Thinking beyond and creating impact: The IX Unite! Dialogue at TU Graz
Graz University of Technology hosted the Unite! Dialogue from 27-29 February 2024 for the first time since joining the alliance. Students, staff and faculty from all nine Unite! universities came together to attend working group meetings, plenary sessions and workshops, and to share their knowledge and enthusiasm.
The theme of the Dialogue was "Think beyond: Unite! for Collective and Sustainable Impact" and TU Graz welcomed more than 350 representatives from all partner universities to Austria’s second city Graz. The event kicked off with an electrifying opening session moderated by TESSY, the speaking Tesla coil. Speakers such as Unite! President Tanja Brühl, TU Graz Rector Horst Bischof, Unite!'s policy and funding advisor Anshika Suri and SURE!'s spokesperson Beatriz Rodrigues, set the tone for the days ahead by stressing the key role of Unite! in collectively and sustainably shaping the European educational and research landscape, and by emphasizing the alliance’s inspiring and visionary community spirit.