Focus on the Future -
The Summit for Building Bridges and Thinking Ahead

Morning (optional)

Arrival / Walk & Talk (Hiking around Drosendorf) or Cycle & Think (Bike-Trip from Retz to Drosendorf) or Explore & Get Inspired (trip to interesting spots around Drosendorf, e.g. Renaissance town of Slavonice, old Jewish cemetery in Pisecne, Kollmitz ruins, Raabs an der Thaya,…)

Afternoon

WHO LEARNS & WHO TEACHES, WHO RESEARCHES, INNOVATES & COLLABORATES?
Who are the students of today and tomorrow? Who are the adult learners? Who are the educators, researchers, innovators? Who is orchestrating and further developing (regional) innovation ecosystems and (trans-)national collaboration? Who is pursuing an (academic) career and who is succeeding? Who is inspiring and empowering (academic) careers? Who is closing existing gaps in education, research, and innovation? Who enables people to unfold talents? Who is ensuring equality and inclusion? Who is safeguarding the freedom of science and education? Who is (afraid) of Dr. Google and Professor ChatGPT?

Evening

DINNER, MEET & CONNECT

Morning

WHAT DO WE (HAVE TO) LEARN, RESEARCH, INNOVATE AND COLLABORATE?
What competencies and skills are needed today and in the future? What has changed in the age of digital transformation and AI? What is changing in a rapidly evolving world of wars, conflicts and crises? Which questions, content, outcomes, and results ensure social and economic impact? What are intercultural, interdisciplinary, inter… competences? What is needed for cross-generation, cross-disciplinary, cross-…, transnational collaboration? What does it mean to be regionally rooted and globally connected? What is human-centered learning? What is machine learning? What is creativity, agility, flexibility, adaptability, future skills … and (how) can you learn and teach them? What is the future of STEM & STEAM education? What is the (future) role of the humanities? What is human-centered education? What can machines do better?

Afternoon

HOW DO WE (HAVE TO) LEARN, RESEARCH, INNOVATE AND COLLABORATE?
How and with which methods and tools do we learn, teach, research, innovate and cooperate successfully? How do we build bridges between education, research, innovation and application? How do we combine short-term economic demands and long-term educational needs? How do we maintain and ignite curiosity as the most important driver for learning, teaching and research? How do we link basic knowledge, competences and applied skills? How do we not only recognize prior learning but also use it in the best possible way in learning and research processes? How do we ensure beneficial transnational collaboration in (higher) education and research? How do we design future-oriented curricula (European degrees, microcredentials, etc.)

Evening

DINNER, MEET & CONNECT

Morning

WHERE AND WHEN DO WE (HAVE TO) LEARN, RESEARCH, INNOVATE AND COLLABORATE?
Where can future-oriented learning and research environments offered and what are they like? What are effective, flexible learning paths? How can future-oriented research spaces be designed? What role can European Universities play in this, and what added value do they bring to learners, teachers, researchers, and diverse stakeholders? How can the potential of European university alliances be fully exploited? How can fully-fledged European universities be designed?

Afternoon (optional)

Arrival / Walk & Talk (Hiking around Drosendorf) or Cycle & Think (Bike-Trip from Retz to Drosendorf) or Explore & Get Inspired (trip to interesting spots around Drosendorf, e.g. Renaissance town of Slavonice, old Jewish cemetery in Pisecne, Kollmitz ruins, Raabs an der Thaya,…)