The Next 30.

Europa-Forum Wachau 2026

18.05. - 22.05.

The geopolitical turning point is forcing Austria and Europe to find clearer answers to bolder questions.

For 30 years, the Europa-Forum Wachau has been Lower Austria's platform for the Dialogue between business, science, politics and diplomacy. To mark its anniversary, the Forum is taking a forward-looking look at the next three decades - „The Next 30“. Over four days, the 2026 Forum programme will be dedicated to the central Questions of European sovereignty in a fragile world order.

The programme will kick off on Campus Krems the technological foundations: We discuss the establishment of a defensive security architecture and pharmaceutical independence and combine this with the necessary economic turnaround in the direction of Competitiveness. By focussing on fiscal responsibility, Digital transformation and the development new growth markets will lay the foundations for a Europe of tomorrow that is capable of defence and competitive.

Against the historic backdrop of the Göttweig Abbey the focus shifts to the Political and global strategy. We discuss the design of new alliances, the Strengthening regional capacity to act and a sustainable Migration management. The conclusion is the Readjustment of the Austrian and European foreign policy compass in the global field of tension between the USA and China. Including national and international perspectives, we build the bridge From regional stability to global political responsibility and place the leitmotif of sovereignty in the context of a multipolar security order.

Program

This provisional programme is updated and detailed on an ongoing basis. Major changes or postponements cannot be ruled out.

Mon, 18.05.

NÖ Europatag & Festakt

Auditorium Grafenegg

5.00 pm

Participation on Europe Day, Grafenegg

Grafenegg Auditorium

5.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President, Austria
Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria
Norbert Lammert, Former President of the German Bundestag
Jie Mei, Founding Professor, Linz International Transformation University

Tue, 19.05.

Technology

Campus Krems

09.00 am

Coffee

10.00 am

European Security Architecture: From the End of Order to Joint Initiative?

Campus Krems, Campus Hallpresented by BMLV

10.00 am - 11.00 am

Klaudia Tanner, Minister of Defence, Austria
Nikolaos Dendias, Minister of Defence, Greece

11.00 am

Under Pressure: Strategic Realities and the Modernisation of Austria's Defence in a changing security Landscape

Campus Krems, Campus Hallpresented by KAS

11.00 am - 12.00 pm

Harald Vodosek, National Armaments Director, Austria
Markus Reisner, Military analyst, Austria
Carlo Masala, Professor, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
Sebastian Enskat, Head of Vienna Office and Deputy Head of Hungary Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

12.00 pm

Lunch Reception by the Austrian minister of Defence

Campus Krems

12.00 pm - 1.30 pm

1.30 pm, Panel A

Changes in the healthcare system & Lower Austria's response

Campus Kremspresented by LGA

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm

Peter McDonald, Chairman, ÖGK
Elisabeth Bräutigam, Chairwoman, Lower Austrian Health Agency

1.30 pm, Panel B

Digital sovereignty: Can Europe still catch up?

Campus Krems

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm

Alexander Pröll, State Secretary for Digitalisation, Austria
Alexander Windbichler, CEO, Anexia Holding
Michael Krammer, Managing Partner, Ventocom GmbH
Patricia Neumann, Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG Austria
Thomas Arnoldner, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, A1 Group

2.30 pm, Panel A

Health & Safety Policy: Medicines as a Strategic Resource

Campus Kremspresented by PHARMIG

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Monika Köppl-Turyna, Director, EcoAustria Institute for Economic Research
Stefan Hendriks, Senior Vice President and Head Western European Cluster, Novartis
Walter Feichtinger, President, Centre for Strategic Analyses
Anton Kasser, Provincial Councillor, Lower Austria
Markus Müller, Rector, Medical University of Vienna

2.30 pm, Panel B

Defence & security policy: Industrial cooperation and regional opportunities

Campus Kremspresented by ecoplus

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Nicolas Stockhammer, Department for Security Research, University for Continuing Education Krems
Heinz Stiastny, Member of the Executive Board, Centre for Risk and Crisis Management
Michael Takacs, Federal Police Director, Austria
Markus Singer, Singer & Kessler Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Reinhard Marak, Head, ARGE Security and Economy in the WKO
Claus Zeppelzauer, Authorised signatory, ecoplus and Managing Director, ecoplus Digital GmbH
Peter Koren, Vice Secretary General, Federation of Austrian Industries

3.30 pm

Break & Change of Location

4.00 pm, Salon A

Google AI Salon

Campus Krems

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Alexander Pröll, State Secretary for Digitalisation, Austria
Anton Aschwanden, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google Switzerland & Austria

