Sessions
The Future of the Multilateral Trading System and the World Trade Organization
21 May - 23 May, 2012
Austria
With the protracted negotiations on the Doha Trade Round stalled, the implications for the multilateral trading system and indeed the World Trade Organization (WTO) itself are daunting. Do the stalled talks threaten the operation of other parts of the WTO, such as dispute settlement, which operate ...
15th Annual Freeman Salzburg Symposium on Dynamic Asia: Strategies for a Common Future
14 Jun - 19 Jun, 2012
Vibrant economic growth and social development across East and Southeast Asia continues to shift the center of gravity in the world economy toward the Pacific. Asia is actively shaping its own future through increased regional trade and cooperation, and this in turn is triggering reassessment of its ...
Financial Regulation: Bridging Global Differences
16 Aug - 19 Aug, 2012
Austria
In response to the global financial crisis, regulatory authorities in the US, Europe and Asia undertook at the request of the G-20 an overhaul of their financial regulation systems with the aim of monitoring better systemic risk posed by market activities, and ensuring more effective supervision of ...
Political Reform and Social Transformation in the Middle East and North Africa: Strengthening the Core of Civil Society and Women's Leadership
09 Sep - 14 Sep, 2012
Austria
Whatever the beginnings of reform processes, sustaining healthy transitions and securing more democratic and equitable societies requires a strong civil society and full participation of women. Indicators of a strong civil society include robust public discourse, engaged citizens, access to information, ...
Optimizing Talent - Closing Education and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide: Higher Education and Lifelong Learning
02 Oct - 07 Oct, 2012
Austria
Overview
Education provides an essential key to realizing true individual potential. Ideally, an equitable and effective educational system facilitates social mobility and leads to the development and increased prosperity of its citizens, and thus of societies as a whole. While great strides ...
Rethinking Value Production in Business and Social Contexts:
Leveraging Investment for Social Good through New Models
13 Oct - 17 Oct, 2012
Austria
The world is in crisis, and acute societal needs around education, healthcare, access to water, energy and other critical services are continuing to grow. In a time of scarce resources and financial instability, traditional approaches to philanthropy have fallen short of addressing the world's most ...
Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders
27 Oct - 01 Nov, 2012
Austria
The Salzburg Global Seminar and National Arts Strategies (based in Alexandria, Virginia) will launch an annual leadership development forum for young cultural leaders from around the globe in October 2012. The Salzburg Forum will provide a unique learning opportunity for "next generation" cultural ...
Philanthropy in Times of Crisis: Catalyzing Forces of Change
01 Dec - 04 Dec, 2012
Austria
What are the best options and strategies for philanthropy - especially private charitable institutions - to help build and sustain open and more equitable societies, especially during and emerging from times of crisis? The changes sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at this time ...
China in the 21st Century: What Kind of World Power?
04 Dec - 09 Dec, 2012
Austria
The program of annual sessions on Asia will continue in 2012 with a session on "China in the 21st Century: What Kind of World Power?" The event-modeled partly on "The US in the World", held immediately after President Obama's election in November 2008-will closely follow the formal inauguration of the ...
Special Sessions / Programs
Learning from the Past: Global Perspectives on Holocaust Education
27 Jun - 01 Jul, 2012
From June 27-July 1 2012, the Salzburg Global Seminar will be hosting an intensive, in-depth, international symposium that will examine the role of the Holocaust as a reference point for educators around the world who teach about human rights and other genocides. In particular, this symposium will focus ...
USHMM Genocide Prevention Expert Planning Meeting
09 Sep - 11 Sep, 2012
Washington, DC,
USA
This multi-year project is being developed in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum under the direction of Michael Abramowitz, (Director, Committee on Conscience, USHMM) and seeks to improve the chances that genocide can in future be halted, deterred or otherwise prevented, based ...
International Study Program
Global Citizenship: At Home and in the World
30 May - 06 Jun, 2012
Austria
Colleges and Universities as Sites of Global Citizenship
08 Jul - 15 Jul, 2012
Austria
Fellow Events
Good Behaviors: The Crucial Connection between Health and Education
08 Jun - 11 Jun, 2012
France
Throughout the world the burden of chronic disease has been growing, and much of this relates to lifestyle choices. For all the successes of well-resourced and effective campaigns around key issues - such as tobacco, nutrition and exercise, drugs and alcohol, and sexually transmitted infections - the ...
Next Generation Leadership for Egypt
09 Jun - 10 Jun, 2012
Cairo,
Egypt
The mass movement which led to the overthrow of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak signaled desire of many Egyptians not only for a change of government, but also for a generational change in the country's power structures. The protestors were, to a great extent, much younger than the political ...
Resistance and Readiness: Immigration, Nativism and the Challenge of Ethnic and Religious Diversity in the US and Europe Today
27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2012
A special four day symposium organized by the Salzburg Seminar American Studies Association will be held at the Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria from September 27-October 1, 2012. The symposium is open to individuals working in the field of the topic; most participants will be university ...
Educating for the Modern Global Economy: The Role of Academia in Positioning a Nation in the World Market
04 Oct - 05 Oct, 2012
Greece
Events of recent years must surely have erased any remaining doubts about the interconnectedness of the world's economies. From the credit crises in the US and EU to the natural disasters in Japan and Thailand, and social unrest in the Middle East, the economic waves of local problems have made themselves ...
The 5 Things You Should Know About Doing Business in China
19 Oct - 20 Oct, 2012
Germany
Ten years after China's accession to the WTO, there are few who would question the importance of its role in the global economy. But this quick rise has given only limited time for foreigners to understand where they stand in relation to this new power. Whether you're a seasoned China expert or interested ...
Screening America: Film and Television in the 21st Century
15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2012
The Salzburg Seminar American Studies Association (SSASA) is organizing a four day symposium on American film and television, to be held at the Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, from November 15-19, 2012. All activities will take place at the historic Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, ...
Salzburg Academy
The Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change
22 Jul - 11 Aug, 2012
The Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change
21 Jul - 10 Aug, 2013
