| Type | Non-Profit Organization |
|---|---|
| Founded | Salzburg, Austria (1947) |
| Headquarters | Salzburg, Austria; Washington, DC; Vienna, Austria |
| Key people | President and CEO Stephen Salyer; Chair of the Board Walter E. Massey; Senior Vice President and CPO Edward Mortimer |
| Website | http://www.salzburgglobal.org |
Salzburg Global Seminar is an American non-profit organization that holds seminars on economics, politics, and other issues for future political, economic, and business leaders from around the world.[1] Its purpose is to "challenge current and future leaders to develop creative ideas for solving global problems." and to "lead the conversation for global change" Through seminars held at the Schloss Leopoldskron, in Salzburg, Austria.
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The organization was founded in 1947 by three men at Harvard University--Clemens Heller, a graduate student originally from Austria,[2] a college senior named Richard Campbell and a young English instructor named Scott Elledge. "We hope to create at least one small center in which young Europeans from all countries, and of all political convictions, could meet for a month in concrete work under favorable living conditions," Campbell said of their intentions in January 1947, "and to lay the foundation for a possible permanent center of intellectual discussion in Europe."[3] The Salzburg Seminar, as it came to be called, was created to be a venue to encourage intellectual exchange among Europeans and Americans and to ameliorate rifts created by World War II.[4]
The Salzburg Global Seminar is a non-profit, independent institution. Over six decades it has evolved into a global institution that brings together young and not-so-young leaders from all over the world. It aims to open their minds, enlarge their horizons, and lay the groundwork for future cooperation. Without adopting any political agenda of its own, it provides a setting within which common ground can be discovered and principles agreed upon for addressing specific global issues – from climate change to the legacy of conflict, and from trade barriers to the obstacles which impede the circulation of cultural objects.
The mission of the Salzburg Global Seminar is to challenge present and future leaders to solve issues of global concern. Whether the constituency gathered is composed of senior policy-makers wrestling with specific problems in the present, scholars from conflict areas working together on contentious events in a shared past, young leaders joining our regular Seminar sessions on topical issues, participants in our annual academy on media and global change, or faculty or students from American community colleges attending our courses on global citizenship, all are encouraged to think creatively across cultural and professional boundaries, and to develop new networks of professional contacts. The express intent of the sessions conducted by the Salzburg Global Seminar is to better equip participants to deal with the complex challenges of the 21st century.
The Seminar’s programs are organized under five thematic headings: • Arts and Culture • Innovation and Sustainability • Media and Citizenship • Peace, Justice, and Security • World Stability and Development
The Seminar’s interdisciplinary programs, focused on issues of global concern, provide an environment in which intense, candid dialogue can occur among people from widely different cultural and professional backgrounds, both within age-groups and across generational divides. Participants are encouraged to think creatively and to develop new contacts. Within the program, the Seminar’s regular sessions and its initiatives are oriented toward problem-solving and the exchange of ideas among scholars and practitioners. Alongside these, the education programs comprise teaching activities, which have recently focused on global citizenship but are now expanding to include more specialized courses on independent media, green sustainability, and other global phenomena. Each contributes to form interlocking networks of fellows and alumni, who continue to contribute and to keep in touch with each other through the Seminar’s website and the Seminar's blog.
SEMINARS are issue-oriented international conferences focusing on the exchange of ideas between emerging leaders from government, academia, business, and nongovernmental organizations. The Seminar's annual offerings are diverse and numerous, and will include the following in 2011:
"New Rules for Global Finance: Which kinds of regulation are useful and which are counterproductive?"- March 8-10, 2011
2011 Freeman Foundation Symposium: Strengthening Cooperation Between the US and East Asia, The 2011 Freeman Foundation Symposium will focus on several major areas of US-East Asian relations, starting with a broad assessment of the state of the Asia-Pacific region, key political, economic and security trends in East Asia and policy implications for the US. June 17-22, 2011
The Rule of Law in a Globalized World: Why it matters, The rule of law as an essential ingredient in the economic development of nations. August 23-28, 2011
Health and Healthcare Series III: Innovating for Value in Health Care Delevery, better cross border learning smarter adaptation and adoption, Countries around the world and across the range of wealth of nations are struggling to achieve the goal of providing their citizens with effective and efficient health care. September 25-October 1, 2011
Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture, As key stewards of our culture and heritage, libraries and museums have traditionally enjoyed, and to a great extent still do enjoy, a unique role and special responsibility within societies around the world. October 19-23, 2011
Economic Growth and Social Protection in Asia Most Asian economies have managed to rebound quickly after the recent economic crisis and, despite variations in the recovery pattern, are expected to continue leading the global recovery. November 6-11, 2011
Transforming Agricultural Development and Production in Africa For decades, we have known that the best way for Africa to thrive is to ensure that its women have the freedom, power and knowledge to make decisions affecting their own lives and those of their families and communities. November 13-17, 2011
Optimizing Talent: Closing Education and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide, Education provides an essential key for opening the door that permits every individual to realize his or her true potential. December 6-11, 2011
International Study Program
"Global Citizenship: At Home and in the World, In an age of globalization which increasingly brings people in contact with other cultures as a result of changing social, political, and economic activities and technological advances. May 29-June 5, 2011
Making Colleges and Universities Sites of Global Citizenship July 9-16, 2011
Salzburg Academy
Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change Learn how you can help promote global awareness and understanding. July 21-August 13, 2011
INITIATIVES are long-term projects aimed at finding practical solutions to clearly identified global challenges. The Seminar currently produces or is affiliated with five principle initiatives:
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (official website)
Based in the Hague, IHJR works with educational and public policy institutions to organize and sponsor research and discourse in pursuit of acknowledgement and the resolution of historical disputes.
