Unleashing Europe’s Digital Potential
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheHas Europe accepted digital defeat? Even if we fall behind in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), where does our potential lie? In a robust exchange of views, managers and experts will take a closer look at traditional and novel hypotheses about Europe’s digital strengths.
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Ph.D. Gabriel FELBERMAYR
President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel
| 2000-2004 | Doctoral Studies in Economics, EUI - European University Institute, Florence |
| 2003-2004 | Assistant Professor, Institute for Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz |
| 2004-2005 | Associate Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Vienna |
| 2005-2008 | Assistant Professor, Chair of International Economic Relations (Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kohler), Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
| 2008 | Habilitation, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen |
| 2008-2011 | Professor for Economics, esp. International Economics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart |
| 2010-2019 | Director, IFO - Center for International Economics, Munich |
| 2011-2019 | Professor for Economics, esp. International Economics, Chair for international trade and international finance, Faculty of Economics, University of Munich |
| since 2019 | President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
| Professor, Christian-Albrechts-University,Kiel |
Mag. Dr. Heimo SCHEUCH
Chief Executive Officer, Wienerberger AG, Vienna
| 1992-1993 | Banque Paribas, Paris |
| 1993-1996 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Milan and London |
| 1996-2001 | Executive Positions, Weinberger AG, Vienna |
| 2001-2009 | Chief Operating Officer, WIenerberger AG, Vienna |
| since 2009 | Chief Executive Officer, Wienerberger AG, Vienna |
Shilpa SHAH
Director, Technology Consulting, Deloitte, London
| 1993-1997 | Masters, Computer Systems Engineering, UMIST - Institute of Science and Technology, University of Manchester |
| 1994-1996 | Sponsorship, Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd. |
| 1997-1998 | Business Analyst and Software Engineer, Arthur Andersen Business Consulting |
| 1998-1999 | Business and Data Consultant, Arthur Andersen Business Consulting |
| 1999-2000 | Senior Business Data Consultant, Arthur Andersen Business Consulting |
| 2002-2011 | Analytics Manager, Data Architect, Team Leader, Deloitte Technology Consulting |
| 2011-2015 | Senior Manager, Change and Transformation Lead, Deloitte Technology Consulting |
| 2015 | Director, Deloitte Consulting; Leader, Deloitte NWE Alternative Delivery Capability; Leader, Women in Technology Network, UK Deloitte |
Trevor D. TRAINA
Ambassador, United States Embassy to Austria, Vienna
| On January 22, 2018, President Donald J. Trump nominated Trevor D. Traina of California to be United States Ambassador to the Republic of Austria. Ambassador Traina was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 22, 2018, and was sworn in on March 29, 2018. He arrived in Austria on May 18, 2018, and presented his credentials to Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on May 24, 2018. Ambassador Traina has a long history building innovative companies from the ground up. Prior to his appointment as America’s representative to Austria, Ambassador Traina was a technology entrepreneur and philanthropist based in San Francisco. Ambassador Traina’s first foray into tech entrepreneurship was as the founder of CompareNet, Inc., the original online product comparison platform, which was sold to Microsoft in 1999. He was chairman of StepUp Commerce, which was sold to Intuit in 2006. He founded Schema Logic, which was sold to SmartLogic in 2011. He co-founded DriverSide, a venture-funded startup in the online automotive space, which was sold to Advance Auto Parts in August 2011. In 2011 he founded Traina Interactive, which operates the unique life experiences provider, IfOnly.com. Ambassador Traina served on many charitable boards including the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Gladstone Institute for Medical Research, San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, and Venetian Heritage. He also previously served on the board of the Dow Foundation, a $500 million family foundation, and on the City of San Francisco’s technology advisory council. Ambassador Traina earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a special diploma in social studies from Saint Catherine’s College at Oxford in the United Kingdom. He received a master’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Ambassador Traina is married to Alexis S. Traina. They have two children |
BA Julia KIRBY
Editor, Harvard University Press; Business Book Author, Boston
| 1984-1988 | Manager, PwC - Coopers & Lybrand, Cleveland |
| 1988-1992 | Director, Computer Sciences Corporation, Cleveland |
| 1992-1996 | Director, Ernst & Young, Boston |
| 1996-2000 | Thought Leadership Center, Accenture, Boston |
| 2000-2016 | Editor, Harvard Business Review, Boston |
| since 2016 | Editor, Harvard University Press, Boston |
