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Alpbach Moments 2015 Alpbach Moments 2015 Dear Reader, 70 years ago, Otto Molden and Simon Moser can be found in the minds of those who take brought to life an idea which continues to thrill the lead in academia, politics, business, cul- people today. They founded the European ture and society, those who research, learn Forum Alpbach with the aim of increasing and teach, who decide, lead and create, who knowledge and prospects for a peaceful, demonstrate in theory and practice what a shared Europe. liveable future could look like. Book Recommendation: “Ein Fenster zur Welt”, Maria Wirth, Studienverlag 2015, 256 Pages, ISBN 978-3-7065-5481-7, Eur 34.90 (written in German) Now more than ever, we feel a strong sense of The European Forum Alpbach has a bond with Available in all good bookstores or by email to [email protected] duty to fulfil this vision. That is why we create these people. Our aim is to bring them together, With her book “A Window into the World”, the historian Maria Wirth is bringing the first academic mono- inter- and transdisciplinary meeting spaces so that their abilities, their ideas and their sense graph about the European Forum Alpbach into the bookshops. You can download an English abstract at www.alpbach.org. in and outside of Alpbach where ideas and of responsibility can have a greater impact. insights can unfold. We would like to thank all participants for their The passion for dialogue, the curiosity to think countless contributions which took us a step outside the box and the awareness of the bigger closer to these answers. picture – these are the very foundations of our On the following pages, we have put together a events. We are dealing with nothing less than collection of special Alpbach Moments for you. the future of our continent, of democracy, This represents an effort to capture the “Spirit human rights and sustainable development. of Alpbach” visually – and at the same time, it Viable answers to the questions raised by our is an invitation to become part of it yourself. complex present times are a rare good. They Film Recommendation: “My Europe – a Village”, Director Kurt Langbein, 54 Minutes Available as a stream at www.alpbach.org/film or on DVD (orders by email to [email protected]) Armed with his camera, director Kurt Langbein goes hot on the heels of the “Spirit of Alpbach”. In his resulting film documentary, you can get to know the people who have influenced, supported FRANZ FISCHLER, CASPAR EINEM, SONJA PUNTSCHER RIEKMANN, CLAUS J. RAIDL, URSULA SCHMIDT-ERFURTH and developed the European Forum Alpbach. EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH PHILIPPE NARVAL MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH Cover picture taken at the European Forum Alpbach 2015: A group of participants philosophises with US economist Jeffrey D. Sachs above the Congress Centre Alpbach on tomorrow’s economy. Imprint (November 2015) Publisher: Europäisches Forum Alpbach gemeinnütziger Verein / Franz-Josefs-Kai 13/10, 1010 Vienna / Tel.: +43 1 718 17 11 / [email protected] / www.alpbach.org / Printing: Druckerei Hans Jentzsch & Co GmbH, Vienna / Pictures EFA 2015: Philipp Naderer, Luiza Puiu, Matthias Silveri-IIASA, Michael Steindorfer / Other pictures: Peter Mayr, Simon Rainsborough, Forum Alpbach Network / Editor: Stefan Kranewitter / Production: Franz Mailer 1 Our Activities 2015 AUGUST 19 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 / ALPBACH (TYROL) / 5,236 PARTICIPANTS THE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH 2015 IN NUMBERS European Forum Alpbach | InEquality People who attended the European Forum Alpbach 2015 ..............................................................................................................5,236 Speakers who shared their knowlege in Alpbach in 2015 ...................................................................................................................948 Alpbach Symposia Alpbach in Motion – The Alpbach Proportion of women among all speakers in Alpbach 2015 ..............................................................................................................39% The main programme consists of two- to three- Summit of Emerging Leaders Countries that participants travelled from to come to Alpbach in 2015........................................................................................... 92 day conferences on the future of the built envi- Around 40 European young leaders come to People who followed the European Forum Alpbach 2015 via webstream ................................................................................... 7,370 ronment, education, financial markets, health, Alpbach every year to discuss the economic Number of partners from science, business and society ................................................................................................................... 