Imagination, Sustainability and Justice - Salzburg Global Seminar

Salzburg Global ProgramOur program framework has three cross-cutting clustersand addresses the underlying questions that hold keys tohuman progress.Never doubt that “ a small groupof thoughtful, committedcitizens can change the world;indeed, it’s the only thing thatever has.Margaret ” MeadAnthropologistFaculty - Session 1Imagination,Sustainabilityand JusticeFrom the start, Salzburg Global Seminar has broken downbarriers separating people and ideas. Today, we span theworld’s regions. We challenge countries at all stages ofdevelopment and institutions across all sectors to rethinktheir relationships and identify shared interests and goals.Salzburg Global’s reach and vision demand a programapproach that reaches beyond academic and policy silosand engages diverse voices.We work to: • Illuminate issues of global orregional significance;• Empower people and institutionsleading change;• Build strategic coalitions to changeattitudes and practice;• Interpret big data to improveprioritization and sharpenresponses;• Leverage media and networksfor informed coverage and widedissemination.Majid Batterjee draws the map of the social impact and enterprise landscape during thesession ‘Value vs. Profit: Recalculating Return on Investment in Financial and Social Terms’0809

ImaginationEducation,Culture& InnovationImagination lies at the heart of human development,opportunity and capacity for resilience – and will inspirethe global transition to a knowledge economy. We askhow societies can renew and reconfigure their education,culture and media practices, and foster science andentrepreneurship to create inclusive, knowledge-basedcommunities of the future.Connecting education,opportunity and technologyThe Educational Testing Service and Salzburg GlobalSeminar have an ongoing partnership to develop educationstrategies to improve access, quality and skills relevance.Our 2010-2012 series on Optimizing Talent: ClosingEducational and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide convenedresearchers, policy makers, practitioners and advocates toexamine promising policies and practices.In 2013, the European Access Network will launch theWorld Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education asa global movement and learning community committed tomaking a tangible impact on educational access, retentionand achievement. This initiative stems directly from theOptimizing Talent series. Salzburg Global will play anongoing role in shaping the agenda and bringing togetherimaginative problem-solvers as this work continues. In2014, we will expand the project to critically assess onlineeducational delivery platforms and scope opportunitiesand challenges for specific global regions.1011

SustainabilityHealth,Environment& LivelihoodsThe most basic necessity in any society is human safety andwellbeing. We work to improve life chances for present andfuture generations in a holistic way, connecting health,environment, money and work. We ask how societiescan move beyond short-termism and target research,investment and policies to manage risk, promote equityand build dynamic resilience.Transforming health care deliveryfor long-term public benefitDartmouth College’s Center for Health Care Delivery andthe World Bank Institute are partnering with SalzburgGlobal Seminar to accelerate global progress on thefundamental right to health for all people.In 2012, Salzburg Global launched a multi-yearcollaboration on Realizing The Right To Health, aninternational exchange among key scholars, practitionersand policy makers, including World Bank President, Dr.Jim Yong Kim. Participants produced a groundbreakingstatement – Better Care for All, Every Time: A Call toAction – that has been presented to the World HealthAssembly and other key international bodies. In-regioninnovation sessions will now test approaches and bestpractices forged in Salzburg, building momentum for amajor paradigm shift in global health delivery.1213

JusticeDemocracy,Economy& Rule of LawAs power is dispersed in a multipolar world, shifts inallegiance and identity are triggering radical shifts inrelationships between individuals and institutions. Weask how societies can reframe responsibilities, rights andcooperation between citizens, business, governments andregions to foster conditions for peace and prosperity.Modernizing governancefor results on the groundPaul Volcker, former Head of the US Federal Reserve, haschaired three sessions on economic governance. Impressedby Salzburg Global’s ability to assemble leading thinkersand actors along with rising stars from government,business and civil society, he returns because “I meet newpeople and learn new things in Salzburg.” When Volckerdecided to form an institute to examine why ‘high policies’so often fail to achieve their intended results, he turned toSalzburg Global to help refine its international agenda.In 2013, the Volcker Alliance for Effective Governance willhold its first international event at Schloss Leopoldskron.Leading analysts and policy makers from Europe, theUnited States, Asia and other regions – many of whomare members of the Salzburg Global Network – will assessstate-of-the-art research and comparative experience to setpriorities for the Alliance and for regional and nationalinitiatives around the world. Intended outcomes includea multi-year work plan and proposals for collaborativeinvestment.1415