Digital Resilience in Action - Building a Digital State under fire

4.00 pm, Salon B

Deep Dive with Norbert Lammert

Campus Krems

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Norbert Lammert, Former President of the German Bundestag

4.00 pm, Salon C

IDM Danube Salon

Campus Krems, Science Hall

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Martin Eichtinger, Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
Harald Stranzl, National Coordinator EU Strategy for the Danube Region and the Alpine Region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria
Vadym Shkarivskyi, Deputy Chairman, Odessa Regional Council; Chairman, ARGE Donauländer
Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine

4.00 pm, Salon D

MWG@Wachau Powertalk

Danube Private University

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

6.00 pm

Break & Change of Location

6.30 pm

Evening Reception, Campus Krems

Campus Krems

6.30 pm - 7.30 pm

Bread and wine

Wed, 20.05.

Economy

Campus Krems

09.00 am

Coffee

10.00 am

EU Net-Contributors: From Fiscal Responsibility to Global Ambition?

Campus Krems, Campus Hallpresented by BKA

10.00 am - 11.00 am

Claudia Bauer, Minister for Europe, Austria
Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria

11.00 am

Competitiveness or Irrelevance: Why Europe Needs an Economic Turnaround

Campus Krems, Campus Hallpresented by REWE International AG

11.00 am - 12.00 pm

Astrid Hamker, President, Economic Council of the CDU, Germany
Marcel Haraszti, Management Board, REWE International AG
Manuel Zeller, Founder and Managing Director, NEOH
Irineu Darau, Minister of Economy, Romania

12.00 pm

Lunch Reception by REWE International AG

Campus Krems

12.00 pm - 1.30 pm

Marcel Haraszti, Management Board, REWE International AG

1.30 pm, Panel A

International Partnership: Driving Growth from the Alps to the Gulf

Campus Krems, Campus Hall

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm

Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer, Minister of Economic Affairs, Austria
Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Economic Affairs, United Arab Emirates
Kari Ochsner, President, IV Lower Austria
Edith Hlawati, Sole Director, Österreich Beteiligungs AG

1.30 pm, Panel B

Powering Energy Sovereignty: Renewable Innovation from Lower Austria and the Krems Science Hub

Campus Krems, Science Hall

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm

Viktoria Weber, Rector, University for Continuing Education Krems
Ulrike Prommer, Managing Director, IMC Krems - University of Applied Sciences
Lukas Renz, Founder, HydroSolid GmbH
Andrea Olschewski, Rector, Karl Landsteiner Private University for Health Sciences GmbH
Robert Schweizer, Managing Director, BioPower GmbH

2.30 pm, Panel A

Europe's Energy Future: Bridging East and West

Campus Kremspresented by APG & EVN

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Elisabeth Zehetner, State Secretary for Energy and Startups, Austria
Gerhard Christiner, Management Board, Austrian Power Grid AG
Naser Nuredini, Former Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of North Macedonia
Stefan Stallinger, Management Board, EVN AG

2.30 pm, Panel B

Fostering economic growth in Europe - Unlocking potential - Strengthening autonomy

Campus Kremspresented by Bankenverband

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Enver Siručić, CFO, BAWAG Group and President, Bankers Association
Gerald Resch, Secretary General, Bankers Association

3.30 pm

Break & Change of Location

4.00 pm, Salon A

Innovation Circle Start-Up Salon

Campus Krems, Campus Hall

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Elisabeth Zehetner, State Secretary for Energy and Startups, Austria
Hannah Wundsam, Co Managing Director, Austrian Startups
Johannes Ferner, CEO, fiskaly GmbH
Philipp Bohrn, Managing Director, Bitpanda

4.00 pm, Salon B

IV Lower Austria New Markets Salon

Winegrower Krems

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Maksym Kozytskyy, Governor, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Anna Derevyanko, Director, European Business Association, Ukraine
Kari Ochsner, President, IV Lower Austria
Margarete Schramböck, Former Federal Minister for Digitalisation and Business Location, Austria
Michelle Hadwiger, Deputy Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, USA
Wolfgang Anzengruber, Government Coordinator Ukraine Reconstruction, BMEIA

4.00 pm, Salon C

Salon Z

Winery Dockner

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

4.00 pm, Salon D

ÖAG US Ambassadors Salon

Danube Private University

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Arthur Graham Fisher, Ambassador of the USA in Vienna
Monika Rosen, Vice President, Austrian-American Society

6.00 pm

Break & Change of Location

6.30 pm

Danube Cruise and Evening Reception hosted by Forum's President

MS Dürnsteinpresented by Raiffeisen Bank International

6.30 pm - 9.00 pm

Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria
Michael Linhart, President, Europa-Forum Wachau
Michael Höllerer, General Manager, Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien

Thu, 21.05.

