Annual Report 2025 - Report - Page 68
Opening Ceremony
Grand Kickoff
With High-Level Guests
Induction of Mario Draghi to the Foundation's Honorary Senate
A Welcome to Lindau
Countess Bettina Bernadotte, President of the Council
Greetings from Stockholm
Hans Ellegren, Secretary-General, Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences
Greetings from Brussels
Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Internal
Affairs and Migration, Belgium
Induction of Mario Draghi to the Honorary Senate of
the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
Eulogy by José Manuel Barroso, recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize 2012 on behalf of the European Union, former
Prime Minister of the Republic of Portugal and former
President of the European Commission, Portugal
Jürgen Kluge, Chairman of the Board, Foundation Lindau
Nobel Laureate Meetings, Germany
Mario Draghi, former Prime Minister of the Republic of
Italy and former President of the European Central Bank,
Italy
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High-level opening panel on global competition in research and
innovation
Hopes and Expectations: Young Scientists in Dialogue
In conversation with Adam Smith
Introducing the Scientific Programme
Scientific Chairs of the 8th Lindau Nobel Meeting in
Economic Sciences
Opening Panel: Research and Innovation in a
Tripolar World
Nobel Laureates Jean Tirole, Steven Chu
Thomas Schafbauer
Infineon Technologies AG, Germany
Mario Draghi
Discussion Lead: Maria Leptin
European Research Council, Belgium
A Welcome to Bavaria
Eric Beißwenger, State Minister for European and International Affairs, Bavarian State Chancellery, Germany
Reception
Hosted by the Free State of Bavaria
