Digital Breakout Sessions

The breakout sessions from the " Konferenz Dritte Orte held online for the second time and are available for listening here.

Breakout Session 1
, Mika Haasler | “This Is Where the Music Plays!” – Community Music and the Role of Modern-Day Cultural Venues

Breakout Session 2
Anja Adam, Marian Cramm | The Public Foyer—A Third Place at the Intersection of Vision and Everyday Life

Breakout Session 3
Patrick Oes | A Space Without Direction – The Courage to Embrace the Uncurated

Breakout Session 4
Nadine Apperle | Idealism Meets Mammon – Thinking About the Third Place in Economic Terms

Breakout Session 5
Meret Jaggi, Nicolas Schmutz | A Cultural Quarter in the Making – Challenges, Practical Collaboration, and a New Beginning

Breakout Session 6
Anna Kleeblatt From Doorman to Concierge – Hospitality in an Open House

Breakout Session 7
, Ursula Baum | Engagement on Equal Footing – Volunteers as Indispensable Contributors

Breakout Session 8
Veronika Ehm | What Really Works? – Evaluation and Learning

Breakout Session 9
Christina von Rotenhan | From Project to Mindset—Organizations in Transition

Video recordings of the conference

The presentations and panel discussions Konferenz Dritte Orte the " Konferenz Dritte Orte May 5 and 6, 2026, are available for listening here.

Opening of "
" by Anja Adam, Anna Kleeblatt, and Benedikt von Peter

Keynote
, Aat Vos | Come Stay Grow

Panel
: Money, Money, Money
Peter Haerle, Daniel Häni, Robert Schmuki, Dr. Reinhard Scolik

Keynote Address: "
" by Tobias Bäcker | Setting Out for the Third Place

Panel
Suddenly Social?
Benedikt von Peter, Prof. em. Dr. Udo Rauchfleisch, Adriana Ružek

Keynote Presentation 1
Barbara Buser | Open Spaces and Basel

Keynote Presentation 2
, Anne Burgmer | The Church as a Third Place

Keynote Presentation 3
, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani | Corporate Space as a Third Place?

Welcome

Keynote
, Martin Colomer-Diez | From Le CENTQUATRE-PARIS to the World

Panel
: Third Places – Quo Vadis?
Julia André, Andreas Geis, Johannes Küng, Tabea Michaelis

Case Study 1 – Focus on Practice
, Wiebke Stockinger | Halle E+G – Museumsquartier Vienna

Case Study 2 – Focus on Practice
, Eva Tillig | FLUX – At the Pinakothek der Moderne

Case Study 3 – Focus on Practice
, Natasha Anderson | Sadler’s Wells, London

Panel: "
" Audience Development and Community Building
Dr. Katrin Grögel, Mika Haasler, Anna Rose, Max Wagner

Closing Keynote
, Robin Cantrill-Fenwick | How Do Third Places Generate Income?

Farewell and Graduation
, Anja Adam, Anna Kleeblatt

All conference posters available for review