03: Digital leadership – How states and businesses lead through the digital transformation successfully
Supported by Microsoft Austria
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August-Friedrich-von-Hayek-Saal
Breakout
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in deutscher SpracheDigital transformation implies technological and cultural change. To remain successful in the digital age, a change of mind-set is required. How can states and businesses react to these necessary changes? Which leadership skills are required to manage successfully this paradigm shift?
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DI MBA Martin ATASSI
Advisor for Digitisation, Office of the Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs, Vienna
| Seit Anfang des Jahres ist Martin Atassi im Kabinett der Bundesministerin für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort für die Themen Digitalisierung und Startups zuständig. Davor war er neun Jahre bei der A1 Telekom Austria in unterschiedlichen Positionen tätig. Seine letzte Station bei A1 war Executive Assistant der damaligen CEO. Weitere Stationen waren die Leitung des strategischen Portfoliomanagements für Geschäftskunden, zu der beispielsweise die Strategieentwicklung und das Partnermanagement zählte, sowie im Gruppenleiter für private Gesundheitslösungen, wo er das Privatkunden-Portfolio entwickelte und verantwortete. |
Dr. Thomas BIRTEL
Chairman of the Board, STRABAG SE, Vienna
| Thomas Birtel graduated with a doctorate degree in economics from Ruhr-University Bochum in 1982. He began his career in 1983 at the former German trading and industrial plant construction group Klöckner & Co, where he advanced to head of accounting for Klöckner Industrie-Anlagen GmbH. In 1989, he moved on to managing director’s position at Sweden’s Frigoscandia Group. He joined the STRABAG Group in 1996 as a member of the Management Board of STRABAG Hoch- und Ingenieurbau AG, was appointed to the Management Board of STRABAG AG, Germany, in 2002 and to the Management Board of STRABAG SE in 2006. Thomas Birtel has held the position of CEO of STRABAG SE since 15 June 2013. |
Dr. Antonella MEI-POCHTLER
Special Advisor to the Federal Chancellor, Head of Strategy Unit - Think Austria, Vienna
| Antonella Mei-Pochtler war 30 Jahre lang in der internationalen Strategieberatung tätig, über 20 davon in leitenden Positionen. Dadurch konnte sie umfangreiche Erfahrung gewinnen, wie Staaten durch langfristige Planung mit Herausforderungen erfolgreich umgehen können. Darüber hinaus ist die gebürtige Italienerin und dreifache Mutter ebenfalls bei gemeinnützigen Initiativen im Bereich Soziales und Bildung engagiert. Im März 2018 wurde Frau Dr. Mei-Pochtler zur Sonderbeauftragten vom österreichischen Bundeskanzler Sebastian Kurz und Leiterin von ThinkAustria, dem neu etablierten Strategiestab des Bundeskanzlers, ernannt. |
Dr. Dorothee RITZ
General Manager, Microsoft Austria, Vienna
| 1987-1990 | Journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung |
| 1987-1994 | Studies, Law, University Munich |
| 1990 | Journalist, Gruner + Jahr GmbH, Madrid |
| 1994-1995 | LL.M., Master in European Community Law, University of London |
| 1995 | Trainee, Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh |
| 1996-1997 | Business Manager, Vice President, AOL and Bertelsmann New Media, AOL Bertelsmann Online Europa GmbH and BAG New Media, Hamburg |
| 1996-1998 | Promotion in European Online Law (Dr. jur.), University Würzburg |
| 1998-2000 | Director Business Affairs and Member, Executive Board AOL Australia, AOL Bertelsmann, Online Services, Sydney |
| 2000-2003 | Executive Vice President Bertelsmann Capital, Strategic Alliances & Marketing and Board Member Bertelmann Capital Division, Bertelsmann AG, Munich, London |
| 2003-2004 | Founding Member, German Xchanging Business, Xchanging GmbH, Frankfurt |
| 2004-2008 | Director MSN and General Manager, Online Services Group, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Munich |
| 2008-2011 | General Manager, Consumer and Online, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH; Member, Executive Board, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Munich |
| 2012-2015 | Senior Director Business Strategy, Microsoft International |
| since 2015 | General Manager, Microsoft Österreich GmbH, Vienna |
Dr. Esther MITTERSTIELER
Editor in Chief, NEWS GmbH, Vienna
| 1987-1992 | Contemporary history and philosophy (Lettere e Filosofia), Bologna |
| 1993-1996 | Business editor, daily newspaper "Dolomiten", Bozen |
| 1996 | Traineeship, Italys first financial newspaper "Il sole 24ore", Milan |
| 1996-1998 | Deputy head of department of economics, "Dolomiten", Bozen |
| Collaboration with public radio "RAI", presentation of "Pressespiegel" | |
| 1998-2001 | Financial reporter, n-tv |
| 1998-2002 | Business editor, Der Standard, Vienna |
| 2003-2004 | Freelance journalist for profil, trend, DM Euro |
| 2004 | Public Relations Adviser, Scholdan & Company |
| 2005-2006 | Editor in Chief of Finance, Business People; Deputy editor in Chief, medianet |
| 2006-2007 | Chief Reporter, WirtschaftsBlatt |
| 2007-2012 | Head of Department Companies & Markets and Chief Editorship, WirtschaftsBlatt |
| 2012-2014 | Editor in Chief, WirtschaftsBlatt |
| since 2015 | Chief Editorship and Head of Business department, "News", Vienna |
| since 2017 | Editor in Chief, "News", Vienna |
