Viennese Wednesday Society of Trade – Edition Alpbach: Consumer Protection in Between Climate Crisis and Digitization
Hosted by METRO Österreich. By Invitation Only
Consumer protection in trade – what are the limits? Does a higher level of digitization provide more security for the consumer? Do we require a shift in mindset in production due to the climate change? How much are we willing to spend in order to be sustainable?
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Elisabeth KÖSTINGER
Austrian Federal Minister for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, Vienna
Studied journalism, communication and applied cultural studies, University of Klagenfurt | |
1999-2003 | Assistant, Carinthia District Health Insurance Fund, Klagenfurt |
2002-2006 | Federal Head, Austrian Rural Youth Organisation |
2003-2005 | Delegate to the European Council of Young Farmers |
2007-2012 | Federal Chair, Austrian Young Farmers' Association |
since 2009 | Vice-Chair, Austrian Farmers' Federation |
2014-2017 | President, Eco Social Forum Europe |
since 2015 | Vice-Chair, Political Academy, ÖVP - Austrian People's Party |
2015-2017 | Federal Vice-Chair, Austrian People's Party |
2017-2019 | Austrian Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism, Vienna |
Mag. Andreas TSCHAS
Serial Entrepreneur, Vienna
2007-2009 | Co-Founder, icons, Vienna |
2009-2010 | Assistant to a Member of Parliament, Austrian Parliament, Vienna |
2009-2013 | Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, STARTeurope, Vienna |
2013-2018 | Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, PIONEERS, Vienna |
2018-2019 | Director, DIA - Austrian Digitalisation Agency, FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Vienna |
Dr. Ernst Ulrich VON WEIZSÄCKER
Honorary President, Club of Rome, Former Co-Chair, International Resource Panel, Emmendingen
Earlier stations: Professor of Biology, University President, Director, UN Centre for Science and Technology for Development, New York, Director, Institute for European Environmental Policy, President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy. 1998-2005 MP, Germany, Chair of the Bundestag Environment Committee. 2006-2008 Dean, Bren School for Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara, California. |
Ing. MBA Arno WOHLFAHRTER
Senior Strategy Advisory, Ecosystems, METRO Cash and Carry Austria, Vienna-Vösendorf
Dr. Martina JELINEK-SALOMON
Editor-in-Chief, KURIER, Vienna
1984 | Promotion Dr. phil., Universität Salzburg |
1983-1988 | Innenpolitik-Redakteurin, Wiener Redaktion, Tiroler Tageszeitung, Wien |
1989-2004 | Innenpolitik-Redakteurin, DER STANDARD, Wien |
2004-2010 | Ressortleiterin Innenpolitik, Die Presse, Wien |
2010-2018 | Stellvertredende Chefredakteurin, KURIER, Wien |
seit 2019 | Chefredakteurin, KURIER, Wien |