The Groninger Forum aims to be a cultural center that brings people together and provides access to information. It deals with culture, history, and making information available to the public. Key issues it focuses on include being a central meeting place and portal to other locations and insights. It operates based on principles like removing barriers and strengthening media accessibility. The building features interactive "squares" that combine top-down professional programming and bottom-up public participation. It aims to attract over 1.5 million annual visits through diverse content from libraries, universities, art, films, and more in an entertaining and merged format.

1. Groninger Forum New Challenges In a New information Era

5. Groninger Forum – What We Do We deal with culture as visibly connected characteristics of an environment in a certain time period We deal with history, heritage and roots We deal with accessibility of these through current events and technical break-throughs We make information available on public demand

6. Groninger Forum – Key Issues A center (building/square/inner city) To come together, meet, interact and exchange As well as a portal to other locations, other sources of information, other insights Directed at creating inner value for visitors

8. Groninger Forum – Principles of Operation Removal/breaking down of traditional religious and socio-political barriers in the Netherlands Synergistic strengthening of media Accessibility and broadening of the target group Entertaining and appealing Interaction between supply and demand

9. Groninger Forum – The Building Unique in its content-concrete synergy Bottom up (participation) and top down (professional) programming Osmosis between these two in the ‘squares’ Central part of € 500 million investment in city center development

20. Groninger Forum - Squares Today’s and tomorrow’s issues Connectivity/environment Cultural roots Culture through innovation (including the building) Culture through images and text Youth

22. Groninger Forum - Content Libraries Art House Film / historical film archives / world wide documentaries (personal) archives / collections from historical museums / pop archives Universities Innovative corporation matches

24. Groninger Forum - Content Merged Intermingled Free of traditional inhibitions Entertainment/experience Game based From numerous (non) digital sources - media lab

26. Groninger Forum - Demographics 1.5 - 2 million visits to Groninger Forum per year 30% under the age of 25 (46,000 students) Hinterland (NL, Ge and region) 33 million visits to city center per year 600 work stations and digital meeting places

28. Groninger Forum’s Claim to Fame The world’s first culture-driven, borderless, socio-economic testing ground