Danubius Awards 2021 Ceremony

Virtual Ceremony

Danubius Awards 2021

11 November 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 CET

YouTube livestream

Organized by IDM and Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBFW)

The Danubius Award was created in 2011 by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBFW) and the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) with the intention to honor persons with extraordinary achievements in their scientific activity and output in relation to the Danube Region. The Danubius Award is intended to represent recognition for a profound scientific analysis of the Danube region. The prize is divided into three categories:

Danubius Award
Danubius Mid-Career Award
Danubius Young Scientist Award

You can find more details about the Danubius Awards here.

Programme:

15:00 Welcome message
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann, Austrian Minister of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF)

15:05 Introduction and welcome
Mag. Barbara Weitgruber, Director-General for Scientific Research and International Relations (BMBWF)

15:10 Welcome
Dr. Erhard Busek, Chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe

15:15 Laudatio – Danubius Award
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Gerzabek, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

15:20 Danubius Award Winner
O.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Glößl

15:25 Laudatio – Danubius Mid-Career Award
Dipl. Ing. Dr. Thomas Dillinger TU Wien

15:30 Danubius Mid-Career Award Winner
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tijana Dabović

15:35 Introduction of the Danubius Young Scientist Award
Prof. Zdravko Kačič, President of the Danube Rectors’ Conference, Rector of the University of Maribor

15:40 Welcome
Prof. Miroslav Veskovic, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

15:45 Danubius Young Scientist Award Winners

16:30 End of Ceremony

Moderation: Mag. Sebastian Schäffer, MA, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe