Opening
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in deutscher SpracheThe author, journalist and founder of the initiative “YES to Copyright” Nina George opens the Legal Symposium with a lecture performance – a combination of imparting knowledge and theatre – on the topic of intellectual property.
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Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz FISCHLER
President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1973-1979 | Research Assistant, Institute for Agricultural Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1978 | Doctorate, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1979-1984 | Executive Assistant, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1985-1989 | Director, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1989-1994 | Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 1995-2004 | European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Brussels |
| 2005-2011 | Chairman, Ecosocial Forum Europe, Vienna |
| 2005-2015 | Chairman, RISE-Foundation, Brussels |
| 2014-2015 | Chairman of the Steering Committee of the EU scientific programme for Expo Milano 2015 |
| since 2012 | President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
| since 2016 | President, Board of Trustees to the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna |
Nina GEORGE
Author and Activist for Author's Rights, Berlin
| Nina George published 26 books, over hundred short stories, 600 columns and 3000 reports and articles. | |
| The New York Times bestselling author and journalist (for Hamburger Abendblatt, Politk und Kultur, BILD am Sonntag as well as for Blogs and Magazines), author, coach and columnist writes also under pen-names (Jean Bagnol), teaches Writing at Literaturbüro Unna and Editing Alsterdamm Kunstschule and works as a author s rights consulter for political parties, author s organizations as well as for authors in trouble. |
Dr. Wolfgang BRANDSTETTER
Vice-Chancelor, Republic of Austria; Austrian Federal Minister for Justice, Vienna
| 1976 | School-Leaving Certificate (A-level), High School in Horn, Austria |
| 1976-1978 | Master in Translation and Interpreting (English, Russian), University of Vienna (not completed) |
| 1976-1980 | Master and Doctoral Studies, Law, University of Vienna |
| 1991 | Habilitation |
| 1993-2013 | Counsel for the Defence |
| 1984-1998 | Teaching Assignment, University of Vienna |
| 1998-2007 | Professor for Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure, Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Vienna |
| since 2007 | Head of Institute, Austrian and European Criminal Business Law, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) |
| since 2013 | Federal Minister of Justice of the Republic of Austria |
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