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The Simulation Game: Reality Check

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in englischer Sprache

This part of the Simulation Game is open to the public, no registration needed.

In this Reality Check, the groups that are represented in the Simulation Game will present their results. Experts from the respective areas will compare these results with their daily work experience.

Former External Consultant, GIZ - German Development Corporation, Bonn; International in-house consultant, Innovation Center of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade
Head, Information Office of the European Parliament in Austria, Vienna
Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna
Head, EU-Office, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Brussels
Head of Unit, New and Renewable Energy Sources, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Brussels
Senior Research Fellow, CAP - Center for Applied Policy Research, Munich Chair

Bernd KLEINHEYER

Former External Consultant, GIZ - German Development Corporation, Bonn; International in-house consultant, Innovation Center of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

1977-1978 Assistant de Langue, Lycée Clémenceau, Reims
1997-1980 International Marketing Assistant for ICI Paints Division Slough
1981-1983 Co-owner of book import business CS Books
1985-1990 Language teacher for Rudolf-Steiner-Schule, Bochum
1990-1995 European Training Project Manager for UnderstandingBus, Berlin
1995-1997 European Project Manager Walter-Friedländer-Bildungswerk, Berlin
1997 Free-lanced textbook author for market-leading publishers
1997-2010 Lecturer in business languages, European policies and cross-culture, Fachhochschule, Bielefeld
2010-2012 Consultant to German Development Corporation (GIZ), Belgrade
since 2012 Inhouse adviser at Innovation Center of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

Mag. Georg PFEIFER

Head, Information Office of the European Parliament in Austria, Vienna

1996-1999 Secretariat of the Regional Policy Committee, European Parliament
1999 Regional Policy Coordination Unit, Federal Chancellery of Austria
2000-2003 Secretariat of the Regional Policy and Transport Committee, European Parliament
2003-2006 Secretariat of the Environment Committee, European Parliament
2006-2010 Press Officer, Information Office Vienna, European Parliament
2010 Head, Information Office Vienna, European Parliament

Mag. Paul SCHMIDT

Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna

2001-2006 Expert for European Policy, OeNB (Central Bank of the Republic of Austria), Brussels/Basel/Paris
2006-2009 Deputy Head, Representative Office of the OeNB (Central Bank of the Republic of Austria) at the Permanent
  Representation of Austria to the European Union, Brussels
since 2009 Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna

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

Mag. Markus STOCK

Head, EU-Office, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Brussels

2000-2001 Junior Advisor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna
2001-2002 Internship, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg
2002-2005 Advisor, EU-Office of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Brussels
2005-2012 Internal Market Advisor, Enterprise Europe Network, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna
since 2012 Head of the EU-Office, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Brussels

M.Sc Electrical Engineering Paul VERHOEF

Head of Unit, New and Renewable Energy Sources, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Brussels

1982-1982 Philips Electrical Industries, Lower Hutt, NZ
1984-1986 United Nations/ITU, Suva, Fiji
1986-1987 EUTELSAT, Paris, France
1988-1989 European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
since 1990 European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  Head of Unit New and Renewable Energy Sources, DG RTD
  HoU Research and Innovative Transport Systems,DG MOVE
  Programme Manager, EU satellite navigation programmes
  HoU International Affairs, DG INFSO
  Cabinet of Commissioner Bangemann
  various roles in telecommunications policy