The second day at the PPH Augustinum began with a keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Michael Fingerle, University of Frankfurt, who addressed the difficult relationship between inclusion and resilience and presented a philosophical foundation for resilience in educational and development processes. He argued that resilience should not be understood as a personal characteristic, but rather as an adaptive capacity of organizations or social groups that are challenged by inclusion in terms of social and educational policy and described the education system as particularly resilient, as it "has been exposed to countless attempts at reform and has survived them largely unchanged".

You can find the recording of Prof. Michael Fingerle's keynote speech here (with sign language interpretation, subtitling de/en), here the presentation.

The third keynote was given by Prof. Dr^. Kathrin Müller from the Intercantonal University for Special Needs Education Zurich^. She linked the findings from resilience and inclusion research and discussed these for the pedagogical promotion and didactic design of learning for inclusion-oriented participation. In this tense process, learning and teaching participation requires an "equal interplay between those taking part and those giving part". By understanding and taking into account the position of the other person, "irritations can be used as a learning opportunity" and resilience can also be promoted by fostering the skills that enable participation.

Here you can find the recording of Prof. Kathrin Müller's keynote speech (with sign language interpreter, subtitles de/en), here the presentation.

At 14:00, the congress management and the president of LebensGroß, Ursula Vennemann, invited participants to the poster session. At the beginning, the authors were briefly introduced and had the opportunity to present their poster as a 1-minute pitch. Afterwards, the congress participants were invited to talk to the authors during an integrated coffee break, exchange views on the projects presented and vote for their favorite. The presentation of the poster awards and prizes for the top three was the highlight of this afternoon's congress.

Before the joint social evening, all participants were invited to a panel discussion on the exciting topic of "Inclusion makes you resilient! - Is the education system ready?". Erika Wilfling-Weberhofer (Styrian Association for People with Disabilities⁾, Christine Steger (lawyer for equal treatment issues for people with disabilities), Matthias Grasser (cultural and social projects), Prof. Barbara Levc (university lecturers with disabilities working for students with disabilities/chronic illnesses), Christian Schoier and HR Dr. Josef Zollneritsch (Directorate of Education) discussed this topic. The panelists regretted the steps backwards that Austria has taken in the area of inclusion in recent years. The independent monitoring committee for monitoring the implementation of the UN CRPD confirms that there is still a lot of potential for development. "Thanks to intensive exchange and joint initiatives by committed individuals, we can nevertheless look to the future with optimism," was the group's final conclusion.

The highlight of the third day at the University of Teacher Education Styria was the keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Kerstin Merz-Atalik from the Ludwigsburg University of Education^. She focused on the importance of individual, collective and organizational forms of resilience for transformation processes and for the sustainable development of inclusive education systems. The associated research findings were illustrated using the example of the Governance in(clusive) Education project, the aim of which is to gain knowledge for successful governance for inclusive education in an international comparison and in concrete terms in four European education regions.

Here you can find the recording of the keynote speech by Prof. Kerstin Merz-Atalik (with sign language interpretation, with subtitles de/en), here the presentation.