17: Success! The Do’s and Don’ts of Contemporary Advocacy
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Hauptschule
Breakout
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in englischer SpracheThe European Forum Alpbach seems to be populated with successful leaders, with speakers and visitors who have managed to turn their vision of change into a daily reality. How did they get to where they are today? What is their advice on what works and what doesn’t? What are the insights they share, the lessons we learn, the tools I need? What do seasoned professionals see as key ingredients in effective campaigning, advocacy, or full-scale change-making in European affairs? Which approaches will succeed today and tomorrow? We will explore these issues in an interactive and engaging session.
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Mag. (FH) Stefan APFL
Editor, DATUM - Seiten der Zeit, Vienna
| since 2003 | Freelance Journalist, ZEIT/PROFIL/TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY/NRC HANDELSBLAD/COURRIER INTERNATIONAL, amongst others, Vienna |
| 2006-2007 | Analyst, ESI - European Stability Initiative, Istanbul/Berlin |
| 2007-2012 | Editor, FALTER, Vienna |
| 2013 | Freelance Correspondent, PROFIL/SPIEGEL.DE/PRESSE, Latin America |
| since 2014 | Editor, DATUM - Seiten der Zeit, Vienna |
Mag. Dr. Doris DIALER
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant, European Parliament, Brussels; Visiting Fellow, ICER - Innsbruck Center on European Research, Innsbruck
| 1999-2000 | Project Management ILF Consulting Engineers |
| 1998-2003 | Head of Content & Translation Tiscover.com |
| 2003-2005 | Project Manager, University of Innsbruck, Historical Department |
| 2004-2005 | Admission Office Manager, Sales Manager Academy, Vienna |
| since 2006 | Acc. Parliamentary Assistant, Austrian Delegation, Greens/EFA, European Parliament |
| since 2009 | Visiting Fellow, University of Innsbruck, Department of Political Science |
| since 2010 | Founding Board Member, Innsbruck Center for European Research |
| Lecturer, Danube University Krems | |
| Associate E-Lecturer, Berlin University for Professional Studies | |
| since 2012 | University Lecturer, MCI Management Center Innsbruck |
Mag. Alexander EGIT
Executive Director, Greenpeace in Central and Eastern Europe, Vienna
| Abgeschlossenes Diplomstudium der Politikwissenschaften, Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
| Lehramtsstudium der Leibeserziehung, Geschichte und Sozialkunde | |
| Universitätslektor am Institut für Politikwissenschaften der Universität Wien | |
| Trainer für Kampagnen in Europa, Südostasien und Japan | |
| 1986-1995 | Mitglied der Geschäftsführung und Sprecher der Umweltschutzorganisation GLOBAL 2000 |
| bis 1995 | Stellvertretender Präsident der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Umwelt und Technik |
| 1996 | Freiberuflicher Konsulent für Non Profit Organisationen |
| 1996-2004 | Umweltpolitischer Leiter von Greenpeace Österreich |
| 1993-1995 | Vorstandsmitglied des ÖKO-BÜROs, Koordinationsstelle österreichischer Umweltorganisationen |
| 1997-2004 | Vorstandsmitglied des ÖKO-BÜROs, Koordinationsstelle österreichischer Umweltorganisationen |
| 1997-2005 | Vorstandsmitglied der IÖGV - Interessensvertretung Österreichischer Gemeinnütziger Vereine |
| seit 2000 | Aufbau von Greenpeace in Osteuropa |
| 2003-2005 | Aufbau und Teamleiter von Greenpeace Polen |
| 2005-2006 | Beratung des Aufbaus von Greenpeace in China |
| 2006 | Teamleiter Greenpeace Ungarn |
| seit 2006 | Geschäftsführer Greenpeace in Zentral- und Osteuropa |
Dr. Ulrike GUEROT
Head of Department, European Policy and the Study of Democracy, Danube University Krems - University for Continuing Education; Director and Founder, European Democracy Lab, European School of Governance, Krems
| Since 2016 Ulrike Guérot is Professor at Danube-University Krems and head of the department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy. Core activities of the department are both interdisciplinary research and network building. The main goal is to initiate a citizen-oriented and sustainable debate on key issues surrounding today’s Europe. Since September 2017 Ulrike Guérot is holder of Alfred-Grosser visiting professorship at the Goethe-University Frankfurt. Furthermore, she founded the Berlin based think tank "European Democracy Lab. The lab seeks to rethink and redesign European democracy. Currently, the lab is building a campaign platform advocating for both the principle of political equality beyond nation states and the empowerment of regional stakeholders within the EU-setup. | |
| Prior to her work in Krems and Berlin, Ulrike Guérot built up the office and served as Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and lectured at various internationally renowned universities, such as Bucerius Law School Hamburg, John Hopkins University, INSEAD Singapore and Europa University Viadrina in Frankfurt. In addition she conducted research at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) on the topics of democracy and democratization. In April 2016 her first book 'Why Europe needs to become a republic! A political utopia' was published by Dietz. The principal idea of the book is the creation of a ‘European Republic’ based on the concept of equality in front of the law in a union of citizens. Her latest work 'The new civil war - the open Europe and its enemies', published by Ullstein is a bestseller in Germany. In this cutting edge pamphlet she describes the great divide throughout the European societies. She has been publishing widely in Germany, English and French on European, transatlantic and global issues in various newspapers, journals and books. In times of turmoil and crisis, Ulrike Guérot aims at creating a sustainable blueprint for Europe in the 21st century, which puts the citizen first. |
Mathias HUTER
Transparency Activist; Founder, Integrit.at, Vienna
| 2005-2007 | Staff Writer, Datum, Vienna |
| 2005-2010 | Freelance Reporter, Vienna, Washington DC, Tbilisi |
| 2006-2007 | Press Office Trainee, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 2009-2010 | Analyst, Transparency International Georgia, Tbilisi |
| 2010 | Senior Election Assistant, OSCE/ODIHR, Vienna |
| 2010-2011 | Acting Director, Transparency International Georgia, Tbilisi |
| 2011-2014 | Senior Analyst/Program Manager, Transparency International Georgia, Tbilisi |
Christopher KNOWLES
