European Forum Alpbach
The European Forum Alpbach has been held annually in August in the Tyrolean mountain village of Alpbach since 1945 . Speakers and participants from all parts of the world, from science, business and politics, experts and students come together to discuss current issues of the time and to find interdisciplinary solutions.
program
The program is divided into several large parts:
- Seminar week
Up to 16 seminars are devoted to various scientific and artistic disciplines. In each seminar, a key topic is discussed and developed over six half-days with scientists and artists. The Alpbach seminars are organized by the Board of Trustees of the European Forum Alpbach under the direction of Peter Christian Aichelburg, University of Vienna. The seminar week is used for interdisciplinary discussions and offers the opportunity for discussions with scientists. The atmosphere outside of established research facilities and the participation of scientists from different disciplines in the seminars are intended to promote discourse with the participation of the participants. Plenary events on scientific, political and economic topics round off the program.
- Alpbach talks
These two- to three-day conferences deal with the topics of health, education, law, technology, politics, economics, financial markets and building culture. In addition, there will be a Tyrolean day and a simulation game on decision-making in the EU.
- Alpbach summer school courses
The Alpbach summer schools are one- or two-week courses. They offer the opportunity, under the guidance of recognized experts, to deal intensively with the topics of “ Entrepreneurship ”, “Facilitation and Participatory Leadership”, “European Law and European Integration” and “European Health and Social Systems”.
The program is accompanied by an art and culture program. In exhibitions, concerts and lectures, young artists in particular are given the opportunity to present their works to the audience of the forum. Added to this are the spontaneously organized “fireplace chats”, during which various topics can be discussed with great personalities.
- Alpbach in Motion - The Alpbach Summit of Emerging Leaders
As part of the three-day “Alpbach Summit of Emerging Leaders”, young managers come together to discuss the economic system of the future.
- Alpbach Media Academy
The Alpbach Media Academy offers 15 young journalists from all over Europe the opportunity to report on the events of the conference under the direction of media professionals.
organization
More than 4,000 people from over 70 countries have now accepted the invitation to take part in the European Forum Alpbach. Participation is open to all interested parties. The events are held in German or English.
The organization is the responsibility of the association of the same name, which is headed by Franz Fischler (President), Sonja Puntscher-Riekmann , Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Claus Raidl and Caspar Eine (Vice-Presidents). The office, based in Vienna, prepares the annual forum together with the cooperation partners and organizes a series of special events on current social and political issues during the year, which are held at various locations in Austria and neighboring countries. These include the “Alpbach Talks” discussion series and the “Re: think Austria” political innovation laboratory. Andreas Treichl was elected Vice President in May 2020 .
The forum's sponsors included the Federation of Industry , the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Labor .
Initiative groups and clubs
As associated members, the Alpbach initiative groups and clubs founded by the participants are central to the content and the scholarship program. There are currently 33 initiative groups and clubs. Every year a different initiative group or club sets up the standing committee during the forum, which serves as a contact and coordination point for the scholarship holders participating in the forum.
Currently there are the initiative groups Albania, Armenia, Brussels (Team Europe), France, Graz, Kiev, Kosovo, Lviv, Upper Austria, Romania, Sarajevo, Senza Confini and Vienna ( IG Vienna ).
The following clubs are active: Belgrade, Bulgaria, Burgenland, Germany, Croatia, Liechtenstein, London, Macedonia, Middle East, Moscow, Lower Austria, Austria / Italy / Slovenia (Senza Confini) , Polska, Russia, Salzburg, Slovenia, Styria, South Tyrol / Alto Adige, Tyrol, Trentino, Vorarlberg.
2015
The motto of the 2015 forum was “Inequality” and took place from August 19 to September 4, 2015. It was attended by around 4,500 people, including 900 speakers, 750 student scholarship holders and 90 artists.
The 2015 forum consisted - overlapping in time - of a seminar week with 16 seminars, for example on the artistic conquest of urban space or equality in diversity? , and a series of 8 two- to three-day discussions each on a topic, such as technology or health , which in turn are divided into working groups. Most of the events were in English.
2016
The general topic at the European Forum Alpbach 2016 was “New Enlightenment”. The main topics were digitization and EU foreign policy.
2017
The European Forum Alpbach 2017 had the general theme "Conflict and Cooperation" and took place from August 16 to September 1, 2017.
2018
The general theme of the European Forum Alpbach 2018 was “Diversity and Resilience”. It took place from August 15 to 31, 2018.
2019
The European Forum Alpbach 2019 had the general theme of "Freedom and Security" and took place from 14 to 30 August 2019.
Personalities
The think tank was founded by Otto Molden and Simon Moser as the Austrian University Weeks in 1945. In the course of history, numerous people have attended the seminars and lectures in Alpbach , including Theodor W. Adorno , Martti Ahtisaari , Hans Albert , Montek Singh Ahluwalia , Catherine Ashton , Susanne Ayoub , José Manuel Barroso , Ernst Bloch , James M. Buchanan , Ernst B. Chain , Christo , Ralf Dahrendorf , Jacques Delors , Renato Dulbecco , Friedrich Dürrenmatt , John Carew Eccles , Manfred Eigen , Gottfried von Eine , Paul Feyerabend , Indira Gandhi , Theodor Geiger , Friedrich von Hayek , Werner Heisenberg , Max Horkheimer , Kurt Hübner , Hans Kelsen , Ban Ki-Moon , Helmut Kohl , Franz Cardinal König , Werner Krawietz , Imre Lakatos , Pascal Lamy , Konrad Lorenz , Fritz Machlup , Herbert Marcuse , Karl Popper , Jitzhak Rabin , Martin Rees , Jeffrey Sachs , Saskia Sassen , Myron Scholes , Erwin Schrödinger , Richard Sennett , Peter Sloterdijk , Ernst Topitsc h , Vaira Vike-Freiberga , Günther Winkler , Ernst Florian Winter , Fritz Wotruba and Anton Zeilinger .
The forum traditionally takes place at the end of August in the Congress Centrum Alpbach (the Paula von Preradović house).
Web links
- Official website
- Club Alpbach Styria
- Club Alpbach Südtirol / Alto Adige
- IG Vienna
- Club Alpbach Zurich
Individual evidence
- ^ Forum Alpbach: Treichl should follow Fischler. In: ORF.at . May 14, 2020, accessed August 7, 2020 .
- ↑ orf.at: WKÖ leaves Forum Alpbach . Article dated June 15, 2018, accessed June 15, 2018.
- ^ Diepresse.com: Forum Alpbach: WKO withdraws as donor . Article dated June 15, 2018, accessed June 15, 2018.
- ↑ orf.at - Alpbach is dedicated to “Enlightenment 2.0” in 2016 . Article dated September 7, 2015, accessed September 7, 2015.
- ↑ a b Basic tenor of the Alpacher Talks: When in doubt for Europe. European Forum Alpbach, accessed on April 13, 2017 .