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Alma Mater in preparation for the most significant international scientific event


Alma Mater Europaea will host the 12th International Scientific Conference ‘It's About People 2024: In Service of Sustainability and Dignity’ in co-organization with the European Academy of Sciences and Arts of Salzburg between March 8 and 13, 2024.

The conference ranks among the top scientific conferences in the world and will host leading European scholars and thought leaders from various disciplines.

The Provisional Programme for this year's conference is available HERE.
You are kindly invited to visit our website for additional information.

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Last year's conference was one of Europe’s most significant international scholarly events. Under the theme Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity, it hosted leading scholars and thought leaders, including Vice President of the European Commission Mariya Gabriel, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts’ President and Honorary President Klaus Mainzer and Felix Unger, and representatives of national academies. World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University gave the keynote lecture. Several professors from Harvard, Oxford, and Yale shared their thoughts with the participants. The President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar opened the event as its honourary partron.

Over 300 authors from more than 30 countries presented their contributions. Among them were academics from the world's most prestigious universities, such as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Columbia.

Among the leading scholars who have spoken at Alma Mater conferences are renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, Harvard Law School professor Mark Tushnet, Oxford professor Jacob Rowbottom, German political scientist Werner Weidenfeld, who is also the rector of Alma Mater Europaea, the Alma Mater president and cardiac surgeon Felix Unger, the Facebook and Instagram Oversight Board member and former European Court of Human Rights vice-president Andras Sajo, David Erdos of Cambridge, the Constitutional Court judge Klemen Jaklic, who lectured at Harvard for seven years before joining Alma Mater, and philosophers Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Srećko Horvat.

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Alma Mater Europaea is an international university initiated by the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg, Austria. The Academy unites about 2,000 top scientists, including 34 Nobel Prize winners. Over 2,000 students from 30+ countries study at Alma Mater’s doctoral, master, and bachelor programs in humanities, project management, artificial intelligence, sustainable development, business, strategic communication, social gerontology, physical therapy, and nursing.