Politics

Stift Göttweig

09.00 am

Coffee

10.00 am

New Alliances in a Fragmented World

Göttweig Abbeypresented by BMEIA

10.00 am - 11.00 am

Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Foreign Minister, Austria
Patrick Schöder, Abbot, Göttweig Benedictine Abbey

11.00 am, Panel A

Power Regions Initiative

Göttweig Abbey, summer refectory

11.00 am - 12.00 pm

Rachel de Basso, Chairwoman of the Regional Board, Jönköping Region, Sweden
Sari Rautio, CoR member (EPP) and member of Hämeenlinna City Council, Finland
Jaume Duch Guillot, Regional Minister for EU and Foreign Affairs, Catalonia
Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria
Alison Hunter, Senior Advisor, European Policy Centre

11.00 am, Panel B

Deep Dive with Beate Meinl-Reisinger

Göttweig Abbey, Altmanisaal

11.00 am - 12.00 pm

Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Foreign Minister, Austria

12.00 pm

Lunch Reception with the Governor of Lower Austria Johanna Mikl-Leitner

Göttweig Abbey, Danube Terrace

12.00 pm - 1.30 pm

Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria

1.30 pm

Europe's Turning Point: Managing Migration, Ensuring Security

Göttweig Abbey

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm

Magnus Brunner, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration
Gerhard Karner, Minister of the Interior, Austria
Gerald Knaus, Founding Chairman, European Stability Initiative's
Vít Rakušan, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Czech Republic
Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Romania

2.30 pm, Panel B

Deep Dive with Magnus Brunner

Göttweig Abbey, summer refectory

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Magnus Brunner, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration

2.30 pm, Panel A

Location competition, free trade, resilience - time for change?

Göttweig Abbey, Altmanisaal

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Sabine Herlitschka, CEO, Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Georg Adler, Special Advisor for Internal Market & Competitiveness, Cabinet of the Federal Chancellor
Chris Thomale, Professor of International Corporate and Business Law, University of Vienna
Tobias Thomas, Stellv. Vorsitzender, Österreichischer Produktivitätsrat und Professor für Wirtschaftspolitik, Universität Graz

3.30 pm

Break & Change of Location

4.00 pm, Salon A

Campus Tivoli Politics Salon

Göttweig Abbey, summer refectory

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Wolfgang Sobotka, President of Campus Tivoli, former President of the National Council, Austria
Holger Bonin, Scientific Director, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)

Prosperity Under Pressure: Europe's Demographic Challenge

4.00 pm, Salon D

Gerstbauer Strategic Wine Salon

MÖRWALD Manor

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Gerald Gerstbauer, CEO, Sprenger-Gerstbauer Consulting GmbH

Exclusive wine tasting featuring wines from the renowned winery Anton Bauer.

4.00 pm, Salon C

KAS Vienna Salon

Winery Dockner

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan, Security expert
Andreas Grassl, Geopolitical commentator and influencer
Ulrich Schlie, Former Head of Planning Staff and Political Director, Federal Ministry of Defence
Frank Priess, Political scientist and journalist, des. Head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Turkey office

4.00 pm, Salon B

Next Generation Salon

Göttweig Abbey, Altmanisaal

4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

6.00 pm

Break & Change of Location

6.30 pm

Evening Reception, Winzerhof Dockner

Winery Dockner

6.30 pm - 8.00 pm

Bread and wine

Fri, 22.05.

Global

Stift Göttweig

09.00 am

Coffee

10.00 am

A New European Security Order: What's Austria's Role in a Shifting World?

Göttweig Abbey

10.00 am - 11.30 am

Christian Stocker, Federal Chancellor, Austria
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Former NATO Secretary General and Prime Minister, Denmark
Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria
Patrick Schöder, Abbot, Göttweig Benedictine Abbey
Bettina Rausch-Amon, President, Dr Alois Mock-Europa-Stiftung
Michael Linhart, President, Europa-Forum Wachau
Wolfgang Schüssel, Former Federal Chancellor, Austria
Erwin Pröll, Former Governor of Lower Austria.

