EFA24 Programme
These are some of the highlights of the EFA24. The programme and list of contributors will be updated continuously. We look forward to seeing you in Alpbach!
Speakers Selection
Andreas Dombret
Anna Lührmann
Arancha González Laya
Gerda Holzinger-Burgstaller
Cédric Villani
Carl Bildt
Luisa Neubauer
Kirsten Dunlop
Peter Bosek
Werner Stengg
Sylvie Goulard
Jakov Milatović
Gordan Grlić Radman
Joschka Fischer
Cristina Gherasimov
Miroslav Lajcak
James O'Brien
Karoline Edtstadler
Werner Kogler
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu
Michael Kofman
Samir Saran
Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz
Nipun Mehta
Mario Nava
Norbert Totschnig
Alma Zadić
Hina Rabbani Khar
Anja Meierkord
Maria Demertzis
Programme 2024
Saturday, 17. August
Early morning
Euregio Young Researcher Award 2024
Six finalists from different scientific disciplines will present their high-level research work on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). Those who have impressed the jury, consisting of researchers from the Euregio and jury president Ulrike Tappeiner, with their work and presentation will be honoured at the award ceremony in the evening. Information about the finalists and their research projects can be found on the Euregio website (click here: Euregio-JungforscherInnenpreis | Europaregion Euregio - Tirol - Südtirol - Trentino).
08:30
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13:00
Euregio Young Researcher Award 2024
Euregio Innovation Award 2024
During the Euregio Days, enterprises from the Euregio region Tyrol/South Tyrol/Trentino; will present their innovative products, processes and services concerning the field of artificial intelligence. The best projects are selected by a top-level jury led by Josef Margreiter and will be awarded at the evening event. Information about the finalists and their research projects can be found on the Euregio website (click here: Euregio-Innovationspreis | Europaregion Euregio - Tirol - Südtirol - Trentino).
08:30
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13:00
Euregio Innovation Award 2024
Sunday, 18. August
Morning
Holy Mass
09:00
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09:45
Holy Mass
Traditional reception with the Alpbach rifle company and the Alpbach federal music band
10:00
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11:00
Traditional reception with the Alpbach rifle company and the Alpbach federal music band
Tyrol Day 2024: Euregio Summit on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a fascinating and omnipresent topic.What possibilities does AI offer and what impact is it already having on our daily lives? What are the opportunities for the Euregio and its municipalities? What ethical and moral questions need to be considered? The Euregio Summit of the Tyrol Day 2024 provides answers!link to the programme: 20240715_Einladung_Tiroltag_invito_Giornata_del_Tirolo_2024_neu.pdf (europaregion.info)
11:00
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12:30
Tyrol Day 2024: Euregio Summit on Artificial Intelligence
Afternoon
EFA Loggia 2.0: Opening
The architecture studio "Studio Calas" and the apprentices of the Tyrolean Vocational School for Wood Engineering Absam worked together to create the new EFA Loggia 2.0. The European Forum Alpbach invites you to the official opening! //INFO: In case of bad weather this session will take place in CCA Liechtenstein Saal.
14:30
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15:00
EFA Loggia 2.0: Opening
Picnic: Europe after the elections
15:00
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16:30
Picnic: Europe after the elections
Evening
Welcome of Scholarship Holders
The European Forum Alpbach 2024 kick-off for scholarship holders and participants of the Alpbach Seminars: Meet your peers, see an art performance and inform yourself about everything you need to know to successfully navigate through the days ahead.
18:00
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19:30
Welcome of Scholarship Holders
EFA24 Welcoming Party
Your first evening at the EFA24, will be celebrated with an Opening Party at the local soccer ground with Food and Drinks. INFO: You can only get food and drinks with vouchers. They will be distributed at the CCA. First come first served.
20:00
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23:00
EFA24 Welcoming Party
Monday, 19. August
Noon
Road to Alpbach
Road to Alpbach is a photography and art community project. The aim is to bring together scholarship holders and other participants. This is to highlight the incredible diversity of people that the European Forum Alpbach brings together every year.
12:30
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14:30
Road to Alpbach
Open Your Mind: Share your EFA story
In this session scholarship holders are invited to co-author a book on the EFA24 annual theme: They will be guided to write their story on the Alpbach Seminars, their personal Moment of Truth and other reflections. For more information, click here.
