EFA26 Programme
The programme and list of speakers will be updated continuously. We look forward to seeing you in Alpbach!
Can Europe still win on the decisive issues?
Europe faces fundamental questions: Is Europe currently on the road to victory? Can Europe still win on the decisive issues? EFA26 will explore these questions, with voices from politics, science, business and culture, with young thinkers and experienced decision-makers.
Speakers Selection
Burkhard Balz
Clara Raposo
TBC
Salome Zourabichvili
Peter Hanke
Iara Lee
Christoph Wiederkehr
Beate Meinl-Reisinger
Alberto Alemanno
Micael Johansson
Gernot Wagner
Mairead McGuinness
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Rhiannon McQuone
Claudia Bauer (fmr. Plakolm)
Lea Ypi
Ivan Krastev
Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer
Peter Bosek
Eva Maria Holzleitner
Norbert Totschnig
Yascha Mounk
Martin Kocher
Modules
Programme
All times in CEST
Morning
Morning
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
In this studio, participants explore the political dramaturgy of emotions – where theatre meets sociology. Emotions are movements, words, and gestures that shape how we live together. The ways we stand, speak, and relate enact democratic order. Conversely, emotions we suppress in public to sustain control can quietly erode democracy itself. //INFO: This project has received funding from the European Commission under the HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Grant, No 101132327.
09:30
-
12:30
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
+1
STU
Content
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
What does it mean to win? At what costs may victory be achieved? Are the antagonistic and violent practices and discourses of war and victory reconcilable with a sustainable peace? This seminar critically explores the concept of victory from Antiquity to today and specifically looks at the idea of victory in war. By incorporating moral, political, and cultural considerations, victory in the 21st century is reimagined.
09:30
-
12:30
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
+1
SEC
SEM
Content
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
If digital sovereignty is about the ability to say ‘yes’ to a digital future that aligns with one’s interests and values – and ‘no’ to a future that doesn’t – Europe currently lacks it. In this workshop, we examine why this is the case and why it matters, what can and what should be done about it, and which policies and politics can get Europe there.
09:30
-
12:30
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
How do we find the will to act when things seem hopeless? Because we are agents who care, our relationship to the future is driven by emotions like hope, anxiety, and despair – not mere feelings, but evaluative states that orient us toward action. Drawing on philosophy and the science of emotion, this interactive seminar invites you to explore how to harness these emotions, individually and collectively, to bring about the futures you value.
09:30
-
12:30
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
+1
SEM
Content
Science and Ethics
Can we separate science and ethics? Where do we draw the boundaries?? In Artificial Intelligence, fairness and accountability are inseparable from how systems learn and how they justify knowledge. Scientific choices are moral choices, and ethics depend on scientific assumptions. The seminar explores good scientific practice and scientific misconduct, including falsification and fraud in academic research.
09:30
-
12:30
Science and Ethics
+1
SEM
Content
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
How can Europe’s cities become the places where transition is governed and the future is built? Europe has entered a new phase: climate collapse is no longer a distant risk, but a reality to be governed. This studio builds systems literacy, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and democratic imagination among young professionals. Participants leave with a deeper understanding to act as bridge-builders across sectors, borders, and generations.
09:30
-
12:30
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
+1
STU
Content
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
Global (One) Health demands more than incremental fixes. This studio shifts from reactive problem-solving to future-oriented innovation. Using sensing and reframing techniques, participants explore emerging potentials and questions in One Health. We challenge existing paradigms to co-create radical new questions and innovation pathways, equipping participants to proactively shape a resilient future.
09:30
-
12:30
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
+1
STU
Content
Noon
Afternoon
Afternoon
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
In this studio, participants explore the political dramaturgy of emotions – where theatre meets sociology. Emotions are movements, words, and gestures that shape how we live together. The ways we stand, speak, and relate enact democratic order. Conversely, emotions we suppress in public to sustain control can quietly erode democracy itself. //INFO: This project has received funding from the European Commission under the HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Grant, No 101132327.
15:00
-
18:00
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
+1
STU
Content
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
Global (One) Health demands more than incremental fixes. This studio shifts from reactive problem-solving to future-oriented innovation. Using sensing and reframing techniques, participants explore emerging potentials and questions in One Health. We challenge existing paradigms to co-create radical new questions and innovation pathways, equipping participants to proactively shape a resilient future.
15:00
-
18:00
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
+1
STU
Content
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
How can Europe’s cities become the places where transition is governed and the future is built? Europe has entered a new phase: climate collapse is no longer a distant risk, but a reality to be governed. This studio builds systems literacy, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and democratic imagination among young professionals. Participants leave with a deeper understanding to act as bridge-builders across sectors, borders, and generations.
15:00
-
18:00
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
+1
STU
Content
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
Globally, polarisation is rising, yet confrontation isn’t inevitable. Constructive dialogue, curiosity over conflict, and finding common ground are choices we can make. This seminar explores the state of division and what it means for society. Through case studies, workshops, and interactive activities, we’'ll examine the forces shaping political disagreement, and how we can bridge divides to have more productive political conversations.
15:00
-
18:00
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
Europe is often treated as geographical entity rather than a community shaped by shared values, such as cooperation, leadership, and empathy. This seminar uses story, poetry, memoir, reflective essays, and collaborative projects to explore ideas of solidarity, responsibility, and belonging across cultures and generations. Participants develop original texts and new perspectives that support dialogue and understanding across borders.
15:00
-
18:00
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
+2
ART
SEM
Content
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
Many actors are introduced to theatre when their parents send them to theatre workshops to overcome their shyness and gain confidence; they end up going on stage in front of hundreds of people. The stage is their place of safety. So, what is it about working together to create a piece of theatre that produces this feeling? This seminar, led by students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, will explore this question.
15:00
-
18:00
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
ART
SEM
Content
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
This seminar will explore the ways in which many individuals can end up working as a cohesive team. Creating an effective and dynamic piece of theatre requires every actor to work seamlessly with the rest of the ensemble regardless of whether their part is major or minor. Acting students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London will share those parts of their training that enable this important connection.
15:00
-
18:00
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
ART
SEM
Content
How Europe Winds
Air is essential yet often taken for granted, despite shaping movement, interaction, and perception. The posed question is not How Europe wins but winds — like a wind that opens spaces, brings together different voices, and creates new possibilities. Through movement, sound, and collective improvisation, participants are invited to explore ways of expressing themselves artistically. The session culminates in a shared performance, weaving together movement, sound, and expression.
15:00
-
18:00
How Europe Winds
+2
ART
SEM
Content
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
Ecological and social crises dominate the newsfeeds, pushing many people into apathy. How can artistic practices offer a way out? In the seminar, stories of resistance will be explored: Participants will learn about activist filmmaking, engage in dialogue about the narratives we are surrounded by, and create their own piece of hope to empower themselves and others.
15:00
-
18:00
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
+1
ART
SEM
Content
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
This seminar makes capital markets tangible. Participants act as investors, make decisions under uncertainty, and explore how capital shapes companies and Europe’s future. Simulation, expert insights, and discussion connect theory with real-world application.
