New Worlds - New Solutions

VR - Vetenskapsrådet - Swedish Research Council

The Swedish EU Prsidency Conference “New Worlds — New Solutions” was held on 7–8 July 2009 in the University town of Lund in Southern Sweden and was arranged as an integral part of the Swedish eu Presidency that started on 1 July 2009. It attracted around 380 participants from 35 countries in Europe and also from other parts of the world on an invitation basis.

The aim of the conference was to probe the long term aspects of European Research Technology, Development and Innovation (RTDIi) with special regard to its tasks and missions and also, in an indicative manner, on its structure. The relation between the all European level efforts and the RTDI activities connected to the national level was especially at the heart of the endeavour. A common theme was how Europe should manage the emerging “Grand Challenges”.