From 31 August to 2 September, around 300 delegates from across the EU will gather in Göteborg to discuss how the EU can strengthen the ‘knowledge triangle’. The knowledge triangle is one way of describing how education, research and innovation interact to achieve the best possible results.

Minister for Higher Education and Research Tobias Krantz will open the conference on 31 August at 18.00, together with European Commissioner for Education Jan Figel. Other speakers at the conference include European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik, Chairman of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Martin Schuurmans, and Deborah Wince-Smith, President of the Council on Competitiveness, a US think-tank.

Time and place
31 August–2 September; Elite Park Avenue Hotel, Göteborg.

Press
The conference is open to the media.
Following the opening session, Minister for Higher Education and Research Tobias Krantz and Commissioner Jan Figel will be available for questions. For interviews, please contact Eva-Marie Byberg in advance of the conference.

On Tuesday 1 September at 10.30 Minister for Higher Education and Research Tobias Krantz and Commissioner Janez Potočnik will give a press briefing. This will take place in a signposted venue adjacent to the conference room.

If you have any other questions or wish to interview any other speaker at the conference, please contact Mikael Lundgren.

We look forward to seeing you there.