New ways of innovation
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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in englischer Sprache
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Ph.D. Neil GERSHENFELD
Professor and Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
| Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. His unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from creating molecular quantum computers to virtuosic musical instruments. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York's Museum of Modern Art and rural Indian villages, the White House and the World Economic Forum, inner-city community centers and automobile safety systems, Las Vegas shows and Sami herds. He has a BA in Physics with High Honors and an honorary Doctor of Science from Swarthmore College, a Ph.D. from Cornell University, was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows, and a member of the research staff at Bell Labs. | |
| Research advances by Dr. Gershenfeld and his students and colleagues working at the boundary between physical science and computer science include: one of the first complete quantum computations, using nuclear spins in molecules; microfluidic bubble logic, with bits that transport materials as well as information; physical one-way cryptographic functions, implemented by mesoscopic light scattering; noise-locked loops that entrain on codes, which led to analog logic integrated circuits that use continuous device dynamics to solve digital problems; Internet 0 for interdevice internetworking; microslot probes for ultra-small-sample structural studies; integrated 6-axis inertial measurement based on the dynamics of trapped particles; and charge source tomography for electric field imaging. | |
| He's the originator of the growing global network of field fab labs that provide widespread access to prototype tools for personal fabrication, and directs the Fab Academy, the associated program for distributed research and education in the principles and practices of digital fabrication |
Mag. Georg KAPSCH
President, Federation of Austrian Industries, Vienna
| 1981 | Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Abschluss, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| 1982-1985 | Marketing Konsumgüter, Kapsch AG |
| 1986-1989 | Marketing Investitionsgüter, Kapsch AG |
| seit 1989 | Vorstandsmitglied, Kapsch AG, (Mitgliedschaft) |
| 1987 | Mitglied des Vorstandes der Landesgruppe Wien der Industriellenvereinigung |
| 1988-1992 | Vorsitzender von 1031 - Gruppe der jungen Unternehmer und Führungskräfte - Vereinigung der Österreichischen Industrie |
| seit 1996 | Mitglied des IV-Bundesvorstandes |
| 2000-2012 | Stv. Obmann, Fachverband der Elektro- und Elektronikindustrie |
| seit 2001 | CEO Kapsch-Gruppe |
| 2002-2012 | Obmann, Fachhochschule Technikum Wien |
| seit 2002 | Vorstandsvorsitzender, Kapsch TrafficCom AG |
| 2002-2012 | Vorsitzender, Elektronik-Verband |
| 2003-2008 | Vizepräsident, Österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik |
| 2008-2012 | Präsident, Landesgruppe Wien der Industriellenvereinigung |
| seit 2012 | Präsident, Industriellenvereinigung |
Mag. Dr. h.c. Monika KIRCHER
Senior Director, Industrial Affairs, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach
| 1981-1998 | Managing Director, Regional Department, ÖIE - Austrian Information Service for Development and Growth Policy, Carinthia |
| 1988-1991 | Freelance Consultant and Lecturer, University of Klagenfurt |
| 1991-2000 | Vice Mayor, City of Villach |
| 2001-2007 | Chief Financial Officer, Finance, Research & Development and Human Resources, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach |
| 2007-2014 | Chief Executive Officer, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach |
| since 2014 | Senior Director and, Industrial Affairs, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach and "Head of committee for Research, technology and innovation of the Austrian Industrial Association" |
