On the occasion of its 550th anniversary, Albert-Ludwig University was planning an innovative congress. Triad Berlin advised the university on the development of the Next Generation Congress, identifying relevant subject clusters, thinkers and organisers and developing the innovative concept for the congress. At the congress on 20 and 21 September 2007, representatives of Freiburg University held a debate with visionary thinkers from the realms of academia, politics, the economy, administration and society on different ideas about the future of the classic university. The aim of the debate was to work out clear ideas and specific impulses for the future of the university.