SPEAKERS
of the past
22nd VIENNA CONGRESS 2025
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
BORIS TADIĆ
FORMER PRESIDENT OF SERBIA
WALTER ROSENKRANZ
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL, PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRIA
ULRIKE ATTENBERGER
CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPY, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF GENERAL RADIOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL VIENNA – AKH
IAIN BEGG
PROFESSORIAL RESEARCH FELLOW, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
JOSÉ MARÍA BENEYTO
FEACO – EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES ASSOCIATIONS
SIERD CLOETINGH
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR UTRECHT UNIVERSITY; FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA
MATIAS DEL CAMPO
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE, NYIT – NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; DIRECTOR M.S. ARCHITECTURE AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES [M.S.ACT]
ANDERS DELLSON
COMPANY BUILDER. FOUNDER AND CEO OF LIND ELECTRIC SURFBOARDS
GAD EDERY
ENTREPRENEUR – CEO, GALERIE GADCOLLECTION, IN GAD WE TRUST, MUSÉE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
FLORIAN EHRBAR
FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ONCHHAINLABS AND WEB3 INVESTOR AND ADVISOR
OPHIR FRIEDER
PROFESSOR, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, INVARYANT
WALTER GEHR
FORMER CHIEF OF CABINET, DEPUTY HEAD OF DEPARTMENT AT THE DIVISION FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS AT THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
(c) Michael Strobl Photography
KASIA GRECO
VICE-PRESIDENT, VIENNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ENTREPRENEUR AND MEMBER OF THE VIENNA CITY GOVERNMENT
OLIVER GÜNTHER
PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM
(c) Caro Strasnik
ALFRED HARL
CHAIRMAN OF THE AUSTRIAN ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, ACCOUNTING AND IT (UBIT) OF THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL ECONOMIC CHAMBER; PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES ASSOCIATIONS (FEACO)
KAREL HAVLÍČEK
DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, PARLIAMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
EMESE HUNYADY
OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND WORLD CHAMPION IN SPEED SKATING
OTMAR KLOIBER
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)
LUKAS MANDL
MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
SANDRA MANNINGER
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE, NYIT – NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
PENNY McLEAN
SINGER, AUTHOR AND SOCIAL PEDAGOGOUE
BENJAMIN MENCER
AI RESEARCHER AT STANFORD SLAC
FRANK ULRICH MONTGOMERY
PAST CHAIR OF COUNCIL WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA), PAST PRESIDENT STANDING COMMITTEE OF EUROPEAN DOCTORS (CPME), HONORARY PRESIDENT GERMAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BÄK)
CHRISTIAN MUSSO
FUTURE BOARD – VIENNA CONGRESS
(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)
ASHOK PHILIP
PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)
(c) Erich Reismann Photography
MARTIN PUASCHITZ
CHAIRMAN OF THE IT PROFESSIONAL GROUP IN THE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY, ACCOUNTING AND IT ASSOCIATION, AUSTRIAN FEDERAL ECONOMIC CHAMBER (WKO)
ANDREAS REICHHARDT
HEAD OF DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VI – TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POSTAL SERVICES AND MINING, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
ANDREAS REINSTALLER
SENIOR PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST, OFFICE OF THE AUSTRIAN PRODUCTIVITY BOARD AT OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK
KATHARINA REINWALD
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
ZIPORA SHECHTMAN
PROFESSOR EMERITA, UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA, ISRAEL
GABRIELE SCHINDL
ENTREPRENEUR AND BUSINESS ANGEL
JAN SECHTER
CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION – CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EU & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, RAILWAYS, WATER TRANSPORT, CIVIL AVIATION, ITS, SPACE, R&D, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, CZECH REPUBLIC
(c) Elmas Libohova
DAVOR SERTIC
CHAIRMAN OF THE DIVISION TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC AT THE VIENNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF EUROPEAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FOR TRANSPORT (UECC)
HAVA T. SIEGELMANN
PROVOST PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES, AND NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR PROGRAM; LAB DIRECTOR, THE BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED NEURAL AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS (BINDS)
TIBOR SZANYI
FORMER MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; VICE-CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
(c) Martin Hangen
MARIE THERES RELIN
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, ACTRESS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST (hausfrauenrevolution.com), CULTURAL ORGANISER
DAVID UNGAR-KLEIN
INITIATOR OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
BENJAMIN WEBER
WINNER OF THE MICROSOFT EXCEL COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE 2024
HANNES WERTHNER
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR (RETIRED), VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TU WIEN)
CLAUS ZEPPELZAUER
ecoplus SENIOR MANAGEMENT, DIVISION HEAD OF COMPANIES & TECHNOLOGY, MANAGING DIRECTOR ecoplus DIGITAL GMBH
PARTNER
of the
22nd VIENNA CONGRESS 2025
