Shock resistance: Downfall, intervention, resurrection?
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheResilience for businesses means being able to adapt to crises, to unpredictability and to increasing complexity. How do businesses in the economic and financial sector deal with these factors? What learnings can you take home for your business?
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Ugo BARDI
Member, Club of Rome; Professor, University of Florence
| Ugo Bardi is a lecturer in physical chemistry at the University of Florence, in Italy. He is engaged in research on sustainability and energy, with a special view on the concept of circular economy and on the depletion of mineral resources. He is also a member of the Club of Rome, an international think tank dedicated to sustainability. He is active in the dissemination of scientific results in sustainability and climate science in English on the blog "Cassandra’s Legacy" (www.cassandralegacy.blogspot.it) | |
| He is the author of numerous papers on sustainability and of several books, including "The Limits to Growth Revisited" (Springer 2011) and "Extracted - how the quest for mineral wealth is plundering the planet" (Chelsea Green, 2014) and "The Seneca Effect, why growth is slow but collapse is rapid" (Springer 2017). Ugo is an Italian citizen, lives near Florence, Italy. He is married and has a son and a daughter. |
Paul DONOVAN
Chief Economist, UBS Wealth Management, London
| Paul joined UBS Wealth Management in August 2016, and is the Global Chief Economist. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, a UBS Opinion Leader, a sponsor of UBS Speak Up and a UBS Pride Ally. Paul is responsible for developing and presenting the UBS economic outlook, marketing the view around the world. He started at UBS Investment Bank as an intern in 1992, and was previously Global Economist for the Investment Bank. He has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of London. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Anne's College Oxford, appears regularly in print and broadcast media, and is the author of several books (all available from Amazon.com). |
Vigga SVENSSON
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Continued; Co-Founder, VIGGA, Copenhagen
| Vigga Svensson is an award-winning entrepreneur specialised in business models based on circular economy. In 2014 she co-founded the world’s first circular subscription service for kid’s wear, VIGGA, together with her husband and in 2017 the couple took the vision about a more clever way of consuming one step further, and founded the world’s first white label platform for circular retail in the fashion industry, Continued. Vigga is a popular speaker and are often invited to international conferences to share her experiences in circular consumer models. |
Mag.a Rosa LYON
Presenter and Editor, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
| 1994-2005 | Different jobs, from doctor´s to tax consultant office, from parliament to marketing company |
| 2000-2005 | Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| since 2005 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Radio Österreich 1, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
| since 2010 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Zeit-im-Bild, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
| since 2016 | Host ZiB, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
