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International research cooperation has led to some of the most important scientific discoveries and technical advances from the Higgs particle to a vaccine for COVID-19. However, increasing barriers to international partnerships in science and technology due to geopolitical tensions threaten to dismantle one of the most significant achievements of the postwar era – our ability to bring scientific communities together across geopolitical lines – at a time when collaboration is most urgently needed.

We must create new ways to bring our best scientific minds together and develop international solutions for the urgent crises that we face today and will confront us in the future.

Drawing on the lessons learned from global disasters such as the impact of climate change, the current pandemic, and the ongoing threat of war, we must supercharge the transatlantic science relationship to become a global driver of transformative research.

The Transatlantic Big Science Conference 2022 was a two-day invitation-only event and brought together scientific and political leaders from the United States, Europe and the rest of the world to explore how to (re)invigorate historic cooperation between major research organizations and how to empower research communities to chart new roadmaps to create transformational and sustainable solutions to global challenges and strengthened resilience in our societies.

The conference consisted of plenary sessions (opening, five thematic, and closing). Following the conference, Carnegie Science and DESY will publish an outcome document. This document will summarize the information and recommendations generated during the various conversations that took place during the program.