Eröffnung des Europäischen Forums Alpbach 2018
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheJoseph E. Stiglitz beleuchtet das diesjährige Generalthema „Diversität und Resilienz“. Er legt den Grundstein für einen intensiven und interdisziplinären Austausch während der Seminarwoche sowie für die Gespräche des Europäischen Forums Alpbach 2018.
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Dr. Joseph E. STIGLITZ
Recipient, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; University Professor, Columbia University, New York
| Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and University Professor at Columbia University. He is the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the (US president's) Council of Economic Advisers. In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. Known for his pioneering research on asymmetric information, Stiglitz's work focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics and globalization. His most recent books are People, Power, and Profits, Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy, and Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited. |
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 |
M.Sc. Philippe NARVAL
General Secretary, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1994-1996 | Scholarship holder/Student, Lester B. Pearson United World College, Victoria |
| 1996-1997 | National Service/Gedenkdienst, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem |
| 1997-1998 | Community Service Coordinator, American International School, Cochabamba |
| 1998-2003 | BA, King's College, London |
| 2000-2001 | Exchange Year, Universidade de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte |
| 2003-2004 | Exhibition Coordinator, Künstlerhaus Wien |
| 2004-2005 | Programme Manager, Concordia, Chisinau |
| 2005-2010 | Programme Officer, Light for the World, Vienna |
| 2010-2011 | MSc, University of Oxford |
| since 2012 | General Secretary, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
Mag.a Rosa LYON
Presenter and Editor, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
| 1994-2005 | Different jobs, from doctor´s to tax consultant office, from parliament to marketing company |
| 2000-2005 | Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| since 2005 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Radio Österreich 1, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
| since 2010 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Zeit-im-Bild, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
| since 2016 | Host ZiB, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