15:00
-
18:00
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
+1
FIN
SEM
Content
Morning
Morning
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Labs are 3-day facilitated working sessions with a closed and well-selected group of 30 participants that has a joint purpose with the goal that this group, first, becomes a community of action, and second, finds answers to a larger, cross-cutting problem.
09:00
-
18:00
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
How can Europe’s cities become the places where transition is governed and the future is built? Europe has entered a new phase: climate collapse is no longer a distant risk, but a reality to be governed. This studio builds systems literacy, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and democratic imagination among young professionals. Participants leave with a deeper understanding to act as bridge-builders across sectors, borders, and generations.
09:30
-
12:30
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
+1
STU
Content
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
If digital sovereignty is about the ability to say ‘yes’ to a digital future that aligns with one’s interests and values – and ‘no’ to a future that doesn’t – Europe currently lacks it. In this workshop, we examine why this is the case and why it matters, what can and what should be done about it, and which policies and politics can get Europe there.
09:30
-
12:30
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
In this studio, participants explore the political dramaturgy of emotions – where theatre meets sociology. Emotions are movements, words, and gestures that shape how we live together. The ways we stand, speak, and relate enact democratic order. Conversely, emotions we suppress in public to sustain control can quietly erode democracy itself. //INFO: This project has received funding from the European Commission under the HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Grant, No 101132327.
09:30
-
12:30
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
STU
Content
Science and Ethics
Can we separate science and ethics? Where do we draw the boundaries?? In Artificial Intelligence, fairness and accountability are inseparable from how systems learn and how they justify knowledge. Scientific choices are moral choices, and ethics depend on scientific assumptions. The seminar explores good scientific practice and scientific misconduct, including falsification and fraud in academic research.
09:30
-
12:30
Science and Ethics
+1
SEM
Content
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
Global (One) Health demands more than incremental fixes. This studio shifts from reactive problem-solving to future-oriented innovation. Using sensing and reframing techniques, participants explore emerging potentials and questions in One Health. We challenge existing paradigms to co-create radical new questions and innovation pathways, equipping participants to proactively shape a resilient future.
09:30
-
12:30
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
+1
STU
Content
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
What does it mean to win? At what costs may victory be achieved? Are the antagonistic and violent practices and discourses of war and victory reconcilable with a sustainable peace? This seminar critically explores the concept of victory from Antiquity to today and specifically looks at the idea of victory in war. By incorporating moral, political, and cultural considerations, victory in the 21st century is reimagined.
09:30
-
12:30
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
+1
SEC
SEM
Content
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
How do we find the will to act when things seem hopeless? Because we are agents who care, our relationship to the future is driven by emotions like hope, anxiety, and despair – not mere feelings, but evaluative states that orient us toward action. Drawing on philosophy and the science of emotion, this interactive seminar invites you to explore how to harness these emotions, individually and collectively, to bring about the futures you value.
09:30
-
12:30
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
+1
SEM
Content
Noon
Afternoon
Afternoon
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
Globally, polarisation is rising, yet confrontation isn’t inevitable. Constructive dialogue, curiosity over conflict, and finding common ground are choices we can make. This seminar explores the state of division and what it means for society. Through case studies, workshops, and interactive activities, we’'ll examine the forces shaping political disagreement, and how we can bridge divides to have more productive political conversations.
15:00
-
18:00
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
Global (One) Health demands more than incremental fixes. This studio shifts from reactive problem-solving to future-oriented innovation. Using sensing and reframing techniques, participants explore emerging potentials and questions in One Health. We challenge existing paradigms to co-create radical new questions and innovation pathways, equipping participants to proactively shape a resilient future.
15:00
-
18:00
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
+1
STU
Content
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
This seminar makes capital markets tangible. Participants act as investors, make decisions under uncertainty, and explore how capital shapes companies and Europe’s future. Simulation, expert insights, and discussion connect theory with real-world application.
15:00
-
18:00
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
+1
FIN
SEM
Content
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
This seminar will explore the ways in which many individuals can end up working as a cohesive team. Creating an effective and dynamic piece of theatre requires every actor to work seamlessly with the rest of the ensemble regardless of whether their part is major or minor. Acting students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London will share those parts of their training that enable this important connection.
15:00
-
18:00
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
ART
SEM
Content
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
Many actors are introduced to theatre when their parents send them to theatre workshops to overcome their shyness and gain confidence; they end up going on stage in front of hundreds of people. The stage is their place of safety. So, what is it about working together to create a piece of theatre that produces this feeling? This seminar, led by students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, will explore this question.
15:00
-
18:00
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
ART
SEM
Content
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
Ecological and social crises dominate the newsfeeds, pushing many people into apathy. How can artistic practices offer a way out? In the seminar, stories of resistance will be explored: Participants will learn about activist filmmaking, engage in dialogue about the narratives we are surrounded by, and create their own piece of hope to empower themselves and others.
15:00
-
18:00
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
+1
ART
SEM
Content
How Europe Winds
Air is essential yet often taken for granted, despite shaping movement, interaction, and perception. The posed question is not How Europe wins but winds — like a wind that opens spaces, brings together different voices, and creates new possibilities. Through movement, sound, and collective improvisation, participants are invited to explore ways of expressing themselves artistically. The session culminates in a shared performance, weaving together movement, sound, and expression.
15:00
-
18:00
How Europe Winds
+2
ART
SEM
Content
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
In this studio, participants explore the political dramaturgy of emotions – where theatre meets sociology. Emotions are movements, words, and gestures that shape how we live together. The ways we stand, speak, and relate enact democratic order. Conversely, emotions we suppress in public to sustain control can quietly erode democracy itself. //INFO: This project has received funding from the European Commission under the HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Grant, No 101132327.
15:00
-
18:00
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
STU
Content
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
Europe is often treated as geographical entity rather than a community shaped by shared values, such as cooperation, leadership, and empathy. This seminar uses story, poetry, memoir, reflective essays, and collaborative projects to explore ideas of solidarity, responsibility, and belonging across cultures and generations. Participants develop original texts and new perspectives that support dialogue and understanding across borders.
15:00
-
18:00
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
+2
ART
SEM
Content
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
How can Europe’s cities become the places where transition is governed and the future is built? Europe has entered a new phase: climate collapse is no longer a distant risk, but a reality to be governed. This studio builds systems literacy, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and democratic imagination among young professionals. Participants leave with a deeper understanding to act as bridge-builders across sectors, borders, and generations.
15:00
-
18:00
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
+1
STU
Content
Morning
Morning
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Labs are 3-day facilitated working sessions with a closed and well-selected group of 30 participants that has a joint purpose with the goal that this group, first, becomes a community of action, and second, finds answers to a larger, cross-cutting problem.
09:00
-
18:00
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
LAB
Content
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
How can Europe’s cities become the places where transition is governed and the future is built? Europe has entered a new phase: climate collapse is no longer a distant risk, but a reality to be governed. This studio builds systems literacy, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and democratic imagination among young professionals. Participants leave with a deeper understanding to act as bridge-builders across sectors, borders, and generations.