11.30 am, Panel A

Chancellor's Dialogue: Austria's Strategic Compass

Göttweig Abbey, summer refectory

11.30 am - 12.30 pm

Christian Stocker, Federal Chancellor, Austria

11.30 am, Panel B

Deep Dive with Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Göttweig Abbey, Altmanisaal

11.30 am - 12.30 pm

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Former NATO Secretary General and Prime Minister, Denmark

12.30 pm

Lunch Reception by the Federal Chancellor

Göttweig Abbey, Danube Terrace

12.30 pm - 2.00 pm

Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria
Christian Stocker, Federal Chancellor, Austria

Speaker

Georg Adler

Special Advisor for Internal Market & Competitiveness, Cabinet of the Federal Chancellor

Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Minister of Economic Affairs, United Arab Emirates

Wolfgang Anzengruber

Government Coordinator Ukraine Reconstruction, BMEIA

Thomas Arnoldner

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, A1 Group

Anton Aschwanden

Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google Switzerland & Austria

Claudia Bauer

Minister for Europe, Austria

Philipp Bohrn

Managing Director, Bitpanda

Holger Bonin

Scientific Director, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)

Elisabeth Bräutigam

Chairwoman, Lower Austrian Health Agency

Magnus Brunner

EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration

Gerhard Christiner

Management Board, Austrian Power Grid AG

Irineu Darau

Minister of Economy, Romania

Rachel de Basso

Chairwoman of the Regional Board, Jönköping Region, Sweden

Nikolaos Dendias

Minister of Defence, Greece

Anna Derevyanko

Director, European Business Association, Ukraine

Jaume Duch Guillot

Regional Minister for EU and Foreign Affairs, Catalonia

Martin Eichtinger

Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

Sebastian Enskat

Head of Vienna Office and Deputy Head of Hungary Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Walter Feichtinger

President, Centre for Strategic Analyses

Johannes Ferner

CEO, fiskaly GmbH

Arthur Graham Fisher

Ambassador of the USA in Vienna

Gerald Gerstbauer

CEO, Sprenger-Gerstbauer Consulting GmbH

Andreas Grassl

Geopolitical commentator and influencer

Michelle Hadwiger

Deputy Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, USA

Astrid Hamker

President, Economic Council of the CDU, Germany

Marcel Haraszti

Management Board, REWE International AG

Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer

Minister of Economic Affairs, Austria

Stefan Hendriks

Senior Vice President and Head Western European Cluster, Novartis

Sabine Herlitschka

CEO, Infineon Technologies Austria AG

Edith Hlawati

Sole Director, Österreich Beteiligungs AG

Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan

Security expert

Michael Höllerer

General Manager, Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien

Alison Hunter

Senior Advisor, European Policy Centre

Taras Kachka

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine

Gerhard Karner

Minister of the Interior, Austria

Anton Kasser

Provincial Councillor, Lower Austria

Gerald Knaus

Founding Chairman, European Stability Initiative's

Monika Köppl-Turyna

Director, EcoAustria Institute for Economic Research

Peter Koren

Vice Secretary General, Federation of Austrian Industries

Maksym Kozytskyy

Governor, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Michael Krammer

Managing Partner, Ventocom GmbH

Norbert Lammert

Former President of the German Bundestag

Michael Linhart

President, Europa-Forum Wachau

Reinhard Marak

Head, ARGE Security and Economy in the WKO

Carlo Masala

Professor, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich

Peter McDonald

Chairman, ÖGK

Jie Mei

Founding Professor, Linz International Transformation University

Beate Meinl-Reisinger

Foreign Minister, Austria

Johanna Mikl-Leitner

Governor of Lower Austria

Markus Müller

Rector, Medical University of Vienna

Patricia Neumann

Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG Austria

Naser Nuredini

Former Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of North Macedonia

Kari Ochsner

President, IV Lower Austria

Andrea Olschewski

Rector, Karl Landsteiner Private University for Health Sciences GmbH

Cătălin Predoiu

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Romania

Frank Priess

Political scientist and journalist, des. Head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Turkey office

Alexander Pröll

State Secretary for Digitalisation, Austria

Erwin Pröll

Former Governor of Lower Austria.

Ulrike Prommer

Managing Director, IMC Krems - University of Applied Sciences

Vít Rakušan

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Czech Republic

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Former NATO Secretary General and Prime Minister, Denmark

Bettina Rausch-Amon

President, Dr Alois Mock-Europa-Stiftung

Sari Rautio

CoR member (EPP) and member of Hämeenlinna City Council, Finland

Markus Reisner

Military analyst, Austria

Lukas Renz

Founder, HydroSolid GmbH

Gerald Resch

Secretary General, Bankers Association

Monika Rosen

Vice President, Austrian-American Society

Ulrich Schlie

Former Head of Planning Staff and Political Director, Federal Ministry of Defence

