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Anyone looking to start fresh in a new city for work must consider many factors around this new beginning. For working parents, childcare is especially challenging. We have gathered a few tips for you.

The EU aims to create political and legal frameworks through the Green Deal to transform both the economy and society in a sustainable way. The Pinzgau-based company Design Composite demonstrates how this can be implemented.

The federal government and the Province of Salzburg are jointly investing in research, education and medical innovation. The new Life Sciences Masterplan strengthens cooperation between University of Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University and Salzburg University Hospital, focusing on cancer research, neuroscience and regenerative medicine.

In Salzburg, there is an exciting digitization research project: Franz-Benjamin Mocnik is studying the communication of places for the Faculty of DAS.

At the traditional event of the media and creative industry, 220 people gathered at the end of July. In the prestigious Schloss Leopoldskron, the high-profile panels of the main program discussed topics such as AI, creativity, incentive funding, and algorithms in streaming TV.

For the first time, workshops were held in the lead-up to the Media Summit, addressing current topics in the film and media industry: the perennial issue of film funding, green filming with the best practice case study “Rickerl,” and women in film with the winners of the screenplay competition “Heroines in Series.” The workshops were well attended, with 120 participants.

Austria offers national and regional funding for film projects. Funding is available for international service productions, Austrian cinema films, and emerging productions. This covers cinema, TV, and streaming. The largest component of this is the incentive model FISA+.

Since its establishment two years ago, the Faculty at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg has seen significant expansion. This was also supported by the State of Salzburg and Innovation Salzburg. On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, a review was presented at a press conference.

In the name of our film location Salzburg, we had the opportunity to host a delegation from Netflix. During a stroll through the city center and Hellbrunn, the team could get an impression of Salzburg’s film scenery. Steve Eddy, Director of the DACH Region for Netflix, answered a few questions for us on that occasion.

Political and technological challenges, as well as solutions to questions about the world of tomorrow, were discussed at the well-attended Innovation and Technology Forum salz21 on March 6th at the Salzburg Exhibition Center. Let’s take a look back at the panels organized by Innovation Salzburg.