”The Walk of Our Life”
In cooperation with the municipality of Alpbach
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Feuerwehrhaus
Culture
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in deutscher Sprache“The Walk of Our Life” took Simon Niggli (Switzerland) and Christoph Obmascher (Alpbach) on foot from St. Christoph to China. Together they covered a distance of more than 7,000 km. In a talk with journalist Hanna Molden they report on their experiences and show pictures from their exceptional journey.
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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 |
Simon NIGGLI
Globetrotter
Christoph OBMASCHER
Waiter, Alpbach
Dr. Hanna MOLDEN
Writer and Journalist, Alpbach
| Hanna Molden ist in Wien geboren und aufgewachsen und hat an der Universität Wien zum Doktor der Staatswissenschaften promoviert. Über ihre Tätigkeit als Übersetzerin von Büchern aus dem Englischen kam sie zum Journalismus, Schwerpunkt Feuilleton. Ihr erstes Buch "Am Arlberg" war ein historisches Sachbuch. Es folgten das heitere Sachbuch "Man nennt es Pubertät", der Roman "Kurakin", die Biographie "Greif und Rose", der Essayband "Geschichten vom Dorf", sowie die Romane "Der Tarzaneffekt" und "Amelie und die Liebe unterm Regenschirm". Die Witwe von Fritz Molden lebt und arbeitet in Wien und in dem Tiroler Bergdorf Alpbach. |
DI Andrä RUPPRECHTER
Minister, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna
| 1988-1989 | Assistant to the Director, Austrian Farmers' Union, Vienna |
| 1989-1997 | Member, Cabinet of Austrian Federal Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Franz Fischler, Wilhelm Molterer, Vienna |
| 1993-1994 | Member, Negotiation team on expert level for the agriculture chapter of the Austrian accession negotiations to the European Union |
| 1995-2002 | Head, EU-Coordination Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna; Austrian Spokesman, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998 | President, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998-2002 | Deputy Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 2002-2007 | Director General, Department Agriculture and Nutrition, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna |
| 2006 | Head, National delegation, Council of Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 2007-2013 | Director for Rural Development and Agriculture Finances, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| since 2017 | President, Union of European Federalists Austria, Vienna |