Patrick Schöder

Abbot, Göttweig Benedictine Abbey

Margarete Schramböck

Former Federal Minister for Digitalisation and Business Location, Austria

Wolfgang Schüssel

Former Federal Chancellor, Austria

Robert Schweizer

Managing Director, BioPower GmbH

Vadym Shkarivskyi

Deputy Chairman, Odessa Regional Council; Chairman, ARGE Donauländer

Markus Singer

Singer & Kessler Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Enver Siručić

CFO, BAWAG Group and President, Bankers Association

Wolfgang Sobotka

President of Campus Tivoli, former President of the National Council, Austria

Stefan Stallinger

Management Board, EVN AG

Heinz Stiastny

Member of the Executive Board, Centre for Risk and Crisis Management

Christian Stocker

Federal Chancellor, Austria

Nicolas Stockhammer

Department for Security Research, University for Continuing Education Krems

Harald Stranzl

National Coordinator EU Strategy for the Danube Region and the Alpine Region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria

Michael Takacs

Federal Police Director, Austria

Klaudia Tanner

Minister of Defence, Austria

Chris Thomale

Professor of International Corporate and Business Law, University of Vienna

Tobias Thomas

Stellv. Vorsitzender, Österreichischer Produktivitätsrat und Professor für Wirtschaftspolitik, Universität Graz

Alexander Van der Bellen

Federal President, Austria

Harald Vodosek

National Armaments Director, Austria

Viktoria Weber

Rector, University for Continuing Education Krems

Alexander Windbichler

CEO, Anexia Holding

Hannah Wundsam

Co Managing Director, Austrian Startups

Elisabeth Zehetner

State Secretary for Energy and Startups, Austria

Manuel Zeller

Founder and Managing Director, NEOH

Claus Zeppelzauer

Authorised signatory, ecoplus and Managing Director, ecoplus Digital GmbH

FAQs

When and where will the Europa Forum Wachau 2026 take place?

The 30th Europa-Forum Wachau will take place from 18 to 22 May 2026 at several locations:

Grafenegg Auditorium (Grafenegg 12, 3485 Grafenegg)
Campus Krems (Kasernstraße 60, 3500 Krems an der Donau)
Göttweig Benedictine Abbey (Göttweig Abbey 1, 3511 Furth bei Göttweig)
Danube Private University - House of Science and Art (Unterloiben 51, 3601 Dürnstein)
Vinotheque cellar Bründlgraben of the Krems winegrowers (Bründlgraben 12, 3500 Krems an der Donau)
Winzerhof Dockner (Ortsstraße 30, 3508 Höbenbach)
Anton Bauer Winery (Neufang 42, 3483 Feuersbrunn)
Danube boat MS Austria (departure from Danube station no. 25, Gregor-Hradetzky-Promenade, 3500 Krems)

Which tickets can be booked?

You can choose your individual Europa-Forum Wachau programme and our booking system will create the necessary Europe Forum Pass. The more days you select, the cheaper the individual days will be:

1-Day-Ticket: € 360,-

2-Day-Ticket: € 660,- (instead of € 720,-)

3-Day-Ticket: € 940,- (instead of € 1.080,-)

4-Day-Ticket: € 1.200,- (instead of € 1.440,-)

All tickets entitle the holder to attend the opening event on 18 May in the Auditorium Grafenegg, the evening events on the booked day and the evening before and include lunch on the selected day(s).

Where can I get help with my room booking?

The staff at the Wachau Info Centre Krems can advise you on accommodation options in the region.

Is there a shuttle bus?

In cooperation with our mobility partner ÖBB, a shuttle service will be organised from and to Krems railway station and between the various locations of the Europa-Forum Wachau.

How and where do I register?

Registration is possible at all venues and for all booked sessions on the same day. Please be sure to bring your ticket with the corresponding QR code (in electronic or printed form) as well as your passport (for EU citizens, an ID card is also acceptable).

Is there an event app?

Yes, one week before the start of Europa-Forum Wachau 2026, you can download the app free of charge from your mobile phone's app store and personalise it with your registration code (see ticket). You will not only find your personal programme in the app, but also lots of other useful and up-to-date information.

How is my safety ensured?

The safety of guests is a top priority for the organisers. Only authorised persons are permitted to enter all event locations. You are therefore required to present an official photo ID (passport or identity card for EU citizens) when entering the event venues and to carry it with you at all times during the Europa-Forum Wachau. The lanyard and wristband issued at registration are non-transferable. Any violation of this policy may result in immediate exclusion from participation in the forum.

In the event of a medical or other emergency, please contact one of the members of the organisation team.