Nachhaltige Finanz- und Sozialpolitik in Europa
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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German and English language
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Anna DIAMANTOPOULOU
President, DIKTIO; Former European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs; Former Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, Athens
| Anna Diamantopoulou is a Civil Engineer by training with graduate studies in Regional Development, has been a member of the Greek Parliament for 11 years. 1999-2004 she was European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. In 2009 she served as Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs until March of 2012 and consequently as the Minister of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping until May 2012. She hold position as the Chairperson of the Party of European Socialists’ Forum on the European Dimension of New Social Europe and as a Fisher Family Fellow (2012) of the Harvard Kennedy School lecturing on European Affairs, and as a Distinguished Scholar at Singapore’s Lee Kuan School of Public Policy (2015). |
Mag. Christoph NEUMAYER
Director General, Federation of Austrian Industries, Vienna
| Studies of History, Journalism and Law, University of Vienna | |
| Graduation with honors (Mag.phil) in History and Communication Science | |
| Degree from the 32nd Post Graduate Management University Course at the Vienna University of Economics and Business | |
| 7th Strategic Leadership Course of the LVAK (Austrian National Defence Academy) on behalf of the Federal Government and the National Security Council | |
| Postgraduate Diploma in General Management, ESMT European School of Management and Technology, Berlin | |
| 1991-1992 | Press spokesman of the Vienna branch of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) |
| 1992-1997 | Permanent freelancer in the editorial department for ethnic minorities of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) |
| 1997-1998 | Press Officer, Federation of Austrian Industries (IV), Editor-in-Chief of "Industry News Service" |
| 1998-1999 | Federal Managing Director of Young Industry / Group 1031 |
| 1999-2001 | Manager of the IV Newsroom, Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) |
| 2001-2011 | Director of Marketing & Communication Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) |
| since 2011 | Director General of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) |
Bernadette SEGOL
General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels
| 1972 | Master's Degree in Philosophy, University of Toulouse |
| 1974-1985 | Assistant to the General Secretary, International Textile Workers' Federation, Brussels |
| 1985-2000 | Director, Euro-FIET (European Trade Union Federation for Commerce, Finance, IT and other Services), Brussels |
| 1985-2011 | Member, Executive Committee and Steering Committee, ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels |
| 2000-2010 | Elected Secretary, UNI Europa (European Trade Union for Services), Brussels (re-elected in 2003 and 2007) |
| since 2011 | Elected General Secretary, ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation, Athens Congress, Brussels |
Dr. Michael SPINDELEGGER
Vice-Chancellor, Federal Minister of Finance of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
| 1978-1983 | University of Vienna, Law Faculty; 1983 Graduation as Doktor iuris - Doctor of Law |
| 1982-1983 | Assistant Lecturer and Researcher, Institute of Criminal Law, University of Vienna |
| 1983-1984 | Judge's Assistant at several Courts of Law in Vienna |
| 1984-1987 | Civil Servant for the Federal State Lower Austria; employed in the Headquarter as well as in the Country Councils of Gmünd and Baden |
| 1987-1990 | Member in the Cabinet of the Minister of Defence |
| 1989-1991 | Speaker on European Relations, ÖAAB, the Employees' Association of the Austrian People's Party - ÖVP |
| 1990-1993 | Trainee Programme, Federation of Austrian Industrialists, including Work Experience at Alcatel Austria, Siemens and the Austrian Power Industry, as well as a four-months internship in Germany |
| 1991 | Deputy Head, ÖAAB |
| 1992-1993 | Member, Federal Chamber in the Austrian Parliament |
| 1993-1994 | GiroCredit (Austrian bank), employed within the Secretary of the Board; Strategic Management |
| 1993-1995 | MP - Member of the National Assembly |
| 1995-1996 | MEP - Member of the European Parliament (ÖVP-EVP), Brussels, Member in the Parliamentary Committee on Economics, Currency Issues and Industrial Policy, Deputy Member in the Committee for Social Issues and Employment |
| since 1996 | MP - Member of the National Assembly in the Austrian Parliament |
| 1996-2006 | Party's Speaker on Foreign Affairs, Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| since 1998 | Chairman, NÖAAB (ÖAAB of Lower Austria) |
| 2000-2007 | Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| 2000-2006 | Deputy Parliamentary Group Leader, Austrian People´s Party |
| 2002-2006 | Head, Austrian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| 2006-2008 | 2nd President, Austrian National Council |
| 2008-2013 | Federal Minister for European and International Affairs |
| since 2009 | Head, ÖAAB |
| since 2011 | Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria and Head of ÖVP |
| since 2013 | Federal Minister of Finance |
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz FISCHLER
President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1973-1979 | Research Assistant, Institute for Agricultural Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1978 | Doctorate, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1979-1984 | Executive Assistant, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1985-1989 | Director, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1989-1994 | Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 1995-2004 | European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Brussels |
| 2005-2011 | Chairman, Ecosocial Forum Europe, Vienna |
| 2005-2015 | Chairman, RISE-Foundation, Brussels |
| 2014-2015 | Chairman of the Steering Committee of the EU scientific programme for Expo Milano 2015 |
| since 2012 | President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
| since 2016 | President, Board of Trustees to the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna |
Mag. Christian ULTSCH
Head, Department Foreign Policy, Die Presse, Vienna
| 1987-1989 | Degree in German Literature and Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 1989-1995 | Degree in International Law, Macroeconomics, Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 1996 | Projects, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| since 1996 | Journalist for the Austrian quality newspaper "Die Presse" (foreign desk) |
| 2003-2004 | Correspondent in Berlin (Germany) |
| since 2004 | Head of the foreign desk, "Die Presse" |
| since 2009 | Editor in Chief, "Die Presse am Sonntag" |