Salzburg Global’sArchitectureof ImpactSTRATEGIC CONVENINGSalzburg Global Seminar’s strategic convening is designedto challenge established mindsets, inspire collaborativesolutions and build lasting networks. We do this byidentifying key stakeholders, early stage innovators,emerging trends, obstacles to advancement, and points ofleverage. Working with specialist partners, we customizemulti-year programs to frame problems in fresh ways,facilitate breakthrough experiences and maximize lastingimpact.Salzburg Global sessions maximize interaction and creativeexchange, moving discussions out of comfort zones. Weguide participants as they practice active cross-culturalengagement, assess their own leadership effectiveness,and evaluate how to adapt and apply findings in theirinstitutions, regions and communities.1617

Salzburg Global amplifies impactthrough eight stepsThe way we work “ models the worldwe are trying to build.~ Salzburg Development ” Team1Prioritizing topics »2Bringing the right people to the table »3Asking the questions that need to be asked »4Overcoming barriers to progress »We focus on new issues ripe for engagement or knownproblems where progress has stalled. Salzburg Global hasa proven track record of addressing emerging issues beforethey reach center stage. We maintain our commitmentto tackling systems challenges in the long-term publicinterest.Salzburg Global works with partners to map keystakeholders, innovative voices and emerging leadership toconnect the full range of perspectives on a given topic. Oursessions transcend the echo chamber of typical conferencesby recruiting distinctive participants from different regionsand sectors alongside world-renowned thinkers andexperts. Utilizing the Salzburg Global Network, we targetcutting-edge participants who have new ideas to share, areeager to learn, and can enrich creative problem solving.Our deep commitment to engaging young leaders on theirway to influence also makes us unique among major thinktanks and policy institutions.Our sessions reframe the terms of debate to clarify whatneeds to be understood and how different parts of theproblem intersect. To facilitate horizon scanning beforea session, Salzburg Global conducts issue mapping inconjunction with the world’s top universities and thinktanks – structuring multi-sector perspectives and forwardleaningconversations. Our goal is to facilitate a shift fromstalemate and isolation to integrated understanding andaction.Salzburg Global’s methodology is designed to build trustand break down silos. We provide non-ideological supportto help partners make progress on emerging, complicated,sensitive or taboo topics. Our approach embraces diversityand creates a space in which to manage controversy– whether geographic, political, cultural, religious orgenerational. People trust us to foster intellectual exchangein interactive, inclusive conditions. We purposefully designopportunities for unexpected encounters, where people candrop their institutional and real-world defenses, and exploreideas for the common good.5Creating conditions for change »6Fostering continued collaboration »7Maximizing results »8Nurturing new leadershipAccelerating effective action means understandingcontext, defining options, and setting strategy. SalzburgGlobal works with partners to identify inflection pointsand opportunities for innovation where personal andinstitutional investment can produce game-changingoutcomes. We develop tangible goals and outcomes, andabove all, translate vision into structured steps for practicalresults. We help our partners and participants buildshared communities of interest to drive change forward.Intensely productive experiences are achieved throughtotal immersion over three to five days. Participants canrenew their skills and commitment around an issue ofshared interest, finding fresh energy and conviction to shiftobstacles to progress and learning more about themselvesalong the way. Opportunities to present, discuss, completegroup work and role-play are combined with interactivepresentations by top experts from across the world.Salzburg Global’s strategic convening enables institutionsand individuals to exchange fresh ideas, build ties withnew stakeholders, broker alliances and forge collaborativepathways. Our commitment extends beyond conveningto help our partners and participants implementchange strategies and build networks to enhance futureeffectiveness.All Salzburg Global partnerships are designed for long-termimpact. Before, during and after a session, we work handin-handwith our partners to strengthen influence where itmatters most to them. Partnership outcomes can includefresh ideas, global policy initiatives, new internationalnetworks, model curricula, quoted reports and grassrootsinnovations.Each Salzburg Global convening includes acommunications plan to engage communities of interest.Our experienced media team stimulates press coverage byinviting journalists to attend and cover selected sessions,arranging interviews with leading presenters and helpingparticipants utilize social media effectively. We workwith our partners to distribute content through a range ofplatforms and distribution networks, and regularly trackdissemination as part of our performance metrics.Salzburg Global works with partners to build mentorship,coaching and peer networks, with a keen eye for emergingprofessionals at pivotal points in their careers. Theopportunity to make ‘a professional friend for life’ canfoster courageous action, open new career options, andinfluence the direction of teaching and research. Thispersonal transformation is a core outcome of the SalzburgGlobal experience.1819

