SPEAKERS
of the past
21st VIENNA CONGRESS 2024
DAN SHECHTMAN
NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY; VICE-CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
VÁCLAV KLAUS
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC; CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
MORITZ LEUENBERGER
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, FORMER MEMBER OF THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL & HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT, ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
LUJAIN ALQODMANI
PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)
WOLFGANG BAUMANN
PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL DEFENSE – KURATORIUM UMFASSENDE LANDESVERTEIDIGUNG
IAIN BEGG
PROFESSORIAL RESEARCH FELLOW, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
(c) VP Wien
ALEXANDER BIACH
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE VIENNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LOCATION-LAWYER OF VIENNA
SIERD CLOETINGH
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR UTRECHT UNIVERSITY; FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA
HEINO FALCKE
PROFESSOR OF ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS AND RADIO ASTRONOMY; RECIPIENT OF THE BALZAN PRIZE 2023
OPHIR FRIEDER
PROFESSOR, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, INVARYANT
(c) Michael Strobl Photography
KASIA GRECO
VICE-PRESIDENT, VIENNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(c) Groq
GroqChat
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
PETER HANKE
EXECUTIVE CITY COUNCILLOR OF FINANCE, BUSINESS, LABOUR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND VIENNA PUBLIC UTILITIES
(c) Caro Strasnik
ALFRED HARL
CHAIRMAN AUSTRIAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, VICE PRESIDENT – FEACO
ENVER HOXHAJ
FORMER MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO; MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO
OTMAR KLOIBER
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)
EVA KONDOROSI
RECIPIENT OF THE BALZAN PRIZE 2018 FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, MEMBER OF THE GROUP OF CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
INGRID KRIEGL
FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, SPHINX IT CONSULTING
(c) ingo folie wien
SEBASTIAN KUMMER
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
MARSHA LIPTON
CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF NFTrends
LUKAS MANDL
MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
(c) Philipp Horak
CLAUDIA MISCHENSKY
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION OF AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES (IV), MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CONFEDERATION OF INDUSTRY, CARINTHIA
OSKAR MENCER
CEO MAXELER TECHNOLOGIES, a GROQ COMPANY
(c) Andreas Hofer
GÜNTHER OFNER
MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF VIENNA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – FLUGHAFEN WIEN AG; CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF ÖSTERREICHISCHE BETEILIGUNGS AG – AUSTRIA HOLDING PLC (ÖBAG)
ANDREAS REICHHARDT
HEAD OF DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VI – TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POSTAL SERVICES AND MINING, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
KATHARINA REINWALD
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
MAXIMILIAN SCHERR
PARTNER & HEAD OF STRATEGY, ARTHUR D. LITTLE AUSTRIA
GABRIELE SCHINDL
ENTREPRENEUR AND BUSINESS ANGEL
TIBOR SZANYI
FORMER MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; VICE-CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
KARIM TAGA
MANAGING PARTNER, GLOBAL PRACTICE LEADER TIME, ARTHUR D. LITTLE AUSTRIA
DAVID UNGAR-KLEIN
INITIATOR OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
BIRGIT WAGNER
HEAD OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, PORR AG; MANAGING DIRECTOR, STRAUSS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GMBH; MEMBER OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD, UBM DEVELOPMENT AG
CLAUS ZEPPELZAUER
DIVISION HEAD COMPANIES & TECHNOLOGY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ECOPLUS DIGITIAL GMBH, ecoplus. THE BUSINESS AGENCY OF LOWER AUSTRIA
PARTNER
of the
21st VIENNA CONGRESS 2024
