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This year’s event will highlight:
- Policy insights on EIC under FP10 and the new EU Startup & Scaleup Strategy
- Recent Austrian EIC success stories
- Inspiration from national and European approaches supporting the EIC
- A hands-on, interactive dialogue on Austria’s innovation future
The Platform will be followed by the bigX Conference (starting at 17:00).
Agenda:
| 13:00 |
Registration & Welcome Coffee |
| 13:30 |
Opening
Welcome by BMWET, FFG, EC and ISTA |
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Strategic & Policy Outlook
• EIC in focus: Current and future developments, outlook to FP10
• EU Startup & Scaleup Strategy in Focus
• Success Stories from Austria in Focus
• Increasing the impact: Supporting Tools & National Instruments
• From Science to Impact: The Role of EIC Programme Managers
Presentations and discussion with the European Commission |
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Coffee Break |
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Interactive Dialogue
• Inspirational Inputs: National & European Approaches
• Breakout sessions with key stakeholder groups
• Closing and key takeaways |
| 16:30 |
Networking & Transition to bigX Conference (starts at 17:00) |
A detailed agenda is available below (Download)
Registration
Participation is free, but registration is required due to limited capacity.
Travel instructions
The ISTA Campus is located in Klosterneuburg, just outside Vienna. The event will be held in the Moonstone Building
We recommend travelling by public transportation due to limited parking spaces at the campus.
There are two options:
Exclusive Shuttle Bus from Schwedenplatz at 12:15
ISTA provides a Shuttle Bus exclusively for participants traveling from Vienna, before the event begins.
The ISTA Shuttle Bus will start at 12:15 from U1 Schwedenplatz and will be free of charge for participants travelling to our event. The Shuttle Bus is going to park at the bus parking lot close to the BP petrol station and will bear the sign ISTA.
ISTA Shuttle Bus Nr. 142
ISTA provides a shuttle bus for anybody traveling from Vienna-Heiligenstadt to the campus (and return) to expand the public bus service. The ISTA Shuttle Bus connects Vienna’s underground network (from U4 Heiligenstadt) to ISTA with just one stop at Stadtplatz in Klosterneuburg. This reduces travel time compared to the public bus (bus Nr. 400). For travel instructions, also contact the ISTA website.
The Platform meeting will be followed by the bigX Conference (starting at 17:00). Please note: Participation in bigX requires separate registration.
bigX 2025 is a high-energy forum on science-driven innovation, hosted by xista and ISTA. This year’s edition explores how world-class innovation ecosystems emerge, grow, and evolve — with global insights, Austria-focused data, and exchange with trailblazers from research, industry, startups, and policy to help redefine the intersection of science and innovation.