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 / 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 () / 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 , 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 () 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 speakers and the innovative commu- on the table. The report is available online at nication concept play a central role; ideological www.alpbach.org/rethink

6 7 6.36 P.M., AUGUST 19, 2015, ERWIN-SCHRÖDINGER-SAAL – OPENING CEREMONY, EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH “I Feel that People are Treated Unequally” With a plea for respect and value for all human Centre for Disability and Development reminded beings, blind human rights activist Yetnebersh us that people with disabilities are still far from Nigussie opened the European Forum Alpbach receiving equal opportunities across the world. 2015. In her speech, the head of the Ethiopian

8 9 3.26 P.M., AUGUST 24, 2015, HOTEL BÖGLERHOF – HEALTH SYMPOSIUM Learning from Pioneers Getting there first and daring to do something One of them is American Phil Cass, who turned new – this drive characterises pioneers. 50 of the tables in the local healthcare system in his these innovators recounted in Alpbach how hometown of Columbus (Ohio). Today, the citi- to remove social obstacles. zens get a say in improving health for everyone.

10 11 6.21 P.M., AUGUST 24, 2015, BERGHOF ALPBACH – SEMINAR WEEK From Havana to Alpbach Half a century of frozen relations doesn’t end greatest achievement. As the newly appointed in a day. Nobody knows better than Jeffrey Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the United DeLaurentis (centre, seated) how difficult the States in Cuba he revealed in Alpbach what diplomacy of peace can be. The handshake between really matters in the craft of diplomacy: patience, Barack Obama and Raúl Castro represents its respect and thinking free of ideology.

12 13 8.15 P.M., AUGUST 25, 2015, ERWIN-SCHRÖDINGER-SAAL – CULTURAL PROGRAMME Eight in Harmony Tap tap – you could have heard a pin drop in played 60 years ago in Alpbach and formed the the packed auditorium as Michael Wendeberg musical starting point for three new composi- raised his baton, tapped on the music stand and tions premiered in Alpbach. The evening was gave the musicians of the renowned Klangforum one of the high points of the densest cultural Wien the upbeat to Gottfried von Einem’s programme in the history of the Forum. “Alpbacher Tanzserenade”. The piece was first

14 15 9.13 A.M., AUGUST 26, 2015, ERWIN-SCHRÖDINGER-SAAL – HIGHER EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM Art and Discourse Every leap, every turn and every glance was that the messages of artistic offerings penetrate perfect. The choreographer and dancer Eva into areas of perception deeper than conscious Müller took on the general topic “InEquality” understanding. in a gripping performance and inspired deep The striking picture in the background was part of reflection in the auditorium at the start of the the exhibition “InEquality” by students of the Higher Education Symposium. She demonstrated University of Applied Arts.

16 17 2.56 P.M., AUGUST 26, 2015, HAUPTSCHULE ALPBACH – HIGHER EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM Tabling Ideas Lena Esser (foreground right) built up one of the Café”, with further 27 idea generators formed the largest mentoring projects in . Thanks to centrepiece of the Higher Education Symposium. her initiative, thousands of students are coach- You can find the summary report with ideas for ing secondary school leavers entering higher reducing inequality in higher education online at education and the world of work. The “World www.alpbach.org/ideas

18 19 2.45 P.M., AUGUST 28, 2015, HAUPTSCHULE ALPBACH – TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM An Eye for the Innovative Digitalisation and technical advances are ration, described how businesses can manage to revolutionising the market. How should we remain flexible and innovative. In Alpbach, they react? In a breakout session, Werner Wutscher, searched together for answers to the challenges successful businessman, Wolfgang Anzengruber, of tomorrow – and judging by the looks on their Chairman of the Board of the largest Austrian faces they did not leave empty-handed. You can electricity producer, and Wilfried Steffen, Head find more reports on the sessions at of Business Innovation of a German car corpo- www.alpbach.org/ideas

20 21 9.12 P.M., AUGUST 29, 2015, BACKSTAGE, ERWIN-SCHRÖDINGER-SAAL – SPEAKERS’ NIGHT The Magical Powers of a Great Speech In the packed Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal, the au- Georgieva, Vice-President of the European dience waits with baited breath for the judges’ Commission and Guy Cecil, successful campaign decision. Which speech was the most moving? manager for the US Democrats, discussed who Who was the most exciting under the spotlight? would moments later receive the prize for the Who set sparks flying? In the backstage cham- best speech at the traditional Speakers’ Night. ber, politics professionals such as Kristalina