09:30
-
12:30
Envisioning Europe’s Future Cities
+1
STU
Content
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
If digital sovereignty is about the ability to say ‘yes’ to a digital future that aligns with one’s interests and values – and ‘no’ to a future that doesn’t – Europe currently lacks it. In this workshop, we examine why this is the case and why it matters, what can and what should be done about it, and which policies and politics can get Europe there.
09:30
-
12:30
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
In this studio, participants explore the political dramaturgy of emotions – where theatre meets sociology. Emotions are movements, words, and gestures that shape how we live together. The ways we stand, speak, and relate enact democratic order. Conversely, emotions we suppress in public to sustain control can quietly erode democracy itself. //INFO: This project has received funding from the European Commission under the HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Grant, No 101132327.
09:30
-
12:30
Embodied Experiences of Democracy
+1
STU
Content
Science and Ethics
Can we separate science and ethics? Where do we draw the boundaries?? In Artificial Intelligence, fairness and accountability are inseparable from how systems learn and how they justify knowledge. Scientific choices are moral choices, and ethics depend on scientific assumptions. The seminar explores good scientific practice and scientific misconduct, including falsification and fraud in academic research.
09:30
-
12:30
Science and Ethics
+1
SEM
Content
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
What does it mean to win? At what costs may victory be achieved? Are the antagonistic and violent practices and discourses of war and victory reconcilable with a sustainable peace? This seminar critically explores the concept of victory from Antiquity to today and specifically looks at the idea of victory in war. By incorporating moral, political, and cultural considerations, victory in the 21st century is reimagined.
09:30
-
12:30
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
+1
SEC
SEM
Content
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
How do we find the will to act when things seem hopeless? Because we are agents who care, our relationship to the future is driven by emotions like hope, anxiety, and despair – not mere feelings, but evaluative states that orient us toward action. Drawing on philosophy and the science of emotion, this interactive seminar invites you to explore how to harness these emotions, individually and collectively, to bring about the futures you value.
09:30
-
12:30
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
+1
SEM
Content
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
Global (One) Health demands more than incremental fixes. This studio shifts from reactive problem-solving to future-oriented innovation. Using sensing and reframing techniques, participants explore emerging potentials and questions in One Health. We challenge existing paradigms to co-create radical new questions and innovation pathways, equipping participants to proactively shape a resilient future.
09:30
-
12:30
One Health Studio: Innovation, Sensing Future Potentials & New Questions
+1
STU
Content
15 Years of the Euregio Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino
Anniversaries always mark an important moment for reflection and contextualisation. This session highlights the development since its founding, key milestones, and their relevance today for cross-border cooperation. Building on this, perspectives from practice and research will be brought together, and points of departure for the future orientation of the Euregio and other European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) will be outlined.
11:00
-
12:00
15 Years of the Euregio Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino
Content
Noon
Afternoon
Afternoon
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
Europe is often treated as geographical entity rather than a community shaped by shared values, such as cooperation, leadership, and empathy. This seminar uses story, poetry, memoir, reflective essays, and collaborative projects to explore ideas of solidarity, responsibility, and belonging across cultures and generations. Participants develop original texts and new perspectives that support dialogue and understanding across borders.
15:00
-
18:00
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
+2
ART
SEM
Content
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
This seminar will explore the ways in which many individuals can end up working as a cohesive team. Creating an effective and dynamic piece of theatre requires every actor to work seamlessly with the rest of the ensemble regardless of whether their part is major or minor. Acting students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London will share those parts of their training that enable this important connection.
15:00
-
18:00
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
ART
SEM
Content
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
This seminar makes capital markets tangible. Participants act as investors, make decisions under uncertainty, and explore how capital shapes companies and Europe’s future. Simulation, expert insights, and discussion connect theory with real-world application.
15:00
-
18:00
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
+1
FIN
SEM
Content
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
Globally, polarisation is rising, yet confrontation isn’t inevitable. Constructive dialogue, curiosity over conflict, and finding common ground are choices we can make. This seminar explores the state of division and what it means for society. Through case studies, workshops, and interactive activities, we’'ll examine the forces shaping political disagreement, and how we can bridge divides to have more productive political conversations.
15:00
-
18:00
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
Ecological and social crises dominate the newsfeeds, pushing many people into apathy. How can artistic practices offer a way out? In the seminar, stories of resistance will be explored: Participants will learn about activist filmmaking, engage in dialogue about the narratives we are surrounded by, and create their own piece of hope to empower themselves and others.
15:00
-
18:00
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
+1
ART
SEM
Content
How Europe Winds
Air is essential yet often taken for granted, despite shaping movement, interaction, and perception. The posed question is not How Europe wins but winds — like a wind that opens spaces, brings together different voices, and creates new possibilities. Through movement, sound, and collective improvisation, participants are invited to explore ways of expressing themselves artistically. The session culminates in a shared performance, weaving together movement, sound, and expression.
15:00
-
18:00
How Europe Winds
+2
ART
SEM
Content
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
Many actors are introduced to theatre when their parents send them to theatre workshops to overcome their shyness and gain confidence; they end up going on stage in front of hundreds of people. The stage is their place of safety. So, what is it about working together to create a piece of theatre that produces this feeling? This seminar, led by students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, will explore this question.
15:00
-
18:00
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
ART
SEM
Content
Evening
Early morning
Morning
Morning
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Labs are 3-day facilitated working sessions with a closed and well-selected group of 30 participants that has a joint purpose with the goal that this group, first, becomes a community of action, and second, finds answers to a larger, cross-cutting problem.
09:00
-
18:00
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
LAB
Content
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
What does it mean to win? At what costs may victory be achieved? Are the antagonistic and violent practices and discourses of war and victory reconcilable with a sustainable peace? This seminar critically explores the concept of victory from Antiquity to today and specifically looks at the idea of victory in war. By incorporating moral, political, and cultural considerations, victory in the 21st century is reimagined.
09:30
-
12:30
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
+1
SEC
SEM
Content
Science and Ethics
Can we separate science and ethics? Where do we draw the boundaries?? In Artificial Intelligence, fairness and accountability are inseparable from how systems learn and how they justify knowledge. Scientific choices are moral choices, and ethics depend on scientific assumptions. The seminar explores good scientific practice and scientific misconduct, including falsification and fraud in academic research.
09:30
-
12:30
Science and Ethics
+1
SEM
Content
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
If digital sovereignty is about the ability to say ‘yes’ to a digital future that aligns with one’s interests and values – and ‘no’ to a future that doesn’t – Europe currently lacks it. In this workshop, we examine why this is the case and why it matters, what can and what should be done about it, and which policies and politics can get Europe there.
09:30
-
12:30
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
Hike | Euregio Inntal: Mobility. Digitalisation. Future!
Mobility and digitalisation pose new strategic challenges for the Euregio Inntal. This Hike combines expert input with exchange and discussion. The focus of the conversations is on the future perspectives of this area of cooperation and the development of joint strategic approaches across borders. The Hike concludes at the Pletzacher Alm. //INFO: Bring sturdy shoes and water. //INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at CCA – Rogger Hall.
09:30
-
12:00
Hike | Euregio Inntal: Mobility. Digitalisation. Future!