Strengthening Independent Media
SIM supports a future-directed examination of the strategic investments needed to foster independent media development internationally in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Optimizing Institutional Philanthropy
OIP stimulates creativity and better practice in the field of philanthropy by identifying and catalyzing new approaches and more effective mechanisms to increase impact and support change, as well as addressing the needs of the global "social marketplace" and considering what future needs may define the field.
African Agriculture
The initiative behind African Agriculture aims to define a holistic development framework within which new investments in African agriculture can be positioned and to ensure that other new initiatives in Africa can contribute to a decisive reduction in poverty and a sustainable increase in economic growth and opportunity.
European Muslims Professional Action Network This branch establishes a dynamic new platform for entrepreneurial young European Muslim professionals to launch creative initiatives, generate new opportunities to promote change, support professional aspirations and achievement, and foster role models for the next generation, helping to broaden their range of choices as they make decisions about their futures.
EDUCATION programs focus on building innovative curricula on global citizenship and media literacy and supporting the development of higher education institutions across the globe. The Seminar hosts several chief education programs throughout the year for both faculty and students:
International Study Program(ISP) These week-long programs are designed and offered in order for two different audiences—-students and faculty members—-to explore the factors that may either support or restrain a comprehensive approach to global education within universities and colleges and to jointly develop strategies for teaching and learning within those systems.
2011 ISP Global Citizenship Programs
For students: March 5–12, April 9–16, May 21–29, May 29–June 5
For faculty and administrators: January 6–13, January 14–21, July 1–8, July 17–24
The Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change This Academy is convened in partnership with the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. The three-week program is designed to bring together top under-graduate and graduate students from around the world to study media’s effect on global issues and to build a global media literacy curriculum. In 2011, the Academy will be held July 24-August 13
NETWORKS build on the interlocking relationships of Fellows and Alumni through the Seminar’s website, regional meetings, and special projects. For more than six decades the Salzburg Global Seminar has been a leading forum for international education and global dialogue, hosting over 27,000 participants from 150 countries, among them some of the world’s leaders in government, business and education. By taking part in one of the Seminar’s programs, alumni join an extensive professional network which extends around the globe. These groups are designed to engage Seminar alumni and international opinion-makers, and to encourage and facilitate the continued intellectual interest and commitment of alumni in the work begun during their Salzburg experience. The networks currently sponsored by the Seminar include:
Fellow Events
Learning to Live in the 21st Century: How can schools best enhance community relations and inclusion? Schools try to set, or negotiate, norms of attitude and behavior which have considerable potential impact on the educational achievement of diverse ethnic, religious and cultural groups, and on the relations between those groups within a school's boundaries and beyond in larger communities. June 3-6, 2011
Continuity and Change in US Presidential Foreign Policy: Plans, Policies and Doctrines This symposium will focus on comparative developments, continuity and changes in the international role and policies of the United States of post- war presidential administrations, with a special emphasis on the Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. October 6-10, 2011
Max Reinhardt...A Masked Ball at Schloss Leopoldskron For one night only, the Salzburg Global Seminar and Max Reinhardt, theater impresario of the early twentieth century, invite you to join in a spectacular Commedia dell' Arte promenade performance and masked ball at our magnificent home, Schloss Leopoldskron. December 30, 2011- January 1, 2012
SALZBURG FESTIVALS Festivals give alumni the opportunity to bring friends and family back with them to Schloss Leopoldskron and to meet new friends with a shared interest in current global affairs.
"WINTER FESTIVALS" December 28, 2010- Januarary 3, 2011
The New Years's Gala December 31, 2010- Januarary 1, 2011
The Extended Weekend December 31, 2010- Januarary 3, 2011