Globalisation – Europe’s strategic answer
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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German and English language
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Dipl.-Ing. Niki BERLAKOVICH
Member of Parliament, Vienna
| 1985 | Graduation, branch of study: agriculture, plant production, Studies at Vienna University of Natural Resources and Applied Live Sciences |
| 1991-2005 | Delegate to the Provincial Parliament of Burgenland |
| since 1991 | Deputy Head of the Provincial parliamentary group of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) Burgenland |
| 1998-2000 | General Manager of the Provincial ÖVP group |
| 2002-2005 | Head of the parliamentary fraction of the ÖVP's Provincial parliamentary group |
| 2005-2008 | Member of the Provincial Government of Burgenland |
| since 2005 | Member of the Chief Executive Department of the Austrian Farmers' Federation - Federal Secretary |
| since 2006 | Head of the Farmers' Federation of the Province of Burgenland |
| 2008-2013 | Agriculture and Environment Minister of the Republic of Austria |
| since 2013 | Member of Parliament |
Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner WEIDENFELD
Director, CAP - Center for Applied Policy Research, University of Munich
| 1966-1971 | Studies of political sciences, history and philosophy, University of Bonn |
| 1971 | Graduation ad Ph.D. |
| 1975 | Habilitation, Political Sciences |
| 1975-1995 | Professor of Political Sciences, Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 1986-1988 | Professeur associé, Sorbonne, Paris |
| 1987-1999 | Coordinator, German-American Cooperation in the German government |
| since 1995 | Director, Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP), University of Munich |
| Professor for Political Systems and European Integration, Geschwister-Scholl-Institut, University of Munich | |
| since 2000 | permanent Guest-Professor, Remnin University of Peking |
| since 2012 | Rector of Alma Mater Europaea, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg |
Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING
Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1977 | Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.) |
| 1977-1978 | Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges |
| 1978 | Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague |
| 1979 | Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
| 1982-1986 | Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels |
| 1986-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Moscow |
| 1991-1993 | Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna |
| 1993-1995 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna |
| 1995-1999 | Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1996-1999 | Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels |
| 2002-2004 | Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans |
| 2003-2004 | Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna |
| 2003-2008 | Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 2008-2011 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
| 2009-2010 | Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009) |
| 2011 | Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York |
| 2011-2015 | Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York |
| since 2015 | Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels |
| Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin |
Dr. Pier Carlo PADOAN
Deputy Secretary-General, OECD, Paris
| Professor of Economics at the Universtiy La Sapienza of Rome | |
| Director of the Fondazione Italianieuropei | |
| 1998-2001 | Economic Adviser to the Italian Prime Ministers |
| 2001-2005 | Italian Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund with risponsibility for Greece, Portugal, San Marino, Albania and Timor Leste |
| 2007 | Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD |
| Mr. Padoan has a degree in Economics from the University of Rome and has held various academic positions in Italian and foreign universities, including at the University of Rome, College of Europe (Bruges and Warsaw), Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Urbino, Universidad de la Plata, and University of Tokyo. He has published widely in international academic journals and is the author and editor of several books. |
Dipl. Biol. Dr. rer. pol. Joachim H. SPANGENBERG
Vice Chairman, SERI Germany, Köln; Professeur invité, Universite Versailles St.-Quentin
| since 2003 | Université Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Guyancourt, France |
| 1992-1999 | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy, Wuppertal, Germany |
| 2002-2006 | Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI, Vienna, Austria |
| 2006-2009 | Helmholtz Centre for Env. Research UFZ, Halle, Germany |
| since 2009 | Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI Germany e.V., Cologne, Germany |
Dipl. Vw. Carola KAPS
Freie Wirtschaftsjournalistin; Mitarbeiterin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, München
| Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universität, Frankfurt | |
| Assistentin am Finanzwissenschaftlichen Institut, Frankfurt | |
| Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin beim Wirtschaftsrat der CDU für ein Jahr, Bonn | |
| 1970 | Übersiedlung nach Washington D.C. |
| 1971-1980 | Freie Mitarbeit bei der FAZ, der Zeit, der NZZ |
| 1980-1984 | US-Wirtschaftskorrespondentin der FAZ |
| 1984-1988 | Wirtschaftsberichterstattung aus Westafrika, Dakar, Senegal |
| 1988-2000 | Korrespondentenplatz, Washington D.C. |
| 2000-2004 | Wirtschaftskorrespondentin für CEE und SEE, Budapest |
| 2004-2007 | Korrespondentin in Brüssel mit Schwerpunkt CEE und SEE |
| seit 2007 | Freie Mitarbeiterin der FAZ, München |
