IUSY

The  Festival Program with all political seminars, conferences and trainings is online! You can also check out the  Timetable for the whole week.

The program offers a wide variety of topics, speakers and opportunities to learn, debate and get inspired by the ideas from each other.

Highlights of the Program include discussions about the Democratic Revolution unfolding in Northern Africa and MIddle East with comrades from the region. We will be able to debate the state of the World Economy from various perspectives in seminars on global financial transaction tax, modern slavery and decent work, European migration policy etc. Other seminars and conferences cover the United Nations and challenges of Global Governance, ideological debates on the Future of Social Democracy, Peace and Security issues - ranging from military interventions to questions of resources and regional integration...

As Keynote Speakers we are happy to welcome Werner Fayman, Chancellor of Austria and party leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), Siegmar Gabriel, Party leader of the German Social Democrats (SPD), Håkan Juholt, Party leader of the Social Democrats in Sweden (SAP), Michele Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women (tbc), Saskia Sassen, Economist & Sociologist at the Colombia University, Heiner Flassbeck, Chief of Macroeconomics and Development Policies Branch of UNCTAD ... and many more.