ASciNA - AMPF Conference 2025

Austrian Scientists and Scholars in North America (ASciNA)
Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation (AMPF)

Networking Event & Dialogue About The Best Path Forward

For Austrian Researchers in North America with Science and Innovation Stakeholders from Austria

The Resilient University:

New Models for a Competitive Research Enterprise

& an Appreciation of the 25^th Anniversary of The Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation

EVENT DETAILS

Date:

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Location:

Embassy of Austria, 3524, International Ct NW, Washington, DC 20008, United States

Moderator:

Alexandra Lieben, President, ASciNA

AGENDA

9:00 – 9:30 am

Registration

9:30 – 10:00 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:00 – 11:00 am

Keynote Address: Frank E. Pfefferkorn, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, Endowed Professor Program
Q&A with Prof. Frank Pfefferkorn and Prof. Peter Ertl, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and International Affairs, TU Wien

11:00 – 12:30 pm

AMPF Poster Session

11:30 – 12:30 pm

Lunch Break

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Keynote Panel: “The Resilient University: New Models for a Competitive Research Enterprise”

Panelists:
- Dr. Anne-Marie Mazza, Senior Director of the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Prof. Peter Ertl, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and International Affairs, TU Wien
- Dietrich Haubenberger, PhD., Vice President, Translational Medicine at Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.; FORWIT – Austrian Council for Sciences, Technology, and Innovation; Priv.-Doz. Medical University of Vienna
- Additional panelists TBA
Moderator: Hannelore Veit, journalist and President of the Alumni Association of the University of Vienna

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 – 5:00 pm

ASciNA Workshop: “Exploring the Best Path Forward: Evaluating Strengths and Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities of the U.S. and Canadian vs the Austrian Research- and University Ecosystems.“

2:30 – 3:20 pm – Moderated Working Groups: Strenghts & Weaknesses
3:30 – 4:20 pm – Moderated Working Groups: Threats & Opportunities
4:20 – 5:00 pm – Plenary: Discussion & Next Steps

5:00 – 5:15 pm

Break

5:15 – 5:35 pm

AMPF Poster Award Ceremony, AMPF President Wolfgang Petritsch and Executive Director Karin Emprechtinger

5:40 – 6:20 pm

ASciNA Award Ceremony with BMFWF Director General Barbara Weitgruber and ASciNA Vice-President Michael Fink

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Reception: Networking Reception

To Register for the Conference, please fill out this form.

BMFWF provides 20 travel grants for ASciNA members.

To apply for a travel grant, please download and fill out the PDF file (356 KB).

We thank the BMFWF, the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC, the FWF, the Alumni Club of the University of Vienna, ABA (Austrian Business Agency), the Austrian Cultural Forum New York and Open Austria for their immense support.