22 23 4.48 P.M., AUGUST 30, 2015, ROSSMOOS ALM – ALPBACH-LAXENBURG GROUP Give Your Thoughts Free Rein You’ve been to conference rooms across the world entrepreneurs, put their heads together in an and you come to Alpbach because you know one open-air session to solve global problems such as thing: no room provides more inspiration for climate change and educational disadvantage in mind and soul than the sun-bathed Alpbach valley. the context of the UN Sustainable Development The participants of the Alpbach-Laxenburg Goals. Read more at www.alpbach.org/ALG Group, all renowned academics, intellectuals and

24 25 7.32 P.M., AUGUST 30, 2015, CONGRESS CENTRE ALPBACH – POLITICAL SYMPOSIUM Nobel Prize Winners of Tomorrow Alpbach wants to light a spark for democracy, exchange thoughts and arguments with renowned human rights and creative drive. In conversation politicians, academics and artists. All information with Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta, about the scholarship programme and the applica- the chances are good that the flame will be passed tion process is available at on. Nowhere else is it as easy as in Alpbach to www.alpbach.org/scholarships

26 27 DURING THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH 2015 – ALPBACH MEDIA ACADEMY 3.22 P.M., SEPTEMBER 1, 2015, ON THE WAY TO ZIRMALM – ALPBACH IN MOTION, SUMMIT OF EMERGING LEADERS Alpbach Reading Material Tracking down the Future What a unique editorial team: the 15 young jour- debates in magazines, newsletters and online in 40 young business leaders wandered through field Encounters with experienced entrepreneurs in nalists of the Alpbach Media Academy come from social networks. The magazines can be read online and forest during the three-day mentoring mountain huts and open-air working sessions 14 different countries. They check their facts, look at www.alpbach.org/alpbuzz programme “Alpbach in Motion” to work out have become fixtures on the programme. Always behind the scenes and continue the conference which competences the business world of at hand: flipcharts for recording good ideas. tomorrow will depend on. Read more at: www.alpbach.org/AIM

28 29 12.25 P.M., SEPTEMBER 2, 2015, ALPBACH SWIMMING POOL – ECONOMIC SYMPOSIUM Symbiosis of Great and Small Christian Kern manages 40,000 employees. how these partnerships can benefit both sides Together with 40 creative people, Ali Mahlodji was revealed in the disused swimming pool – launched a start-up from nothing. Markus Noga probably the most creative location in Alpbach. works together with 75,000 colleagues. What This year, catering entrepreneur Tobias Judmaier established business leaders can learn from transformed the empty building into a pop-up aspiring entrepreneurs (and vice versa) and bar with a discussion podium.

30 31 6.08 P.M., SEPTEMBER 3, 2015, CONGRESS CENTRE ALPBACH – FINANCIAL MARKET SYMPOSIUM Rising Star Tian Guoli moves billions of yen. Financial market the unstoppable rise of China to become the experts from all over the world scrutinise his number one global economic power. In Alpbach, deals, investments and decisions. The Governor he took part in a discussion with the audience of the Bank of China is one of the pioneers for and answered critical questions from journalists.

32 33 2.23 P.M. SEPTEMBER 4, 2015, HAUPTSCHULE ALPBACH – MAYORS NETWORK MEETING Architects of Solidarity At the conclusion of the European Forum surrounding the acceptance of refugees into Alpbach 2015, 120 Austrian mayors searched their communities. The result is a 60-page for solutions to the asylum accommodation handbook, which you can read at crisis. In a participative, moderated process, www.alpbach.org/buergermeister they exchanged know-how and experiences

34 35 Scholarships Pages 38 – 39

Foundation Pages 40 – 41 Forum Alpbach

Network Pages 42 – 43

Speakers Page 44

Association & Boards Pages 45 – 46

Partners Page 47

NOVEMBER 18 TO 20, 2015, LEOPOLD-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITY INNSBRUCK – CONFERENCE “CULTURE & ECONOMY” IN COOPERATION WITH “GEDÄCHTNISSTIFTUNG PETER KAISER (1793 – 1864)” Typically Europe! Facts & Figures Pages 48 – 49 The European Forum Alpbach gathers committed Europe under the microscope. What makes Europe people from different areas around one table. This unique? Questions such as this were on the agenda is why our “table conversations” (lower picture) have in the Innsbruck Town Hall, where the participants, become a fixture of the conference series “Culture who had previously not known one another, sat and Economy”. In the 15th and last of the series, together at a table after the plenary discussion and the experts placed the potential of a crisis-shaken looked into the future of Europe together.

