Our Programme
August 23, 2020
10:30 -
12:15
105 min.
Panel Discussion
Tiroltag 2020 "Euregio Fundamentals"
German and Italian language - translation will be provided
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
Social Cohesion
Networking Hour: Welcome!
16:30 -
17:00
30 min.
Social
FAN Welcome
17:00 -
18:30
90 min.
Panel Discussion
Opening of the European Forum Alpbach
August 24, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
09:30 -
10:30
60 min.
Working Group
Health
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Vaccination Development Under Pressure?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Styria
10:30 -
11:00
30 min.
Keynote
Health
COVID-19
Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge on COVID-19
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Working Group
Digitalisation & Innovation
Social Cohesion
Time Capsule 2050: Back to a Better Future
Hosted by EFA Austria, Vienna
11:00 -
12:30
90 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Leistungskraft regionaler Gesundheitssysteme und COVID-19
Unterstützt von Philips Austria
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Sustainability & Globalisation - Conflict or Potential?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Styria
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Digitalisation & Innovation
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Veszna Wessenauer on Digital Rights @ Democracy Booth
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
13:00 -
13:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
COVID-19
Debating COVID-19 – Immunologist and Cognitive Insights
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
Health
COVID-19
Networking Hour: Learnings from Covid-19 – Health
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Working Group
Health
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
Patient Safety in Times of and After COVID-19
Hosted by EFA Armenia
15:00 -
15:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Rights to Vaccines – Intellectual Property and COVID-19
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
Science Communication in Times of Crises
Hosted by EFA Austria, Styria
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Glocalisation - a New Paradigm
Hosted by EFA Austria, Upper Austria and Vorarlberg
15:30 -
16:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Fundamentals of Autonomy
Hosted by EFA Italy, South Tyrol
16:15 -
17:15
60 min.
Interview
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Anya Schiffrin and Karen Attiah on Media Under Fire
18:00 -
18:50
50 min.
Keynote
Health
COVID-19
COVID-19 Diagnostic Directions: Time vs Sensitivity
Supported by Vienna Medical Chamber
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Perplexed Neighbours: Democracy Challenges in East Europe
Hosted by EFA Azerbaijan
18:30 -
19:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Women in Crises
Hosted by EFA Austria, Vienna
19:15 -
20:15
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
The Future of Welfare States
Hosted by EFA Germany
20:30 -
21:30
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Arts & Culture
“The Nuns, The Priests and The Bombs”
Hosted by EFA Austria, Upper Austria
August 25, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
10:00 -
10:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
Digitalisation & Innovation
Personalized Medicine – Prêt-à-Porter or Haute Couture?
10:00 -
10:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Sustainable Buildings in Urban Areas
Hosted by EFA Austria, Upper Austria
11:00 -
11:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Project CINEMA - Revitalising Urban Areas
Hosted by EFA Austria, Upper Austria
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
How to Save the World - Youth Activism in the Spotlight
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
How Fundamental is Steel?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Upper Austria
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
Politics & Democracy
Networking Hour: Africa & Europe Dialogue
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Human Rights and COVID-19
Hosted by EFA India
13:30 -
15:00
90 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
Die Gesundheitsversorgung von morgen
Unterstützt von JOANNEUM RESEARCH Coremed
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
The Hydrogen Prodigy?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Burgenland
15:15 -
16:15
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Delna Antia-Tatic @ Democracy Booth
Unterstützt von Stiftung Mercator und Stiftung Mercator Schweiz
15:30 -
16:15
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
COVID-19
Debating COVID-19 – Winning and Losing the Battle
16:30 -
17:00
30 min.
Interview
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
António Guterres on Multilateralism and a UN for Today and Tomorrow
17:00 -
18:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
Beyond the GDP: Time to Change our Economic Fundamentals?
Hosted by EFA Italy, Trentino
17:00 -
18:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
How Much Globalization can our Health Care System Tolerate?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Upper Austria
17:30 -
18:30
60 min.
