Market of the Future Salzkammergut

Focus on key issues for the future

Dialogue Formats From the Fields of Art, Science and Research, Initiative Culture and Activism.

(Original title: Markt der Zukunft Salzkammergut)

Subject to change
Markt der Zukunft
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Contributors

Designers, experts and artists from the entire Salzkammergut 2024 region
Birgit Lurz, Wolfgang Schlag (project managers)

Christina Jaritsch (Head of Programme Climate Change, Gender Diversity)

When
June and July 2024

About the project

The innovation festival Markt der Zukunft, or Market of the Future presents outstanding projects and concepts from the Salzkammergut region and other model regions on the topics of ecology and climate protection, nutrition and sustainable agriculture, new social and education models as well as alternative business and working models in the age of digital transformation. It will invite designers, experts and visitors to attend a practice-oriented forum and take part in dialogue formats at the intersection of art, science and research, initiative culture and activism.

How can we create awareness of the urgency and potential for the potential of transformative, community-oriented ideas? How can new alliances be formed in order to strengthen social and ecological movements? The Markt der Zukunft (the Market of the Future) will invite guests from the fields of science, initiative culture, arts and politics to work on questions like this using an interdisciplinary approach. A medium term goal is to create a network whose center is formed by people and initiatives from the Salzkammergut region.

Festival Programming

The festival consists of (preparatory) modules in different parts of the Salzkammergut region whose goal is to explore important local as well as interregional questions regarding the eco-social transformation of the society. Transformation der Gesellschaft zu erörtern. The primary module of the Salzkammergut region ;Markt der Zukunft, or Market of the Future, is the innovation festival with the formats of the citizens’ forum and discourse programming.

The citizens’ forum will present more than 40 “good practices”, future initiatives and real labs from throughout all of Austria with a focus on the Salzkammergut region. The discourse and workshop programming will deepen the examination of especially relevant initiatives and topics in which the focus is placed on collaborations, creative protest and effective transformation strategies.