36 37 SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS OF THE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH Nothing for Pessimists Cultural pessimists and cynics think that the nities for making new contacts. And they return youth of today are a waste of space. In Alpbach home with a more acute awareness of Europe’s 700 young people from all over the world prove diversity and cultural sensitivity. All information otherwise. They travel to Alpbach to immerse on how to apply for a scholarship can be found themselves in an environment bursting with online at www.alpbach.org/scholarships novel ideas, new ways of thinking and opportu-

39 NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION OF THE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH Create Meaning and Encourage Young People The scholarship programme of the non-profit The comprehensive scholarship programme would private foundation of the European Forum Alpbach be inconceivable without the support of national enables young people from across the world to and international partners. In total, 740 partici- come to Alpbach and to participate in the Forum. pants took part in the European Forum 2015. The foundation was able to finance 394 scholarships Here they find an intellectual environment in through its own funds and the support of sponsors; which they can extensively tackle socio-political the initiative groups and clubs financed the key questions. The international exchange, the participation of 346 people. constructive dialogue and the substantive debates with renowned academics and thinkers influence The foundation was established by the association and connect the scholarship holders far beyond “European Forum Alpbach” as a non-profit private Alpbach. Thus the non-profit foundation of the foundation of the same name in 2005. All operative European Forum Alpbach makes a sustainable costs arising from the organisation of the scholar- contribution towards European integration and ship programme are carried by the association. intercultural understanding. Detailed information about the scholarship pro- gramme, cost structure and how you can support The scholarship holders listen spellbound to John Filling, philosopher at the University of Cambridge, who put the it can be found at www.alpbach.org/foundation dilemma of inequality and freedom under the microscope in Alpbach.

In total, 740 young people from around 63 countries could take part in the European Forum Alpbach 2015 thanks to the support of numerous partners.

SUPPORTERS OF THE NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION OF THE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH Austrian Development Agency – ADA | Billa AG | Bohmann Druck & Verlag GmbH & Co. KG | Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft | Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie | Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft | Diözese -Seckau – Katholische Kirche in der Steier- mark | ERSTE Foundation | Erste Group Bank AG | Generali Holding Vienna AG | Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7) | During the seminar week, scholarship holders of all disciplines endeavour to answer socio-political questions together Lions Club Wieselburg | McKinsey & Company, Inc. Austria | Notar-treuhandbank AG | Österreichische Hagelversicherung with renowned academics. VVaG | Österreichischer Integrationsfonds | Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz | Peri Consulting GmbH | Philip Morris Austria GmbH | PORR AG | Stiftung Propter Homines | Raiffeisen Bank International AG | Rotary Club -Nord | Samsung Electronics Austria GmbH | Santander Consumer Bank GmbH | VTB Bank (Austria) AG | Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Bundessparte Tourismus und Freizeitwirtschaft | YPO Danube-WPO Vienna

40 41 FORUM ALPBACH NETWORK Committed throughout Europe Despite their wide variety of experiences, special- Visible proof of this connection can be seen in isms and ways of life, the members of the alumni the development of 30 alumni associations from associations have one thing in common – a great 19 different countries, which have also organised passion for critical and interdisciplinary think- highly successful scholarship programmes. ing. Their time together at the European Forum Alpbach connects former scholarship holders from across many years and national borders.

COORDINATION TEAM OF THE FORUM ALPBACH NETWORK Katharina Posch, Johannes Purtscher, Milena Sredojevic, Florian Altendorfer, Jutta Grabenhofer, Johanna Grames, Hannah Wilhelmer (until 09/2015) Sophie Kandlbauer, Nihada Prnjavorac, Johannes Purtscher (since 09/2015)

FORUM ALPBACH NETWORK MEMBERS – Initiative Group Alpbach Albania (AL) – Club Alpbach Oberösterreich (A) – Initiative Group Alpbach Armenia (ARM) – Initiative Group Alpbach (MNE) – Club Alpbach (SRB) – Initiative Group Alpbach Romania (R) – Club Alpbach (BG) – Club Alpbach Russia (RUS)

