think.BDPST

Partner: Antall József Knowledge Centre
Event date: Mar 08, 2016 - Mar 10, 2016
Deadline for registering: Mar 03, 2016
Venue: Várkert Bazár (2 Ybl Miklós Square, 1013 Budapest), Hungary
Category: Conference

think.BDPST

8-10 March 2016

Organised annually in Budapest by the Antall József Knowledge Centre in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary and the International Visegrad Fund, think.BDPST is a strategic conference focusing on regional development and the perspectives of research, innovation and future technologies.

The main objective of the conference, think.BDPST, is to provide a regional platform for high-level representatives of the governmental, academic, and business sectors to initiate dialogue about the different approaches to innovation and new technologies, including the security, economic, and social dimensions. think.BDPST also offers an opportunity for policymakers to discuss possibilities of fostering smart growth solutions, exchanging experiences and best practices, as well as drafting joint action plans.

With initiating such dialogues, the conference aims to foster cooperation, promote the implementation of joint activities, as well as facilitate the formation of strategic partnerships in the Central European region, with specific regard to the V4 countries. The conference could greatly contribute to the establishment of a common regional development framework.

As part of the eleven panels of the three-day think.BDPST conference, the following topics will be discussed in greater detail: perspectives and possibilities for an R+D friendly environment; the social dimensions of innovation, with special regard to the impact of innovation on education, the ways in which innovation transforms the structure of the labour market, a new dimension of content consumption; social entrepreneurship including the possibility of changing public services to new providers, the role of innovation in urban planning and new technologies in urban infrastructure; genetic engineering and its risks; as well as security challenges in the age of new technologies.

For the detailed programme plese visit the webpage of the conference: http://think.bdpst.org/agenda/index

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Keywords: EU, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, OECD, Education, V4, Israel, Europe