SPEAKERS
of the
23rd VIENNA CONGRESS 2026
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
JAN SECHTER
DEPUTY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
RABIA ADIGÜZEL
FUTURE BOARD – VIENNA CONGRESS
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
MONIKA DERECQUE-POIS
CO-FOUNDER OF THE HEALTHCARE CHAIN INSTITUTE (HCI)
BOB DJAVAN
PROFESSOR UROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, CHAIRMAN DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY RUDOLFINERHAUS FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
(c) patricia weisskirchner
CHRISTIANE DRUML
DIRECTOR OF THE JOSEPHINUM – MEDICAL COLLECTIONS, DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS, COLLECTIONS AND HISTORY OF MEDICINE OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, UNESCO CHAIR ON BIOETHICS AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
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
JÁN FIGEĽ
FORMER EU-COMMISSIONER, FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF SLOVAKIA, FOUNDER OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT)
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) Caro Strasnik
ALFRED HARL
PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES ASSOCIATIONS (FEACO)
(c) Fotostudio Wilke 1010 Wien
BERNHARD HEINZLMAIER
CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH CULTURE RESEARCH – jugendkultur.at
EMESE HUNYADY
OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND WORLD CHAMPION IN SPEED SKATING
JACQUELINE KITULU
PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)
OTMAR KLOIBER
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)
(c) Ulrike Schmitz
MARGARETE KRIZ-ZWITTKOVITS
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE VIENNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
MILJANA MILENKOVIC
FUTURE BOARD – VIENNA CONGRESS
CHRISTIAN MUSSO
FUTURE BOARD – VIENNA CONGRESS
(c) MedUni Wien/mh-photography
MARKUS MÜLLER
RECTOR OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
PETIA NIEDERLAENDER
DIRECTOR PAYMENTS, RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL LITERACY AT THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK — OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK (OeNB)
GLADDEN J. PAPPIN
PRESIDENT OF THE HUNGARIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ERIK PIPAL
EXPERT DIGITAL EURO, OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK (OENB); FUTURE BOARD – VIENNA CONGRESS
ANDREAS REICHHARDT
HEAD OF DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VI – 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; FUTURE BOARD – VIENNA CONGRESS
(c) Martin Hangen
MARIE THERES RELIN
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, ACTRESS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST (hausfrauenrevolution.com), CULTURAL ORGANISER
RAPHAEL ROSENHEK
DIRECTOR VIENNA HEART CENTER, DIRECTOR PRIVATE OUTPATIENT CLINIC, RUDOLFINERHAUS PRIVATE HOSPITAL
MARK SEE
CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF LAREDO OIL Inc
ANNABEL SEEBOHM
FOUNDER & CEO, Health4.EU SRL
ZIPORA SHECHTMAN
PROFESSOR EMERITA, UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA, ISRAEL
(c) Sima Prodinger
DANIELLE SPERA
CEO CULTURE. MEDIA. JUDAISM & EDITOR OF THE „NU“ MAGAZINE
THOMAS STARLINGER
FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA; FORMER AUSTRIAN MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE TO EU AND NATO IN BRUSSELS
TIBOR SZANYI
FORMER MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; VICE-CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
DAVID UNGAR-KLEIN
INITIATOR OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS
CLAUS ZEPPELZAUER
ecoplus SENIOR MANAGEMENT, DIVISION HEAD OF COMPANIES & TECHNOLOGY, MANAGING DIRECTOR ecoplus DIGITAL GMBH
PARTNER
of the
23rd VIENNA CONGRESS 2026