4.13 P.M., JUNE 19, 2015, FLOATING BOAT CONFERENCE ON THE DANUBE BETWEEN AND BELGRADE – Club Alpbach (A) – Club Alpbach Salzburg (A) – Club Alpbach (HR) – Initiative Group Alpbach (BIH) 30 Initiatives to Pull together – Club Alpbach Germany (D) – Club Alpbach Senza Confini (A/SLO/I) – Club Alpbach (GR) – Club Alpbach Steiermark (A) “IG” stands for “Initiative Group” in the world of “Austrian-Macedonian Days” in or the – Initiative Group Alpbach Kosovo (KS) – Initiativgruppe Alpbach Graz (A) the “Forum Alpbach Network”, and the members “Floating Boat Conference” on the Danube between – Initiative Group Alpbach (UA) – Club Alpbach Südtirol Alto Adige (I) of the alumni associations have more than met Bucharest and Belgrade. More information on the – Club Alpbach (LI) – Initiative Group Alpbach Team Europe (B) the requirement of using their “initiative”, as is work and projects of the “Forum Alpbach Network” – Club Alpbach London (GB) – Club Alpbach Tirol (A) evident from the events they have organised is provided at http://forum.alpbach.network – Initiative Group Alpbach (UA) – Club Alpbach Trentino (I) themselves. Current examples include the – Club Alpbach Macedonia (MK) – Club Alpbach (A) – Club Alpbach Niederösterreich (A) – Initiativgruppe Alpbach Wien (A)

