# ORF programming and organizational updates

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> Updated: 2026-08-26T09:37:42.000Z. Sources: 3. Developments: 2.

The Austrian broadcaster ORF has announced upcoming cultural and organizational programming. This includes a retrospective special airing on August 29, 2026, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Aufsteirern festival, featuring musical highlights from the Graz Kasematten.

Furthermore, an ORF Zukunftsforum is scheduled for September 10 and 11, 2026. The forum intends to discuss the future of broadcasting and digitalization, utilizing the history of the Jura Soyfer Gesellschaft as a model case.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-26: ORF announces Aufsteirern anniversary special and Zukunftsforum

ORF will broadcast an Aufsteirern festival 25th-anniversary retrospective on August 29, 2026, and host a Zukunftsforum on September 10–11, 2026, to discuss the broadcaster's future.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/orf-announces-aufsteirern-anniversary-special-and-zukunftsforum

### 2026-08-19: ORF Burgenland to launch new series on community and learning

ORF Burgenland is launching a new series on August 31, 2026, titled ‘Miteinander leben. Voneinander lernen,’ focusing on lifelong learning and community cohesion in Austria.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/orf-burgenland-to-launch-new-series-on-community-and-learning

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