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Plenary session “Ethics and science”

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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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Professor für Medienwissenschaft, Fachgebiet Medienwissenschaft, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Technische Universität Berlin
UNESCO Chair, Bioethics, Medical University of Vienna
Managing Director Austria and Western Balkans, Universal Music GmbH; Präsident, IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft, Wien
Head, Department of Philosophy, University Graz
FD Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, School of Humanities, King's College London
Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna; Chairman of the Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna Chair

Dr. Norbert Wolfgang BOLZ

Professor für Medienwissenschaft, Fachgebiet Medienwissenschaft, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Technische Universität Berlin

 Studierte in Mannheim, Heidelberg und Berlin Philosophie, Germanistik, Anglistik und Religionswissenschaften
 Doktorarbeit über die Ästhetik Adornos bei dem Religionsphilosophen Jacob Taubes, Habilitation über "Philosophischen Extremismus zwischen den Weltkriegen". Bis zum Tod von Taubes dessen Assistent
1992-2002 Universitätsprofessor für Kommunikationstheorie, Institut für Kunst- und Designwissenschaften, Universität-Gesamthochschule Essen
 seite 2002 Universitätsprofessor an der Technischen Universität Berlin, Fakultät I Geisteswissenschaften, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Fachgebiet Medienwissenschaft

Dr. Christiane DRUML

UNESCO Chair, Bioethics, Medical University of Vienna

 Christiane Druml was born in Vienna and studied law at the University of Vienna. She is currently holding the UNESCO Chair on Bioethics at the Medical University of Vienna and also serves as Director of Ethics, Collections and History of Medicine of the Medical University of Vienna. Since 2016 she is Deputy Director & Key Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (LBI-RUD). 2007 she has been appointed President of the Austrian National Bioethics Commission by the Austrian Federal Chancellor. Furthermore, she is a member of the Medical Council of the Republic of Austria and serves in many international functions. From 2011 to 2015, she was Vice-Rector for Clinical Affairs at the Vienna Medical University. Before that she has been managing director of the Ethics Committee at the Vienna Medical University (1992-2011). Christiane Druml was Member of the International Bioethics Committee IBC of UNESCO from 2008 to 2015 and serves since 2006 as Austrian Member of the General Assembly of the "European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership- EDCTP". She has been awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Arts, and was named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 2011.

Hannes EDER

Managing Director Austria and Western Balkans, Universal Music GmbH; Präsident, IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft, Wien

1989-1995 Reporter, Redakteur, Redaktionsleiter, Chefredakteur bei Ö3
1997-2003 Producer, Leiter der Programmgestaltung bei FM4
2001-2003 ORF-Stiftungsrat (Aufsichtsrat); Schön & Gut Werbeagentur: Geschäftsführer und Gründungsmitglied
seit 2003 Managing Director, Universal Music GmbH
seit 2007 Präsident von IFPI Österreich - Verband der österreichischen Musikwirtschaft

Dr. Lukas MEYER

Head, Department of Philosophy, University Graz

 Studies of Philosophy, political Science, History and Public international Law at the University of Tübingen, Free University Berlin, Washington University in St. Louis, Yale Law School and the University of Oxford.
 
1987 Master in Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis
1990 Diploma in Political Science, Free University Berlin
1990-1995 Research associate (Junior Lecturer), Free University Berlin
1995-2003 Research associate (Lecturer), University of Bremen
1996 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
2000-2001 Post-doc research project "Historical Justice", Center for Ethics and the Professions Harvard University
2001-2002 Feodor-Lynen Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Columbia University in NYC, School of Law
2003 Habilitation in Philosophy and Political Science, University of Bremen
2004-2005 Permanent Lecturer for Practical Philosophy and Political Theory, University of Keele
2005 Honorary Research Fellow, The Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research, Hannover
2005-2009 Assistant Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Bern, Leader of Master Program "Political and Economic Philosophy"
2006-2007 Visiting Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Zurich
since 2009 Head, Department of Philosophy, University Graz

MMag. DDDr. Clemens SEDMAK

FD Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, School of Humanities, King's College London

 Studies in philosophy, Theology, Social Theory and Development Theory at the University of Innsbruck, the ETH Zurich, at Maryknoll, NY and the University of Linz
2001-2005 Chair for Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion, University of Salzburg
since 2005 FD Maurice Professor for Moral Theology and Social Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, School of Humanities, King's College London
 He has been visiting professor at the Jomo Kenyatta University in Nairobi, at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana) and at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City

Dr. Peter C. AICHELBURG

Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna; Chairman of the Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna

 Studium der Physik und Mathematik, Universität Wien
1974 Habilitation in Theoretischer Physik
1980 a.o. Professor
1981-1986 Lehrbeauftragter an der Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Triest
1984-1986, 1990-1992, sowie 2006 Vorstand des Instituts für Theoretische Physik
1987 Gastprofessor an der Universität von Texas, Austin
seit 2000 Professor für theoretische Physik, Universität Wien
 Lehr- und Forschungsaufenthalte u. a.:
 International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste; Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela; Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Kolumbien; Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico; Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, England; Albert-Einstein-Institut für Gravitationsforschung, Potsdam; Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Seminar Week

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20.08.2009

15:00 - 15:30Opening of the European Forum Alpbach 2009Plenary
15:30 - 17:00Opening speechesPlenary
17:00 - 18:30Presentation of the seminarsPlenary

20.08.-26.08.2009

Seminar 01: Vertrauensbildung in der Kommunikation – Kontrolle ist gut, Vertrauen ist besser!Seminar
Seminar 02: The biological foundations of trust and social decision-makingSeminar
Seminar 03: Global contracts, economic crisis and rebuilding trustSeminar
Seminar 04: Confidence-building in the context of security and ethnic conflictsSeminar
Seminar 05: Vertrauen im RechtSeminar
Seminar 06: Political trust and the role of religionSeminar
Seminar 07: Trust in America: Understanding the cultures and society of the United StatesSeminar
Seminar 08: The United Nations: International trust and global governanceSeminar
Seminar 09: The future of the internetSeminar
Seminar 10: Historical aspects of trust and confidence in societiesSeminar
Seminar 11: Trust in scienceSeminar
Seminar 12: Building trust: Development cooperationSeminar
Seminar 13: Trust and confidence in medicineSeminar
Seminar 14: Kunstmarkt und VertrauenSeminar

21.08.2009

15:30 - 17:30Plenary session “1989-2009: From revolution to normality. Challenges of city politics in Central Europe”Plenary

22.08.2009

15:30 - 17:30Plenary session: “Integrated risk policies for global systems at risk”Plenary

24.08.2009

17:00 - 19:00Plenary session “Public media in the digital age – Whom do you trust?”Plenary

25.08.2009

15:30 - 17:00Plenary session “Ethics and science”Plenary