Program

For three days, journalists will meet other knowledgeable mediators of information from different regions of the world in Innsbruck. In conversations with colleagues and other experts, visitors find out what is going on behind the scenes of the information on international events, which is often hastily and superficially conveyed, and can contribute.

Current social, political and cultural developments are the focus of the debates, from book presentations, exhibitions, doc-films and audio features. The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

Stadtbibliothek

Europe’s Digital Sovereignty:

Between Ideas and Reality

Conversation

Europe’s quest for digital independence has never been more important. Peace and freedom around the world are being tested, facing overt and covert attacks. The tech giants’ platform economy dominates audience reach and advertising markets, increasingly setting the agenda for public debate. To what extent are European and US notions of free media and speech drifting apart? And where are the shared European solutions that actually strengthen European cooperation?
Under the supervision of Dr. Natascha Zeitel-Bank from the Department of Media, Communication and Society, MA students at the University of Innsbruck have examined current developments to curate this panel.

Leonhard Dobusch
Economist, University of Innsbruck, ORF Board of Trustees

Clara Rauchegger
Legal scholar, Department for European Law and the Right to Digitalisation, University of Innsbruck

Markus Breitenecker
Media Manager, former Chief Operating Officer at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

Stefan Kollinger
Chief Innovation Officer of Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF

Moderator
Natascha Zeitel-Bank
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Media, Communication and Society, University of Innsbruck

Andreas M. Kraxberger
University assistant at the Department of Media, Communication and Society, University of Innsbruck

German

Free admission

On 7 May 2026 (12:00pm – 6:30pm), the day before we kick off Journalismusfest, the Department of Media, Communication and Society of the University of Innsbruck is hosting the International Day of Communication at Leopoldsaal, Karl-Rahner-Platz 3.

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Die Mitwirkenden

Wir freuen uns auf Journalist*innen, Wissenschaftler*innen und NGOs aus verschiedenen Regionen der Welt.

Die Schauplätze

Die Veranstaltungsorte des Festivals liegen im Zentrum von Innsbruck. Sie sind zu Fuß gut zu erreichen.

Info

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