A Small Country with Big Ideas - Ambassador Leitner's Speech at the University of St Andrews

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group of four people posing for a photograph — Ambassador Markus Leitner and Professor Dame Sally Mapstone with representatives of the Swiss Society at St Andrews University © FDFA

On 18 October 2022, Ambassador Leitner was invited by Principal and Vice-Chancellor Sally Mapstone and the Swiss Society at St Andrews University to deliver an address on the topic of Swiss science, research and innovation policy.

Download the full text of his speech - "A Small Country with Big Ideas: Science, Innovation and Skills as Drivers of Switzerland’s Economic Success" (PDF, 7 Pages, 347.3 kB, English).