Seminar: Technical Universities for Europe’s Security

Seminar: Technical Universities for Europe’s Security, Brussels, 1^st December

Europe urgently needs strengthen its defence capabilities. It can only be achieved by engaging the potential of European technical universities in cooperation with the defence industry.

Rectors of European technical universities and representatives of the defence at the Brussel’s seminar will discuss how working together they can develop advanced technologies necessary to build up Europe’s defence. The European Commission will also be represented.

The seminar will coincide with the publication of the EngiRank 2025, a ranking covering 300 European technical universities. In its third annual edition the ranking provides an insight into the great potential these universities represent.

The seminar Technical Universities for Europe’s Security, December 1^st, will start at 13:00 and will last til 16:30.

Venue: Business and Science Poland - NCBR Office -  Rue Belliard 40 Brussels, Belgium

There will be three thematic panels

Panel 1: Engaging Technical Universities in European Defence Plans
Panel 2: Dual-Use Technology Enhancing European Defence Capability
Panel 3: Educating Engineers for and in Cooperation with the Defence Industry‍

Among panelists:

● Anders O. Bjarklev – President, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

● Monica Rolfsen – Vice-President, NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology

● Antoine Feral – Vice President for EU Affairs, Rolls-Royce

● Jyri Hämäläinen – Vice President for Research, Aalto University

● Krzysztof Jóźwik – Rector, Lodz University of Technology

● Arkadiusz Wójs – Rector, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

● Andrzej Szarata – Rector, Cracow University of Technology

● Pasi Niinikoski – Director for EU & NATO Affairs / Industry & Technology Foresight, Patria

● Marek Pawełczyk – Rector, Silesian University of Technology

● Renzo Tomellini – Senior Vice-President / Brussels Office General Manager, Leonardo S.p.A.

● Stefan Östlund – Vice President for International Relations, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

● Mattias Björnmalm – Secretary General, Cesaer

● Rafał Danko – Vice-Rector for Student Affairs, AGH University of Krakow

● Waldemar Siwiński – Founder, Perspektywy Education Foundation

● Waldemar Dubaniowski – Director, NCBR Office in Brussels

● Bartek Czyczerski – President, Business & Science Poland

● Marek Kalbarczyk – Director, PGZ Office in Brussels

● Piotr Pichor – Vice-President for Services, BEST – Board of European Students of Technology

At the end of the seminar, a special event is planned: the EngiRank 2025 Results Announcement Ceremony.

What is EngiRank?

EngiRank is the first international ranking of technical universities in Europe. Ranking uses methodology designed to reflect the specifics of engineering education. It includes 230 universities in the main table and 300 universities in the “by subject” rankings.

The 2025 edition evaluates universities in 27 countries of the European Union plus Switzerland, Norway, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and the Western Balkans.

EngiRank has been produced by the Perspektywy Education Foundation. It is based on the outside statistical data related to research, industry cooperation, internationalization, and the quality of engineering education.

The seminar is organized by Perspektywy, the NCBR Office in Brussels, and Business & Science Poland, with PGZ Office in Brussels as a partner.

Participation in the seminar is free of charge (requires registration); the number of places is limited: https://seminar.engirank.eu

EngiRank website:  https://engirank.eu/