Neue Dimensionen der Innovation
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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German and English language
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Dr. Gerd BENDER
Privatdozent an der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Dortmund, Koordinator eines internationalen Forschungsverbunds über Perspektiven von nichtforschungsintensiven Industrien in der "wissensbasierten Ökonomie" (Pilotprojekt), Mitglied im Vorstand der Sektion Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
| Studium der Soziologie in Frankfurt | |
| Promotion zum Dr. rer.pol. an der Universität Osnabrück | |
| Habilitation an der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Dortmund | |
| Lehr- und Forschungstätigkeit u. a. an der Universität Frankfurt, dem Institut für Sozialforschung Frankfurt, der VDI-VDE Technologiezentrum Innovationstechnik GmbH, der TU Wien und der Universität Dortmund | |
| seit 2002 | wissenschaftlicher Koordinator des internationalen Forschungsverbunds "Policy and Innovation in Low Tech" |
Dr. Barbara GIMENO
Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin der GAT Formulation GmbH
| Studium der Pharmazie und Pharmakognosie in Wien | |
| Dissertation zur industriellen Herstellung von pflanzlichen Inhaltsstoffen an der Universität Sao Paulo, Brasilien | |
| Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin von Boehringer Ingelheim in Deutschland | |
| F&E Manager für landwirtschaftliche Produkte, Stauffer Chemical, USA | |
| Business Unit Manager Schering Plough Corp., Austria | |
| Gründungspartner GAT Formulation |
Dr. Hannes LEO
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, cbased, Vienna
| 1992 | Ph.D., Business Economics and Economics of Trade, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna |
| 1990-2007 | Researcher, Deputy Director, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, WIFO, Vienna |
| 2008 | Director, IZA - Institute for the Study of Labour, Bonn |
| 2008-2012 | Director, leoon Consulting, Vienna / Brussels |
| since 2010 | Chief Executive Officer, cbased GmbH, Vienna |
Dr. Horst SOBOLL
Chair, Research, Technology and Innovation Group, UNICE
| studied physics at the University of Gießen in Germany | |
| 1973 | was awarded a doctorate |
| 1973-1989 | held various management positions at the CONTROL DATA Corporation in |
| Frankfurt and Hamburg | |
| 1989-1995 | he joined Daimler Chrysler Research as an Project Manager of Information and |
| Communication Technology | |
| 1995-2002 | he was named Director of Technology Policy |
| 2002-2005 | Director Research Policy and Communications, retired 12/05 |
| since 2005 | independent Consultant for Research, Technology and Innovation |
Dr. Luc SOETE
Rector Magnificus, University of Maastricht
| He completed his first degrees in economics (1972, summa cum laude) and development economics (1973, summa cum laude) at the University of Gent, Belgium, before obtaining his DPhil in economics at the University of Sussex (1978). | |
| Before coming to Maastricht in 1986, Luc Soete worked at the Department of Economics of UFSIA, University of Antwerp (1973-79), the Institute of Development Studies (1979-84) and the Science Policy Research Unit (1980-86) at the University of Sussex, England. He was also Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Stanford University (1984-85). | |
| In 1988 he became director of MERIT, a medium sized research institute with a good international reputation in the area of innovation studies and the socio-economic analysis of technological change. | |
| In 1999 he became director of a new interdisciplinary undertaking: the International Institute of Infonomics. The new institute groups currently some 70 researchers from different disciplines all focusing on various aspects of the digitisation of society. | |
| His research interests include both the theoretical and empirical study of technological change and innovation, with a particular emphasis on new information and communication technologies, on growth, employment and international trade and investment. | |
| 1995 | Dr. Soete was co-ordinator for the OECD's Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, the G-7 project "Technology, Productivity and Job Creation", submitted to the G-7 Jobs Summit in Lille, April 1996. |
| 1995-1997 | Luc Soete chaired the High Level Expert Group on the "Social and Societal Aspects of the Information Society" for the European Commission. This group was set up in May 1995 to look into the social and societal aspects of the Information Society, and is seen as an integral part of the European Commission's Action Plan on the Information Society. An interim report "Building the European Information Society for Us All" was released in January 1996. |
| 2005 | Luc Soete became joint Director of the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH) and the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT). He is Professor of International Economics (on leave) at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Maastricht. |
| 2012 | Professor Luc Soete is the Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University as of 1 September 2012. |
Dr. Günther OFNER
Member of the Management Board, Flughafen Wien AG, Vienna
| University of Vienna, Doctor of Laws | |
| 1981-1984 | Head of Training, Assistant to the Chairman of the Management Board, Österreichische Volksfürsorge Jupiter Versicherungs-AG |
| 1981-1992 | Managing Director, Friedrich Funder Instituts für Journalistenausbildung und Medienforschung |
| 1992-1994 | Deputy Director, Politische Akademie |
| 1994-2004 | Member of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer, BEWAG - Burgenländische Elektrizitätswirtschafts AG |
| 2004-2005 | Chairman of the Management Board, UTA Telekom AG |
| 2005-2011 | Member of the Management Board, Burgenland Holding AG |
| Chief Executive Officer, Head of M&A EVN AG, EVN Mazedonien/Albanien | |
| since 2011 | Member of the Management Board, Flughafen Wien AG |
| since 2015 | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Hypo NÖ |