Content
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
How do we find the will to act when things seem hopeless? Because we are agents who care, our relationship to the future is driven by emotions like hope, anxiety, and despair – not mere feelings, but evaluative states that orient us toward action. Drawing on philosophy and the science of emotion, this interactive seminar invites you to explore how to harness these emotions, individually and collectively, to bring about the futures you value.
09:30
-
12:30
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
+1
SEM
Content
Tyrolean Technology Brunch
An exclusive networking event as part of the Euregio Days 2026: take the opportunity to exchange ideas with representatives from business, academia, politics, and regional development on technology and digitalisation in Tyrol and Europe.
10:30
-
12:00
Tyrolean Technology Brunch
Network
Noon
Afternoon
Afternoon
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
Globally, polarisation is rising, yet confrontation isn’t inevitable. Constructive dialogue, curiosity over conflict, and finding common ground are choices we can make. This seminar explores the state of division and what it means for society. Through case studies, workshops, and interactive activities, we’'ll examine the forces shaping political disagreement, and how we can bridge divides to have more productive political conversations.
15:00
-
18:00
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
+1
DEM
SEM
Content
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
Europe is often treated as geographical entity rather than a community shaped by shared values, such as cooperation, leadership, and empathy. This seminar uses story, poetry, memoir, reflective essays, and collaborative projects to explore ideas of solidarity, responsibility, and belonging across cultures and generations. Participants develop original texts and new perspectives that support dialogue and understanding across borders.
15:00
-
18:00
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
+2
ART
SEM
Content
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
Ecological and social crises dominate the newsfeeds, pushing many people into apathy. How can artistic practices offer a way out? In the seminar, stories of resistance will be explored: Participants will learn about activist filmmaking, engage in dialogue about the narratives we are surrounded by, and create their own piece of hope to empower themselves and others.
15:00
-
18:00
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
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ART
SEM
Content
How Europe Winds
Air is essential yet often taken for granted, despite shaping movement, interaction, and perception. The posed question is not How Europe wins but winds — like a wind that opens spaces, brings together different voices, and creates new possibilities. Through movement, sound, and collective improvisation, participants are invited to explore ways of expressing themselves artistically. The session culminates in a shared performance, weaving together movement, sound, and expression.
15:00
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18:00
How Europe Winds
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ART
SEM
Content
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
This seminar makes capital markets tangible. Participants act as investors, make decisions under uncertainty, and explore how capital shapes companies and Europe’s future. Simulation, expert insights, and discussion connect theory with real-world application.
15:00
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18:00
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
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SEM
Content
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
This seminar will explore the ways in which many individuals can end up working as a cohesive team. Creating an effective and dynamic piece of theatre requires every actor to work seamlessly with the rest of the ensemble regardless of whether their part is major or minor. Acting students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London will share those parts of their training that enable this important connection.
15:00
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18:00
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
ART
SEM
Content
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
Many actors are introduced to theatre when their parents send them to theatre workshops to overcome their shyness and gain confidence; they end up going on stage in front of hundreds of people. The stage is their place of safety. So, what is it about working together to create a piece of theatre that produces this feeling? This seminar, led by students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, will explore this question.
15:00
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18:00
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
ART
SEM
Content
Evening
Evening
Career Development: Future Skills in the Euregio Labour Market
The labour market in the Euregio Tyrol/South Tyrol/Trentino is changing rapidly due to new skill demands. This session brings together perspectives from higher education, vocational education, and practice to discuss Future Skills in an open dialogue. The exchange highlights regional qualification needs and outlines pathways for cross-border career development.
18:30
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20:00
Career Development: Future Skills in the Euregio Labour Market
Network
Into the Silence
A place of calm: Spiritual impulses from various religious and philosophical backgrounds invite you to contemplate and reflect. Inspiring initiators tell their stories, take you on a journey of the mind and initiate moments of genuine stillness.
19:00
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19:30
Into the Silence
Rituals
Open Air Concert: Alpbach Brass Band
On Fridays during the summer months, the Alpbach brass band gives an open-air concert in the village square. All Alpbach residents as well as national and international guests are warmly invited!
20:00
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20:30
Open Air Concert: Alpbach Brass Band
Rituals
Early morning
Morning
Morning
Between Security and Rights: Minority Governance in the Baltic States and Ukraine
Security concerns since 2022 have reshaped how minority issues are governed in the Baltic States and Ukraine. The session brings together regional perspectives to examine these shifts and their policy effects. It identifies risks of securitisation and outlines approaches to balance security and minority rights.
09:00
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12:00
Between Security and Rights: Minority Governance in the Baltic States and Ukraine
Content
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Labs are 3-day facilitated working sessions with a closed and well-selected group of 30 participants that has a joint purpose with the goal that this group, first, becomes a community of action, and second, finds answers to a larger, cross-cutting problem.
09:00
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18:00
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
LAB
Content
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
What does it mean to win? At what costs may victory be achieved? Are the antagonistic and violent practices and discourses of war and victory reconcilable with a sustainable peace? This seminar critically explores the concept of victory from Antiquity to today and specifically looks at the idea of victory in war. By incorporating moral, political, and cultural considerations, victory in the 21st century is reimagined.
09:30
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12:30
Is Victory Possible in the 21st Century?
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SEC
SEM
Content
Science and Ethics
Can we separate science and ethics? Where do we draw the boundaries?? In Artificial Intelligence, fairness and accountability are inseparable from how systems learn and how they justify knowledge. Scientific choices are moral choices, and ethics depend on scientific assumptions. The seminar explores good scientific practice and scientific misconduct, including falsification and fraud in academic research.
09:30
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12:30
Science and Ethics
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SEM
Content
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
If digital sovereignty is about the ability to say ‘yes’ to a digital future that aligns with one’s interests and values – and ‘no’ to a future that doesn’t – Europe currently lacks it. In this workshop, we examine why this is the case and why it matters, what can and what should be done about it, and which policies and politics can get Europe there.
09:30
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12:30
Digital Sovereignty: Why Europe Needs It and How It Can Get It
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DEM
SEM
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Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
How do we find the will to act when things seem hopeless? Because we are agents who care, our relationship to the future is driven by emotions like hope, anxiety, and despair – not mere feelings, but evaluative states that orient us toward action. Drawing on philosophy and the science of emotion, this interactive seminar invites you to explore how to harness these emotions, individually and collectively, to bring about the futures you value.
09:30
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12:30
Hope and the Power to Shape our Future
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SEM
Content
Afternoon
Afternoon
Euregio Young Researchers Award
Young researchers under the age of 35 present their research projects on the topic of strong regions. The aim is to make research from the region more visible and to foster intergenerational dialogue with decisionmakers from academia and politics. A high‑level jury selects the award winners, who are honoured in the evening.
14:00
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17:30
Euregio Young Researchers Award
Content
Euregio Innovation Award
The Euregio Innovation Award recognises creative products, technologies, and services that strengthen the competitive position of the Euregio Tyrol/South Tyrol/Trentino. Companies from all three regions present their projects. A high-level jury selects the award winners, who are honoured in the evening.
