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16: Trends and counter-trends – conflict and cooperation in the economy

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Hauptschule
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in deutscher Sprache

Three relevant trends dominate economic life at the moment: increasing speed, decentralisation and networks, and the focus on the essentials. Often, these goals stand in opposition to each other. Where do these developments connect and how do they compete? How can businesses manoeuvre between and beyond these dichotomies?

Chief Financial Officer, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, Vienna
Deputy Head of Government and Minister for Infrastructure, Economy and Sports, Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz
Founder and Managing Partner, Speedinvest, Vienna
Managing Partner, promitto organisationsberatung gmbh, Vienna Chair

Mag.a Silvia ANGELO

Chief Financial Officer, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, Vienna

1995-2000 Employee and Deputy Department Head, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Vienna
2000-2001 Employee, Austrian Tread Union Federation, Permanent Representation of Austria in Brussels
2001-2002 Head, Austrian Trade Union Federation, Permanent Representation of Austria in Brussels
2002-2007 Employee, Divisional Management, Department for Economic Policy, Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour, Vienna
2007-2008 Club Secretary for Budget, Finance and Economics, Social Democratic Party, Parliament Vienna
2008-2017 Head, Department for Economic Policy, Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour, Vienna

Dr. Daniel RISCH

Deputy Head of Government and Minister for Infrastructure, Economy and Sports, Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz

1999-2003 Business Administration, University of St. Gallen, University of Zurich and Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich
2004-2007 Doctorate, Business IT, University of Fribourg
Research Assistant, Competenche Center E-Business, University of Applied Sciences of North Western Switzerland, Basel
Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences of North Western Switzerland, Basel
2007-2014 Various positions: Project Manager, Consultant, Head of Sales, Chief Marketing Officer, Unic AG, Zurich and Bern
2015-2017 Chief Marketing Officer, Liechtensteinische Post AG
since 2017 Deputy Head of Government and Minister for Infrastructure, Economic Affairs and Sports, Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz

Dr. Heinrich SCHALLER

Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz

1978-1984 Study of Law, Johannes Kepler University Linz; Study of Commercial Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna
1986 Judicial Clerkship
1987-2000 Head of Treasury; Head of Futures and Options Trading, Project Manager, regarding the foundation of an Austrian Futures and Options Exchange, RZB - Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Vienna
2000-2004 Deputy Member, Managing Board, Treasury, Marketing and Retail Sales, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz
Chairman, Supervisory Board, Kepler-Fonds Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H., Linz
2003-2006 Member, Supervisory Board, Raiffeisen Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Vienna
2004-2006 Member, Managing Board, Treasury, Marketing and Retail Sales, Insurance Business and Building Society Savings, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz
2006-2012 Member, Managing Board, Vienna Stock Exchange AG, Vienna
Member, Managing Board, CEESEG AG, Vienna
since 2012 Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz
since 2013 Chairman, University Council, Johannes Kepler University Linz

MMag. Michael SCHUSTER

Founder and Managing Partner, Speedinvest, Vienna

2000-2004 Master of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna
2000-2006 Master of Business Informatics, Technische Universität Wien
2002-2006 IT Consultant, Knallgrau New Media Solutions GmbH
2006-2011 Head of Product and Services, System One GmbH
since 2011 Managing Director, semanticlabs GmbH
Founder and Managing Partner, Speedinvest, Vienna
2012-2015 Product Development "George", BeeOne, Erste Group

Mag.a Barbara GUWAK

Managing Partner, promitto organisationsberatung gmbh, Vienna

1992-2000 Studium der Psychologie, Universität Wien
1997-2000 Politische Sekretärin im Zentralsekretariat, Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten, Wien
2000-2005 Geschäftsführerin, datenwerk innovationsagentur GmbH, Wien
2003-2005 Supervision, Coaching und Organisationsentwicklung, ARGE Bildungsmanagement, Wien
2005-2007 Selbstständige Organisationsberaterin, Systemischer Coach und Supervisorin, Wien
2006 GründerInnen-Lehrgang des Alumniverbands, Universität Wien
2007 Leiterin, Department Organisationsberatung, ic2 consulting GmbH, Wien
2008-2009 Facilitator-Ausbildung der FU Berlin und der School of Facilitating, Berlin
seit 2008 Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin, promitto organisationsberatung gmbh, Wien
2011 Systemische Strukturaufstellung/Business Training - Syst München
2016-2017 Erzählerin, Goldmund Erzählakademie
Systemisch Denken - SYST Matthias Varga von Kibed

Economic Symposium

show timetable
Genre : all

29.08.2017

08:00 - 10:30Charity Soccer Match – Good Game, Good PurposeSocial
12:00 - 12:30OpeningPlenary
12:30 - 13:30Conflict or cooperation? The human factor in the economyPlenary
13:30 - 14:15Meet the Speaker: Alex ‘Sandy’ PentlandPlenary
13:30 - 14:15Meet the Speaker: Ernst FehrPlenary
14:15 - 15:45Business 2050: Europe’s search for the competitive edgePlenary
16:30 - 18:00ecoplus and “So schmeckt Niederösterreich” Lower Austria EveningSocial
18:00 - 20:00The Alpbach Debate: globalisation and free tradePlenary

30.08.2017

06:00 - 07:0017th management club Business BreakfastPartner
06:45 - 09:30Talk on the Mountain: Decide! Quickly! And correctly!Partner
07:00 - 08:30Artificial intelligence and the future of workPlenary
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 01: Basic income or welfare state?Breakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 02: Low productivity growth despite the digital revolution? Lessons for EuropeBreakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 03: Competition boosts business. Cooperation spurs prices?Breakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 04: The machine colleague – friend or foe?Breakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 05: Climate protection & economy. (No) contradiction?Breakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 06: Foreign direct investments – curse or blessing?Breakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 07: Leadership in complex times: doing the splits between conflict and cooperationBreakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 08: Business location vs. intact environment – an irresolvable conflict?Breakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 09: “The power of we”: conflict and cooperation between men and women in the economyBreakout
09:00 - 11:30Breakout Session 10: It’s the innovation, stupid! How to become a successful entrepreneur in the digital ageBreakout
11:30 - 13:00Lunch ReceptionSocial
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 11: International trade: cooperation vs. autonomyBreakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 12: The social partnership: There’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend!Breakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 13: Talking climate: irritation and innovation engine for economy and societyBreakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 14: Homo faber digitalis: the working (wo)man in the global digital marketBreakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 15: Cooperation vs. competition: economic policy in the EUBreakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 16: Trends and counter-trends – conflict and cooperation in the economyBreakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 17: Jailhouse rocks? Or wouldn’t it be better to break out of the prisoner’s dilemma altogether?Breakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 18: How the lack of IT and network security threatens the European digital economyBreakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 19: Conflict through cooperation: legal liability for human rights abuses in global supply chainsBreakout
13:00 - 15:30Breakout Session 20: There can only be one? Revisiting corporate successionBreakout
16:00 - 17:30Don’t confuse trying with doing!Plenary
17:00 - 18:30Fireside Talk: Minimum wage – curse or blessing?Partner

30.08.-29.08.2017

Magenta NightSocial

31.08.2017

06:00 - 08:30Alpbach Hike: resources – from conflict potential to potential innovationPlenary
06:00 - 07:00Breakfast ClubPartner
06:30 - 07:30“Kater” BreakfastPartner
08:45 - 09:45We have learned nothing from the crisis!Plenary
09:45 - 10:30Conflict and cooperation in the social partnershipPlenary
14:30 - 18:00Economic DialoguePartner