Salzburg GlobalAcademiesInspiringthe nextgenerationTo scale up innovation and reach young adults outsidecurrent elite structures, Salzburg Global Seminar expandsthe reach of our program through the Salzburg GlobalAcademies. Launched ten years ago, our Academiesare built in collaboration with forward-looking highereducation institutions, scholars and teachers. Theseintensive and highly selective courses – held in Salzburg oradapted to the needs of other regions - are used to develop,test and implement creative global curricula, pedagogy andresearch.Salzburg Global Academies involve faculty and studentsfrom regions and groups typically underrepresented inleadership echelons. We prepare outstanding young peoplefor lives of innovation and reinvention with the skills todrive change.SALZBURG GLOBAL CURRENTLYHAS THREE ACADEMIES:The Global Citizenship Program for educators anduniversity students, founded in 2004, is supported byoutstanding practitioners in the fields of sustainability,human rights and peace-building. As a direct result oftheir Salzburg Global affiliation, dozens of universitieshave changed their curricula, co-curricular activities, andinstitutional policies to place global citizenship as a centralaspect of their work and missions, impacting hundreds ofthousands of students.The Academy on Media and Global Change, foundedin 2007, builds global media literacy with universitypartners on five continents. Each year the Media Academydesigns, executes and releases a global media researchproject, creates media literacy modules (downloaded morethan 30,000 times in 100 countries), assesses the role socialmedia play in news and citizen engagement, and preparesstudents for careers where entrepreneurship will be acritical feature of the mediaThe International Legal Academy will be held in 2015,under the auspices of Salzburg Global’s Lloyd Cutler Ruleof Law Center. Developed from the Cutler Law Fellowsprogram, Salzburg Global is working in cooperation withteachers and students at nine top American law schools tobuild a network of young men and women interested inshaping the future of public and private international law.The Media Academy’s “ work onbringing together people from allover the world, facilitating robustdebate and encouraging greatermedia literacy is really an idealmodel of what should and couldhappen on a much bigger scale.Roman ” GerodimosSenior Lecturer in Global CurrentAffairs, Bournemouth University, UKFaculty - Media Academy 4-7Shaping institutions forlong-term impactSalzburg Global Seminar partners with the Andrew W. MellonFoundation to improve the capacity of higher educationinstitutions to manage educational change and promoteglobal citizenship. Through the Mellon Fellow CommunityInitiative (MFCI), Salzburg Global offers specially designedsessions and workshops to help educators develop andimplement projects that bring broader global perspectivesto their classrooms, campuses, and communities. Over 35institutions and more than 200 faculty and administrators arenow better equipped to prepare students for lives and careersin an ever-changing and globalized world.The MFCI also allows select members of the HistoricallyBlack Colleges and Universities and the Appalachian CollegeAssociation to take advantage of unique opportunities forincorporating global citizenship in teaching and learningon campus. Salzburg Global promotes and sustains crossinstitutional,collaborative projects between these collegesand universities that have rarely worked with one anotherin the past. To enhance MFCI’s institutional impact, we arenow working with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation andare working to create a Global Education Consortium. Thisseedbed for a growing community of educators is dedicated tohelping upcoming generations understand the responsibilitiesand opportunities of globalization.2021

Investing inSalzburg Global’s FutureSalzburg Global Seminar is a unique institution – thecreative brainchild of emerging leaders in an extraordinarymoment of global transition, a history spanning theAtlantic and then the world, a forerunner in youthengagement and global networking, and a powerful leverfor agents of change to boost their influence and results.As the world continues “ to becomemore and more complicated, thevalue of neutral surroundings,respectful dialogue and youngleadership engaged with oneanother become even more critical.Heather ” Sturt HaagaChair, Salzburg Global SeminarTo transform our impact on global problem-solving,Salzburg Global is launching an ambitious five-year planto boost core capabilities, accelerate the development ofnew programs, ensure participation by rising stars fromevery region of the world, and help its global network ofinnovators take their ideas to scale.SALZBURG GLOBAL’S ACTION PLAN CALLS FORFOUR MUTUALLY REINFORCING INVESTMENTSTRATEGIES:1. Strategic Convening investments will expand ourcapacity to lead the field by commissioning cutting-edgeissue research, examining systemic blockages, mappingkey stakeholders and connecting early stage innovators.2. New Faces of Leadership investments will ensurethat bright, engaged and pioneering emerging leaders inevery part of the world can participate in Salzburg Globalprograms.3. Global Network investments will give the SalzburgGlobal experience lifetime value by expanding the tools,content and impact-enhancing opportunities available toall members of the Salzburg Global Network.4. Historic Facility investments will update our famousvenue to maximize our technological versatility, eventmanagement efficiency and operational profitability.To support our action plan for transformation, SalzburgGlobal seeks partners, funders and investors who seeopportunities to stimulate better thinking and concertedaction, and who share our belief that progress can beaccelerated through strategic engagement of creativeindividuals and institutions.2223