14:00
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17:30
Euregio Innovation Award
Content
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
This seminar will explore the ways in which many individuals can end up working as a cohesive team. Creating an effective and dynamic piece of theatre requires every actor to work seamlessly with the rest of the ensemble regardless of whether their part is major or minor. Acting students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London will share those parts of their training that enable this important connection.
15:00
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18:00
Stronger Together: The Power of the Ensemble.
ART
SEM
Content
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
This seminar makes capital markets tangible. Participants act as investors, make decisions under uncertainty, and explore how capital shapes companies and Europe’s future. Simulation, expert insights, and discussion connect theory with real-world application.
15:00
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18:00
Capital in Motion: Understanding How Capital Moves the World
+1
FIN
SEM
Content
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
Many actors are introduced to theatre when their parents send them to theatre workshops to overcome their shyness and gain confidence; they end up going on stage in front of hundreds of people. The stage is their place of safety. So, what is it about working together to create a piece of theatre that produces this feeling? This seminar, led by students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, will explore this question.
15:00
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18:00
Theatre as a Sanctuary: How Theatre Builds Confidence and Connection
ART
SEM
Content
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
Ecological and social crises dominate the newsfeeds, pushing many people into apathy. How can artistic practices offer a way out? In the seminar, stories of resistance will be explored: Participants will learn about activist filmmaking, engage in dialogue about the narratives we are surrounded by, and create their own piece of hope to empower themselves and others.
15:00
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18:00
Activist Filmmaking: Telling Stories of Resistance and Hope
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ART
SEM
Content
How Europe Winds
Air is essential yet often taken for granted, despite shaping movement, interaction, and perception. The posed question is not How Europe wins but winds — like a wind that opens spaces, brings together different voices, and creates new possibilities. Through movement, sound, and collective improvisation, participants are invited to explore ways of expressing themselves artistically. The session culminates in a shared performance, weaving together movement, sound, and expression.
15:00
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18:00
How Europe Winds
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ART
SEM
Content
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
Globally, polarisation is rising, yet confrontation isn’t inevitable. Constructive dialogue, curiosity over conflict, and finding common ground are choices we can make. This seminar explores the state of division and what it means for society. Through case studies, workshops, and interactive activities, we’'ll examine the forces shaping political disagreement, and how we can bridge divides to have more productive political conversations.
15:00
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18:00
Dialogue across Divides: Designing Better Conversations for a Polarised World
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SEM
Content
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
Europe is often treated as geographical entity rather than a community shaped by shared values, such as cooperation, leadership, and empathy. This seminar uses story, poetry, memoir, reflective essays, and collaborative projects to explore ideas of solidarity, responsibility, and belonging across cultures and generations. Participants develop original texts and new perspectives that support dialogue and understanding across borders.
15:00
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18:00
Creative Writing: Co-operation, Leadership and Empathy
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ART
SEM
Content
Evening
Morning
Morning
Holy Mass
Join the traditional christian Mass to mark the opening of the Tyrol Day.
09:00
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09:45
Holy Mass
Network
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Labs are 1.5-day facilitated working session with a closed and well-selected group of 30 participants that has a joint purpose with the goal that this group, first, becomes a community of action, and second, finds answers to a larger, cross-cutting problem.
09:00
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12:30
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Content
Ceremonial Welcome and Official Addresses by Political Representatives
Official reception with welcome addresses by political representatives of the European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino.
10:00
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11:00
Ceremonial Welcome and Official Addresses by Political Representatives
Network
Euregio Summit
Europe’s strength lies in cooperation. The Euregio Summit illustrates how regions and the EU advance innovation through collaboration and secure Europe’s long-term competitiveness. The session links regional perspectives with European policymaking and demonstrates how joint action strengthens Europe’s capacity to succeed.
11:00
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12:00
Euregio Summit
Network
Afternoon
Evening
Early morning
Early morning
Sunrise Hike: Gratlspitz
Rise and shine: Enjoy the first rays of sunshine on the top of Alpbach. Experience this special atmosphere and start your day energised!Plan 4 to 5 hours for the hike, depending on your walking pace.// INFO: The hike is not recommended for beginners! Attention: 900 metres in ascent! Please wear hiking boots and bring water and possibly a small snack. If you have a head torch, please bring it with you, too. Participation at your own risk!
04:00
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09:00
Sunrise Hike: Gratlspitz
Content
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Start the day with a boost of energy! The trainers of the Austrian Armed Forces will get you sweating with military functional fitness on the forecourt of the CCA – an ideal way to recover from stress and prevent burnout and illness.
07:00
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08:00
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Rituals
Morning Briefing
Our Morning Briefings provide a daily overview of the most important news and insights from EFA26. Start your Alpbach day well-informed with an engaging conversation!
08:00
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09:00
Morning Briefing
Content
Morning
Morning
Hike | The Cost of Caution: Risk, Power, and Responsibility
Europe’s ability to act is shaped by how it handles risk. Incentives often reward caution over initiative, limiting decisive leadership – raising a critical question: can a system designed to avoid failure still produce decisive leadership? This hike examines risk across individual, institutional, and strategic levels, and how systems can shift to enable agency and responsibility.//INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water.//INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at CCA-Flora-Saal.
09:00
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12:00
Hike | The Cost of Caution: Risk, Power, and Responsibility
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FIN
Content
Book Talk with Lea Ypi
Join Lea Ypi for a book talk of “Indignity: A Life Reimagined” in the Hayek Hall.
09:00
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10:00
Book Talk with Lea Ypi
DEM
Content
Hike | Efficiency vs Legitimacy: The Trade-Offs of “Cutting Red Tape”
Facing growing pressure for faster decisions, many governments turn to “cutting red tape”. Simplifying rules and processes can accelerate procedures, lower burdens, and encourage innovation, but may also weaken oversight, accountability and protection. Scrutinise how institutions and leaders balance these trade-offs between efficiency and legitimacy.//INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water.//INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at Volksschule.
09:00
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12:00
Hike | Efficiency vs Legitimacy: The Trade-Offs of “Cutting Red Tape”
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Content
Ukraine as Europe’s Stress Test
Ukraine has become the environment in which Europe’s strategic capacity is tested in real time. This panel explores how choices across security, social cohesion, economic resilience, and democratic governance made in and for Ukraine expose both strengths and limits in current European approaches, and what these lessons could mean for Europe’s future.
10:30
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12:00
Ukraine as Europe’s Stress Test
SEC
Content
Noon
Noon
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
As part of the EFA World of Women* initiative, EFA is taking extra efforts to encourage female* contributors, both in programming and participation. Every day, from the Europe in the World Days to the Austria in Europe Days, two dedicated hours will be hosted by women* engaged in EFA’s broader network, which offers the opportunity to connect, reflect, and act. // INFO: To ensure a focused and engaging experience, we wont be providing any catering. Participants are, however, free to order lunch and beverages at their own cost. //
12:00
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14:00
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
Network
Track Forum: Climate
Come and meet fellow participants who share an interest for the Climate track. Get to know each other at lunch and debate the current programme highlights and main controversies so far. //INFO: Lunch and drinks are at your own expense. Please be on time at 12:15 so you have enough time to order comfortably. Three dishes are to choose from.
