Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen will meet with King Carl XVI on Thursday at the end of his three-day working visit to Sweden. Gustavus together. The head of state is invited to a lunch at the Royal Palace in Stockholm before returning to Vienna. To this end, the former economics professor can get a taste of university life at the renowned Stockholm School of Economics, accompanied by WKÖ President Harald Mahrer.
The business delegation traveling with them also had a meeting with the Swedish Council for Artificial Intelligence on the agenda. Sweden and Austria are two countries that invest a lot in research and development, but also in the field of innovation, WKÖ chairman Mahrer said on Wednesday evening. Together with Belgium and Sweden, they belong to the “top three countries” in this respect. Not only do you have to learn from the best, “but you also have to work with the best.”
Exchange of opinions on artificial intelligence
That is why an exchange of views has been taking place in the Swedish capital since Tuesday, especially on the topics of ‘artificial intelligence, the future of forestry, transformation of energy systems, life sciences, medicine or medical technologies’, i.e. areas that ‘make people healthier and longer life in the future analyzed Mahrer. “There are so many fields where the Swedes are in a top position and so are we. And of course we want to discover these treasures together.”
Collaboration is required. There are areas for improvement in the EU, especially in bureaucratic issues. “We all pay into these European pots together,” said the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce. Austrian and Swedish companies, for example, could receive money from this “to grow”. But: “Now we realize that applying for these funds is extremely bureaucratic, even more bureaucratic than in our own country. You could use the lever there and make it much easier to use the lubricant for this fuel-efficient transmission, for this engine.”
On Wednesday, Van der Bellen also particularly praised the economic competence of the EU, given the numerous discussions on economic and technological topics in Stockholm. In view of the market opportunities opened by the European Union, the Federal President said, in a clear allusion to the FPÖ campaign in the EU election campaign: “It is not surprising what happened there.” Sweden’s conservative-liberal Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also told Van der Bellen on Wednesday: “Cooperation in Europe is working, at least in the economic field.”
Source: Krone
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