01: Digital Future Game: Requirements for a digital society
Supported by PwC Austria
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Breakout
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in deutscher SpracheSlip into the roles of states, corporations and citizens. Design the future of a digital society with us. What abilities and competences will be needed to succeed in the future? Learn how to account for different perspectives and how to make the right decisions.
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BA Thomas LOHNINGER
Executive Director, epicenter.works, Vienna
| Thomas Lohninger is Executive Director of the digital rights NGO epicenter.works in Vienna, Austria. He is Senior Fellow of the Mozilla Foundation working on Net Neutrality in the European Union. The Center of Internet and Society of the Stanford Law School holds him as a non-residential Fellow. He worked in Brussels on the European Net Neutrality regulation as Policy Advisor for European Digital Rights. His background is in IT and Cultural- and Social Anthropology. |
Patricia NEUMANN
Country General Manager, IBM Austria, Vienna
| Patricia Neumann has worked for IBM in various functions and management positions since 1995. She began her career as a specialist in global financing and then moved to sales. Soon after taking over the management of IBM Global Financing Austria she started an international career. After more than 10 years of international assignments, which led her to London, Milan and Germany she held several positions for IBM DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) as Vice President for Business Customer Sales and most recently as Vice President for the IBM Systems Hardware Sales Team. Since October 1, 2017, she has been Country General Manager of IBM Austria. |
Michael PACHMAJER
Director, Digital Transformation Middle Market Europe, PwC, Frankfurt
| Michael is a Director at PwC and responsible for the firm’s digital transformation practice with a particular focus on the Family Business and Medium-Sized Companies segment. He has extensive experience in management and technology consulting (Accenture, Infosys) as well as in industry (T-Systems). Michael‘s vision is to successfully lead the way for medium sized- and family-owned businesses to enter into the digital age. His approach consists of combining all aspects of culture-change with technology-change. He is change manager, technology-savvy, designer, communicator and team player. He is also a lecturer at Goethe Business School for master of digital transformation management (Executive MBA) and recently co-authored the book "d.quarks - The Path to Digital Business" (Management book of the Year 2016, getAbstract International Book Award 2017). |
Dr. Andreas SALCHER
Author, Business Consultant and Education Activist, Vienna
| Dr. Andreas Salcher is a business consultant, best-selling author and critical pioneer on educational issues. In 1987 his political career began as the then youngest member of the Vienna City Council and State Parliament on which he served altogether 12 years. | |
| He is co-founder of the "Sir Karl Popper School" for highly gifted children. In 2004 he launched the "Waldzell Meetings" at Melk Abbey, whose list of speakers included seven Nobel laureates and the Dalai Lama. Since 2008 Andreas Salcher has been advocating the improvement of schools with his "CURRICULUM PROJECT". | |
| His first book THE TALENTED KID AND HIS ENEMIES was published in March 2008 and became an immediate #1 bestseller. |
Mag. Gerald DIPPLINGER
Partner and Digital Leader, PwC Austria, Vienna
| 1995-2000 | Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 1996-2002 | Law studies, University of Vienna |
| Since 2003 PwC Austria | |
| Since 2016 Partner, Tax Technology, PwC Austria, Vienna | |
| Since 2017 Digital Leader, PwC Austria, Vienna |