12:15
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13:45
Track Forum: Climate
CLI
Network
Brown Bag Lunch
Join us for an informal discussion format in the EFA Loggia that is exclusively hosted by our Media Partners together with one or two speakers. Be quick - the first participants ge a free brown bag lunch!
12:15
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13:45
Brown Bag Lunch
Content
Solution Hour
The European Forum Alpbach is a place of serious debate; and of the people and initiatives turning ideas into outcomes. The Solution Hour brings forward concrete approaches that are already at work on Europe's pressing challenges: in policy, technology, civil society, and business. Less panel, more proof.
12:30
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13:30
Solution Hour
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Afternoon
Afternoon
Reimagining Europe's Security Operating System
Europe’s sovereignty is tested by geopolitical realignment and rising security pressure. The discussion clarifies what collective defence commitments mean in practice for decisions, responsibilities and operational consequences. It examines how solidarity becomes credible deterrence and how a more self-sustaining European contribution to NATO can work amid shifting US commitment.
14:00
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15:00
Reimagining Europe's Security Operating System
SEC
Content
Imagining Balkans Futures in 2040
Debates on the Balkans tend to focus on diagnosing current crises rather than imagining the futures young people want to live in. Participants project themselves into 2040, articulating scenarios for a region worth staying in and mapping the obstacles ahead. The session produces a shared vision and concrete policy avenues for the long-term transformation of the region.
14:00
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15:30
Imagining Balkans Futures in 2040
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Content
Building the Capability to Act in Radical Uncertainty
Taking legitimate, timely decisions on climate risks before societal and political consensus emerge, and as the geopolitical situation becomes more unstable, remains a central challenge. Within the existing window for sovereign action, the discussion explores how to cultivate understanding of and co-existence with non-linear and disruptive change, examining the institutional capacities and social readiness required to act effectively and jointly under radical uncertainty.
15:30
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16:30
Building the Capability to Act in Radical Uncertainty
CLI
Content
Book Talk with Matthias Strolz
Join Matthias Strolz for a book talk of “Homo Universus. Unsere Entfaltung in die nächste Stufe der Evolution” in the Köstler-Einem Hall.
15:30
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16:30
Book Talk with Matthias Strolz
FIN
Content
Capability & Renewal: Mobilising Europe's Power to Act
In a world of geopolitical realignment, Europe’s “power to act” depends on whether it can translate ambition into capability: deciding faster, building and sustaining effective coalitions under pressure, and delivering security at scale. This session brings together leading foreign policy voices to map the priorities of a European security architecture reconciling different threat perceptions and security traditions.
17:00
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18:30
Capability & Renewal: Mobilising Europe's Power to Act
ART
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Evening
Evening
Into the Silence
A place of calm: Spiritual impulses from various religious and philosophical backgrounds invite you to contemplate and reflect. Inspiring initiators tell their stories, take you on a journey of the mind, and initiate moments of genuine stillness.
18:30
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19:00
Into the Silence
Rituals
ERSTE European Night
Tyrol welcomes Europe! Join the cosy atmosphere of Alphof for culinary delights from Tyrol: a great opportunity to meet new people and raise a glass together.
20:30
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22:00
ERSTE European Night
Network
Early morning
Early morning
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Start the day with a boost of energy! The trainers of the Austrian Armed Forces will get you sweating with military functional fitness on the forecourt of the CCA – an ideal way to recover from stress and prevent burnout and illness.
07:00
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08:00
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Rituals
Into the Silence
A place of calm: Spiritual impulses from various religious and philosophical backgrounds invite you to contemplate and reflect. Inspiring initiators tell their stories, take you on a journey of the mind, and initiate moments of genuine stillness.
08:00
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08:30
Into the Silence
Rituals
Morning Briefing
Our Morning Briefings provide a daily overview of the most important news and insights from EFA26. Start your Alpbach day well-informed with an engaging conversation!
08:00
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09:00
Morning Briefing
Content
Morning
Morning
Hike | Guns, Green, Growth: Europe's Budget Trilemma
Europe faces a budget trilemma: funding security, decarbonisation and competitiveness without breaking trust between member states, sectors, and generations. This hike maps where tradeoffs are unavoidable and where the right priorities can create complementarities through sequencing and fair burden sharing. It distils practical principles for sustaining legitimacy while setting priorities for 2028 to 2034. //INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water. //INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at CCA-Flora-Hall.
09:00
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12:00
Hike | Guns, Green, Growth: Europe's Budget Trilemma
SEC
Content
Hike | The Benefit-Cost of Stability: Europe's Struggle to Transform
Europe misprices transformation by treating the status quo as safe while treating change as risky, thus locking capital into systems already in decline. This hike reframes stability as a costly illusion and explores how behavioural bias, cultural habits and incentives distort our decisions. Beyond this, it outlines ways of redirecting capital and engaging institutions proactively toward long-term resilience and transformation. //INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water.//INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at Volksschule.
09:00
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12:00
Hike | The Benefit-Cost of Stability: Europe's Struggle to Transform
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CLI
Content
Book Talk with Oliver Rathkolb
Join Oliver Rathkolb for a book talk of “Ökonomie der Angst: Die Rückkehr des nervösen Zeitalters” in the Liechtenstein Hall.
09:00
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10:00
Book Talk with Oliver Rathkolb
DEM
Content
Noon
Noon
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
As part of the EFA World of Women* initiative, EFA is taking extra efforts to encourage female* contributors, both in programming and participation. Every day, from the Europe in the World Days to the Austria in Europe Days, two dedicated hours will be hosted by women* engaged in EFA’s broader network, which offers the opportunity to connect, reflect, and act. // INFO: To ensure a focused and engaging experience, we wont be providing any catering. Participants are, however, free to order lunch and beverages at their own cost. //
12:15
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13:45
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
Network
Track Forum: Democracy
Come and meet fellow participants who share an interest for the Democracy track. Get to know each other at lunch and debate the current programme highlights and main controversies so far. //INFO: Lunch and drinks are at your own expense. Please be on time at 12:15 so you have enough time to order comfortably.
12:15
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13:45
Track Forum: Democracy
DEM
Network
Brown Bag Lunch
Join us for an informal discussion format in the EFA Loggia that is exclusively hosted by our Media Partners together with one or two speakers. Be quick - the first participants ge a free brown bag lunch!
12:15
-
13:45
Brown Bag Lunch
Content
Solution Hour
The European Forum Alpbach is a place of serious debate; and of the people and initiatives turning ideas into outcomes. The Solution Hour brings forward concrete approaches that are already at work on Europe's pressing challenges: in policy, technology, civil society, and business. Less panel, more proof.
12:30
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13:30
Solution Hour
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Afternoon
Afternoon
Europe’s Future: Who Pays and How?
Europe’s approach to long-term investment remains largely crisis-driven, raising broader questions about how its future is financed. This session explores strategies to unlock long-term private capital toward strategic objectives. Discussion will center on the completion of the Capital Markets Union as a means to provide a stable and predictable framework for European investment.