Interview
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Anya Schiffrin and Joel Simon on Media under Fire
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Post-Crisis Recovery: Learnings from Russia
Hosted by EFA Russia
19:00 -
19:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
Solidarity in Times of the Pandemic - Learnings from Africa
August 26, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
09:30 -
10:30
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Civil Society and the Quest for Democracy in Albania
Hosted by EFA Albania
10:30 -
11:30
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Cecilia Malmström on the EU's Evolution
Hosted by EFA Sweden
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Arts & Culture
De Profundis, Artists in Discourse Part 1
Session in German and English Language - Translation provided
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Journalism in a Backsliding Democracy
Hosted by EFA Hungary
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Health
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
Mental Health in Times of Crisis
Hosted by EFA Austria, Tyrol
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Working Group
Law & Human Rights
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Water as Fundamental Right
Hosted by EFA Austria, Upper Austria
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Transparency of EU Economic Governance
Hosted by EFA Austria, Italy, Slovenia “Senza Confini”
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Media Freedom: Realities on the Ground @ Democracy Booth
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
12:30 -
13:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Arts & Culture
De Profundis, Artists in Discourse Part 2
Session in German and English Language - Translation provided
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Democracy and Globalisation in Times of COVID-19
Hosted by EFA Austria, Burgenland
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
COVID-19
Arts & Culture
Networking Hour: Learnings from COVID-19 – Arts & Culture
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Energising the Rural Economy - Ideas from India & the World
Hosted by EFA India
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Minority Rights in the Western Balkans & EU Enlargement
Hosted by EFA Austria, Italy, Slovenia “Senza Confini”
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Arts & Culture
De Profundis, Artists in Discourse Part 3
Session in German and English Language - Translation provided
15:30 -
16:30
60 min.
Working Group
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
Individual Resilience and Global Pandemics
Hosted by EFA Switzerland
16:30 -
17:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Arts & Culture
De Profundis, Artists in Discourse Part 4
Session in German and English Language - Translation provided
16:30 -
17:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Recovering Europe: What Vision for the Continent's Future?
Hosted by EFA Italy
16:30 -
17:30
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Health
COVID-19
Editing the Human Genome - Blessing or Curse?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Burgenland
17:30 -
18:30
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
COVID-19 and Media Politics in Georgia
Hosted by EFA Georgia
18:00 -
18:30
30 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Mayoral Leadership. Bringing About Bottom-Up Change
Supported by ERSTE Stiftung
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Arts & Culture
De Profundis, Artists in Discourse Part 5
Session in German and English Language - Translation provided
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Evija Celma on Digital Literacy @ Democracy Booth
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
August 27, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
09:30 -
10:30
60 min.
Working Group
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Our Fundamentals – Where are they in the Digital World?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Lower Austria
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Language as the Bedrock of Social Cohesion
Hosted by EFA Austria, Tyrol
11:30 -
12:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Social Cohesion
Public Spaces Under the Lockdown
Hosted by EFA Armenia
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Enhancing East African Trade Cooperation Post-COVID
Hosted by Alpbach Africa Network
13:00 -
13:20
20 min.
Keynote
Technology
#efatec Opening
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
COVID-19
Technology
Networking Hour: Learnings from COVID-19 – Technology
13:20 -
14:25
65 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Technology
RTI Talk – Live Session from the APA Press Center, Vienna (English)
13:20 -
14:25
65 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Technology
RTI Talk – Live Session from the APA Press Center, Vienna (German OV)
14:30 -
15:00
30 min.
Keynote
Technology
Social Cohesion
Building a Trustworthy Economy
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Chances of Crises in Alpe Adria Region
Hosted by EFA Austria, Italy, Slovenia "Senza Confini"
14:30 -
16:30
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Technology
Life Sciences - Potentials and Limitations
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
15:00 -
16:30
90 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
Technology
A New Policy for Technology, Innovation and Industry
Supported by Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development
16:00 -
17:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Arts & Culture
AI and its Fundamental Impact on Everything
Hosted by EFA Germany
16:30 -
17:00
30 min.
TU Austria Innovation Marathon - live intro
16:15 -
17:00
45 min.
Challenges for gender policies in daily practice – a never ending story?
17:00 -
17:30
30 min.
Digital Patent Cocktail
17:00 -
17:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Technology
Tickets to Berlin: Summer School on Entrepreneurship
17:00 -
18:00
60 min.
Working Group
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Applied Behavioral Economics From an Ethical Approach
Hosted by EFA Hungary
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Future Warfighting - A Conversation with Robert O. Work
Curated by International Institute for Strategic Studies
13:00 -
23:00
600 min.
TU Austria Innovation Marathon - 24 hours
12:00 -
23:00
660 min.
Reading
Arts & Culture
Twenty-Four Hours Reading: 1984
Hosted by Forum Alpbach Network
August 28, 2020
08:50 -
09:00
10 min.
