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Annual Conference 2025

29 September 2025 in Vienna (Austria)

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Complex Systems: Shaping the Future for a Resilient Society

Austrian Academy of Sciences, ÖAW

Vienna, Austria, September 29, 2025

SAVE THE DATE!

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CONFERENCE GOAL

Real-world systems – whether environmental, societal or technological – are inherently complex. They involve nonlinear interactions, feedback loops, delays, and emergent behaviors that challenge traditional, siloed approaches. Our goal is to explore how we can better understand and manage these systems to increase societal resilience.

ADDRESS TODAY’S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES

From climate instability to healthcare system shocks and energy transitions – modern problems are deeply interconnected. This symposium tackles these challenges through the lens of complex systems, offering new ways to understand and act on them.

THINK BEYOND THE SILOS

Complex problems don’t fit neatly into disciplines. This event brings together voices from science, engineering, policy and society to build cross-disciplinary insights and solutions, encouraging new connections that mirror the interwoven nature of the challenges we face.

EXPLORE HIGH-LEVEL, ACTIONABLE IDEAS

We’re not just dissecting problems – we’re imagining bold, conceptual strategies that can lead to real-world impact. Expect big-picture thinking grounded in practical applications.

BUILD A MORE RESILIENT FUTURE

Learn how resilience can be designed into systems – from ecosystems to infrastructure – and how that mindset can help society adapt and thrive amidst uncertainty.

CONNECT, COLLABORATE AND INNOVATE

Meet leading thinkers, practitioners and change-makers. This is a unique opportunity to form meaningful partnerships and spark innovative projects that extend well beyond the symposium.

PROGRAMME

08:00

Registration

08:30

Welcome

  • Heinz Fassmann | President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • Eloy Alvarez Pelegry | Euro-CASE Chair
  • Dimitra Simeonidou | member of the group of Chief Scientific Advisors at Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) of the European Commission
  • Günter Blöschl | Conference Chair, Austrian Academy of Sciences

09:00

Keynote

  • Carlo Ratti | MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

10:00

COFFEE BREAK

10:30

PANEL ON HEALTH

  • Stefan Thurner | Complexity Science Hub Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, Austria
  • Al Ozonoff | Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA
    Decentralizing predictive epidemiology: From local practice to global foresight LINK
  • Maja Schlüter | Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Barbara Prainsack | University of Vienna, Austria
    The power of ‘gardening’: Cultivating resilience in policy making LINK

12:15

LUNCH

13:30

PANEL ON ENERGY

  • Reinhard Hüttl | EEI Eco-Environment Innovation and acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, Germany
  • Robert Schlögl | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
    Energy: A Real-World System in Transition LINK
  • Stefan Freunberger | ISTA – Institute of Science and Technology Austria
  • Louis de Fontenelle | Université de Pau et des Pays de l‘Adour, France

15:15

COFFEE BREAK

15:45

PANEL ON ENVIRONMENT

  • Alberto Montanari | University of Bologna and ITATEC – Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology, Italy
    An interpretation of the links between complexity and predictability focusing on the random dynamics that complexity may generate LINK
  • Jürgen Kurths | PIK – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Humboldt University, Germany
    Climate Meets Complex Systems: Exploring Teleconnections in the Climate System via a Complex Network Approach LINK
  • Sean Downey | The Ohio State University, USA
  • Alice Vadrot | University of Vienna, Austria

17:00

Closing

  • Günter Blöschl | Conference Chair, Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • The Irish Academy of Engineering | Host of the 2026 Euro-CASE Annual Conference
  • Eloy Alvarez Pelegry | Euro-CASE Chair

18:00

Cocktail Reception

KEYNOTE

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CARLO RATTI
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SENSEABLE CITIES

The way we live, work, and play is very different today than it was just a few decades ago, thanks in large part to a network of connectivity that now encompasses most people on the planet. In a similar way, today we are at the beginning of a new technological revolution: the Internet is entering the physical space – the traditional domain of architecture and design – becoming an “Internet of Things” or IoT. As such, it is opening the door to a variety of applications that – in a similar way to what happened with the first wave of the Internet – can encompass many domains: from production to citizen participation, from energy to mobility to public hygiene, all of which requiring new insights due to the changes brought forth by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The contribution from Prof. Carlo Ratti will address these issues from a critical point of view through projects by the Senseable City Laboratory, a research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the design office Carlo Ratti Associati.

SPEAKERS

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Jürgen Kurths
PIK – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Humboldt University, Germany

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Alberto Montanari
University of Bologna and ITATEC – Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology, Italy

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Al Ozonoff
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA

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Barbara Prainsack
University of Vienna, Austria

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Robert Schlögl
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany