Vienna Research Festival 2025

hands-on research

German
Fri, 21.03.2025 - Sun, 23.03.2025
Rathaus, Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010 Wien
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From 21 to 23 March 2025, the Vienna Research Festival moves into City Hall! 

In the centre of Vienna, the Vienna Business Agency, together with companies, universities and universities of applied sciences, will be presenting hands-on research from Vienna. 

A large hands-on exhibition and numerous workshops invite visitors to discover and try things out with a varied programme and free admission. There will also be a special area for small children.

 

 

Opening Times:

Friday: 14:00 - 18:00 Uhr

Saturday: 10:00 - 18:00 Uhr

Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00 Uhr

 

Program

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hands-on area

2

workshops

3

science cafe

4

Area for kids under 6 years of age

5

Street of Job Orientation

Exhibitor

4 People in the background, Brain in the middle
Salumentis OG
different Pictures: Flag of the EU, Coffe, Music, etc.
iLanguage – Multilingualism, Integration and Diversity
Smart City
Siemens AG Österreich (SAGÖ)
3 scientists beeing in awe
OFS Lipid Legends GmbH
St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung
Scientist is working in a Lab
IMBA Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie
Women is completing a picture about carbon emissions
ScienceCenter-Netzwerk
Urban Animals - Hamster on the road
Verein Entdecke und Bewahre Natur
A child being an adventure in a field
OeAD-Zentrum für Citizen Science
Two people working
Verein zur Förderung der Erforschung und Bildung sozialer und technischer Innovationen – metalab
AI-generated picture of Bad Ischl
VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
Laptop with Coding
TU Wien Informatics (eduLAB und Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms)
Serious Game with a fox
TU Wien - Institute of Information Systems Engineering Research Group for Industrial Software
Lego
Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)
old Book
Institut für Mittelalterforschung Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Old woman with a caring Robot
Technische Universität Wien & Technisches Museum Wien & Technikum Wien
Two Mannequin heads with sensors
mdw – Universität für Musik & darstellende Kunst WZMF – Wiener Zentrum für Musiktherapie-Forschung
Group picture TU
TU Wien – Human Computer Interaction Group
Drawings
Institut für Ägyptologie / Doctoral School for Cultural and Historical Studies
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Institut für Festkörperelektronik
Controlling the world with infrared technology

Chemical and medical sensors, telecommunications, autonomous driving - infrared technology is needed for all of these things. Use it to build a laser radio and find out what different lasers and the associated detectors are all about.

Black salamander in the forest
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
3D-Printing
Medizinische Universität Wien
small parts of a robot
TU Wien
TU Wien
Drones
Fachhochschule Technikum Wien
Women working together
Central European University
Person with
Fachhochschule Technikum Wien
Picture of Karstquelle
ICC Water & Health - TU Wien, MedUni Wien, Karl Landsteiner Uni Krems
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GMI für Molekulare Pflanzenbiologie; Open Science – Lebenswissenschaften im Dialog; VOL
Stop the stress! Plants and drought

Plants are essential for life. Here you will learn what impact the increasing drought has on plants and how researchers are trying to better adapt them to the new conditions. Experiment with us!

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Science Pool
Roboter programmieren Makey Makey spielen

Here you control a computer and give it simple programming commands to make it move. And you can play the piano on bananas or play “whack-a-mole” games with self-made hammers. Get started right away!

AWS; Sir Karl Popper Schule; Österreichische Studienstiftung

By attending the event, you consent to the use and publication of photographs taken during the event to depict the activities of the Vienna Business Agency on its website, its social media channels and in print media.

Contact

Questions about the event? Please contact us.

I design and organise workshops for school children and the Future Education Award for prospective educators.
Bernhard Melmer
Technology Services