Speakers’ Night
In cooperation with Club Alpbach Styria
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheIn this international speaking competition the scholarship holders get to display their rethorical skills when presenting their speeches.
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Winfried KNEIP
Kathryn LIST
Member of the Council, European Forum Alpbach, Graz
Karel SCHWARZENBERG
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague
| 1957 | Passed school-leaving exam in Vienna, studied Forestry and Land Economy at the University of Vienna, Munich and Graz |
| since 1965 | Management, Schwarzenberg estate |
| 1984-1991 | President, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights |
| 1990 | Member, Collegium of Counsellors of President Václav Havel |
| 1990-1992 | Chancellor of President Vaclav Havel |
| 2004-2010 | Senator, Parliament of the Czech Republic |
| 2004-2006 | Member, EU Affairs Committee of the Senat |
| 2005-2007 | Member, Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly |
| Chairman, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Senate | |
| 2006-2007 | Member, Permanent Delegation of the Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly |
| 2007-2009 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 2009-2013 | Member of Parliament, Czech Republic (Chamber of Deputies) |
| since 2009 | Chairman, political party TOP 09 |
| 2010-2013 | First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| since 2013 | Member of Parliament, Czech Republic (Chamber of Deputies) |
| Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of the Czech Republic |
Dr. Gregor WOSCHNAGG
Ambassador ret.; Consultant, Federation of Austrian Industry, Vienna
| 1960-1965 | Jusstudium, Universitäten Wien, Grenoble und Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 1965-1966 | Postgraduate-Studium in Europarecht und Nationalökonomie am "Collège d'Europe" in Brügge, Belgien |
| 1966 | Nach Gerichtspraxis Eintritt in das Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche |
| Integration | |
| 1968-1973 | Österreichische Vertretung, Vereinte Nationen in New York |
| 1973-1975 | Österreichischer Botschafter, Kairo |
| 1975-1981 | Leiter, Abteilung Presse und Information im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 1981-1986 | Österreichischer Botschafter in Nairobi und Ständiger Vertreter bei den UN-Organisationen in Nairobi über |
| Umweltschutz UNEP und Städteplanung HABITAT | |
| 1986-1987 | Leiter, Generalsekretariat im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 1987-1996 | Leiter, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche Integration im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten; |
| Stellvertreter von Bot. Dr. Manfred Scheich bei den EWR- und EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen | |
| 1993-1996 | Stellvertretender Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für |
| auswärtige Angelegenheiten | |
| 1997-1999 | Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 1999-2007 | Ständiger Vertreter Österreichs, Europäischen Union |
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 |
