Let’s Talk About It – Round Table of the EU Institutions
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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German and English languageVertreterInnen der Europäischen Institutionen werden die Entscheidungsfindungsprozesse in der EU anhand ihrer täglichen Arbeitserfahrung innerhalb ihrer eigenen sowie mit den anderen Institutionen erläutern.
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Heinz K. BECKER
Member, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), European Parliament; Secretary-General, OSB - Austrian Senior Citizens' Association, Brussels
| 1970-1974 | Assistant to the Japanese manager responsible for the COMECON market; Marubeni Corporation, Japanese export- |
| import Company, Berlin and Vienna | |
| 1974-1977 | Account Manager and Account Director/Group Account Director; Gramm & Grey, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1977-1980 | Advertising Manager for the audio and home electronics sector; Österreichische Philips Industrie, Vienna |
| 1980-1985 | Account Director/Group Account Director and Authorised Signatory; GGK International, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1985-1988 | Agency Head and Account Director; Grey Group, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1986 | Professional examinations in advertising consultancy and advertising media |
| 1988 | Founder and Chief Executive; MediaCom, media agency |
| 1988-1992 | Agency Head; Member of the Executive Board; BZW Advertising, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1992 | Self-employed: BECKER. advertising agency, Vienna and Perchtoldsdorf |
| Handover of management to spouse Anna (2002) | |
| Transfer of business to spouse, termination of all business licences (2011) | |
| since 2001 | Secretary-General, Austrian Senior Citizens' Association (ÖSB) |
| since 2011 | Member of European Parliament |
| Transfer of business to spouse, termination of all business licences (2011) | |
| since 2001 | Austrian Senior Citizens' Association (ÖSB); Secretary-General |
| since 2011 | Member of European Parliament |
Dr. Willy KEMPEL
Former Head, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU; Head, Department III.5, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Repubic of Austria, Vienna
| 1985 | Legal Adviser, Family Court Vienna |
| 1986 | Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Protocol and Eastern Europe Departments |
| 1987 | Austrian Embassy Kinshasa (then Zaire): Stage (security and development policies regarding nine Central African countries) |
| 1987-1991 | First Secretary, Austrian Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Specialised Organisations, Geneva (environment and disarmament issues) |
| 1991-1994 | Counsellor and alternate to the Ambassador, Austrian Embassy Tel Aviv |
| 1994-1997 | Counsellor and Deputy Head of the Middle East Department, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1997-1999 | Counsellor, Deputy Head of the Department for Arms Control and Disarmament as well as of the Austrian Permanent Mission |
| to the IAEA and the CTBTO, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs | |
| 1999-2003 | Minister, alternate, Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union |
| 2003-2007 | National detached expert/ diplomatic rank minister, European Commission, DG Relex |
| 2007-2010 | Head of Office of the Ministry of the Interior, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, |
| 2010-2011 | Minister, senior adviser regarding Lisbon Treaty, relations with the European Parliament, EU information, Post- |
| Fukushima policies, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria | |
| since 2011 | Deputy Head, Department COREPER I affairs and economic relations with EU Member States; EU information, Post- |
| Fukushima policies | |
| since 2012 | Head, Department COREPER I affairs and economic relations with EU Member States; EU information |
Dr Jürgen KRÖGER
Director, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels
| 1977-1983 | Promotion; Assistant Professor, University of Hamburg |
| 1981 | European Department, IMF - International Monetary Fund |
| 1995-1996 | Cabinet of Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Commissioner responsible for creating the Economic and Monetary Union |
| since 1983 | Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels |
Aurelie VALTAT
Digital Communications Manager, Council of the European Union; President, IABC Belgium, International Association of Business Communicators, Brussels
| 1998-2002 | M.A., in Political Science and International Relations, Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris |
| 2002 | Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Summer University, Chulalongkorn Mahawitthayalai |
| 2002-2003 | B.A., Anthropology, Université René Descartes (Paris V) |
| Post Graduate Degree, International Public Administration, Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I) | |
| 1999-2000 | Head of internal and external communications, Alliance Française |
| 2003-2004 | Consultant Editor, UNESCO World Heritage Centre |
| 2005-2007 | Communications Manager, PostEurop |
| 2007-2009 | Corporate Web Editor, EUROCONTROL |
| 2009-2011 | Online Communications Manager, Eurocontrol |
| since 2009 | Lecturer, Université de Haute-Bretagne (France), Erasmus University College (Belgium) |
| since 2011 | Digital Communications Manager, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| since 2012 | President, Belgian Chapter, IABC, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Co-founder, Meditation Day Brussels, Brussels |
