Hosted by: Austrian Federal Ministry for
Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)

Event Location:
Star Hill Ranch – 15000 Hamilton Pool Road, Bee Cave, TX 78738

Click here for details of the shuttle bus connection.

Event Location:

Palm Door on Sixth – 508 E 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701

Clemens Mantl, Director, Office of Science and Technology Austria, Washington DC

Wolfgang Waldner, Ambassador of Austria to the US 

Panel:
Hannes Androsch, Chairman, Austrian Council for Research and Technology

Development

Stefan Riegler, Director, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW)
Ingolf Schaedler, Deputy Director General for Innovation, Austrian Federal Ministry for

Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)

Barbara Weitgruber, Director General for Scientific Research and International

Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW)

Moderator:

Hannelore Veit, ORF

Interactive panel discussion with the audience on the latest developments of RTI policies, immigration, and research funding in the US.

Joanne Padrón Carney, Director, Office of Government Relations, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dawn Tilbury, Assistant Director for Engineering, National Science Foundation

Rose Mary Valencia, Executive Director, Visa and Immigration Services Administration Department, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Moderator:

Hannelore Veit, ORF

Awards presented by the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation in collaboration with ASCINA and RINA.

Moderator:

Hannelore Veit, ORF

Presentation of Funding, Career, and Cooperation Opportunities by the Following Institutions (click here for an overview).

Gaming is not only the most popular form of entertainment in Europe as well as many other places worldwide, but also a major driver of innovation:  Big Data started with gaming GPUs (Graphic Processing Units); Robots play soccer; and Google’s AI plays (and, in 2016, wins) against the Grand Master of “GO” – a highly complex board game.

Gamification is the application of game-playing elements in other areas of activity. The afternoon session of this year’s ARIT is all about creating knowledge (“Wissen schaffen”) through gamification.

Lindsay Grace, Director, American University Game Lab and Studio

John A. Main, Program Manager – Defense Sciences Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Jennifer McNamara, Vice President, Break Away Games

Konstantin Mitgutsch, Founder, Playful Solutions I Research Affiliate, MIT Game Lab | Red Bull Mind Gamers

Maria Schneider, Co-Founder, Dynofit, Inc

Moderator:

André Thomas, Director LIVE lab & ass. Professor of the Practice, Visualization Department Texas A&M University, Founder & CEO Triseum LLC.

Awards presented by the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation in collaboration with ASCINA and RINA

Franz Franchetti, President, ASCINA
Clemens Mantl, Director, Office of Science and Technology Austria, Washington DC

Wolfgang Petritsch, President, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation

Hosted by: Austrian Federal Ministry of
Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW)

Event Location:

The Contemporary Austin, Jones Center

Rooftop Terrace, 700 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701

Event Location:

ARIT 2017 Hotel, Residence Inn by Marriott Austin Downtown

Room "Rio B", 2nd Floor

300 E 4th Street, Austin, TX 78701

Time for further discussions

(Space limited to 20 participants:
Invitations will be sent in September to ARIT 2017 attendees)