ForumAlpinum (since 1994)

Since 1994, ISCAR has organised the ForumAlpinum with national partners. The ForumAlpinum is primarily a scientific conference aiming to promote international research cooperation on topics of relevance across the entire Alpine arc. The ForumAlpinum has also been designed as an interface between the scientific community, policy and the general public, providing opportunities for dialogue among various groups. www.forumalpinum.org


Kranjska Gora / SI, 12.–14.6.2024
Joint action for the Alps – conserve, connect and restore:
Alpine Biodiversity Conference &
ForumAlpinum 2024: The Alps – The Alps – a Refuge of Bio- and Geodiversity!?

Website

Program

Preliminary Proceedings: Nared, J., I. Potočnik Slavič, Ž. Novljan, E. Frank, V. Braun (eds.) 2024. The Alps – a Refuge of Bio- and Geodiversity!? Proceedings, ForumAlpinum 2024.


Breitenwang / A, 4.–6.6.2018
ForumAlpinum 2018 & 7th Water Conference: Alpine Water – Common Good or Source of Conflicts?

Program

Proceedings: Füreder, L., R. Weingartner, K. Heinrich, V. Braun, G. Köck, K. Lanz, T. Scheurer (eds.) 2018. Alpine Water – Common Good or Source of Conflicts? Proceedings of the ForumAlpinum 2018 and 7th Water Conference. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.

Policy Brief E / Policy Brief D


Darfo Boario Terme (Brescia) / I, 17.–19.9.2014
ForumAlpinum 2014: Alpine resources – Use, valorisation and management from local to macro-regional scale

Program

Proceedings (also published in Italian): Giorgi, A., A. Borsdorf, G. Köck, T. Scheurer (eds.) 2014. Alpine Resources. Use, valorisation and management from local to macro-regional scale. Conference Proceedings. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.

Conclusions: Giorgi A., T. Scheurer 2015. Alpine resources: assets for a promising future – Conclusions from the ForumAlpinum 2014. Mountain Research and Development 35/4, pp. 414–415.

Special issue: Oiry-Varacca, M., E. Tricoire (eds.) 2016. Perspectives critiques sur la ressource. Retours sur le ForumAlpin = Critical Perspectives on the Notion of Resource. Revisiting the ForumAlpinum (special issue of Revue de Géographie Alpine / Journal of Alpine Research 104/3).


Munich / D, 6.-9.10.2010
ForumAlpinum 2010: Metropolises and «their» Alps

Program

Proceedings: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ed.) 2010. Metropolises and “their” Alps. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press (digital edition).

Key Outcomes

Research questions and needs for action


Engelberg / CH, 18.–21.4.2007
ForumAlpinum 2007: Landscape Development in Mountain Regions

Program

Proceedings: Veit, H., T. Scheurer, G. Köck (eds.) 2007. Landscape Development in Mountain Regions. Proceedings of the ForumAlpinum 2007, 18.–21. April, Engelberg / Switzerland. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.


Alpbach / A, 23.–27.9.2002
ForumAlpinum 2002: The Nature of the Alps

Program

Proceedings: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ed.) 2003. The Nature of the Alps. ForumAlpinum 2002, Alpbach, September 23–27. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press (digital edition).


Bergamo / I, 11.–15.9.2000
ForumAlpinum 2000: ALPS: Space of Transit – Space of Life

Program

Proceedings (in Italian, German and French): Comitato Ev-K2-CNR (ed.) 2001. Atti del ForumAlpino/ForumAlpin/AlpenForum 2000. Bergamo – Castione della Presolana, 11.09.2000–15.09.2000 (Supplemento alla Rivista della montagna 248). Torino: Centro Documentazione Alpina.


Garmisch-Partenkirchen / D, 31.8.–4.9.1998
ForumAlpinum 1998: Driving factors in the Alpine Space – Learning from the 20th Century

Program

Proceedings: Alpenforschungsinstitut, Kommission für Ökologie der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (eds.) 1999. Kräfte der Veränderung im Alpenraum – Lernen vom 20. Jahrhundert = Les forces du changement dans l’Arc alpin – Leçons du 20ème siècle = Fattori di cambiamento nell’arco alpino – La Lezione del XX secolo. AlpenForum/ForumAlpin/ForumAlpino ’98, D–Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 31.8.–4.9.1998. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.


Chamonix / F, 10.–13.9.1996
ForumAlpinum 1996: New Land Use Patterns in the Alpine Space

Program

Proceedings: Gillet, F., H. Gumuchian, T. Scheurer (eds.) 1996. Nouvelles modalités d’utilisation de l’espace alpin = Neue Nutzungsformen im Alpenraum = Nuove forme d’uso del teritorio alpino. ForumAlpin/AlpenForum/ForumAlpino ’96, Chamonix, 10.–13.9.96 (Supplément au Revue de Géographie Alpine / Journal of Alpine Research 84/4).

Additional publication: Stucki, E. W., R. Jörin, U. Tappeiner 1997. ForumAlpin ’96, Chamonix. Recherche alpine: programmes et projets du secteur primaire. Alpenforschung: Programme und Projekte im Primärsektor. Zürich: ETH Zürich, Institut für Agrarwirtschaft/Institut d’économie rurale.


Disentis / CH, 11.–16.9.1994
ForumAlpinum 1994: Action Plan Alpine Research

Program

Proceedings (also published in German, French and Italian): Scheuer, T. (ed.) 1994. Plan of Action Research on the Alps. Preliminary Results of AlpForum ’94, 11–16 September 1994 in Disentis (CH). Berne: Swiss Academy of Sciences.


AlpWeek (since 2004)

The AlpWeek is an international event co-organised by the leading Alpine organisations committed to mountain protection and sustainable developement. Important Alps-related organisations, networks and observers of the Alpine Convention – CIPRA, ALPARC, Alliance in the Alps, Club Arc Alpin, ISCAR and local partners – meet every four years to discuss issues of common interest. www.alpweek.org


Nova Gorica / SI, 23.–25.9.2024
AlpWeek 2024: Alps in our hands

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Brig-Glis / CH, 5.–7.9.2022
AlpWeek 2022: Alps in transition

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Nice / F (Online), 9.–11.12.2020
AlpWeek Intermezzo 2020: Youth & Climate

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Innsbruck / A, 3.–4.4.2019
AlpWeek Intermezzo 2019: Tomorrow in the Alps

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Grassau (Achental) / D, 11.–15.10.2016
AlpWeek 2016: Alps & People

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Valposchiavo / CH, 5.–8.9.2012
AlpWeek 2012: Renewable Alps

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L’Argentière-La-Bassée / F, 11.–14.6.2008
AlpWeek 2008: Innovating (in) the Alps

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Kranjska Gora / SI, 22.–25.9.2004
AlpWeek 2004: Alps of the next Generation

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