Technology
#efatec - beginning of day 2
10:30 -
11:00
30 min.
Digital Patent Cocktail
09:00 -
11:00
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Technology
Resilience and Digital Future: Synergy or Discrepancy?
Supported by ITG Innovations- und Technologietransfer Salzburg GmbH
09:00 -
11:00
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Technology
Return on Investment: Excellence & Relevance in Science
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
09:00 -
11:00
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Technology
Future Mobility: Ecological, Economic & Social Solutions
Supported by Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH
09:30 -
11:00
90 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Sustainability
Technology
Climate and the Environment – European Perspectives
Supported by Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren
10:00 -
11:00
60 min.
Working Group
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
How to Prepare for Crises? Techniques of Strategic Foresight
Hosted by EFA Austria, Salzburg
01:00 -
12:00
660 min.
Reading
Arts & Culture
Twenty-Four Hours Reading: 1984
Hosted by Forum Alpbach Network
11:30 -
13:00
90 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Arts & Culture
Technology
Living with AI - Opportunities and Challenges for Society
Supported by University of Applied Arts
11:30 -
13:30
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Sustainability
Technology
Europe as a Production Location in Times of Climate Change
Supported by Joanneum Research
11:30 -
13:30
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Sustainability
Technology
Research in Times of Crisis: Benefits of Applied Research?
Supported by Forschung Austria
11:30 -
13:30
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Sustainability
Technology
Hydrogen – a Key Technology for Renewable Energy Systems
Supported by TU Austria
11:30 -
13:30
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Sustainability
Technology
Responsibility. Production. Europe (German Language)
Supported by VFFI
13:30 -
14:00
30 min.
Digital Patent Cocktail
00:00 -
14:00
840 min.
TU Austria Innovation Marathon - 24 hours
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
COVID-19
Sustainability
Technology
Networking Hour: Business for a Sustainable Future I
14:00 -
14:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Technology
TU Austria Innovation Marathon
Supported by TU Austria
14:00 -
14:45
45 min.
Challenges for gender policies in daily practice – a never ending story?
14:00 -
16:00
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Sustainability
Technology
Climate Neutrality 2040: Disruptive Innovations (German Language)
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
14:00 -
16:00
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Sustainability
Technology
Water, the Origin of Life
Supported by ecoplus. Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur
14:00 -
16:00
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
Sustainability
Technology
Feeding the City – or Is the City Feeding You?
Supported by Climate and Energy Fund
14:00 -
16:00
120 min.
Technology
Career lounge for students and young professionals
Supported by Siemens AG Österreich
Curated by Club Alpbach Südtirol Alto Adige
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Keynote
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Fundamental Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hosted by EFA Austria, Salzburg
15:30 -
17:00
90 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Technology
Complexity Science – Corona and the Consequences
Supported by Complexity Science Hub Vienna
16:30 -
17:30
60 min.
Working Group
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
One Flew Over the OSCE’s Nest: Europe Amidst Pandemic Times
Hosted by EFA Albania
16:30 -
18:30
120 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Technology
Critical Technology Trends in Security Sectors
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence
18:30 -
18:40
10 min.
Keynote
Technology
#efatec Closing
17:45 -
18:45
60 min.
Working Group
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
Tourism During and Post COVID-19: Challenges & Opportunities
Hosted by EFA Austria, Lower Austria
19:00 -
20:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Health
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
Health Equity: How to Allocate Scarce Resources
Hosted by EFA Austria, Tyrol
19:45 -
20:45
60 min.
Interview
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Joseph Nye on a World After the Liberal International Order
August 29, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
10:00 -
11:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
A Sustainable Pandemic. Trade-Off Between Climate & Recovery
Hosted by EFA Austria, Italy, Slovenia "Senza Confini"
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Digital Transformation in Education System Through COVID-19?
Hosted by EFA Iraq
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Joanna Rohozinska on Disinformation @ Democracy Booth
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Interview
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Cyber Stability, State Fragility and the new World Peace
Curated by Munich Security Conference
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Networking Hour: Learnings from COVID-19 – Digitalisation
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
African Union - European Union: Youth Cooperation
Hosted by Alpbach Africa Network
14:30 -
15:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
COVID-19
Crisis Management Made in East Asia
15:00 -
15:30
30 min.
Interview
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Anya Schiffrin and Joseph Stiglitz on Media Under Fire
16:00 -
17:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Law & Human Rights
(Il)legal Algorithms
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
16:30 -
17:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Solidarity and Development After the Pandemic
Hosted by Alpbach Africa Network
17:00 -
18:00
60 min.
