO/CTO of Infineon technology Austria AG Dr. Sabine Herlitschka have already agreed to be a keynote speakers for the event. Currently, 23 parallel sessions on different topics including Mentoring, Researchers Evaluation under Responsible Research and Innovation, Open Science, Science Communication and Science Diplomacy, Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity, Future of Research, Writing Project Proposals, Researchers Mental health are planned.