Head, Climate Change & Environment Division, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
| 1976-1978 | Lesotho National Development Corporation - Project Department |
| 1979-1980 | EU Commission Delegation in Malawi (Economic Advisor) |
| 1981 | Lazard Bros London |
| since 1982 | European Investment Bank, Luxembourg |
| Positions held at EIB: | |
| 1982-1985 | Economist for the ACP - African, Caribbean and Pacific - countries |
| 1986-1989 | Loan Officer for the ACP countries |
| 1990-1997 | Head of Division for the CE Europe Operations |
| 1998-1999 | Head of Division for Greece and Finland Operations |
| 2000-2004 | Associate Director for Spain Infrastructure Lending Operations |
| since 2005 | Associate Director for Energy, Environment and Funds |
Mag. Dr. Michael MEYER
Head, Institute for Nonprofit-Management, WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna
| 1989-1992 | Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute for Marketing, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| 1992-1994 | Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute for Cultural Management, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| 1994-1997 | Research Assistant, Project "Language of Diplomacy", funded by Austrian Science Funds, Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Vienna; Institute of Sociology, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| 1997-1998 | Research Assistant, Project "Managers between Private and Work-Life", funded by Austrian Science Funds, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| 1998-2002 | Assistant Professor, Institute for Organisational Behaviour, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
| 2002-2005 | Associate Professor, Institute for Organisational Behaviour, Vienna University of Business and Economics |
Matthias REISINGER
Head of Creative Economics and Entrepreneurship, aws - Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH, Vienna
| since 2007 | Co-Founder and Board Member, emersense, Vienna |
| since 2008 | Co-Founder and Managing Director, Impact Hub Vienna, Vienna |
| since 2011 | Co-Founder and Board Member, Three Coins, Vienna |
| Co-Founder and Board Member, Inventures, Vienna | |
| since 2014 | Advisory Board Member, Austrian Startups Association |
| since 2018 | Creative Economics and Entrepreneurship, aws - Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH, Vienna |
Dr. Michael REITERER
Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, Seoul
| 1978 | Dr. jur., University of Innsbruck |
| 1979 | Diploma in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center |
| 1981 | Research Assistant, UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva; Certificate International Court of Justice, Research Session, The Hague |
| 1982-1985 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Western Africa, Abidjan |
| 1985-1989 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Japan, Tokyo |
| 1985 | Diplôme de Hautes Etudes Internationales, IHEID - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva |
| 1990-1992 | Counsellor, Economic Affairs, Austrian Permanent Mission to the GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva |
| 1992-1997 | Deputy Director General, Department for European Integration and Trade Policy, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna |
| 1995-1998 | Co-Chair (trade) of the Joint Session of Trade and Environment Experts, OECD, Paris |
| 1996 | Panelist of a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel (US/Canada - Split Run Editions) |
| 1997-1998 | Minister-Counsellor, Head of the Industrial and Commercial Affairs Section, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, EESC Counsellor - European Economic and Social Committee of the EU, Brussels |
| 1998-2002 | Counsellor, ASEM - Asia-Europe Meeting, European Commission, Directorate-General for External Relations, Brussels |
| 2002-2007 | Minister, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan, Tokyo |
| 2005 | Adjunct Professor for International Politics, University of Innsbruck (Dozent f. internationale Politik) |
| 2007-2011 | Ambassador of the European Union to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, Bern |
| 2012-2016 | Principal Advisor, Asia-Pacific Department, European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels |
| since 2017 | Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, Seoul |
Mag. Thomas SEIFERT
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna
| 1987-1991 | Bachelor degree course, Biology, University of Salzburg |
| 1991-1998 | Master degree course, Botany, University of Vienna |
| Staff writer, Falter, Vienna | |
| 1999-2005 | Member of the Editorial Staff, Foreign Affairs Section, News, Vienna |
| 1999 | International Media Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2001 | International Visitors Program, The State Department |
| Lecturer, Danube University, Krems | |
| 2006-2012 | Member of the Editorial Staff, Foreign Affairs Section, Die Presse, Vienna |
| 2009 | Lecturer, University of Vienna |
| since 2012 | Deputy Editor in Chief, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna |
Oksana ZABUZHKO
Writer and Freelance Artist, Kyiv
| Oksana Zabuzhko is one of the most renowned contemporary Ukrainian poets, writers and essayists, known both for her literary works and social activism. She studied philosophy at the Kiev University, where she also obtained her doctorate. During the 1990s she taught at Penn State University, Harvard and University of Pittsburgh as a visiting writer. She has published four volumes of poetry and three novels, including the Ukrainian national bestseller Field Research in Ukrainian Sex, as well as numerous literary and scholarly essays. Her works are available in a dozen of languages, including English translations of her internationally acclaimed collection of poems and essays A Kingdom of Fallen Statues. Her essays and numerous translations of her poetry are also being published in various international literary journals. |
Mag.a MA Verena RINGLER
Head of International Department, Stiftung Mercator, Essen
| 2002-2006 | Associate Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine |
| 2006-2009 | Media and Communications Advisor, ICO/EUSR - The International Civilian Office - European Union Special Representative, Pristina |
| since 2005 | EU Strategy Entrepreneur, Vienna, www.europeancommons.eu |
