Sponsors

Current sponsors include:

The Austrian Research Centers (ARC)
Austrian Research Centers (ARC) is Austria's largest contract research corporation. More than 700 employees offer services in a wide range of fields from material sciences, life sciences to information technology, economics and the social sciences.

ARC systems research
ARC systems research deals with complex social/economic and natural systems, and interventions in such systems. Its 50 researchers are employed in a wide range of disciplines - economics and social sciences to natural sciences - who come together in interdisciplinary teams.

Investkredit Bank
Investkredit Bank AG is a specialist bank based in Vienna which offers financial services exclusively to corporate customers. Its strategic goal is to become an established European financier in the medium-sized sector. With its range of products, the Bank for Corporates meets all financing and financial asset management needs going beyond the scope of normal day–to–day banking business. Over more than 40 years, Investkredit has developed into the second–largest long–term loan financier for medium– and large–scale enterprises in Austria.

The City of Vienna
One of the great capitals of Europe, Vienna was for centuries home to the Habsburg rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today the empire is long gone, but many reminders of the city's imperial heyday remain, carefully preserved by the tradition-loving Viennese. When it comes to the arts, the glories of the past are particularly evergreen, thanks to the cultural legacy created by the many artistic geniuses nourished here.

Vienna Science and Technology Fund
The WWTF is a new promotion mechanism for science and research in Vienna. The goal of this privately organized non-profit fund is to strengthen the state of research in Vienna and to position the city as a place of science and innovation.

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
The responsibilities of the bmvit (Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology) comprise matters concerning industry-related research, technology development and innovation funding, as well as issues relating to the creation of priority areas of research in national research programmes by the Council for Research and Technology Development (RFTE). The bmvit also acts as the supervisory authority for the research funds.

Vienna Center for Innovation and Technology (ZIT)
The task of the ZIT as technology agency of the city Vienna is to create an optimal field for technology enterprises and to strengthen the Viennese global economy.

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour
We are actively striving towards the creation of optimum frame conditions for Austria's economy and participate in securing Austria in a globally competitive environment.

Der Standard
Der Standard is a liberal Austrian newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1988 by Oskar Bronner, who still is its publisher. Initially a business paper, it meanwhile covers general news topics. It is frequently quoted in international media concerning news from Austria. The paper has around 400,000 readers.

Sponsoring organizations will receive complimentary registrations and acknowledgement for tuition assistance or special Forum events.

If your organization is interested in becoming a 2nd SoL Global Forum sponsor, please contact:
Christoph Mandl at +43-1-892 3736
or Sherry Immediato at +1-617-300-9540

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