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Can we afford losing talents in Europe?

Can we afford losing talents in Europe?. Jerzy M Langer Academia Europaea, London, Inst Phys, Polish Acad Sci , Warsaw. Excellence in Research, Aarhus , Denmark, April, 2012. European decline, why? . Phd grad ths EU-27 100 US 52

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Can we afford losing talents in Europe?

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  1. Can we afford losing talents in Europe? Jerzy M Langer Academia Europaea, London, Inst Phys, Polish AcadSci, Warsaw Excellence in Research, Aarhus, Denmark, April, 2012

  2. European decline, why? Phd grad ths EU-27 100 US 52 In S&E 40 19 Patents/mlninh EU-27 117 US 106 Publications 38% 31% but • The EU contributes less than the US to high-impact publications • The EU is not specialised in the most dynamic research disciplines • Most Nobel Prize winners come from the USA (expats and emigrants) • Highest impact technologies come from the USA • Highest ranked universities are in the USA and • Largest growth in HE and S&T is in Asia and Brasil !!!

  3. „Excellenceyoufool”

  4. Frederick Emmons Terman Hewlett and Packard & oscillator Varian brothers & klystron 1900-1982

  5. Termanprinciple and theoutcome „steeples of excellence” “academic prestige depends on high but narrow steeples of academic excellence, it is not possible to cover all the bases.” (excellence + focus) Steeples – high churchtower

  6. Europe lacks ~1 mln researchers

  7. Students in Europe – the source 5 mln students in EU -10 (NMS)

  8. OECD DATA 2007 Number of S&T students 1993-2003; average annual change

  9. InternalEuropeanbraindrain Europe cries for thehugeoutflow of youngeducatedEuropeans to the USA, but MC fellows net flowshowsthe same but inside Europe

  10. Danger of a two-speed Europe Averagecontract Networks of Excellence

  11. FP country financial „retour”

  12. EuropeanInstituteof Technology http://eit.europa.eu/ Excellence calls for model organisations. That is why Europe needs a strong European Institute of Technology – an organisation whose mission would be to bring together the brightest minds and the best businesses and to disseminate the results throughout Europe.JOSÉ MANUELBARROSO

  13. Urgentneed to rethink EU strategy ERC success reveals all flaws and deficiencies of European science scene There is a major challenge for less wealthy and developed countries Finland & Israel showed that it is possible – trust in human abilities and invest wisely in the knowledge-basedfuture European solidarity is a must to avoid intellectual deserts in Europe (cohesion + research & education policy across Europe)

  14. CSF – a great chance EU CSF+ budget EU -27 MS R&D state budgets

  15. But long term strategyneeded Europe must be more ambitious and coherent. Europe must offer younger researchers serious careers in Europe, also not far from home. Unless we create the European dream, the American dream will still win

  16. Dannebrog messages My 4 Danish private lessons on excellence

  17. H. Ch. Andersen tales Excellenceinart buildshumansensitivity

  18. Niels Bohr Copenhagenschool Excellencein science createsknowledege & community

  19. CarlsbergGlyptotek Excellencein business buildssocialresponsibility

  20. LEGO Excellencein design & manufacturing buildsconfidence and creativity

  21. ThankyouDenmark

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