42 43 SPEAKERS OF ALL OUR EVENTS 2015 Mohamed Shahabar Abdul Kareem | Ernst Achleitner | Susanna Achleitner | Kerry Agiasotis | Dirk Ahner | Peter C. Aichelburg | Karl Aiginger | Manuel Albaladejo | Karolina Albrecht | José THE ASSOCIATON Maria Albuquerque | Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish | Gunilla Almgren | Madawi Al-Rasheed | Mischa Oliver Altmann | Ayse Güzin Altunbay | Gabriele Ambros | Volker Amelung | Marie-Helene Ametsreiter | Martina Amler | Karl Amon | László Andor | Hannes Androsch | Elisabeth Anker | Helmut Antrekowitsch | Wolfgang Anzengruber | Carmela Aprea | Diana Arjoca | Leo Arpa | Mary-Alice Arthur | Robert Artwohl | Anton Aschwanden | Seyran Ates | Clemens Martin Auer | Franz Auer | Brigitte Aulenbacher | Harry Axmann | Brigitte Bach | Margit Bacher | Gerald European Forum Alpbach Bachinger | Franz Bachmaier | Carla Amina Baghajati | Tarafa Baghajati | Wolfgang Baier | Sandra Baierl | Anette Baldauf | Peter Bale | David Barron | José Manuel Barroso | Gerald Bast | Bernd Bäuchler | Kurt Bayer | Petra Bayr | Florian Becke | Gloria Benedikt | Tim Benton | Harry Bergmann | Konrad Bergmeister | Martin Bernhofer | Teresa Berninger | Maria Bertel | Luc Besancon | Susanne Bethge | Claudia Beyer | Andreas Bierwirth | Jack Birner | Markus Bischofer | Sven Biscop | Joachim Bitterlich | Anja Bittner | Ludwig Bittner | Hédinn Svarfdal Björnsson | Boris The first European Forum Alpbach took place in with the exception of the organisation team, all Blazevic | Alexander Bodmann | Werner Bogendorfer | Dieter Böhmdorfer | Walter Böhme | Petra Bohuslav | Karlheinz Boiger | Ulrike Böker | Klaus Bonhoff | Harro Borowski | Peter Bosek | Jean-Pierre Bourguignon | Adrian Bradshaw | Andrea Vincenzo Braga | Andrea Braidt | Peter Brandauer | Helmut Brandstätter | Manuela Brandstetter | Wolfgang Brandstetter | Rudolf 1945, initially called “International College Weeks”. give their time to the Forum Alpbach voluntarily. Bretschneider | Christine Brown | Michael Bruckner | Detlev Buchholz | Daphne Büllesbach | Rajna Buncic | Michael Bünker | Matti Bunzl | Christian Burgsmüller | Mathew J. Burrows | Erhard Busek | David Calas | Anthony F. Camilleri | Luigi Caputo | Phil Cass | Guy Cecil | Willibald Cernko | Mario Cervantes | Michael Chalupka | Veronique Charlety | Vladimir Chizhov | Robert Clark | Founded in 1948 as a non-profit association based They have contributed to making the European Guy Clausse | Dick Clomen | Cara Coenen | Juliette Coin | Francesca Colombo | Lu Corfield | Giacomo Corneo | James Cote | Clémentine Cottineau | Stephanie Cox | Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma | Mira Czutka | Anya Dahmani | Erich Dallhammer | Cornelia Daniel | Hannelore Daniel | Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber | Olivier Dantine | Marcy Darnovsky | Rafael Daum | Oceane Dayer | Anna in Vienna, it acts independently of any ideology, Forum Alpbach one of the most important European De Carlo | Aart Jan De Geus | Boris De Ruyter | Robert De Souza | Jeffrey Delaurentis | Dora Deliyska | Gregor Demblin | Steven Denbaars | Berhanu Ashagrie Deribew | Friedemann Derschmidt | Nele Derynck | Markus Deuter | Hans-Liudger Dienel | Carole Dieschbourg | Jeroen Dijsselbloem | Tanja Domej | Mirjam Dondi | Marianne Donven | Christian Dorninger | religion or political party. The association only interdisciplinary dialogue platforms for science, Dominique Döttling | Lorelei Dowling | Gustav Dressler | Petr Drulak | Paul Dujardin | Nicholas Dungan | Wolfgang Dür | Hubert Dürrstein | Lisa Dyk | Vedran Dzihic | Walter Ebm | Michl Ebner | Georg Eckert | Philipp Eder | Brigitte Ederer | Pascale Ehrenfreund | Caspar Einem | Susanne Ursula Elsen | Stefan Empter | Dana Engel | Heinz W. Engl | Beth English | Alexis Eremia | Hikmet functions thanks to the vast number of people who, politics, economics and culture today. Ersek | Andreas Esche | Emily Escobar | Bruce Eshaya-Chauvin | Lena-Carolina Esser | Rainer Esser | Ottmar Ette | Helmut Ettl | Andreas Exenberger | Nick Fahy | Markus Faiszt | Giovanni Faleg | Anton Falkeis | Helmut Fallmann | Peter Faross | Martin Fassl | Lukas Faymann | Walter E. Feichtinger | Simone Feiner | Gabriel Felbermayr | Wolfgang Fenkart-Fröschl | Alois Ferscha | Armin Fidler | Krystian Fikert | John Filling | Heinz Fischer | Franz Fischler | Heiner Flassbeck | Michael Fleischhacker | Alexandra Föderl-Schmid | Hans-Peter Folz | Michael Förster | Hilde Frafjord Johnson | Johann Frank | Liesl Frankl | Lieve Fransen | Andrea Fraundorfer | Christoph Frei | Elisabeth Freytag-Rigler | Andrea Fried | Michaela Fritz | Ursula Frohner | Heinz Fronek | Klaus Fronius | Verena Fuchsberger | Bettina Fuhrmann | Rostyslav Fuk | Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz | Gerald Füstös | Michael Gaebel | Fernando M. Galan Palomares | Robert Gander | Chris Gary | Ludovit Garzik | Ille C. Gebeshuber | Michael Gehbauer | Christian Gehrer | Eva Geiblinger | Ernst Gelegs | Nina George | Kristalina Georgieva | Michael Gerber | Markus Gerschberger | Martin H. 