What is the future role of the EU in businesses?
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Raiffeisensaal
Plenary
in englischer Sprache
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Petra JENNER
Geschäftsführerin, Microsoft Österreich GmbH, Wien
| Petra Jenner has been General Manager of Microsoft Austria since 1 February 2009. She is in charge of 340 employees and is responsible for the Austrian partner business system, which includes over 5,000 companies and around 5 billion euros added value. Her motto is "do as you would be done by". Before joining Microsoft Austria Jenner, who was born in Germany, worked from early 2004 in the management of the Israeli-American security specialists Check Point Software Technologies in Munich, where she was Regional Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland; in 2008 she also took over responsibility for other countries in northern Europe, making her manager of the largest region in Europe. A business management and computer science graduate, Jenner had previously been managing director of Pitoval GmbH in Munich, and gained further experience from the 1990s onwards in companies such as iMediation, Informix Software and Sybase. In her free time she likes to travel, dance, ski and do yoga. She is married and moved to Vienna at the beginning of 2009. |
Dr. Christoph LINDINGER
Managing Partner, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna
| 1984 | Dr. iur., University of Salzburg |
| 1986-1989 | Associate, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH |
| 1989-1990 | Associate, Liebscher & Partner |
| 1990-1992 | Inhouse Legal, RZB - Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG |
| 1992-1994 | Attorney, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH |
| 1994-2001 | Partner, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH |
| since 2001 | Managing Partner, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH |
| Work experience: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine |
Ph.D. Pawel SAMECKI
Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission, Brussels
| 1981 | Graduated from the University of Lodz, seven years later Ph.D. in Economics (international economics relations) |
| 1981-1991 | Assistant, then Assistant Professor, Institute of Economics, University of Lodz |
| 1991-1996 | Director, Bureau for Foreign Assistance, Office of the Council of Ministers |
| 1996-1997 | Director, Department for Foreign Assistance, European Programmes and Funds, Office of the Committee for European Integration |
| 1997-1998 | Undersecretary of state, Ministry of Finance |
| 1998-2002 | Undersecretary of state, Office of the Committee for European Integration |
| 1999-2000 | Acting secretary, Committee for European Integration |
| 2002-2003 | Research project coordinator, Natolin European Centre, Warsaw |
| 2003-2007 | Director, International Department, National Bank of Poland, Warsaw |
| 2004-2009 | Member of the Management Board, National Bank of Poland, Warsaw |
| since July 2009 Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission, Brussels |
Dr. Martin WENZ
Professor, Chair for Tax Management and the Law of International and Liechtenstein Taxation; Head, Institute for Financial Services; Member of the Management Board, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
| 1992-1998 | Doctoral studies, University of Mannheim, research at Univ. of Cambridge and Oxford |
| 1992-2000 | Scientist, University of Mannheim and Ludwig-Maximilian- University of Munich |
| 2001-2002 | Authorised officer and manager, KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG, Frankfurt am Main, National Tax & Legal Division |
| 2002-2005 | Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Chair of Business Administration, Business Taxation and the Law of Taxation, Prof. Drs. Theisen |
| Habilitation studies, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich | |
| since 2005 | Professor, Chair for Tax Management and the Law of International and Liechtenstein Taxation, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
| since 2006 | Head of the Institute for Financial Services and Member of the University Management Board, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
| since 2007 | Chairman of the Liechtenstein working group of tax experts to develop a draft for a total revision of the Liechtenstein tax law |
| since 2008 | Advisor to the Liechtenstein Government to develop drafts to negotiate double tax conventions (DTC) and tax information exchange agreements (TIEA) |
Dr. Georg WINCKLER
Rector, University of Vienna
| Studies at Princeton University and the University of Vienna | |
| 1968 | Promotion Dr. rer. pol. |
| since 1978 | Full Professor of Economics, University of Vienna; several appointments as Visiting Professor (i.a. Georgetown University, USA) |
| since 1999 | Rector of the University of Vienna (re-elected 2003 and 2007) |
| 2000-2005 | President of the Austrian Rectors' Conference (re-elected 2001 and 2004) |
| 2001-2005 | Vice-President and Member of the Board of the European University Association (EUA), Brussels-Geneva |
| 2005-2009 | President of the European University Association (EUA), Brussels-Geneva |
