First Annual FORTHEM Conference FORTHEM - For the Future

First Annual FORTHEM conference 

^{March 6-8, 2024} 

Whether enhancing global competitiveness or addressing specific priorities and challenges, the conference seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and growth within its community and to collaboratively shape the future of Europe. Encouraging participation across various disciplines and subjects, FORTHEM aims to extend its networks beyond its own boundaries, engaging researchers from other alliances, research institutions, and non-academic partners.

This collective research effort strengthens our ability to confront unforeseen events like pandemics or regional conflicts in Europe, whose long-term societal impacts necessitate comprehensive research. Furthermore, it equips us to tackle the rapidly evolving societal and technological landscape. FORTHEM recognizes that basic and applied research are complementary forces driving creativity and innovation, making it an attractive research environment.

The conference features ten thematic sessions to facilitate the sharing, discussion, and evaluation of research findings in current and relevant fields. By opening up to researchers worldwide, FORTHEM invites participants to explore common research strengths and forge meaningful connections. 

We invite submissions on but not limited to the following topics:

General sessions:

• Europe as a hub for inclusiveness and democratic values
• Cultural heritage, a testimony of the past and reference book
• Physical and mental health in complex times of crisis, and economic and political instability
• Overpopulation and overconsumption triggering hunger, resource scarcity, migration, climate change, and the pollution of the atmosphere, the soil and the oceans
• The role of life sciences in an increasingly aging society
• The chemistry of the Green Deal
• The physics of Climate Change
• Digitization and artificial intelligence as key drivers for science and education in the future

Cross-disciplinary sessions specially targeted for Early-Stage researchers:

• Social Sciences and Humanities – Creative research ideas and their potential societal impact
• Natural Sciences – Be innovative and shape the future in your field