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Hadschieff | John Hagel Iii | Christa Hainz | Tarja Halonen | Brenda Hambleton | Ingrid Hamm | Walter Hämmerle | Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger | Martina Handler | Anna Handschuh | Chang-Chieh Hang | Dietmar Harhoff | Paul Hartmann | Faris Hasan | Hermann Hauser | Fritz Hausjell | Diego Heatherman | Lois Hechenblaikner | Corinne Heckmann | Gerlinde Heil | Michael Heinisch | Bernhard Heinzlmaier | Piet Heirbaut | Cecilia Heiss | Manfred Hellrigl | Christian Helmenstein | Christine Henry-Huthmacher | Frank Hensel | Robert Hepach | Sabine Herlitschka | Peter Hermann | Vincent-Immanuel Herr | Valerie Herzberg | Günter Herzig | Gerhard Hetfleisch | Nikki-Kate Heyes | Friso D. 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Schmidhuber, Christoph Schneider, Sünkel, Gottfried Wagner, Susanne Willemse | Howard Williamson | Klaus Winkler | Hans Jörg Wippel | Maria Wirth | Verena Wisthaler | Nick Witney | Ingolf Wittmann | Andreas Wögerbauer | Anna Wohlesser | Peter Ulrich Wolf | Johannes Wolfslehner | Peter Woodward | Wolfgang Wosolsobe | Alexander Wrabetz | Alexander Wunsch | Werner Wutscher | Sitao Xu | Bernhard Zachhuber | Emanuela Pepkola Zaimi | Rainer Schrems, Matthias Strolz, Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Ruth Wodak, Renata Zanin | Peter Zanker | Susanna Zapreva | Mario Zenhäusern | Volker Zepf | Claus Zeppelzauer | Gabriele Zgubic-Engleder | Li Zhang | Shuguang Zhang | Anita Zielina | Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska | Theodor Zillner | Astrid Zimmermann | Reinhard Zmölnig | Heinz Zourek | Detlef Zühlke | Gabriele Zuna-Kratky | Thomas Zwiefelhofer Alexandra Terzic-Auer Waldemar Zacharasiewicz 44 45 Corresponding members of the Organising Team (by 12/2015) SPONSORS AND PARTNERS OF THE EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH 2015 Scientific Advisory Board Philippe Narval (Managing Director), Principal Partners , Emil Brix, Hubert Martina Albrecht, Verena Gruber, BMW | Fabasoft | Land Tirol | Österreichische Lotterien Christian Ehalt, Hans Flohr, Franz Ruth Heinisch, Veronika Hopfgartner Co-Organisers Main Partners Cooperation Partners Gruber, Ivo Hajnal, Friso D. 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Natürlich Naturprodukte GmbH | LENZING PAPIER GMBH | MCI Management Center Innsbruck | Morandell International GmbH | Post AG | Privatquelle Gruber GmbH & Co KG Media Partners Forbes Austria | futurezone.at | NZZ | Die Presse | ORF Radio Ö1 | Der Standard | Terra Mater | Trend | Wiener Zeitung Sponsors and Partners of the Conference “Culture and Economy” Gedächtnisstiftung Peter Kaiser (1793-1864) | Universität Innsbruck | Stadt Innsbruck Sponsors and Partners of the Innovation lab “Re:think Austria 2015” Kovar & Partners | freims: contemporary consulting for transformation, innovation and impact | Gebrüder Weiss 46 47 TURNOVER AND COSTS 2014 TURNOVER 2014: € 2,607,851 Our Work so Far The European Forum Alpbach has operated as a Thanks to countless supporters, sponsors and solid non-profit association since 1948. The association revenue from participation fees, the European is headed by an honorary executive board. The Forum Alpbach was able to continue non-profit pro- organisation team in Vienna consists of 15 employees. jects such as the Media Academy and the Innova- Over 100 volunteers support the Forum. We also tion Lab “Re:think Austria”, as well as establishing a act as a platform for socio-political discourse and new format in the form of the networking meeting innovation and support the young people of Europe. on the asylum accommodation crisis. In 2014, the organisation ran a balanced budget.

VERIFIED AND TRANSPARENT Open & Reliable The European Forum Alpbach’s annual financial The association’s financial situation is in order.” COSTS 2014: € 2,607,851 statements are audited each year by Sedelmayer The financial statements were submitted to the & Klier Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprüfer association committee for statutory use and were GmbH. The accounts constitute a record of use of judged as orderly, and the allocation of funds was the sponsorship money and donations entrusted deemed to be in accordance with the statutes to us. The audit for the 2014 financial year was by honorary auditors Günter Schrems (Head of completed on March 18, 2015, and was accepted Organisation Sales Processes; Erste Bank) and unanimously by the General Assembly: “Accor- Max Kothbauer (Vice President of the National ding to our assessment, the (...) present accoun- Bank of Austria). ting system is a transparent and comprehensive reflection of the course of business.

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Note: The chart indicates the number of persons who have attented different symposia (incl. multiple participations). 48 49 www.alpbach.org @forumalpbach /forumalpbach Since 1945.