13:30
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14:30
Open Your Mind: Share your EFA story
Food for Thought
“Food for Thought” takes the form of an open space following the concept of a “Speaker’s Corner”, where anyone is invited to suggest a topic of their choice and facilitate a discussion on it. Anyone – seminar chairs, distinguished visitors, scholarship holders, villagers, EFA staff and others – can host a presentation. We look forward to lively discussions!//INFO: Please inform the responsible EFA team member in the morning of the day you’re planning to speak.
13:30
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14:30
Food for Thought
Tuesday, 20. August
Noon
Open Your Mind: Inhabit the Future
In an election campaign the EFA24 invites participants to vote on an optimistic, long-term vision of the future, reclaiming their power of imagination and taking a first step towards a better tomorrow. Join this session and get involved.
13:30
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14:30
Open Your Mind: Inhabit the Future
Food for Thought
“Food for Thought” takes the form of an open space following the concept of a “Speaker’s Corner”, where anyone is invited to suggest a topic of their choice and facilitate a discussion on it. Anyone – seminar chairs, distinguished visitors, scholarship holders, villagers, EFA staff and others – can host a presentation. We look forward to lively discussions!//INFO: Please inform the responsible EFA team member in the morning of the day you’re planning to speak.
13:30
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14:30
Food for Thought
Evening
Euregio Talent Forum
Discover new career opportunities and connect with top companies at the Euregio Talent Forum. This event provides a unique platform for all EFA attendees to easily network with leading businesses from the European region Tyrol-South-Tyrol-Trentino. Don’t miss out on this chance to explore exciting professional challenges and advance your career!
19:30
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21:30
Euregio Talent Forum
FANC Speed Friending
Welcome to Alpbach: This is your chance to meet new people and make lifelong friends! This event offers the perfect opportunity to engage in a series of short, exciting conversations. Each round lasts just a few minutes, giving you the chance to make a memorable first impression and discover common interests.
20:00
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22:00
FANC Speed Friending
Wednesday, 21. August
Noon
Food for Thought
“Food for Thought” takes the form of an open space following the concept of a “Speaker’s Corner”, where anyone is invited to suggest a topic of their choice and facilitate a discussion on it. Anyone – seminar chairs, distinguished visitors, scholarship holders, villagers, EFA staff and others – can host a presentation. We look forward to lively discussions!//INFO: Please inform the responsible EFA team member in the morning of the day you’re planning to speak.
13:30
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14:30
Food for Thought
Open Your Mind: Managing Yourself: How to Keep Focused in Stressful Situations.
In this practical exercise participants will learn, based on their own capabilities, methods of how to concentrate on the important issues when it is needed most and despite times of manifold distraction.
13:30
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14:30
Open Your Mind: Managing Yourself: How to Keep Focused in Stressful Situations.
Thursday, 22. August
Noon
Open Your Mind: Meditations for our Moment of Truth – Part 1
Mindfulness and compassion are often associated with wellbeing, but they can also support our sense-making and skillful action in the world. In this session, we will explore practices for resilience in challenging times and aid the process of learning and discernment.
13:30
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14:30
Open Your Mind: Meditations for our Moment of Truth – Part 1
Food for Thought
“Food for Thought” takes the form of an open space following the concept of a “Speaker’s Corner”, where anyone is invited to suggest a topic of their choice and facilitate a discussion on it. Anyone – seminar chairs, distinguished visitors, scholarship holders, villagers, EFA staff and others – can host a presentation. We look forward to lively discussions!//INFO: Please inform the responsible EFA team member in the morning of the day you’re planning to speak.
13:30
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14:30
Food for Thought
Evening
“First time Kosovo/Serbia” by Idro Seferi Filmscreening/Talk
There is always a first time, the first time to visit a country, to get to know some of its citizens — and when these are usually portrayed as enemies, the reality can be a positive shock: They have similar concerns and dreams like you!
18:30
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21:30
“First time Kosovo/Serbia” by Idro Seferi Filmscreening/Talk
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Mission: Unaccomplished
We would like to invite all participants to share and celebrate their stories of “failure” and talk about their personal experiences. The goal is to question the dominant narratives of success and to embrace imperfection. Join us and share your stories. INFO: This is a safe space – the EFA Code of Conduct needs to be respected.
20:00
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22:00
Mission: Unaccomplished
Friday, 23. August
Morning
Morning Seminars
The Alpbach Seminars aim to provide scientific knowledge, arts and personal skill development tools to young scholarship holders from all over the world. In the morning seminars, the focus will be on scientific insights and cutting-edge knowledge presented in an interactive, tangible, and entrepreneurial manner, encouraging critical reflection. These seminars will be structured around the four thematic tracks of the European Forum Alpbach offering hands-on experiences through simulations, best practices, and case studies. The scientific seminars are hosted by Seminar Chairs who excel in diverse scientific disciplines.