14:00
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15:00
Europe’s Future: Who Pays and How?
FIN
Content
How Europe Wins on Housing
Europe’s housing situation has risen to the top of the political agenda, but solutions require coordinated action across sectors. Let’s discuss how integrated housing ecosystems can be built, where public, private and philanthropic sector mobilize the capital, capabilities and partnerships needed to secure one of Europe’s most fundamental pillars: accessible and affordable housing for all.
14:00
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15:30
How Europe Wins on Housing
FIN
Content
Inequality, Discontent, and a New Social Contract
Rising inequality and growing public discontent are putting pressure on democratic systems and social cohesion. Examine what a new social contract must incorporate to address economic insecurity, demographic challenges, restore trust in institutions, and ensure fair opportunities.
15:30
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16:30
Inequality, Discontent, and a New Social Contract
+2
DEM
FIN
Content
Finance & Trust: Funding Europe's New Promise
The next EU budget will show whether Europe can deliver on climate, security, and competitiveness. With limited resources and rising expectations, choices about what to fund – and what not – are a test of priorities and trust. This session will explore how Europe can allocate its collective resources to strengthen trust between member states, generations, and citizens, and define what Europe stands for.
17:00
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18:30
Finance & Trust: Funding Europe's New Promise
ART
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Early morning
Early morning
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Start the day with a boost of energy! The trainers of the Austrian Armed Forces will get you sweating with military functional fitness on the forecourt of the CCA – an ideal way to recover from stress and prevent burnout and illness.
07:00
-
08:00
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Rituals
Morning Briefing
Our Morning Briefings provide a daily overview of the most important news and insights from EFA26. Start your Alpbach day well-informed with an engaging conversation!
08:00
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09:00
Morning Briefing
Content
Morning
Morning
Hike | Will Artificial Intelligence Create Winners and Losers?
AI is reshaping careers and economic mobility, creating new opportunities while risking unequal access for Europe’s younger generation. This hike looks at who benefits and who risks being left behind as AI transforms labor markets. It considers how institutions can ensure inclusive access to opportunity and prevent a new digital divide, ensuring an AI-driven economy that works for all generations.//INFO: Bring hiking shoes and water.//INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place in the Primary School, (ground floor, room 1).
09:00
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12:00
Hike | Will Artificial Intelligence Create Winners and Losers?
DEM
FIN
Content
Hike | Data Ownership and Recapturing the Digital Commons
As data becomes a key economic and political resource, questions of ownership and control are increasingly urgent. Investigate how societies can reclaim the digital commons, data rights, and create governance models that balance innovation, public interest, safe spaces and democratic accountability.//INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water.//INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at CCA-Flora-Hall.
09:00
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12:00
Hike | Data Ownership and Recapturing the Digital Commons
+2
DEM
Content
Rethinking Collective Wealth-Building: Social Compounding
Individual wealth-building is fragile and unequal, leaving many exposed to insecurity. This session explores social compounding, how groups pool resources, share risk, and build resilient commons. Join us to hear about our research and to discuss your own experiences and questions about collective resilience.
10:30
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12:00
Rethinking Collective Wealth-Building: Social Compounding
+2
FIN
Content
Noon
Noon
Brown Bag Lunch
Join us for an informal discussion format in the EFA Loggia that is exclusively hosted by our Media Partners together with one or two speakers. Be quick - the first participants ge a free brown bag lunch!
12:15
-
13:45
Brown Bag Lunch
Content
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
As part of the EFA World of Women* initiative, EFA is taking extra efforts to encourage female* contributors, both in programming and participation. Every day, from the Europe in the World Days to the Austria in Europe Days, two dedicated hours will be hosted by women* engaged in EFA’s broader network, which offers the opportunity to connect, reflect, and act. // INFO: To ensure a focused and engaging experience, we wont be providing any catering. Participants are, however, free to order lunch and beverages at their own cost. //
12:15
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13:45
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
Network
Track Forum: Security
Come and meet fellow participants who share an interest for the Security track. Get to know each other at lunch and debate the current programme highlights and main controversies so far. //INFO: Lunch and drinks are at your own expense. Please be on time at 12:15 so you have enough time to order comfortably. Three dishes are to choose from.
12:15
-
13:45
Track Forum: Security
SEC
Network
Solution Hour
The European Forum Alpbach is a place of serious debate; and of the people and initiatives turning ideas into outcomes. The Solution Hour brings forward concrete approaches that are already at work on Europe's pressing challenges: in policy, technology, civil society, and business. Less panel, more proof.
12:30
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13:30
Solution Hour
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Afternoon
Afternoon
Hike | Europe’s Race for Energy Competitiveness and Resilience
Europe’s energy future depends on fast renewable and grid expansion, affordable power, secure supply chains, and efficient financing. This hike explores building an integrated network, cutting regulatory hurdles, and achieving price stability – asking how renewables boost competitiveness and whether Europe’s financial systems enable or restrain long-term industrial resilience. This hike ends near the CCA loggia. //INFO: Bring hiking shoes and water. //INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at Volksschule Klasse 1
14:00
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16:30
Hike | Europe’s Race for Energy Competitiveness and Resilience
CLI
Content
A Bunch of (Hidden) Champions – How to Leverage Europe’s Strengths
Europe excels at analysing its own weaknesses. But what about its strengths? The continent is home to global market leaders, world-class research, the rule of law, and human rights – set against a rich backdrop of intellectual history, philosophy, and art. This hike explores how these assets can be harnessed to strengthen European resilience and security in the face of geopolitical upheaval. //INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water. //INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at Zirmalm. //INFO: In case of rain, there is going to be a shuttle to Zirmalm.
14:00
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16:30
A Bunch of (Hidden) Champions – How to Leverage Europe’s Strengths
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SEC
Content
Europe’s Role in the Future of Pharmaceutical Innovation
In the face of current geopolitical developments and recent global upheavals, Europe is under pressure to reassert its position in access to pharmaceutical innovation. The United States is calling clearly for Europe to make an adequate – and therefore greater – contribution. The panel discussion examines this demand from multiple angles: industry, policy and patient advocacy will all have their say, bringing together voices from the US, Europe and Austria.
14:00
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15:30
Europe’s Role in the Future of Pharmaceutical Innovation
FIN
Content
Acting at Speed: Emergency Measures for Peaceful Ambition
Europe’s transition depends on energy infrastructure deployment at a scale and pace that current systems cannot deliver, hence risking dependence on global actors who can build faster and access resources more readily. In light of current geopolitical developments, this session explores how to align industry, finance, government, and society to deliver the necessary transformation that has the potential to secure Europe’s resilience and strategic autonomy.
14:00
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15:00
Acting at Speed: Emergency Measures for Peaceful Ambition
CLI
Content
In Nobel's Name, For a Nobel Cause? Peace, Prestige, and Moral Authority
Peace is increasingly contested as a concept, shaped by competing interests, digital amplification, and hybrid coercion. The discussion examines Europe’s role in defending ethical foundations while navigating prestige politics and rival claims to moral authority. It develops shared language to distinguish credible peace making from performative or instrumentalised narratives.
