It is with great pleasure that “la Caixa” Foundation welcomes you to the 2012 EFC Research Forum stakeholders’ conference, a space to discuss how research can provide input to social innovation, where we have the opportunity to explore the challenges and opportunities for research-funding foundations.
The event is taking place at a time of economic turbulence, when foundations are faced with difficult decisions on how best to use their resources. At the same time, pressing societal challenges are calling for solutions, some of which can only be realised through research. As private foundations, we have the freedom to react quickly to the evolving demands of our time, and together with other stakeholders, provide innovative solutions for the long term.
Adapting to the global economic situation is not, however, the only challenge we face today. We must also keep up with new technologies and the possibilities these offer for communicating research results. We must cope with emerging attitudes to science fed, in part, by the increased access to information these new technologies allow. And we must, above all, develop a clearer understanding of how best to use the results of research for the benefit of generations to come.
You can find the whole conference programme and the presentations here:
More information about the EFC Research Forum, here:
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Published on May 19, 2017
