Existential Risks
In cooperation with IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheBiotec, geoengineering and nanotechnology represent scientific progress but also bear existential risk for the future of humanity. Do recent developments in these fields endanger our survival on this planet or are they our only chance as a species to survive the 21st century?
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Dr. Nebojsa NAKICENOVIC
Deputy Director General and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg; Emeritus Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna
| 1973-1984 | Research Scholar, Energy Systems Program, IIASA |
| 1984-1986 | Research Scholar, Science and Technology Program, IIASA |
| 1986-1991 | Leader, The Dynamics of Technological Project, IIASA |
| Acting Leader, Technology, Economy and Society Program, IIASA | |
| 1991-2000 | Leader, Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies Project, IIASA |
| 1993-1995 | Convening Lead Author, Second Assessment Report IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| 1993-1998 | Director, Global Energy Perspectives, WEC - World Energy Council |
| 1993-2003 | Guest Professor, Technical University of Graz |
| 1997-2000 | Coordinating Lead Author, Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, IPCC |
| 1998-2000 | Convening Lead Author, WEA - World Energy Assessment |
| 1998-2001 | Lead Author, Third Assessment Report of the IPCC |
| 2003-2005 | Coordinating Lead Author, MEA - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| 2003-2007 | Co-Leader, Greenhouse Gas Initiative Program, IIASA |
| 2000-2008 | Leader, Transitions to New Technologies Program, IIASA |
| since 2003 | University Professor of Energy Economics, VUT - Vienna University of Technology |
| since 2005 | Director, GEA - Global Energy Assessment |
| since 2009 | Deputy Director, IIASA |
| since 2010 | Lead Author, Fifth Assessment Report, IPCC |
Ph.D. Martin REES
Astronomer Royal; Fellow, Trinity College; Professor Emeritus of Cosmology and Astrophysics, University of Cambridge
| studied Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge | |
| 1968 | Research Fellow, Caltech |
| 1967-1969 | Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge |
| 1967-1972 | Staff member, Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge |
| 1969-1992 | Senior Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge |
| 1969-1970 | Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey |
| 1971 | Visiting Associate Professor, Caltech |
| 1972 | , 1988-89 Visiting Professor, Harvard University |
| 1972-1973 | Professor, Sussex University |
| 1976-1977 | Gresham Professor of Astronomy |
| 1982 | , 1996-1997 Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| 1984 | Joint Coordinator of programme on galaxy formation, etc. at Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara |
| 1984-1988 | Regents Visiting Fellow of Smithsonian Institution |
| 1973-1991 | Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, Cambridge University |
| 1977-1982 | , 1987-91 Director, Institute of Astronomy |
| 1973-1991 | Professorial Fellow, King's College, Cambridge |
| 1992-2003 | Royal Society Professor at Cambridge University |
| Official Fellow King's College, Cambridge | |
| 1995 | JSPS visitor, Kyoto University |
| 2002-2009 | Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, Cambridge |
| 2004-2012 | Master of Trinity College, Cambridge |
| since 1995 | Astronomer Royal |
| since 2001 | Honorary Professor, Imperial College, London and Leicester University |
| since 2012 | Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge |
Mag. Corinna MILBORN
PULS 4 Head of Info, ProSieben Sat.1 PULS 4, Vienna
| Studium Politikwissenschaft und Geschichte in Wien, Granada, Guatemala | |
| 1995-1996 | Menschenrechtsbeobachterin in Guatemala |
| 1998-2002 | Pressesprecherin und Globalization Officer beim WWF Österreich |
| seit 2003 | Journalistin und Autorin mit den Schwerpunkten Globalisierung, Menschenrechte, Migration |
| Politikredakteurin beim Wirtschaftsmagazin Format | |
| 2006-2008 | Recherchen, Beratung und Aufnahmeleitungen für den Dokumentarfilm "Let's Make Money" von Erwin Wagenhofer |
| 2007-2012 | Moderation, Club 2, ORF |
| 2010-2012 | Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin, News |
| seit 2012 | Moderatorin, Pro und Contra - Der AustriaNews Talk, PULS 4 |
| seit 2013 | Informationsdirektorin, Prosieben Sat1 PULS4 |
| 2013-2014 | Moderatorin, "Die letzten Zeugen" von Doron Rabinovici und Matthias Hartmann, Burgtheater Wien |
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