No other Austrian city has changed as dramatically as Linz has in recent years. Once a nice, quiet commercial
town on the banks of the Danube, then the place that Adolf Hitler adopted as his hometown, and later a capital of
heavy industry with all the side-effects and risks that entails, Linz today is a modern urban centre with a
flourishing economy and exceptional quality of life. A city where interesting things are happening, where change
is in the air and the future is taking shape right now. The mission of Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture is
to be a part of this process: an initiative implementing sustainable urban development and a driving force for
progress in promising directions.
www.linz09.at
The question about future in the intersection of art, technology and society has been one of the main orientations
of Ars Electronica Linz since its inception in 1979. With the Ars Electronica Festival – an open encounter of
international experts from the arts and sciences, the Prix Ars Electronica – the world’s premier cyberarts competition,
the Ars Electronica Futurelab – Think Tank and laboratory for art and technology, and the Ars Electronica Center –
Museum of the Future it has a strong impact on cultural and social developments of the city of Linz as well as it
influences the international digital art and media culture.
www.aec.at
The voestalpine Group is an international steel production and processing group based in Linz /Austria.
The Group generates with its five divisions – Steel, Special Steel, Railway Systems, Profilform and Automotive –
in excess of EUR 10 billion in annual revenue with a workforce of some 42,000 throughout the world and has a
presence in almost 50 countries and every continent, with some 360 production and sales companies. voestalpine
is taking a leading position in Europe in cutting-edge integrated products and applications based on steel
and is leading the international field as global No. 1 in turnout systems and special steel. Moreover voestalpine
is a top player in high-end steel strip, rails, quality wire, special sections and tubes, as well as
a major partner to the energy industry.
www.voestalpine.com
