Let’s Talk About It – Round Table of the EU Institutions
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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German and English languageRepresentatives of each EU institution will comment on the previous explanation about decision making processes in the EU as exemplified by their daily work experience in their own institutions and cooperating with other institutions.
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Heinz K. BECKER
Member, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), European Parliament; Secretary-General, OSB - Austrian Senior Citizens' Association, Brussels
| 1970-1974 | Assistant to the Japanese manager responsible for the COMECON market; Marubeni Corporation, Japanese export- |
| import Company, Berlin and Vienna | |
| 1974-1977 | Account Manager and Account Director/Group Account Director; Gramm & Grey, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1977-1980 | Advertising Manager for the audio and home electronics sector; Österreichische Philips Industrie, Vienna |
| 1980-1985 | Account Director/Group Account Director and Authorised Signatory; GGK International, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1985-1988 | Agency Head and Account Director; Grey Group, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1986 | Professional examinations in advertising consultancy and advertising media |
| 1988 | Founder and Chief Executive; MediaCom, media agency |
| 1988-1992 | Agency Head; Member of the Executive Board; BZW Advertising, advertising agency, Vienna |
| 1992 | Self-employed: BECKER. advertising agency, Vienna and Perchtoldsdorf |
| Handover of management to spouse Anna (2002) | |
| Transfer of business to spouse, termination of all business licences (2011) | |
| since 2001 | Secretary-General, Austrian Senior Citizens' Association (ÖSB) |
| since 2011 | Member of European Parliament |
| Transfer of business to spouse, termination of all business licences (2011) | |
| since 2001 | Austrian Senior Citizens' Association (ÖSB); Secretary-General |
| since 2011 | Member of European Parliament |
Dr. Willy KEMPEL
Former Head, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU; Head, Department III.5, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Repubic of Austria, Vienna
| 1985 | Legal Adviser, Family Court Vienna |
| 1986 | Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Protocol and Eastern Europe Departments |
| 1987 | Austrian Embassy Kinshasa (then Zaire): Stage (security and development policies regarding nine Central African countries) |
| 1987-1991 | First Secretary, Austrian Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Specialised Organisations, Geneva (environment and disarmament issues) |
| 1991-1994 | Counsellor and alternate to the Ambassador, Austrian Embassy Tel Aviv |
| 1994-1997 | Counsellor and Deputy Head of the Middle East Department, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1997-1999 | Counsellor, Deputy Head of the Department for Arms Control and Disarmament as well as of the Austrian Permanent Mission |
| to the IAEA and the CTBTO, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs | |
| 1999-2003 | Minister, alternate, Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union |
| 2003-2007 | National detached expert/ diplomatic rank minister, European Commission, DG Relex |
| 2007-2010 | Head of Office of the Ministry of the Interior, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, |
| 2010-2011 | Minister, senior adviser regarding Lisbon Treaty, relations with the European Parliament, EU information, Post- |
| Fukushima policies, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria | |
| since 2011 | Deputy Head, Department COREPER I affairs and economic relations with EU Member States; EU information, Post- |
| Fukushima policies | |
| since 2012 | Head, Department COREPER I affairs and economic relations with EU Member States; EU information |
Dr Jürgen KRÖGER
Director, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels
| 1977-1983 | Promotion; Assistant Professor, University of Hamburg |
| 1981 | European Department, IMF - International Monetary Fund |
| 1995-1996 | Cabinet of Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Commissioner responsible for creating the Economic and Monetary Union |
| since 1983 | Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels |
Aurelie VALTAT
Digital Communications Manager, Council of the European Union; President, IABC Belgium, International Association of Business Communicators, Brussels
| 1998-2002 | M.A., in Political Science and International Relations, Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris |
| 2002 | Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Summer University, Chulalongkorn Mahawitthayalai |
| 2002-2003 | B.A., Anthropology, Université René Descartes (Paris V) |
| Post Graduate Degree, International Public Administration, Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I) | |
| 1999-2000 | Head of internal and external communications, Alliance Française |
| 2003-2004 | Consultant Editor, UNESCO World Heritage Centre |
| 2005-2007 | Communications Manager, PostEurop |
| 2007-2009 | Corporate Web Editor, EUROCONTROL |
| 2009-2011 | Online Communications Manager, Eurocontrol |
| since 2009 | Lecturer, Université de Haute-Bretagne (France), Erasmus University College (Belgium) |
| since 2011 | Digital Communications Manager, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| since 2012 | President, Belgian Chapter, IABC, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Co-founder, Meditation Day Brussels, Brussels |