15:30
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16:30
In Nobel's Name, For a Nobel Cause? Peace, Prestige, and Moral Authority
SEC
Content
Technology & Society: Developing Europe's Next Infrastructure
Europe’s infrastructure faces pressure from rapid technological change, geopolitical competition, and critical dependencies. Demands for technological, data and energy sovereignty are growing. Debate key bottlenecks and opportunities across systems and governance to identify priorities for a secure, sustainable, and future-ready European infrastructure.
17:00
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18:30
Technology & Society: Developing Europe's Next Infrastructure
ART
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Evening
Early morning
Early morning
Sunrise Hike: Gratlspitz
Rise and shine: Enjoy the first rays of sunshine on the top of Alpbach. Experience this special atmosphere and start your day energised! Plan 4 to 5 hours for the hike, depending on your walking pace. // INFO: The hike is not recommended for beginners! Attention: 900 metres in ascent! Please wear hiking boots and bring water and possibly a small snack. If you have a head torch, please bring it with you, too. Participation at your own risk! In case of heavy rain, the event will be canceled.
04:00
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09:00
Sunrise Hike: Gratlspitz
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Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Start the day with a boost of energy! The trainers of the Austrian Armed Forces will get you sweating with military functional fitness on the forecourt of the CCA – an ideal way to recover from stress and prevent burnout and illness.
07:00
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08:00
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Rituals
Into the Silence
A place of calm: Spiritual impulses from various religious and philosophical backgrounds invite you to contemplate and reflect. Inspiring initiators tell their stories, take you on a journey of the mind and initiate moments of genuine stillness.
08:00
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08:30
Into the Silence
Rituals
Morning Briefing
Our Morning Briefings provide a daily overview of the most important news and insights from EFA26. Start your Alpbach day well-informed with an engaging conversation!
08:00
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09:00
Morning Briefing
Content
Morning
Morning
Hike | Europe's Diplomatic Counter-Revolution: Alliances and Dealcraft
In a world where power politics and “might makes right” are gaining ground, reliability is hard currency. Europe’s comparative advantage lies in credible, rules-based influence and the ability to convene coalitions with like-minded partners. This hike explores how Europe can shape change in the international system through partnerships forged by shared interests and diplomatic dealcraft. It highlights how reinforcing trust and stability can translate into sustained European soft power. //INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water.//INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at CCA-Flora-Hall.
09:00
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12:00
Hike | Europe's Diplomatic Counter-Revolution: Alliances and Dealcraft
SEC
Content
Hike | Regenerative Sovereignty: How Might Europe Thrive
Europe’s sovereignty remains tied to external dependencies on resources and extraction-based systems, limiting its own capacity to thrive and adapt sustainably. This hike looks at the meaning of regenerative sovereignty: how prosperity can be redefined through circular, nature-based systems that strengthen domestic capabilities and provide long-term security. Can Europe become the first continent to define its power by how much it restores rather than how much it extracts? //INFO: Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water.//INFO: In case of heavy rain, the session is going to take place at CCA at Köstler-Einem Hall.
09:00
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12:00
Hike | Regenerative Sovereignty: How Might Europe Thrive
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CLI
Content
An Executive Pitch for a Strong Europe
We are shaping the future of business! But how? Based on a survey of 450 female executives, we explore the key questions: Competitiveness: How can we unleash it again by reducing bureaucracy and regulation? AI, Digitalisation & Cybersecurity: How can these topics drive growth, efficiency, and innovation? Societal Mindset: Which patterns of thinking will we need to break?
10:30
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11:30
An Executive Pitch for a Strong Europe
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FIN
Network
Noon
Noon
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
As part of the EFA World of Women* initiative, EFA is taking extra efforts to encourage female* contributors, both in programming and participation. Every day, from the Europe in the World Days to the Austria in Europe Days, two dedicated hours will be hosted by women* engaged in EFA’s broader network, which offers the opportunity to connect, reflect, and act. // INFO: To ensure a focused and engaging experience, we wont be providing any catering. Participants are, however, free to order lunch and beverages at their own cost. //
12:15
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13:45
WoW* Connects: A Networking Hour for Women*
Network
Track Forum: Finance
Come and meet fellow participants who share an interest for the Finance track. Get to know each other at lunch and debate the current programme highlights and main controversies so far. //INFO: Lunch and drinks are at your own expense. Please be on time at 12:15 so you have enough time to order comfortably. Three dishes are to choose from.
12:15
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13:45
Track Forum: Finance
FIN
Network
Brown Bag Lunch
Join us for an informal discussion format in the EFA Loggia that is exclusively hosted by our Media Partners together with one or two speakers. Be quick - the first participants ge a free brown bag lunch!
12:15
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13:45
Brown Bag Lunch
Content
Solution Hour
The European Forum Alpbach is a place of serious debate; and of the people and initiatives turning ideas into outcomes. The Solution Hour brings forward concrete approaches that are already at work on Europe's pressing challenges: in policy, technology, civil society, and business. Less panel, more proof.
12:30
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13:30
Solution Hour
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Afternoon
Afternoon
Security for Whom? Europe's Race for Rare Earth and the Human Cost in Myanmar
Europe’s race for rare earth elements – critical for the green and digital transition as well as the defense sector – rests on supply chains linked to conflict, environmental destruction, and human insecurity, as seen in Myanmar. This session examines the upstream realities of rare earth extraction and seeks to identify pathways towards supply chain governance that are committed to upholding human dignity for all.
14:00
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15:30
Security for Whom? Europe's Race for Rare Earth and the Human Cost in Myanmar
CLI
SEC
Content
The Democratic Comeback: How the Rule of Law Wins
Across many countries, illiberal governments have weakened checks and balances, undermined judicial independence, and eroded public trust. Explore the prospects for reversing illiberal trends and restoring the rule of law in systems under strain that can fuel a broader democratic comeback.
14:00
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15:00
The Democratic Comeback: How the Rule of Law Wins
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DEM
Content
Envisioning the Europe We Build
The global order is being rewritten: by force, by markets, by technology, and by the sheer ambition of other civilisational projects. Europe's response cannot be to imitate any of them. Europe's strength lies elsewhere: in the deliberate, conscious choice to build a civilisational model on its own terms. Its future is based on self-efficacy: how does Europe foster its capacity to act from conviction, determined that its choices matter, and how does it cultivate the institutional and intellectual readiness to make them?
17:00
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18:30
Envisioning the Europe We Build
ART
CLI
DEM
FIN
SEC
Content
Early morning
Early morning
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Start the day with a boost of energy! The trainers of the Austrian Armed Forces will get you sweating with military functional fitness on the forecourt of the CCA – an ideal way to recover from stress and prevent burnout and illness.
07:00
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08:00
Morning Sports: Functional Fitness
Rituals
Into the Silence
A place of calm: Spiritual impulses from various religious and philosophical backgrounds invite you to contemplate and reflect. Inspiring initiators tell their stories, take you on a journey of the mind, and initiate moments of genuine stillness.
08:00
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08:30
Into the Silence
Rituals
Morning
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