Working Group
Health
COVID-19
Sustainability
The Rise of Global Hydro-Hubs in the Times of Climate Crisis
Hosted by EFA Azerbaijan
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Interview
Social Cohesion
Making Compassion Viral - Unleashing Many-to-Many-Networks
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Democracy in the Time of Corona - Technology to the Rescue?
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
19:30 -
20:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Championing a Nuclear Test Free World
Supported by CTBTO
August 30, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
10:30 -
12:00
90 min.
Working Group
Politics & Democracy
The current State of the Union - On the way to an EU 2.0?
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
Hosted by EFA Italy, South Tyrol
11:30 -
12:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Arts & Culture
Claiming Art – a Right to Art and Artifacts?
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Africa Free Trade Area: How to Generate Inclusive Growth?
Hosted by Alpbach Africa Network
12:45 -
13:45
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
Water (In)security
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Networking Hour: Learnings from COVID-19– Law
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
Exploring Solutions to Green the EU’s Trade Policy
Curated by Europe Jacques Delors
14:00 -
15:15
75 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Partizipation gestalten – zwischen Brüchigkeit & Stabilität
Unterstützt von Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Going Digital: The Future of Work in Africa post COVID-19
Hosted by Alpbach Africa Network
15:30 -
16:30
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Social Cohesion
Sustainability
Erwin Wagner on Life Sciences
Hosted by EFA Austria, Lower Austria
15:30 -
16:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Is it Europe’s Turn Now? The EU in the World After COVID-19
Supported by European Commission
17:00 -
18:30
90 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
The Future of Multilateralism. Swan Song or Encore?
12:00 -
19:00
420 min.
Working Group
Politics & Democracy
EU 2.0 Hackathon @ Democracy Booth
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
Hosted by EFA Italy, South Tyrol
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
Sustainable Balkans
Hosted by EFA Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia
18:30 -
19:30
60 min.
Working Group
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Time Capsule 2050: Back to a Better Future
Hosted by EFA Austria, Vienna
August 31, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
09:45 -
10:30
45 min.
Interview
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Valdis Dombrovskis on a People's Economy
10:30 -
11:30
60 min.
Working Group
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
Designing the Future of Sustainable Development
Curated by Chatham House
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Resetting the Agenda. Boosting the CEE economy post COVID-19
Supported by Raiffeisen Bank International
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Democratic Parties in Evolution – Survival of the Fittest?
Curated by The Innovation in Politics Institute
Hosted by Alpbach Germany
12:30 -
13:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Mobilizing Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST)
Supported by Office for Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstein
12:30 -
14:00
90 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
Green New Deal. A Just Transformation & Recovery
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
Politics & Democracy
Networking Hour: Visions for the EU
13:15 -
14:15
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Social Cohesion
Socio-economic Shock of COVID-19: China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
Hosted by Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation
10:00 -
15:00
300 min.
Working Group
Politics & Democracy
EU 2.0 Hackathon @ Democracy Booth
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
Hosted by EFA Italy, South Tyrol
14:30 -
15:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
EU Enlargement – Quo Vadis?
Supported by German Cooperation
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Working Group
Politics & Democracy
Can Democracy Tolerate Fake News?
Hosted by EFA Israel
16:00 -
17:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
The Age of Populism?
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
16:00 -
17:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Health
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Corona Trac(k)ing Apps - The Ethics of Public Health
Hosted by EFA Austria, Lower Austria
16:45 -
17:45
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Migration & COVID-19
Hosted by EFA Georgia
17:30 -
18:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
What’s Universal? Fundamental Rights in Conflict
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
17:30 -
18:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
A Tale of All Cities – City Diplomacy
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
19:00 -
20:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Ever Closer Union – the End of European Integration?
19:00 -
20:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
How to Green Finance Using Keynes and Hayek's Work
Hosted by EFA London
20:30 -
22:30
120 min.
Speaker's Night
Hosted by Club Alpbach Austria, Styria
September 1, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
10:00 -
11:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Economy & Financial Markets
Cryptoeconomics - Implications on the Monetary System
Hosted by EFA Switzerland
11:30 -
12:30
60 min.
Working Group
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Minority Rights in the EU
Hosted by EFA Hungary
12:30 -
13:30
60 min.
Working Group
Law & Human Rights
Social Cohesion
Religions: Friend or Foe in the Work for Women’s Rights?
