5th June 2019 – TOURISM FORUM
| Start | Place | Frame | Subject | Speakers, Authors & Guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:00 p.m. | Hotel Holiday Inn Villach | Tourism Forum I New tourism concepts | Money or life: What does our identity cost? Conflict potentials using the example of Arab tourism in Zell am See. | With Nadine Scharfenort, Visiting Professor for Globalization, Transformation and Gender Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin |
| 02:30 p.m. | Hotel Holiday Inn Villach | Expert discussion Moderation: Gudrun Leb, ORF Carinthia | Land & Owners: Who owns Austria? Survival strategies to preserve the uniqueness of the country. | With Nadine Scharfenort, Brigitte Kratzwald (social scientist), Gerlind Weber (space researcher), Karin Schabus (farm holidays) and Georg Overs (Villach Tourism). |
| 04:00 p.m. | Hotel Holiday Inn Villach | Tourism Forum II Home Abroad Earth | Dealing with culture and space | We and You: Is our home(land) still to save? Alternative scenarios to rethink home and preserve the future of people and tourism. | With Elsbeth Wallnöfer, folklorist, philosopher and author |
| 04:30 p.m. | Hotel Holiday Inn Villach | Expert discussion Moderation: Harald Hafner, Travel Industry Club Austria | Foreign home: How far can tourism go? Travel as a social phenomenon, culture and nature as a commodity. Consumption as terror. | With tourism researcher Peter Zellmann, Secretary General Josef Plank (BMNT), tourism consultant Manfred Kohl, Katrin Karschat (Naturfreunde Internationale) and Elsbeth Wallnöfer et al. |
| 07:00 p.m. | Hotel Holiday Inn Villach | Reception | Welcome of the guests of honor, speakers and participants. | With Reinhard Rohr (president of the provincial parliament), Guenther Albel (Mayor) and Hannes Swoboda (president of the board). |
6th June 2019 – HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
| Beginn | Ort | Format | Thema | Referenten, Autoren und Gäste |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.00 a.m. | Fresach, Evang. Church | Opening | Home Abroad Earth: Who owns Europe? In search of the identity of the Old Continent. | Key Note by Maurizio Bettini, philogogist at the University of Siena. Opening by President Hannes Swoboda and others. |
| 11.00 a.m. | Fresach, Museum Square (or House of Culture) | Citizens' dialogue | My Home, My Earth: Future in the Europe Region Villach. | What does "Home" mean for us? Open dialogue to collect theses for the Fresach Regions Charter. Results/final editing in the evening. |
| 02:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Talk | Creation Myths: About the Foundations of Our World. Traveling through the cultures. | Protestant Pastor Lydia Burchhardt talks with Author und Journalist Claus Reitan. |
| 02:30 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Panel discussion Politics & Religion | New creation out of chaos: Concepts for Europe. What needs to be done to protect our homeland? | Literary-philosophical discussion moderated with Lydia Burchhard, Nadine Scharfenort, Alexander Peer and Dimitré Dinev by Claus Reitan. |
| 04:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Talk | Unheard complaints: Europe from a British point of view. | The literary scholar Rüdiger Görner (London) in conversation with Chief editor Claus Reitan. |
| 04:30 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Panel discussion Politics & Integration | Europe after Brexit: Redefining a continent. Are Winston Churchill's 'United States of Europe" an illusion? | Political-philosophical discussion with Rüdiger Görner, Serafettin Yildiz, Hannes Swoboda a.o. moderated by Claus Reitan. |
| 06:00 p.m. | Gasthaus zum Wirt | Dialogue | Editing Conference | European Regions Charta: Final edition within a small circle. | Evaluation of the opinions and theses collected during the day. Moderation by Margarethe Prinz-Büchl. |
| 07:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Festival of Tolerance | Home Abroad Earth: Center of Life. | PEN authors read from their works about the feeling of home and the nature of the stranger, about homesickness and the longing for the distance. |
| 08:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Festival of Tolerance Tolerance Award | European Tolerance Award 2019 for Democracy and Human Rights by the City of Villach | Official announcement and awarding of the European Tolerance Award 2019. |
| 08:15 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Festival of Tolerance | Songs from the South: Musical travels from here to there. | Tonč Finig Trio. The Austrian-Slovenian pianist, composer and music producer is one of the heroes of the local jazz elite, he plays together with Robert Jukič and Žiga Smrdel. |
7th June 2019 – FOUNDERS DAY
| Beginn | Ort | Format | Thema | Referenten, Autoren und Gäste |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 a.m. | Tolerance Center | Lecture | Who owns Europe? Power relations in global capitalism. | Key Note by Hans Jürgen Jakobs, journalist and author. |
| 10:00 a.m. | Tolerance Center | Morning Talk Politics & Spatial planning | Resource planning 2020: The region as a silent reserve? | The CEO of the Austrian Hagelversicherung, Kurt Weinberger, talks with Sonja Sagmeister (ORF). |
| 10:30 a.m. | Tolerance Center | Tolerance Forum I Politics & Human Rights | The world in the village: Do we sell us too cheap? What is still sacred to us? Where does our homeland go when the (international) capital governs? | Podium round with Hans Jürgen Jakobs, Kurt Weinberger (ORF) Salim Alafenisch, Brigitte Kratzwald, Johann Neuner, Michael Zinganel directed by Sonja Sagmeister (ORF). |
| 12:00 a.m. | Tolerance Center | Creation Talk | Life Cercles: Creation myths in the special exhibition 2019. | With exhibition tour. |
| 02:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Economics Talk | In the middle of our Life:Impact of demographic changes on the economy and social security systems. | Demography researcher and EU commission advisor Rainer Münz in conversation with Peter Fritz (ORF). |
| 02:30 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Tolerance Forum II Spatial Planning & Regional Development | Happy New Europe: Foundations of positive demographic development. | Podium talk with Rainer Münz, Peter Zellmann, Susanne Dungs, Helmuth A. Niederle and Ilse Gerhard, moderated by Peter Fritz (ORF). |
| 04:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Lecture Digitization | In the rush of data: How we determine the future of artificial intelligence, automation and bio-economy. | An introduction with innovation researcher Petra Schaper-Rinkel and Thomas Cik (Kleine Zeitung). |
| 04:30 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Tolerance Forum III Innovation & Technology | Start-up and Go! New recipes for disadvantaged regions. | Panel discussion on strategies, opportunities and risks with Petra Schaper-Rinkel, Iris Straßer, Dimitré Dinev, Christian Philipp Moderation: Thomas Cik (Kleine Zeitung). |
| 06:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Evening Talk | ... and God saw, that it was good. Creation - Responsibility - Future. | The exhibition curator Alexander Hanisch-Wolfram presenting the special exhibition 2018. |
| 07:00 p.m. | Tolerance Center | Competition | Stand up Villach! Founder ideas 2019. | Start-ups and founders face the audience voting with their ideas and projects. |
8th June 2019 – MORNING TALK
| Beginn | Ort | Format | Thema | Referenten, Autoren und Gäste |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 a.m. | Gasthaus "Zum Wirt" | Tolerance Breakfast | Home Abroad Earth Authors discuss with participants. Open House. | Get-together with present authors, students, interested participants and visitors. |
| 11:00 a.m. | Gasthaus "Zum Wirt" | Award Ceremony and Farewell | Tolerance Awards 2019 | Award of authors, projects, aso. Announcement theme 2020. |