Regions
ahead operates with regional partnerships across European Bundesländer and cantons. Each region carries all its city editions.
Austria
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Bundesland Salzburg
Salzburg, festival region, economic crossroads between Vienna and Munich, and home of M&K Event GmbH, the operating entity for the 2026 ahead editions in Austria. Many organisational threads run together here.
1 planned
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Kärnten
Carinthia, between lake and Karawanken, between multilingual tradition and alpine industry. ahead in Carinthia plays for a crowd that does not let AI explain itself, but asks whether it fits the life here.
1 city so far
1 past date
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Niederösterreich
Lower Austria, Austria's largest federal state by area, with a dense mid-sized business landscape, research hubs in St. Pölten, Krems and Wiener Neustadt, and tight ties to the Vienna economic area.
1 planned
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Oberösterreich
Upper Austria, industrial backbone, home to JKU and a dense AI research landscape. Linz stands for the blend of applied science and industry that treats AI not in the subjunctive but in everyday application.
1 planned
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Steiermark
Styria, industry, universities, pioneer spirit. ahead brings AI to a region that is already rearranging what technology means to it, between Voest, AVL and FH JOANNEUM.
1 city so far
1 past date
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Tirol
Tyrol, mountains, tradition, a directness of its own. ahead in Tyrol means AI in dialogue with a region that refuses to be dazzled. Tiroler Tageszeitung carries that as main partner.
1 city so far
1 past date · 3 upcoming
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Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg, the origin region of ahead. The ahead x series started here, this is where the format was born that is now being rolled out across Europe. Four archived editions (Feldkirch, Götzis, Hard, Bludenz) form the DNA of the brand.
5 cities so far · 1 planned
6 past dates · 3 upcoming