Salzburg Global SeminarLeadershipOur Board of DirectorsOur Program TeamStephen SalyerPresident andChief Executive OfficerStephen Salyer heard the phrase “non-profitentrepreneur” at a Salzburg Global session whenhe was 24 years old and decided that’s whathe wanted to be. For 35 years he created andlaunched public media programs and companiesat the forefront in providing interactiveexperiences and global perspective. At WNET/New York in the 1980s, he pioneered distancelearning that combined broadcast, computerand in-person instruction. As President and CEOof Public Radio International in the 1990s, helaunched direct satellite radio channels for incarlistening and one of the earliest communitybasedweb news services. He designed andimplemented sustainable business models tosupport these ventures, many of which remainviable today. President and CEO since 2005,Stephen is rebranding Salzburg Global as aworld-class force in strategic convening, to buildpartnerships that unite leading edge thinkers,influencers and donors around shared agendasfor change, and that involve young innovatorsfrom every part of the world.Patricia BentonChief Financial OfficerPatricia Benton’s experience across privateand public sectors yields a perfect blendof management, financial and partnershipbuilding skills. Before joining SalzburgGlobal in 2007, she served as Vice Presidentfor Finance and General Manager at ComsatCorporation, at that time the leading satellitetelecommunications company in the US. Shealso served in management and consultingroles for a range of non-profit organizations andstart-ups, including CIVICUS, The Partnershipfor Transparency Fund, and DC Stoddert Soccer.For Salzburg Global, Patricia plays lead rolesin finance, administration and special projectssuch as restructuring the organization’s hoteland conference center business.Clare ShineChief Program OfficerClare Shine has never quite found a way tostay within the box. A firm believer in multidisciplinaryapproaches, her background spansthe arts, business, law and policy. She is aqualified barrister with 20 years’ experienceas an environmental policy expert for the UNand regional organizations, governments, theprivate sector and NGOs, playing an influentialrole in biosecurity, transboundary cooperation,conflict prevention and institutionaltransformation. Previously based in Paris forover 20 years, she has led project teams onfour continents. Clare began her career inindustry and the media after studying literatureat Oxford and has written regularly for theFinancial Times since 2003. Chief ProgramOfficer since 2012, Clare has restructuredthe Salzburg Global Program, catalyzed newtransnational partnerships and positionedthe organization to craft multi-year changeagendas.George ZarubinChief Development OfficerGeorge Zarubin is the newest addition to seniormanagement, leaving his role as president ofthe Eurasia Foundation in May 2013 to leadSalzburg Global’s development of philanthropicpartnerships. George understands grantmaking and donor interests having playedsenior roles in Europe and the United States atEurasia and the Soros Foundation Kazakhstan,and as a leader within important fundingnetworks such as the Council on Foundationsand the European Foundation Centre. His legalbackground and international experience indeveloping research centers, program design,evaluation and metrics will be put to good usein expanding Salzburg Global’s partnershipsand donor relationships worldwide.Our Board of Directors brings a valuable mixof international, corporate and organizational,cross-sector expertise to guide Salzburg GlobalSeminar’s programs and business practices.Committed to effective stewardship, the Boardsafeguards organizational assets -- financialand programmatic -- and supports our capacityas we expand Salzburg Global’s horizons andreach.CHAIRHeather Sturt HaagaVICE CHAIRClaudio X. GonzalezIMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Walter E. MasseySECRETARYRandal C. Teague, Esq.TREASURERDaniel R. Fung, QC, SCDIRECTORSDoug CarlstonJan Ernst de GrootWilliam C. Eacho, IIIRobert “Barry” FultonWilhelmine GoldmannRichard J. GoldstoneHussein HassounaMichael HoffmanMerit E. JanowThomas Mansbach, Esq.Hans Peter ManzBailey Morris-EckEwald NowotnyDonald D. O’NealGilbert S. OmennWilliam H. SaitoVikas ThaparMarina v.N. WhitmanCatherine WillsOur Program team has nine Program Directors– five women and four men. Together, theyspan an unusually wide range of backgrounds:nearly all have lived, studied and worked ina range of countries and are multi-lingual.Each Program Director leads work in hisor her specialist area, with staff expertiseranging from economics, law, environmentaland education policy to culture, gender andhuman rights. In parallel, Salzburg Global’steamwork connects them across disciplines tobring creative critical thinking to the way weframe complex problems and design multiyearprograms to address them. Our planningprocess allows each team member to challengeideas from their professional perspective andpropose participants from unexpected quarters.We rigorously test concept formation againstthe needs of different target audiences aroundthe world – always with a focus on long-termsystems thinking and sustainable changeagendas.2425

