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Opening a City’s Mind

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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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German and English language

Complex challenges in an increasingly digitised world require cooperative actions and a future-oriented administration. What chances and difficulties does digitization provided? Can municipal administrations open themselves and involve the citizens democratically, fairly, and sustainably into the day-to-day administration processes?

Chief Executive Officer; and Chief Researcher, Reserach Studios Austria; Chairman World Summit Award; Cchief Executive Officer, KnowledgeFox, Salzburg
Secretary General, OiER - Organization for International Economic Relations, Vienna
Secretary General, OiER - Organization for International Economic Relations, Vienna
Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science, City Council of Vienna
Principal Key Expert, Siemens AG Austria, Vienna
Founder, WaveApp, Vienna
DigitalCity.Wien Initiative, Vienna Chair

DDr. Peter A. BRUCK

Chief Executive Officer; and Chief Researcher, Reserach Studios Austria; Chairman World Summit Award; Cchief Executive Officer, KnowledgeFox, Salzburg

1968-1974 Studies in law, social and economic sciences at the University of Vienna, Graduation with a Doctorate in Laws and an abs. rer. soc. oec.
1970-1973 Leadership training at EIT - European Institute for Transnational Studies in Group and Organisational Development
1975-1976 Studies in Sociology at the University of Iowa, Iowa City (Fulbright Scholar)
1977 Visiting Scholar at Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Summer Research Fellow on  Sociolinguistic Aspects of Sociological Research
1976-1982 Ph.D. studies in Communication at McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1980 Visiting Scholar at International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies, Victoria College, University of Toronto
1983 Visiting Scholar at Summer School on Cultural Studies, Faculty of the Humanities, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
1995-1997 Founder and 1st Academic President of Salzburg University of Applied Sciences TechnoZ-FH, Salzburg, Austria
1995-2000 CEO and Chief Researcher of Salzburg Research GmbH Center of Excellence in New Media and Advanced Networking Technologies
2000-2002 Chief Content Officer of Telekom Austria Group Member of Board of Management and Head of Business Unit Interactive Media of Jet2Web Internet Services GmbH, the market leading ISP
2007-2013 CEO and Chief Researcher, RESEARCH STUDIOS AUSTRIA Forschungsgesellschaft mBH
  RTD organisation managing innovation transfer from universities to market - National network to transfer basic and applied research to market for e-Technologies, Internet and New Media including Data Analytics, Pervasive Computing Applications, Smart Agent Technologies, Geo-informatics.
 Since 2013 Founder and CEO of KnowledgeFox GmbH, Vienna, Austria Start-Up company pioneering MicroLearning solutions for mobile and online

Kari Aina EIK

Secretary General, OiER - Organization for International Economic Relations, Vienna

Mag. Peter KÜHNBERGER

Secretary General, OiER - Organization for International Economic Relations, Vienna

1997 MA, Political Science and Sociology, University of Vienna
since 2005 Founder, Dialog Plus e.U., Vienna
since 2011 Lecturer, Online-Marketing and E-Participation, Donauuniversität Krems; Vienna University of Technology

Dr. Andreas MAILATH-POKORNY

Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science, City Council of Vienna

 Studium der Rechtswissenschaften und Politikwissenschaft, Universität Wien, sowie der internationalen Beziehungen am Bologna-Center der Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
1988-1996 Mitarbeiter im Kabinett von Bundeskanzler Dr. Franz Vranitzky, zuletzt als Büroleiter
1996-2001 Leiter der Sektion für Kunstangelegenheiten im Bundeskanzleramt
seit 2001 Amtsführender Stadtrat für Kultur und Wissenschaft in Wien und Mitglied der Wiener Landesregierung
seit 2010 Präsident des Bundes Sozialdemokratischer AkademikerInnen, Intellektueller und KünstlerInnen (BSA)

DI Dr. Monika STURM

Principal Key Expert, Siemens AG Austria, Vienna

1987 Entrance to Siemens Austria: R&D in the area of Artificial Intelligence
1990-1993 Cooperation with the Central Research and Development Department Siemens Munich
1993-1997 Maternity leave (3 children)
1997-1998 Project management of research project "EnergyWorks"
1998-1999 Head, Development/marketing of dezentralized energy management products
1999-2000 Head, Business Development (PTD EM IT) at Siemens Austria
2000-2002 Head, The Subdivision IT
2001-2002 Responsible for Global Alliances for Siemens PTD Energy Management
since 2002 University teaching position: Lecturer at the Leibniz University Hannover
2002-2004 Head of PTD EM S&I Siemens Austria
2004-2008 Head of Regional Business Coordination at Siemens PTD Headquarter
2008-2012 Head of E D SE for Central East Europe and Head of Metering Service Europe
2012-2014 Joint CT TIP in Vienna as Senior Manager for Sustainable Cities
since 2014 Principal Key Expert Engineer, Cyber Physical Systems at Cooperate, Research and Technology Center Munich

Patrick WOLOWICZ

Founder, WaveApp, Vienna

since 2012 Founder, subzero.u software, Vienna
2008-2012 Teaching Assistant, Multidisciplinary Design Group, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna
2002-2008 Tutor, Multidisciplinary Design Group, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna

Mag. Martin GIESSWEIN

DigitalCity.Wien Initiative, Vienna

since 2011 Digital Academic, Society.Institute, Vienna
2013-2014 Chief Executive Officer, Immobilien.Net, Vienna
2011-2013 General Manager, Nokia Austria Adriatics, Vienna

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show timetable

01.09.2016

08:00 - 09:30BookpresentationPlenary
11:00 - 12:00OpeningPlenary
12:00 - 13:00Managing UrbanisationPlenary
13:00 - 13:30Interval TalkPartner
13:30 - 15:00Sharing the CityPlenary
15:00 - 15:30Interval TalkPartner
15:30 - 17:30Science Slam on “Time to Share. Places for Everyone”Social
17:30 - 18:00Interval TalkPartner

02.09.2016

06:30 - 07:00Interval TalkPartner
07:00 - 07:45Housing and Social Responsibility: EU Perspectives and the Austrian CasePlenary
07:45 - 09:00Planning the CityPlenary
09:00 - 09:30Interval TalkPartner
09:30 - 11:00Running the CityPlenary
11:00 - 12:30Interval TalkPartner
12:30 - 14:00Opening a City’s MindPlenary
14:30 - 15:50Closing RemarksPlenary