Hosted by EFA Austria, Lower Austria
13:15 -
14:00
45 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Shaping an Inclusive Transformation
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
Digitalisation & Innovation
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
Networking Hour: Business for a sustainable future II
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Joining the Fight against Corruption
curated by International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
14:00 -
15:00
60 min.
Working Group
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
How can Digital Technologies Strengthen our Democracies?
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
Curated by Dezentrum and OTTN - Open Think Tank Network
15:15 -
16:00
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
Governing Global Trade – The Next Chapter
16:30 -
17:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
Kann Technologie die Welt retten?
Unterstützt von Microsoft Austria
17:00 -
18:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
Sustainable Finance: On Theory and Practice
Hosted by EFA Montenegro
18:00 -
18:45
45 min.
Interview
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Jeffrey Sachs on Globalization
18:00 -
19:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Social Cohesion
Gender and Generations – Diversity as Engine for Corporate Success
Supported by Mondi Group
19:00 -
20:00
60 min.
Working Group
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Sustainability
Inward Housing: Stay at Home Architecture
Hosted by EFA Algeria
19:00 -
20:00
60 min.
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Leading as if Life Matters
Hosted by EFA United States of America
September 2, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
10:00 -
11:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Response Alternatives in Emerging Europe
Hosted by EFA Hungary
11:00 -
11:45
45 min.
Interview
Fireside Chat with Franz Fischler and Caspar Einem
11:00 -
12:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
The End Of Video Evidence? Countering Deepfakes With Tech
Hosted by EFA Austria, Italy, Slovenia “Senza Confini”
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
Digitalisation & Innovation
Sustainability
Low-Carbon Transition in Europe: Innovation & Strategies
Hosted by EFA Switzerland
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Tamara Ehs zur ‘Krisendemokratie’ @ Democracy Booth
Unterstützt von Stiftung Mercator und Stiftung Mercator Schweiz
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
Energy Transition? Definitely! But Not in My Backyard
Supported by Austrian Power Grid
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Networking Hour: Learnings from Covid-19 - HR Exchange
14:30 -
16:00
90 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Economy & Financial Markets
Building Trust in Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence
Supported by Austrian Federal Computing Center
15:00 -
16:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
Politics & Democracy
Effective Anti-Corruption Whistleblower Protection
curated by International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
16:00 -
17:00
60 min.
Working Group
Digitalisation & Innovation
Social Cohesion
God and the Machine: Religious Perspectives on AI
Hosted by EFA Switzerland
16:30 -
17:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Economy & Financial Markets
Digital, Trustworthy & Secure: Skills in a Connected World
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
17:30 -
18:15
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
No Planet B - Tech for Sustainability
18:30 -
19:15
45 min.
Fireside Chat with Philippe Narval
18:30 -
19:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
Sustainability
Shaping Climate Policy Toward Climate Justice
Hosted by EFA Austria, Vienna
September 3, 2020
09:00 -
09:15
15 min.
Social
Meditation
09:45 -
10:30
45 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Digitalisation & Innovation
Economy & Financial Markets
Digital Paradigm Shift
12:00 -
13:00
60 min.
Fireside Chat
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Social Cohesion
Christin Lahr on Learning from the Virus @ Democracy Booth
Supported by Stiftung Mercator and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Politics & Democracy
Economy & Financial Markets
A Pan-European Response for Economic Recovery
13:00 -
14:00
60 min.
Networking
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Networking Hour: Learnings from Covid-19 – Managers Exchange
14:30 -
15:30
60 min.
Panel Discussion
COVID-19
Economy & Financial Markets
Illicit Financial Flows - Old Issues, New Solutions
17:00 -
18:00
60 min.
Panel Discussion
Digitalisation & Innovation
Politics & Democracy
Sustainability
Digitalisation for People and Planet
Curated by European Policy Centre
Hosted by EFA Belgium
18:30 -
19:30
60 min.
Fireside Chat
CEE & the EU - Integration and Financial Institutions
Hosted by EFA Belgium
21:00 -
21:45
45 min.
Panel Discussion
Economy & Financial Markets
State Budgets on (the) Edge – From Theory to Practice
European Forum Alpbach Association
European Forum Alpbach Foundation
Main Benefactor
Benefactor
Contributor
Austrian Development Agency
Baker McKenzie
Gesellschaft Österreich Ungarn
Raiffeisen Bank International AG