1. 4 th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region 29th – 30 th October 2015 in Ulm VIII Steering Group Meeting – Priority Area 07 "To develop the Knowledge Society (research, education and ICT)“ 10 th December 2014

2. General Organisation (State Government of Baden-Württemberg) Meeting Ministers of Foreign Affairs 29th October 2015 (morning) Meeting Ministers of Foreign Affairs 29th October 2015 (morning) Annual Forum 29th (afternoon) and 30th October 2015 Plenary session Workshops Reception Annual Forum 29th (afternoon) and 30th October 2015 Plenary session Workshops Reception Side-Events before, while, after the Annual Forum Side-Events before, while, after the Annual Forum Planned focus by the State of Baden-Württemberg: „Special emphasis on people“ Four planned topics: „Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Qualification, Civil society“ Meeting between the State government of Baden-Württemberg and the GD Regio (D.1) on 15th January 2015 in order to define the main topics

3. Connect the region Protecting the Environment Buildung Prosperity Strenghening the Region Mobility Sustainable energy Culture and tourism, people to people Water Quality Environmental risks Biodiversity, landscapes, quality of air and soils Knowledge Society Competitiveness People & Skills Institutional capacity and cooperation Security

4. Connect the region PAs 1 – 3 Protecting the Environment PAs 4 – 6 Buildung Prosperity PAs 7 – 9 Strenghening the Region PAs 10 + 11 Entrepreneurship Innovation Qualification Programm, Speakers, Workshops, Side- Events…?! Civil Society

5. Next steps Definition of the two or three „core“ workshops from each Priority Area (ex.: dual education, digital issues at the universities, sustainability of energy, ressources and/or qualification) Coordination the „core“ workshops between the Priority Area (in our case especially PA7, PA 8 and PA 9) Elaboration of special participations on the plenary session, the workshops and/or the Side-Events (a JRC Side-Event is in the planning stage)... Waiting for the results of the meeting of the State Government of Baden- Württemberg with the GD Regio (D.1) in Brussels (15/01/2015)

6. Thank you for your attention! Uta Sprenger Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg Königstr. 46, 70173 Stuttgart Phone: +49.(0)711.279-337 E-Mail: Uta.Sprenger@mwk.bwl.de