Danubius Award for Prof. Veskovic

Vienna, 14.05.2013: The Austrian Science and Research Minister Dr. Karlheinz Töchterle and the Board of the Institute for the Danube Region (IDM), Dr. Erhard Busek, draw the Serbian physicist Miroslav Vesković from the Danubius Award. The award honors individuals "who have provided in their scientific work or in their work a special performance in terms of the Danube."

Prof. Dr. Miroslav Veskovic is Rector of the University of Novi Sad, and Vice-President of the Danube Rectors' Conference. In the Danube strategy, he has taken a decisive role in the development of the knowledge society as coordinator of the Priority Area 7.

SDZ-manager Jürgen Raizner and project manager Sonja Tafuro,through their participation in the celebration in Vienna, showed their attachment to Prof. Veskovic and its services. The university is inter alia Steinbeis partners in Baden-Württemberg pilot project for the construction of the Danube-transfer centers.

Dr. Erhard Busek (IDM Chairman), Prof. Miroslav Veskovic (winner), Prof. Karlheinz Töchterle (Minister of Research), Jürgen Raizner (SDZ-Director)