Social politics and Europe – a contradiction?
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Raiffeisensaal
Plenary
in englischer Sprache
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Gabriele BISCHOFF
Head, Section European Politics, Confederation of German Trade Unions, Berlin
| 1980 | High School Diploma |
| 1981-1983 | Phillipps-University Marburg, Germany |
| 1983-1988 | Free University of Berlin, Political Science |
| 1988 | Diploma in Political Science at the Free University of Berlin |
| 1988-1989 | Berliner Institut für Sozialforschung (Berlin Institute for Social Research), Researcher |
| 1989-2001 | FHW-Berlin School of Economics, Researcher |
| 1991-1996 | IG Metall Germany, Senior-Advisor for Equality |
| 1997-2000 | IG Metall Germany, Head of Department |
| 2000-2005 | Social Attaché at the Permanent Representation of Germany |
| 2006-2008 | Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany), Senior Advisor EU-Presidency-Affairs |
| since 2008 | DGB, Head of Department European Policy |
MA Wolfgang GREIF
Member, Employees Group (II), European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels; Head, Department of Europe and International Relations, Union of Salaried Private Sector Employees, Graphical Workers and Journalists, Vienna
| Master's degree in history and political sciences at the University of Vienna | |
| Post-Graduate, Political sciences at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna | |
| since 1992 | Employed at ÖGB (Austrian Trade Union Federation); currently head of the department "Europe, Multinational Companies and International Relations", Union of Salaried Private Sector Employees, Graphical Workers and Journalists (GPA-djp), Vienna |
| since 2002 | Austrian member in the European Economic and Social Committee, Sections SOC (Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship and ECO (Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion), Brussels |
Vladimír SPIDLA
Former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities; Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic; Adviser to the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic, Prague
| 1974 | Master Degree, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Charles University of Prague |
| 1976 | Ph.D., History and Prehistory, Charles University of Prague |
| 1976-1989 | A respectable person did not make a special career in my country at that time. So, following my studies I occupied different positions in different sectors very often just as a worker: Saw-mill worker, scene-shifter, dairy industry worker, archaeologist, public administrator in nature protection and environment, construction worker etc. |
| 1990-1991 | Vice-Chairman of Regional Public Authority in Jindrichuv Hradec |
| 1991-1996 | Director of Regional Employment Authority in Jindrichuv Hradec |
| 1996-2004 | Member of the Czech Parliament Chamber of Deputies for the CSSD |
| Chairman of the Social Policy and Health Care Committee of the Chamber | |
| 1997-2001 | Vice-Chairman of the CSSD - Czech Social Democratic Party |
| 1998-2002 | First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs |
| 2001-2004 | Chairman of the CSSD - Czech Social Democratic Party |
| 2002-2004 | Prime Minister of the Czech Republic |
| 2004-2010 | European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities |
| since 2011 | Adviser to the Chairman of the Senate (Mr. Milan `tch), Czech Republic |
Dr. Karl AIGINGER
Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna
| 1966-1970 | Studies of Economics, University of Vienna |
| since 1970 | Economic Researcher, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| 1982 | Visiting Professor, Stanford University, California |
| 1984-1987 | Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| 1991 | Visiting Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1993-2000 | Member, Supervisory Board, ÖIAG - Österreichische Industrieholding, Vienna |
| 1996-1998 | Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| 1997 | Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2000-2004 | Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| since 1992 | Honorary Professor, Industrial Economics & Economic Policies, Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| since 2000 | Editor, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade together with Marcel Canoy |
| 2002 | Visiting Professor, Research and Lecturing, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University |
| since 2005 | Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna |
| since 2006 | Professor for Economic Policy, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Coordinator, WWWforEurope (European Commission FP7) |
