Economic conditions and technical innovations have reduced distances and made people more mobile and international. Ever more often, they will shift the centre of their lives within a generation, make their homes in different cities, and leave their mark on these cities by virtue of their interests and demands. Migration as an integral feature of the globalised economy has shaped the face of our cities. Internal migration and transnational migration, as well as the cultures introduced by migrants, are clearly perceptible in the cityscape, in recreational activities, in the goods offered for consumption, in business etc. Cities are inherently differentiated and becoming more multifaceted, more diverse, more colourful. Open cities make creative use of these potentials of diversity and difference, as well as the resulting tensions. They are reflected in their economic dynamism, in the cities’ relations with the world around them, in their urban design, their creative environments and their innovative strategies.
Program
17 August 2007
09:30 - 09:45 / Opening
Erhard Busek, Präsident, Europäisches Forum Alpbach, Wien
09:45 - 10:15 / Opening keynote
Verena Knaus, Team Leader and Senior Turkey Analyst, European Stability Initiative, Istanbul
10:15 - 11:45 / Panel 1
Mariana Celac, Independent Architect, writer and consultant, Bucharest
Elena Dimitrova, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACG), University of Architecture, Sofia
Orhan Esen, City Researcher, Istanbul
Andreas Braun, Geschäftsführer, d. swarovski tourism services gmbh, Wattens
12:15 - 13:45 / Panel 2
Grigor Doytchinov, Professor am Institut für Städtebau, Technische Universität Graz
Heinz Fassmann, Professor am Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung der Universität Wien
Markus Spiegelfeld, Geschäftsführer, Spiegelfeld Architektur Management, Wien
Iván Tosics, Sociologist, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest
Andreas Braun, Geschäftsführer, d. swarovski tourism services gmbh, Wattens
15:00 - 17:00 / Urban Investments
Iuliu Cosmin Coman, Strategy Director, City Hall, Iasi
Bernd Gaiswinkler, Vorstand, Porr Projekt und Hochbau Aktiengesellschaft, Wien
Peter Krammer, Mitglied des Vorstandes der STRABAG AG, Sparte Hoch- und Ingenieurbau, Unternehmensbereich Europa, Wien
Gerhard Schuster, Geschäftsführer BUWOG, Geschäftsführer ESG Villach, Vizepräsident FGW, Wien
Ismail Unal, Mayor of Besiktas, Istanbul (to be confirmed)
Oktay Varlier, Board Member, Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), Istanbul
Chair Gerfried Sperl, Consulting editor, Der Standard, Wien
18:00 - 19:00 / Special Lecture "The New Prishtina"
Kai Vöckler, Urbanist, Archis Interventions, Berlin
Cultural Programme
11:45 - 12:00 Opening of the Exhibition "Bul fiction - from Vienna to Istanbul"
Martin Hablesreiter and Sonja Stummerer, honey & bunny, Wien
19.00 Opening of the Exhibition "The New Prishtina. The Qualification of the Urban Development in Prishtina"
Kai Vöckler, Urbanist, Archis Interventions, Berlin
Florina Jerliu, Architect, Archis Interventions, Prishtina
Christine Böhler
18 August 2007
09:00 - 11:00 Urban Managements
Eva Bertalan
Stephan Mayer-Heinisch
Leo Raffelsberger
Rudolf Schicker
Hans-Jörg Wippel
Gerfried Sperl
11:30 Urban Identities
Nuri M. Colakoglu, Chairman, Executive Board of Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, Istanbul
Ilyana Derilova, Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Sofia
Bernhard Perchinig, Senior Researcher, Institut für Europäische Integrationsforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Wien
Chair Eugen Antalovsky, Geschäftsführer, Europaforum Wien
13:00 - 13:15 Closing words
Richard Kruspel