Speakers’ Library – Opening
In cooperation with Studio Calas, Wagner'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung, Innsbruck and the Tyrolean Vocational School of Wood Technology
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Congress Centrum Alpbach
Culture
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German and English language’Which books have inspired you recently?’ We will put this question to this year’s speakers and collate an open access library based on their recommendations, giving you the chance to get to know the speakers from a completely new angle. Browse books from all sorts of genres and languages – from prose and poetry to specialist publications. The Alpbach Speakers’ Library is open to all.
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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 |
Dr., DI David CALAS
Managing Director, Studio Calas, Vienna; Lecturer, University of Technology, Vienna
| David Calas, architect, urbanist and former lecturer at the TU Vienna - Faculty of Architecture, operates between the blurring boundaries of urban planning, architecture, art and politics. Focus of his work at Studio Calas is the relation of design practice and socio-cultural process. The modus operandi concentrates on accessible and clearly communicated design approaches and the implementation of digital inquiry strategies. | |
| 1998 - 2003 | Highschool for Surveyers P. Anich, Bolzano |
| 2004 - 2006 | Bachelor studies in Political Sciences sciocultural policies, participation, University of Vienna |
| 2003 - 2008 | Master degree in architecture, Technical University of Vienna |
| 2011 | State examination for architecture, IUAV Venice |
| 2012 | Auditor for sustainable certification, ÖGNI/DGNB |
| 2016 - 2019 | Doctoral Thesis, Urban co-creation in the digital age mobile participation and its sociocultural contex, Technical University of Vienna |
