After one comes two – another open air concert for an open-minded Dresden is coming on 28 March 2015 at the Theaterplatz. The event is again directed by the association Place to be! e.V. and the Initiative weltoffenes Dresden (Initiative for an open-minded Dresden).

Furthermore, a "Dresden Citizens' Conference" is planned, which will take place before the concert in the International Congress Center Dresden. With podium discussions, discussion groups and a "market of possibilities", as many aspects as possible of current discussions regarding concepts of democracy and integrating asylum seekers will be sounded out. Appropriately, the conference title is "Democracy in Everyday Life Together". Professor Gerhard Ehninger from the TU Dresden Faculty of Medicine is significantly involved in the preparations.

In addition to this, TUD professors Wolfgang Donsbach, Hans Vorländer and Werner Patzelt are also taking part in podium discussions.

The TUD university management supports the concerns of the citizens' conference and open air concert, and is calling on all students and staff to participate:
“We are grateful and proud that we at TU Dresden learn, teach, work and live together with around 5,000 international scientists and students to achieve top performances in research and teaching together. Science is international! TU Dresden thrives on interaction between foreign and German students and scientists, who are all a firm part of our university, regardless of religion and background. It was our aim, and we have succeeded, to make foreign staff and students enthusiastic about TU Dresden. We should all do everything in our power to paint a picture of Dresden as an open-minded city.“

The citizens' conference will take place on 28 March 2015, from 2pm - 7pm in the International Congress Center Dresden and the open air concert from 8pm at the Theaterplatz.

Programme and bank details for donations: www.dresden-place-to-be.de

Information for journalists:
Kim-Astrid Magister
Phone: 0351 463-32398