In the following we provide the presentations held during the "Parks of the Future" workshop:

• Which role can parks play for sustainable development in Germany? (Dr. Volker Scherfose, BfN)

• Parks of the future: Expectations in a European perspective (M.Sc. Carol Ritchie, EUROPARC)

• Parks and sustainable forms of land-use (Prof. Dr. Andreas Voth)

• Demographic change and the National Parks of England (Dr. Nicola Thompson)

• Parks coping with climate change (Dr. Claudia Carter, Dr. Mark Reed)

• Parks safeguarding landscape and open space (Dr. Emma Salizzoni)

• Quality Standards for Nature-based Tourism in Protected Areas at the example of the Alps (Prof. Dr. Dominik Siegrist)

• The role of spatial planning for park development (Ass. Prof. Dr. Raoul Beunen)

• Parks as societal mirrors of the 21st century (Dr. Ulli Vilsmaier)