Venice, Italy
1st – 5th December 25
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Together into the Future
Welcome to EUTOPIA Week!
Together into the Future: Venice hosts its first EUTOPIA Week
Venice in December: fewer selfie sticks, more contemplation. This is the perfect moment to gather the EUTOPIA community for a week of intensive academic exchange, set against the backdrop of a city that’s spent 1,500 years proving that audacious visions become reality when people build them together.
EUTOPIA Week 2025 brings together university presidents, vice presidents, faculty, staff, students, and research leaders from across our alliance for five days of strategic planning and collaborative research, along with some genuinely excellent networking. This isn’t your typical academic conference where everyone talks past each other in parallel sessions. This is the annual gathering where we actually make decisions, forge partnerships, and figure out what « European university of the future » means in practice—collectively.
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice hosts this year’s edition. This means that reaching the morning sessions may involve a short walk, a ‘vaporetto’ ride, and a glimpse of Venice’s unique urban landscape, an inspiring setting for discussion, reflection, and new perspectives.
The programme reflects EUTOPIA’s growing ambitions: our Board of Presidents and governance bodies will tackle strategic priorities; our Young Leaders Academy fellows will engage in intensive training and host a public symposium on our shared future; the Global Institute Steering Committee will advance our research agenda with a special focus on water (fittingly, given the venue); and our newly participating Faculty & Staff Council will add their voices to shaping our alliance’s trajectory. Our Global Partners from Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas join us to expand this vision beyond European borders.
Whether you are here to present at Research Days, participate in governance meetings, contribute to the Young Leaders Academy symposium, or represent our global partner institutions, expect substantive conversations, concrete outcomes, and collaborative momentum that extends well after this week.
Venice awaits—a city that reminds us daily that the future belongs to those bold enough to build it together.
