Working in the age of overload – Better thrive than survive
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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German and English languageIn our fully connected world, mental and physical stress are on a steep rise. Humans and machines are engaged in a constant exchange – they are always ‘switched on’. How does this constant connectivity affect the workforce of a company? What can or should managers do about it? Do we need a new concept of ‘Social Health’ in the age of overload?
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Prof. Julia HOBSBAWM
Author; Honorary Visiting Professor of Workplace Social Health, Cass Business School, London; Editor at Large, Thrive Global, London
| Julia Hobsbawm is an acclaimed entrepreneur and writer who is at the forefront of the debates around modern connectedness and its discontents in society and for business. She coined the phrase "Social Health" in her groundbreaking book Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload (Bloomsbury 2017) which was shortlisted for both Management Book of the Year and Business Book of the Year. A member of the European Workforce Institute for KRONOS she is editor-at-large of the new Social Health section of Arianna Huffington’s Wellbeing Portal Thrive Global. |
Alejandro PLATER
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Telekom Austria Group, Vienna
| 1991-1997 | Risk Analyst, Sud America Seguros |
| 1997 | Sales Director for Argentina, Ericsson |
| 1997-2004 | Head, Business Development for several countries in South America, Ericsson |
| 2004-2006 | Sales Director for the Americas, Ericsson, Stockholm |
| 2006 | Sales Director for Mexico, Ericsson |
| 2007-2015 | Vice-President and Key Account Manager for major customers, Ericsson |
| since 2015 | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Telekom Austria Group, Vienna |
Dr. Alexis VON HOENSBROECH
President and Chief Executive Officer, Austrian Airlines AG, Vienna
| 1990-1995 | Physics, University of Bonn |
| 1996-1999 | Ph.D., Physics (Astrophysics), Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn |
| 1999-2005 | Project Leader, The Boston Consulting Group, Munich and Tokyo |
| 2005-2009 | Head, Strategy and Subsidiaries Passenger Airline, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt |
| 2009-2010 | Vice President, Integration Management Airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt |
| 2010-2014 | Vice President, Commercial Frankfurt, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt |
| 2014-2018 | Chief Commercial Officer, Lufthansa Cargo AG, Frankfurt |
| since 2018 | President and Chief Executive Officer, Austrian Airlines AG, Schwechat/Vienna |
Robert ZADRAZIL
Chief Executive Officer, UniCredit Bank Austria AG; President, Austrian Bankers' Association, Vienna
| 1993 | Founder, Enterprise specialising in project management, IT and organisation |
| 2001 | Deputy Head, Department, Retail Banking Organisation, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2001-2003 | Head, Department, Retail Banking Organisation, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2003 | Head, Department, Overall Bank Organisation, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2004 | Head, Division, Organisation / IT Management, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2005 | Head, Division, Organisation/ IT Management (Austria and CEE), Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2006-2007 | Member, Management Board, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG; Chief Operating Officer, Global Banking Services, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2007-2009 | Head, GBS CEE, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
| 2008-2009 | Member, Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
| 2009-2012 | Chief Executive Officer, Schoellerbank AG |
| 2011-2016 | Member, Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Private Banking, Vienna |
| since 2016 | Chief Executive Officer, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
Hanna KORDIK
Editor and Head of "Economist", Die Presse, Vienna
| 1988 | Master's degree, Economics, University of Vienna |
| 1986-1988 | Editor, Kurier |
| 1988-1993 | Die Presse |
| 1993-1996 | Wirtschaftswoche |
| 1998-2004 | Profil |
| Since 2005 Die Presse |
