24 May 2023 – ETHICS FORUM >> Bamberg Saal Villach

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
06:00 p.m.	Bambergsaal Villach and online via Facebook & Youtube	Opening Talk: Growth in the field of tension between evolution and belief in progress	Ethics of Enough: Growing pains and how to deal with them.	Pastor Nikolaus Schneider, former chairman of the Evangelical Church in Germany, in conversation with Renata Schmidtkunz, ORF Vienna.
07:00 p.m.	Bambergsaal Villach	Opening reception for speakers, moderators and invited guests	Greeting and reception: Growth and more for advanced users.	With Governor Peter Kaiser, Carinthian Parliament's President Reinhart Rohr, DRF-President Hannes Swoboda et al.

 

25 May 2023 – EUROPEAN FORUM >> Tolerance Center Fresach

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
09.00 a.m.	Fresach Evang. Church	Opening	Recource planing 2030: Growth, but how?	With DRF-President Hannes Swoboda, DRF-Chairman Manfred Sauer, Carinthian Federal President Reinhart Rohr
09.30 a.m.	Fresach Evang. Church	Political Analysis	Growth at the beginning | Future at the End? European perspectives on a rhetoric question.	Opening speech by Marlene Streeruwitz, author, essayist and filmmaker
11.00 a.m.	Tolerance Center	European Forum I Politics & Society	Growth in the End | Ready for Change? Foundation of the New World Order.	Panel discussion with bestselling author Franz Alt, climate protector Lena Schilling, Club of Rome Austria Chapter President Hannes Swoboda, theologian Barbara Rauchwarter, sustainability researcher Christine Ax. Moderation: Claus Reitan.
12.30 a.m.	Fresach	Lunchtime	Lunchtime	Lunchtime
02.00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	European Forum II Development Policy	Growth today | How much is enough? The beginning of the end or the only alternative to the world's problems.	With common good expert Christian Felber and Africa incubator Tara Méité. Moderator: Peter Fritz (ORF).
03.00 p.m.	Fresach	Afternoon Break	Afternoon Break	Afternoon Break
04.00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Talk Meaning & Values	Amazonia with us: What we can learn from the Third World.	The Catholic theologian, researcher of meaning and values Paul M. Zulehner in conversation with Mathilde Schwabeneder (ORF).
04.30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	European Forum III Politics & Religion	Growth tomorrow | A question of Faith? In search of new narratives.	Panel discussion with Paul M. Zulehner, writer Dietmar Krug, Alina Lindermuth und Em. Evang. Bischop Michael Bünker moderated by Mathilde Schwabeneder (ORF).
05.30 p.m.	Fresach	Break	Break	Break
06.30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Festival of Tolerance Award Ceremony	European Tolerance Award 2023 for Human Rights of the City of Villach	Announcement and awarding.
08.00 p.m.	Private houses	Festival of Tolerance Kitchen & Chimney Talks	Growth creates immagination: Literary Interventions.	With author Alexander Peer, Daniela Chana, Margarita Fuchs and participants ETG23.

 

26 May 2023 – ECONOMIC FORUM >> Tolerance Center Fresach

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors and Guests
09:00 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Lecture People & Capitalism	Ethos Growth: The Perpetual Revolution. Why capitalism is blamed for nearly all the world's ills and yet has solved most of them.	The Frankfurt historian Werner Plumpe in conversation with his student Michael Paul.
10:00 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Break	Break	Break
10:30 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Economic Forum I Technology & Growth	Green Deal – The answer to climate change? How the restructuring of the economy can succeed.	The Munich financial investor and author Hans Albrecht in conversation with Sonja Sagmeister (ORF). Afterwards panel discussion with Carinthian Governor Peter Kaiser, Andrea Höglinger (FFG) and KELAG-Boardmember Reinhard Draxler.
12:00 a.m.	Fresach	Lunchtime	Lunchtime	Lunchtime
02:00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Lecture Human Environment	Endless Growth – The eco-planetary Future On the way to the evergreen revolution.	The electrical engineer Georg Brasseur outlines his vision for a CO2-free and environmentally friendly further development of mankind.
02:30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Economic Forum II Organisation & Growth	Healthy Growth – the most important Parameters. How the transformation of industry becomes successful.	With Rethink Energy Europe initiator Georg Brasseur, philosopher Graham Parkes, globalization expert Valentin Wedl and economic chamber Vice president Astrid Legner. Moderator: Thomas Cik (Kleine Zeitung).
03:30 p.m.	Fresach	Break	Break	Break
04:30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Talk Management & Growth	Rethinking Growth – A Guide. Intelligent strategies for transformation.	With Ruth Seliger, system consultant and management coach & Christine Ax, sustainability researcher.
05:00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Economic Forum III Politics & Growth	Carinthia keeps growing – but where to? Projects for the next legislative period.	Panel discussion with EU Coordinator Martina Rattinger, LR Gaby Schaunig, FH rector Angelika Mitterbacher, economist Norbert Wohlgemuth, author Egyd Gstättner. Moderator: Jochen Bendele.
06:30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Young Poetry Slam	Post Growth Economy Shrinking instead of Growing?	Young authors face the audience voting, moderated by Lukas Hofbauer.

 

27 May 2023 – POETS FORUM >> Gasthaus “zum Wirt”

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors and Guests
08:30 a.m.	Gasthaus "Zum Wirt"	Tolerance Breakfast Poets' Forum	Focus on Growth: Authors discuss with contemporaries. Open house.	Get-together with authors, students, interested participants and visitors.