160 politics, law, technology and the economy. The future of Europe in an interactive setting. Number of national and international media reports on the European Forum Alpbach 2015 ............................................~1,200 Forum also comprises shorter events such as The newly obtained insights flow into the the Tyrol Days and an interactive simulation Alpbach Economic Symposium. game concerning the decision-making processes Alpbach Media Academy in the EU. Artists engage intensively in the For three weeks, young journalists from all over conference proceedings. Europe write multi-media and critical reports Alpbach Seminar Week and Scholarships about the conference under the direction of More than 700 young people are able to come media experts. to Alpbach thanks to a scholarship. 16 academic Alpbach-Laxenburg Group seminars form the agenda. Renowned experts from science, politics, Alpbach Summer Schools economics and civil society have joined forces Together with the University of Cambridge to develop concepts and formulas to address and the International Entrepreneurship Centre current challenges, including climate change Tirol – Hermann Hauser the “Summer School on and educational poverty. The Alpbach-Laxen- Entrepreneurship” took place for the first time. burg Group is part of a partnership with the The “Summer School on Facilitation and Partici- International Institute for Applied Systems patory Leadership”, together with the Summer Analysis (IIASA) located in Laxenburg. School “Changemaker Lab – from Vision to Mayors Meeting in Alpbach Action” organised by Teach for Austria, were At a networking meeting, 120 Austrian mayors also new on the agenda. Add to this the three searched for paths out of the asylum accommo- “classical” Summer Schools: “European Law”, dation crisis. “European Integration” and “European Health Care and Social Systems in Transition”. JUNE 11 TO 13, 2015 / HAIBACH (UPPER AUSTRIA) JANUARY 26 / FEBRUARY 16 / MARCH 19 / MAY 6 / OCTOBER 1 70 PARTICIPANTS 300 PARTICIPANTS EACH Re:think Austria Alpbach Talks For two days, around 70 Austrian decision At a variety of locations, experts discuss makers from politics and civil society tackled socio-political challenges with the audience the topic of “Generational Justice” in an inter- (in cooperation with the Wiener Zeitung). active setting. NOVEMBER 18 TO 20, 2015 / INNSBRUCK / 350 PARTICIPANTS Conference “Culture & Economy” The three-day “Culture and Economy” conference series was organised by the European Forum Our Conclusions: Alpbach and the Peter Kaiser (1793-1864) Memorial Foundation and dealt with the productive area of tension between cultural and economic players. www.alpbach.org/ideas 2 3 ALPBACH TALKS, COOPERATION WITH WIENER ZEITUNG, FIVE EVENTS DURING THE YEAR 7.10 P.M., APRIL 21, 2015, MAK VIENNA – CELEBRATION “70 YEARS EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH” Alpbach on tour Congratulations! The European Forum Alpbach lasts for exactly 17 with the Wiener Zeitung plays some of the most With a speech about the power of the European and civil society looked back into the past as days. In order not to permit the longing for discourse beautiful discussion rooms in the capital. Whether idea, European Commission President Jean-Claude well as forward into the future of the Forum. and debate to go unfulfilled for the remaining 348 it’s in the Albertina, Belvedere or the Odeon Theatre, Juncker congratulated the European Forum To another 70 years! days of the year, interesting guests at the Alpbach renowned experts discuss current issues such as Alpbach on its 70th anniversary. Shalini Randeria, Upper photo, left-to-right: Talks pick up topics discussed over the summer. education reform, diversity in culture and business Director of the Institute for Human Sciences, pointed Claus J. Raidl, Franz Fischler, Jean-Claude Juncker, Exchanging the mountain world for the big city as well as the economic phenomenon of China. to the new role Europe plays in the world. With Shalini Randeria, Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, jungle, the European Forum Alpbach in cooperation More at www.alpbach.org/talks anecdotes, stories and many conversations, 400 Sebastian Kurz, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, prominent guests from politics, business, academia Caspar Einem 4 5 10.16 A.M., JUNE 15, 2015, HAIBACH (UPPER AUSTRIA) – INNOVATION LAB “RE:THINK AUSTRIA” Everyone’s Equal before the Marker The setting promises high-dosage brainstorming: barriers lose their significance. How volatile is stakeholders from politics, business, academia, demographic change in Austria? How fragile is culture and civil society develop new solutions to the generational contract? At the end, ten ideas key political questions in a participative process. for projects to take new steps in politics were Input from
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