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Every year we present a well-known personality from science, society, economy, politics or sports as speaker at the SEPAWA CONGRESS. Be it current topics or perennial favorites, it will certainly spark your interest.<\/p>\n
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Thursday, 15 October 2026 from 13:15 \u2013 14:30 hrs in the Auditorium<\/p>\n
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On the Great Transformation of Our Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Are we in a crisis\u2014or a transition? It’s important to distinguish between the two: In crises, the “old normal” soon returns. Transitions, on the other hand, involve a transformation that demands a different understanding of the world, a different kind of “change engagement\u201d.<\/p>\n – The Waves of Change: How do we recognize that an old era is ending and a new one is beginning?<\/p>\n The New World (Dis)orders: Speculations about the geopolitical future.<\/p>\n Next Society: How would a society, a democracy, have to function in the future?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”#” button_text=”Curriculum vitae” module_id=”lebenslauf” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”17px” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#213465″ button_border_width=”3px” button_border_color=”#213465″ button_border_radius=”8px” button_font=”|700|||||||” button_use_icon=”off” custom_margin=”20px||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”10px|25px|10px|25px|true|true” custom_css_main_element=”text-transform:none !important;” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element__hover_enabled=”on|hover” custom_css_main_element__hover=”pointer-events:auto !important;” button_bg_color__hover=”#FFCD02″ button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_border_color__hover=”#FFCD02″ button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.sepawa.com\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/Matthias-Horx-1-1-scaled.jpg” alt=”Waigel-Theo” title_text=”Matthias-Horx-1″ align=”right” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width_tablet=”50%” max_width_phone=”75%” max_width_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_margin=”||||false|false” module_alignment_tablet=”left” module_alignment_phone=”left” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dipi_balloon selector=”#lebenslauf” ballon_placement=”right” content_alignment=”left” use_balloon_icon=”on” balloon_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#FFFFFF” use_icon_size=”on” icon_size=”25px” balloon_title=”Matthias Horx” balloon_description=”<\/p>\n Welcome to the future!<\/strong> Already as a young technophile in the 60s, he was interested in the mysteries of the future. After a career as a journalist and publicist, he became the most influential futurist in the German-speaking world. He has published some 20 books, many of which have become bestsellers.<\/p>\n He stands for a futurology that does not chase after every fear or technology hype, but looks instead at the change of consciousness. 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Short biography of Matthias Horx<\/strong><\/p>\n
Matthias Horx\u2019s life project is the further development of the \u201cfuturology\u201d of the 60s and 70s towards a holistic prognostic methodology \u2014 an interdisciplinary combination of system, social, cognitive and evolutionary sciences.<\/p>\nTopics & personalities<\/h2>\n
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Impressions<\/h2>\n