A World-ClassRetreatNestled in the foothills of the Austrian Alps with majesticlake and mountain views, historic Schloss Leopoldskron is aworld-class retreat and conference center, with state-of-theart facilities and staff dedicated to provide the necessaryingredients for a transformative experience.Our exclusive setting enables Salzburg Global participantsto step back from the world, share quality time togetherand form life-long bonds. The Schloss’ spaciousatmosphere, European elegance and playful grandeur leavea vivid and enduring imprint on participants’ memories,often described as the ‘Salzburg magic’. Over breaks andmeals, walks around the lake, drinks on the terrace andevening social time in the Cellar Bierstube, conversationsbegun during working sessions are continued, allowing forgreater nuance, wider exploration and enhanced creativity.Historic Schloss Leopoldskron “Our beautifully preserved rococo palace – a few minutes’walk from Salzburg Old Town (a World Heritage site) –has been a source of power, intrigue and inspiration sincethe 18th century. Birthplace of the Salzburg Festival, andonce home to Europe’s leading theatre impresario, MaxReinhardt, Schloss Leopoldskron continues to inspirevibrant artistic and intellectual exchange.I’ve been to many forums or events, but there was nonelike Salzburg Global Seminar. Staying in beautifulSchloss Leopoldskron and experiencing the great natureof Salzburg, free from the constraints of daily workalready makes you feel very lucky and thankful...But what’s more important is that the discussions werevery sophisticated and dynamically evolved as theywent... As all participants were encouraged to join theconversation, the learning was mutual and intimate.Helin ” ParkTeam Leader, Impact Square, Seoul,Republic of Korea2627

Our exclusive setting at Schloss Leopoldskron, just on the outskirts of thecity of Salzburg, enables Salzburg Global participants to step back fromthe everyday, creating an environment where ideas matter and thoseseeking a better world find common ground.The newly renovated Schlosspark, manicured terrace gardens, and lake,overlooked by the Untersberg mountain, provide a beautiful and inspiringsetting to relax, contemplate and take a reinvigorating stroll betweensessions.The historic Meierhof was initially used as the stables and staff quartersfor the neighboring Schloss Leopoldskron. Nowadays, it serves as SalzburgGlobal’s offices, conference venue and hotel.Parker Hall in the Meierhof, named after long-serving Executive DirectorAmory Parker, is the main conference room of Salzburg Global.The library, open throughout the day and night, was built by MaxReinhardt, based on plans from the monastery library of St. Gallen inSwitzerland.The Great Hall of the Schloss is often used for fireside chats and informalevening sessions, as well as classical music concerts.The lake-side terrace of Schloss Leopoldskron is a preferred rendezvous ofmany Salzburg Global participants - a place for thoughtful discussions andcoffee breaks on sunny days, and snowball fights in the winter.In the early days of Salzburg Global, Europe was still facing rationingand the first participants survived on potatoes and onions. More than 65years later, our Austrian hospitality provides for regular “Kaffeepausen”,allowing for both further discussion and refreshment.The Marble Hall of Schloss Leopldskron has been used since the PrinceArchbishop’s time as a festive setting for gala dinners and specialoccasions - and all our participants’ meals during the seminars.The Venetian Room, the inspiration for the ballroom in the 1965 movie‘The Sound of Music’, is the only space in the Schloss where candles canbe lit - a special venue for opening receptions and closing banquets.The Chinese Room was created by Max Reinhardt in the 1920s to bringexotic surroundings to the Austrian palace. Today, it is often used forworking group meetings.The McGowan Room, named after American judge Carl E. McGowan,was the room where Max Reinhardt gathered friends and colleagues todevelop the Salzburg Festival - and now serves as another of our workinggroup rooms.2829

For More Information Contact:Stephen SalyerPresident & Chief Executive Officerssalyer@salzburgglobal.orgClare ShineVice President & Chief Program Officercshine@salzburgglobal.orgGeorge ZarubinVice President & Chief Development Officergzarubin@salzburgglobal.orgSalzburgGlobal.org3031

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