Heidelberg Symposium
| Heidelberg Club for Business and Culture | |
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1988 |
| Seat | Luisenstrasse 3, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany |
| main emphasis | Organization of the annual Heidelberg Symposium |
| Website | heidelberger-symposium.de |
The Heidelberg Symposium is a three-day, interdisciplinary event that has been held annually since 1989 at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg on topics of high social relevance. It is organized by the Heidelberg Club for Business and Culture eV , a non-profit student initiative.
The center of the symposium is the marquee set up on Heidelberg University Square, which offers space for participants and speakers to stay between the individual events. These take place on the premises of Heidelberg University. In addition to lectures and panel discussions, individual aspects of the topic are discussed in detail in small colloquia. The aim of the symposia is on the one hand to shed light on the respective topic from as many different perspectives as possible, which is why experts from various fields such as science, politics, business and culture are invited, and on the other hand to create an exchange between the latter and the participants. The normally around 600 participants consist largely of students, but also interested members of other age groups. With 1,100 participants and around 40 speakers, the 23rd symposium was larger than average.
"The annual symposia organized by the Heidelberg Club for Business and Culture are thematically very demanding and, thanks to the prominent speakers that they have always managed to win, have attracted a lot of attention far beyond student circles."
Heidelberg Club for Economy and Culture e. V.
This non-profit and independent organization was founded in 1988 as a student initiative at Heidelberg University for the purpose of interdisciplinary exchange. The activity of the club consists exclusively in the annual organization of the symposium. Each year the symposium is prepared and organized by a new organizational team made up of students from all disciplines. The team of organizers is responsible for deciding on the topic and design and is supported and advised by the club's board and advisory board. After the symposium, the organizers become members of the sponsoring association.
Symposia
31st Heidelberg Symposium (2019)
The 31st Heidelberg Symposium with the topic of “von Welten” took place from May 23 to 25, 2019 in the inner courtyard of the New University . The patronage this year was the linguist and American intellectual Noam Chomsky . About 1,000 participants came. Speakers were:
- Jost Kobusch (solo extreme mountaineer)
- Michael Hartmann (sociologist)
- Jan Langreder (magician)
- Franziska Brantner (European policy spokeswoman for Alliance 90 / The Greens )
- and Noam Chomsky (linguist) connected via video .
30th Heidelberg Symposium (2018)
The 30th Heidelberg Symposium on the subject of “Balance” took place from May 24th to 26th, 2018 at Heidelberg University Square. The patronage this year was Federica Mogherini . Participated:
- Jürgen Trittin (former Federal Minister for the Environment, Member of the Bundestag)
29th Heidelberg Symposium (2017)
The 29th Heidelberg Symposium on the topic of “answering” took place from May 11th to 13th, 2017 at Heidelberg University Square. Winfried Kretschmann was the patron . Participated:
- Christian Wulff (former Federal President)
- Paul Kirchhof (former judge at the Federal Constitutional Court)
28th Heidelberg Symposium (2016)
The 28th Heidelberg Symposium on the subject of "Drives" took place from May 19 to 21, 2016 at Heidelberg University Square. Gregor Gysi was the patron . Participated:
- Nikolaus Blome (journalist and author, among others for the picture )
27th Heidelberg Symposium (2015)
The 27th Heidelberg Symposium with the topic “zurZeit” took place from May 7th to 9th, 2015 at Heidelberg University Square. Ursula von der Leyen was the patron . Participated:
- Bahman Nirumand (Author)
- Dirk Müller (Stock Broker)
- Michael Theurer , MEP
- Nikolaus Brender (journalist)
26th Heidelberg Symposium (2014)
The 26th Heidelberg Symposium with the topic “Boundaries (Los)” took place from May 8th to 10th, 2014 at Heidelberg University Square. Frank Plasberg was the patron . Another well-attended symposium with 750 spectators showed, among other things:
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25th Heidelberg Symposium (2013)
The 25th Heidelberg Symposium with the topic “überMacht” took place from May 2nd to 4th, 2013 at Heidelberg University Square. The patrons were Winfried Kretschmann , Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, and Jean-Claude Juncker , former Prime Minister of Luxembourg. In addition to the 700 spectators, the following took part:
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24th Heidelberg Symposium (2012)
The 24th Heidelberg Symposium with the theme “Courage to Mora” took place from May 3rd to 5th, 2012 at Heidelberg University Square. Ulrich Wickert was the patron . Approx. 900 participants saw, among other things:
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23rd Heidelberg Symposium (2011)
The Heidelberg Symposium 2011 with the topic “Attention, Freedom!” Took place from May 5th to 7th at Heidelberg University Square. Initially, it was to be under the dual patronage of Martin Walser and Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg . The latter, however, resigned from that of the patron with the resignation of all political offices while the symposium was being prepared. Have participated u. A .:
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22nd Heidelberg Symposium (2010)
The Heidelberg Symposium 2010 with the topic “Progress - Where to?” Took place from May 6th to 8th at Heidelberg University Square. Rainer Brüderle (Federal Minister of Economics) and Harald zur Hausen (Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine) were the patrons . Have participated u. A .:
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21st Heidelberg Symposium (2009)
The Heidelberg Symposium 2009 with the topic of "Happiness" took place from May 7th to 9th at Heidelberg University Square and was entitled "Happiness for All!". The patronage was Ursula von der Leyen (Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth) and Hans-Gert Pöttering (President of the European Parliament), who participated:
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Previous topics
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Speakers before 2009
The speakers at previous symposia include:
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