Join us for a one-day to exchange ideas and establish a joint vision for research organisations tackling world’s grand challenges. Our summit is a destination for professionals, executives and leaders of research organisations.It is a crucial time for the research industry.Worldwide we are facing complex, interlinked, global and local challenges. For grand challenges like aging population and scarcity of resources it is evident that we need new solutions and strategies. Research industry as a whole has an unique role to play.This summit aims to stimulate debate on the future of research sector sector, emerging strategic issues for organisations and their role in tackling world’s grand challenges. It provides an ideal setting for a debate with executives, governmental representatives, thought leaders and experts in the field of science.Our summit is participant driven and combines short presentations with open space.Tentative Agenda9:00 Registration + Welcome Coffee + Networking10:00 Open Space: What is the next big thing for research organisations?11:00 Coffee Break + Networking11:30 Open Space: Emerging disruptions and challenges to research organisations12.30 Lunch + Networking13.30 Open Space: World’s Grand Challenges: What role for research organisations?14:30 Coffee Break + Networking15:00 Open Space:  How to accelerate innovation for tackling world’s grand challenges?16:00 Closing