Federal Minister Hans Jörg Schelling visits IST Austria

Last Thursday Hans Jörg Schelling, Federal Minister of Finance, paid a visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) in Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria. IST Austria President Thomas Henzinger and Managing Director Georg Schneider welcomed him for a presentation and discussion at the voestalpine Administration Building. Schelling then went on a campus tour and met with Wittgenstein-Awardee and IST Professor Peter Jonas, who outlined his research topic of Neuroscience. “Scientific discoveries will be the foundation of the economy of tomorrow. I am really impressed by IST Austria’s development and I am confident that this is one of the places for such breakthrough discoveries”, stated Hans Jörg Schelling before leaving IST Austria.