05: Living with Risk and Speculation
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Hauptschule
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in deutscher SpracheSupported by the Federation of Austrian Industries
Our lives and future are basically unpredictable. This is the principle on which all economic thinking is based. Still, business and politics need to make plans to be able to make investments and cope with great challenges. All of us have to “speculate” to a certain degree, “to look into the distance”, if we want to achieve political or entrepreneurial success. Is a functioning financial market or a strong state the better means for minimising financial risk? How do we want to deal with the risks of our lives in the future? Is the state responsible for making provisions for the future or are we responsible ourselves? Is the influence of financial markets a blessing or a curse?
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Mag. Peter BRANDNER
Senior Adviser, Directorate General for Economic Policy & Financial Markets, Federal Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Austria; Lecturer, Department of Financial Law, University of Vienna
| 1986-1990 | Assistant professor, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Department of Economics, Vienna |
| 1990-1994 | Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna |
| 1994-1996 | Assistant professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Vienna |
| 1996-1999 | Senior Research Fellow, Economic Studies Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
| 1999-2001 | Senior Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna |
| 2001-2003 | Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Department of Economics & Finance, Vienna |
| 2003-2004 | Economic Adviser to the Austrian Minister of Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance, Vienna |
| since 2005 | Senior Adviser, Directorate General for Economic Policy & Financial Markets, Federal Ministry of Finance, Vienna |
| 1993-1999 | Lecturer, University of Vienna |
| 1997-1999 | Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy Vienna |
| since 2012 | Lecturer, University of Vienna |
Mag. Brigitte EDERER
Member of the Managing Board, Head of Corporate Human Resources and Labor Director, Siemens AG, Munich
| 1977 | Employment in the economic-science department of the Austrian Chamber of Labour |
| 1980 | Degree in Economics, University of Vienna |
| 1983-1992 | Member of Parliament |
| 1990-1992 | Chairwoman of parliamentary committee for petitions and citizens' initiatives |
| Deputy chair of the SPÖ´s parliamentary faction: deputy chair of the audit office committee and the budget committee of parliament; member of the finance committee; member of the sub-committee for European integration | |
| Permanent observer with the Socialist Group in the European Parliament | |
| 1992-1994 | Minister of State for European Integration and Development Cooperation |
| 1994-1995 | Minister of State for European Affairs |
| 1995-1997 | Secretary General of the SPÖ |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 1997-2000 | Executive City Councillor of Finance, Economic Affairs and Vienna Public Enterprises of the City of Vienna |
| 2001-2010 | Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG Österreich |
| 2005-2010 | Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG Österreich |
| 2008-2010 | In addition to CEO of Siemens AG Österreich: Cluster CEO for Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine |
| since 2010 | Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG |
Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Claus J. RAIDL
Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1970-1971 | Senior assistant, Institute for Applied Social and Economic Research |
| 1971-1974 | Worked in banking and for a certified public accountant, provided consultancy services to the OECD on international tax law and multinational corporations |
| 1974-1981 | Österreichische Volksfürsorge Allgemeine Versicherung AG |
| 1981-1982 | Member of the Executive Board, Wiener Holding Ges.m.b.H. |
| 1982-1986 | Member of the Executive Board, ÖIAG (Österreichische Industrieverwaltungs AG) |
| 1986-1988 | Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE AG |
| 1988-1992 | Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE STAHL AG |
| 1993-1994 | Member of the Executive Board, AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES AG |
| 1991-2010 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG |
| 2007-2010 | Member, Executive Board, voestalpine AG |
| 2008-2018 | President, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
Mag. Dr. Stephan SCHULMEISTER
Independent Economic Researcher, Vienna; Lecturer, University of Vienna
| 1972-2012 | Research Fellow, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| 1974-1975 | Post-graduate studies, Bologna Center, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna |
| 1982 | Visiting Scholar, New York University, New York |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Scholar, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin |
| 1988-2005 | Visiting Scholar, University of New Hampshire |
| since 2006 | Lecturer of Economics, University of Vienna and WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2010 | Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Washington |
Dr. Clemens WALLNER
Economic Policy Coordinator, Federation of Austrian Industries, Vienna
| 1992-1995 | Magister Politikwissenschaft und Geschichte, Universität Wien |
| 1996-1998 | Master of Public Policy in International Finance, Harvard University |
| 1998 | Doktorat Politikwissenschaft, Universität Wien |
| 1998-1999 | Manager für internationale Kreditsyndizierungen, Raiffeisen Zentralbank |
| 1999-2001 | EU-Koordination, Wirtschaftspolitische Sektion, Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 2001-2002 | Leiter, Consumer Products und Marketing, Donau Chemie Konzern |
| 2002-2007 | Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitischer Referent, ÖVP-Bundespartei |
