Der Status Quo des Lissabon Prozesses
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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German and English language
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Prof. Dr. Mario MONTI
Former European Commissioner for Internal Market, Financial Services and Taxation and Former European Commissioner for Competition, European Commission, Brussels; President, Bocconi University, Milan
| Mario Monti is president of Bocconi University, Milan. He is also European chairman of the Trilateral Commission and honorary president of Bruegel, the European think-tank he launched in 2005. As the EU-appointed coordinator for the electricity interconnection between France and Spain, he brokered an agreement between the two heads of governments in June 2008. He was a member of the Attali Committee on French economic growth, set up by President Sarkozy (2007-2008). He was for ten years a member of the European Commission, in charge of the Internal market, Financial services and Tax policy (1995-1999), then of Competition (1999-2004). In addition to a number of high-profile cases (e.g. GE/Honeywell, Microsoft, the German Landesbanken), he introduced radical modernization reforms of EU antitrust and merger control and led, with the US authorities, the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN). | |
| Mr. Monti graduated from Bocconi and Yale University. Prior to joining the European Commission, he had been professor of economics and rector at Bocconi University. |
Dr. Reinhold MITTERLEHNER
Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy, and Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
| 1974-1980 | Studied Law in Linz (Dr. iur.); he also completed a post-graduate course in association management, Fribourg |
| 1980-1992 | Worked for the Upper Austrian Economic Chamber, where his last position was Head of the Marketing Department |
| 1991-1997 | Local Councillor, Ahorn |
| 1992-2000 | Secretary General, Austrian Economic League (Wirtschaftsbund), Vienna |
| 2000-2008 | Member, Austrian Parliament |
| Deputy Secretary General, Austrian Economic Chamber | |
| 2001-2008 | Chairman, Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee of the Austrian Parliament |
| 2008-2013 | Federal Minister of Economy, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| since 2013 | Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| since 2014 | Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria |
Dr. Karl AIGINGER
Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna
| 1966-1970 | Studies of Economics, University of Vienna |
| since 1970 | Economic Researcher, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| 1982 | Visiting Professor, Stanford University, California |
| 1984-1987 | Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| 1991 | Visiting Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1993-2000 | Member, Supervisory Board, ÖIAG - Österreichische Industrieholding, Vienna |
| 1996-1998 | Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| 1997 | Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2000-2004 | Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| since 1992 | Honorary Professor, Industrial Economics & Economic Policies, Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| since 2000 | Editor, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade together with Marcel Canoy |
| 2002 | Visiting Professor, Research and Lecturing, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University |
| since 2005 | Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| since 2006 | Professor for Economic Policy, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Coordinator, WWWforEurope (European Commission FP7) |
PD Dr. Gustav A. HORN
Scientific Director, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Hans-Böckler-Foundation, Düsseldorf
| 1973-1979 | Studies of economics at the University of Bonn (North-Rhine Westphalia), degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (1979) |
| 1980-1981 | DAAD scholarship at the London School of Economics, degree: Master of Science (1981) |
| 1981-1986 | Assistant lecturer for applied economic research at the University of Konstanz |
| 1986-1998 | Research associate at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), doctoral degree (Dr. rer. oec.) at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) |
| 1998-1999 | Interim Head of the Department of Macro Analysis and Forecasting at DIW |
| 2000-2004 | Head of the Department of Macro Analysis and Forecasting at DIW |
| 2001 | Habilitation at TU Berlin |
| since 2005 | Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) at Hans-Böckler Foundation |
| since 2007 | Professor (external) of Economics at the University of Flensburg |
| 2001-2009 | Advisor to the European Parliament |
| 2009 | Member of the commission of the political executive of the SocialdemocraticParty in Germany (SPD) for regulation of financial markets |
| since 2012 | Professor (external) of Economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen. |
| since 2010 | Member of the economic council at the party chairman of the Socialdemocratic Party in Germany (SPD) |
| Chairman of the Chamber for Social Order of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) |
Dipl. Ing. Phys. and Dipl. VWL Matthias KOLLATZ-AHNEN
Senior Expert, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Frankfurt; Member of the Advisory Body "Innovation for Growth", European Commission, Brussels
| 1991-1995 | Gruppenleiter und stellv. Abteilungsleiter, Landesentwicklungsministerium in Hessen |
| 1996-2006 | Geschäftsführer bzw. Vorstand, Landestreuhandstelle Hessen sowie der Investitionsbank Hessen, Frankfurt und Wiesbaden |
| 2006-2012 | Vorstand in der Europäischen Investitionsbank, Luxemburg |
| seit 2012 | Senior Expert, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Frankfurt |
Dr. Daniel THORNILEY
Senior Vice President, Economist Group
| 1983-1986 | he worked in a United Nations unit on east-west affairs Vienna. |
| Since 1986 he worked at Economist Group in Vienna. | |
| He is the senior consultant, public speaker and chairman of events for the Economist Group on global business issues and emerging markets. | |
| He is the senior consultant to 250 Western MNC client companies and each year writes 10 position papers on business issues which are sent to 2 500 executive clients. | |
| Each year he makes as many as 65 speeches to client audiences. He is also regarded as an accomplished dinner speaker. | |
| He is a speaker for Thought Leaders International and a guest speaker at Executive MBA courses for the Universities of Chicago, Oxford and Budapest. |
