The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia organises a two day conference on “New European Research Area (ERA) - Towards a responsible knowledge driven society of the 3rd Millennium” which is part of the programme of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

On the first day a ministerial policy roundtable with speakers from the current Trio Presidency Research Ministers (Germany, Portugal, Slovenia) and forthcoming Trio Presidency Research Ministers (France, Sweden, Czech Republic) is foreseen and a panel discussion with stakeholders (among others European University Association (EUA), European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO), League of European Research Universities (LERU) followed by a Q&A.

On the second day, parallel “breakout” workshop sessions will take place on four different topics: ERA for Research Infrastructures, ERA for prospective research careers, ERA for Open Science and ERA for economy.

The aim of the conference is to produce recommendations for a better implementation of the new ERA.

The conference is open for everyone willing to shape the ERA. Prior registration is required.

All information can be found on the conference’s website