11^th May

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
7 a.m.	Former Parkhotel Villach, Großer Bambergsaal	Reception	Tolerance without borders	Address of welcome for the authors in the presence of the Mayor of Villach Günther Albel and the Governor of Carinthia Peter Kaiser

 

12^th May

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
9 a.m.	Fresach, Evang. Church	Opening	The Borders of Europe: Human Rights and the Consequences of Climate Change	Welcome by DRF-President Hannes Swoboda. Introduction by the Governor of Carinthia Peter Kaiser | Key Note by Prof. Klaus Töpfer, Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
10.30 a.m.	Fresach, Evang. Church	Discussion	Globalization and Climate Change: Scenarios for a better future without (new) borders.	Statement by the physician Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi, Public discussion with Prof. Klaus Töpfer, climatologist Helga Kromp-Kolb, Hannes Swoboda and lyric poet Seher Çakır. Presented by Claus Reitan (Chief Editor).
12 a.m.	Fresach, Evang. Church	Lecture	Climate Reality: Americas Plan for Clean Power. An open Speech to the World.	Senator Marc R. Pacheco (Massachusetts), President Pro Tempore. Lecture in English!
12 a.m. - 2 p.m.	Fresach, Parsonage	Pain Workshop	Pain perception and analgesia: About the memory of pain in learning processes	Univ. Prof. Dr. Harald Kollegger, pain expert, neurologist und author. Attention: Limited number of participants.
2 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Panel 1	What does Climate Change cost? Ecological and economical considerations from an European view.	Discussion with environmental scientist Verena Winiwarter, risk economist Franz Prettenthaler, National Council of Environment and Energy in Carinthia Rolf Holub, economist Karl Steininger, President of the Industrial Association in Carinthia Christoph Kulterer und author Hassan Baroud. Presented by Peter Fritz (ORF).
4 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Dialogue	Europe's Dilemma:Climate refugees and the borders of the reasonable.	Reinhard Merkel, professor in criminal law and legal philosophy Hamburg, talk with Peter Fritz (ORF).
4.30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Panel 2	Strategies against Mass Migration: Causes, Consequences and the Crisis of Human Rights.	Discussion with legal philosopher Reinhard Merkel, cultural philosopher Pravu Mazumdar, Africa expert Harald Stoisser, political scientist Ishraga Mustafa Hamid, peace researcher Bettina Gruber. Presented by Claus Reitan (Chief Editor).
6 p.m.	Muesum's Plaza	Get-Together	Networking	Multimedia, Arts and Church. Exhibition and Performance. Opportunity for sharing informations, chatting and getting in touch.
8 p.m.	Tolerance Center	State of the Union Address	About the Fragility of the Concept of Nation.	Inofficial State of the Austrian Union Address. With Karl Ferdinand Kratzl, comedian, actor and author.
9 p.m.	Evangelical Church Fresach	Concert	Echoes from Armenia	Live in Concert: Karen Asatrian andBand.

 

13^th May

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
8.30 a.m.	Museum's Plaza	Performance Art	Domino 37,501: Ceilings and the destiny of refugees.	Performance art project by journalist and environmentalist Gerhard Leeb
9 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Opening	Old forntiers, new moats: Why we need Climate Change in Europe?	Opening statement at Tolerance Forum Fresach: Claus Reitan. Moderation PEN-President Helmuth A. Niederle.
9.45 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Lecture	Climate Change and Human Rights: How to deal with big desasters. Hurricane Katrina, Deep Horizon and the consequences.	Stephen Bradberry, community organizer in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) speaks about his experience at the reconstructure after hurrican Katrina and about the consequences of the oil catastrophe BP Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
11 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Tolerance Forum 1	Migration and Integration: Strategies how to deal with the worries of the citizens and paroles of the right.	Strategy Round: Public discusion with migration expert Peter Huber (WIFO), oeconomist Henning VÖPEL (HWWI), the authors Lev Detela (Slovenia), Şerafettin Yıldız (Turkey), Herbert Ritsch (Bankhaus Schelhammer&Schattera), Moderation Sonja Sagmeister (ORF).
12 a.m.	Personage Fresach	Felicity Workshop	About the condition of the possibility of well-working encounters with others.	The German-Indian cultural philosopher Pravu Mazumdar shows how the "craft of encounter" works. Limited number of participants.
12.30 p.m.	Evangelical Church Fresach	Dialogue	Tolerance in conflict: Climate Change and its Challenges concerning Enlightenment and Human Rights.	Dr. Bernhard Perchinig, Senior Research Officer at the International Centre for Migration Development Policy, dialogue with Sonja Sagmeister (ORF).
2 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Tolerance Forum 2	Commitment and self-initiative: Practical advices for a better cohabitation. About the experience of immigrants and the importance of a free press.	NGO Round: Public discussion with Bernhard Perchinig (Integrationsfonds), social anthropologist Christa Markom, Sarita Jenamani (India), Chibo Onyeji (Nigeria), Nahid Bagheri-Goldschmied (Iran), Moderation Otmar Lahodynsky (profil).
4 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Dialogue	Migration and Labour Market: Chances and risks for the social integration at the labour market.	Migration expert Peter Huber (WIFO), talk with Jochen Bendele (Kleine Zeitung).
4.30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Tolerance Forum 3	Integration vs. Assimilation: Practical advices for local politicians and hosts.	Municipal Round: With priest Hans-Peter Premur (Krumpendorf), Hubert Stotter (Diakonie), mayor Günther Albl and the authors Şerafettin Yıldız and Harald Kollegger; Moderation Jochen Bendele.
6 p.m.	Museum's Plaza	SPEECH Final	Contributions of the Carinthian speakers competition	Multimedia, Arts and Church at the Museum's Plaza (in case of rain in the Evangelical Church), u.a. "Best-of" speakers school-competition concerning the topic "Borders".
8 p.m.	Evangelical Church Fresach	Speeches about Tolerance	"Der Tolerator"	"Tolerance is not only a recognized virtue. It is also an exciting and inexpensive hobby." Cabaret show with Thomas Maurer.

 

14^th May

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
8.30 a.m.	Inn "Zum Wirt"	Tolerance Breakfast	Europe without Borders: Authors talk with contemporaries. Open House.	Getting in touch with authors, moderators and students, interested participants and guests.
10 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Young Poetry Slam Subject: "Borders"	Excluding, isolating, defining. 5 minutes to the border. 5 Minuten borderless.	10 young poets andthinkers in competition. Voting by the audience.
12 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Award Presentation Ceremony	Fresach Tolernca Talks2016	Awarding authors, projects, etc.
12.30 p.m.	End	Final	Announcement Topic 2017	Farewell by the organizers. Shuttle-Service to the railway stations Paternion-Feistritz, Villach and further.