09:00
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12:30
Morning Seminars
Seminar
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. The EFA24 Labs | European Forum Alpbach
09:00
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12:30
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Anything Goes? Truth and Progress in Science and Society
Discuss provocative ideas and challenge conventional views on truth and scientific change in a free society. Are the ideas of truth and reason able to navigate us through the sea of alternatives and contradicting information? Is there one truth or many? Is there a crisis of knowledge? How real is reality? Can relativism explain different cultures and societies? What determines the quest for knowledge in science: “Trial and Error” or “Anything Goes”?
09:00
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12:30
Anything Goes? Truth and Progress in Science and Society
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Seminar
Noon
Open Your Mind: Meditations for our Moment of Truth – Part 2
Mindfulness and compassion are often associated with wellbeing, but they can also support our sense-making and skillful action in the world. In this session, we will explore practices for resilience in challenging times and aid the process of learning and discernment.
13:30
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14:30
Open Your Mind: Meditations for our Moment of Truth – Part 2
Being With... Empathy Through Relationships
Join a workshop on how to be with yourself, and develop empathy in relationships. Limited spots available! With: Lucy Skilbeck is a director and dramaturg with many years of experience in actor training. She also advises major international performance sports coaching organisations and clubs like Bayer Leverkusen about performance and teamwork.
13:30
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14:30
Being With... Empathy Through Relationships
Afternoon
Afternoon Seminars
The Alpbach Seminars aim to provide scientific knowledge, arts and personal skill development tools to young scholarship holders from all over the world. The afternoon seminars revolve around arts and (personal) skill development. The arts seminars will be highly participative and creative and showcase a rich tapestry of experiences to render complex topics, both emotionally and intellectually accessible. The skill-based seminars are facilitated by practitioners with real-world expertise, who employ innovative methods to enhance participants’ skills preparing them for the challenges of the contemporary landscape.
15:00
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18:00
Afternoon Seminars
Seminar
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. The EFA24 Labs | European Forum Alpbach
15:00
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18:00
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Evening
Alpbach Seminars - Closing
Join the European Forum Alpbach 2024 Alpbach Seminars closing ceremony! A group of young talents from all over the world celebrates the successful completion of the Alpbach Seminars, shares insights into their learnings and takeaways, and gives inspiring art performances.
19:00
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20:00
Alpbach Seminars - Closing
Open Air Concert Alpbach Brass Band
On Fridays during the summer months, the Alpbach brass band hosts their open-air concert on the village square. All Alpbach residents as well as national and international guests are cordially invited!
20:00
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20:30
Open Air Concert Alpbach Brass Band
Saturday, 24. August
Morning
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. The EFA24 Labs | European Forum Alpbach
09:00
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12:30
Labs: Multi-Day Working Sessions
Alpbach IDEAS Kick-Off
Join us for the Alpbach IDEAS programme 2024/25! Alpbach IDEAS is a one-year journey that bridges the gap between theory, and offers a space to experiment, learn and co-create ideas for a more democratic and sustainable Europe to aspiring changemakers and innovators. Learn more about the programme and participation at Alpbach IDEAS 2024/2025.
10:00
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12:00
Alpbach IDEAS Kick-Off
Noon
EFA Connects: Lunch Tables
If you don’t feel like having lunch by yourself or if you are interested in meeting fellow EFA participants, why not join one of the EFA Connects lunch tables! Strike up a conversation and make new contacts. The tables are not hosted, so you are on your own. How about a question about the best Kaiserschmarren in Alpbach or recommendations for the afternoon programme? EFA Connects lunch tables are located in the Erste Lounge in the CCA café and in the restaurants Jakober and Berghof, and are marked by little EFA flags.
12:00
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14:00
EFA Connects: Lunch Tables
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 take action. // INFO: To ensure a focused and engaging experience, we won't 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*
International Bazar
No place captures the idea of a global village quite like Alpbach during EFA. With the International Bazar we will further distil this rich tapestry of cultures into a thick spirit, for all to come and sample. Join us as the countries represented at Alpbach show off the very best of their homelands at individual booths. Whether through food, music, or art, we invite you to a journey around the globe without the need to catch a plane.INFO: Please feel warmly invited to attend the International Bazar in your traditional clothing. The EFA Code of Conduct needs to be respected.
13:00
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16:00
International Bazar
Evening