Impulse: Eberhard Schrempf (GF Creative Industries Styria)
Dialogue partners: Stephan Skrobar (ski guide & alpine instructor, head of a communications agency, Bad Mitterndorf) & Sophie Rastl (graphic designer, artist, Altaussee)
Moderation: Günther Marchner
Traditionally, work and business in rural regions are clichédly associated with agriculture, crafts and tourism, even though the service sector dominates everywhere. Almost unnoticed, new employment potential and, above all, micro-enterprises in the creative industries are emerging in rural regions: be it in the music industry, in communication and advertising or in the diverse applications of digitalisation. Many of these jobs are no longer confined to urban centres. If the connection to the right networks is right, the village can also become a workplace. For example, when two locals work in the communications industry in Vienna and Bad Mitterndorf at the same time. When new health and exercise programmes grow. When a co-working space revitalises the village centre or when you can work in the advertising and communications industry or software development for companies in metropolitan areas without having to move.
But what is actually meant by “creative industries”? What are its special features? What strategy is the province of Styria pursuing in this regard as a business location? What potential do the creative industries have in rural regions? What potential lies dormant in the Ausseerland-Salzkammergut tourism region?
Eberhard Schrempf, Managing Director of Creative Industries Styria, will provide an insight into the diverse and growing world of the Styrian creative industries and the potential in rural regions. In the subsequent dialogue, Stephan Skrobar, ski guide & alpine instructor, head of a communications agency and co-initiator of the coworking spaces “Das Färberhaus” and “BM4” (Bad Mitterndorf) and Sophie Rastl, musician, graphic designer and visual artist (Altaussee) will share their approaches and experiences with their industry and with self-employment in the region as representatives of this sector.
The “Zukunftsbühne Hinterberg” focuses on “New perspectives for rural regions beyond the mainstream” as the centrepiece of the Capital of Culture activities of the E.I.K.E.-Forum – Woferlstall. It searches for traces of future potential and innovative approaches in the region – with a view to general and European developments.
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More about the project East End Salzkammergut at salzkammergut-2024.at
