Junior Alpbach – Science and Technology for Young People
Participants: Only children of participants of the Technology Symposium aged 13 to 17 years or children that have special invitations from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and Women’s Affairs.
Please note: limited number of participants, registration necessary!
Information and registration: Karin Kohlfürst, T +43 (664) 340 20 71, E karin@highent.org
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Dr. Sonja HAMMERSCHMID
Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Vienna
1995 | Promotion zum Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Medizinische Genetik) |
1990-1995 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Boehringer Ingelheim Austria GmbH |
1995-1997 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Universität Wien (Postdoc) |
1998-1999 | Produktmanagerin bei Margaritella-Biotrade GmbH |
1999-2005 | Leiterin von Life Science Austria bei der Innovationsagentur GmbH (seit 2003 aws) |
2000-2010 | Investmentmanagerin der UniVenture Fonds |
2002-2005 | Geschäftsführerin, ARGE LISA Vienna Region |
2003-2010 | Leiterin des Bereichs Technologie & Innovation und Gesamtprokuristin (seit 2003) in der Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (aws) |
2004-2006 | Geschäftsführerin der ARGE Impulsprogramm Creativwirtschaft |
2008-2010 | Stellvertretende Vorsitzende, Universitätsrat Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien |
2009-2010 | Aufsichtsrätin Innovacell Biotechnologie AG |
2010-2016 | Rektorin, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien |
seit 2010 | Aufsichtsrätin Vetwidi Forschungsholding GmbH |
seit 2011 | Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende Kunsthalle Wien GmbH |
seit 2016 | Bundesministerin für Bildung und Frauen |
Mag. MA Barbara WEITGRUBER
Director General, Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Vienna
Barbara Weitgruber was founding staff member and Director of the Office for International Relations and lecturer at Karl-Franzens Universität Graz and then Director of the Office for European Educational Co-operation of the Austrian Academic Exchange Service in Vienna. In December 1994 she joined the Austrian Ministry in charge of higher education and research as Director and later became Deputy Director General for Higher Education and Director General for Scientific Research and International Relations. Weitgruber holds a Master degree in English/American and Interdisciplinary Studies, a Certificate in Mass Media and a Translator´s Diploma in English from Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and an M.A. in Communications from the University of Illinois in Chicago where she started her professional career as a Fulbright Scholarship Holder and Teaching Assistant. She is - among others - member of the Task Force for Research, Technology and Innovation of the Austrian Federal Government, the Austrian Fulbright Commission, the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, the European "Research Policy Group" and chair of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria. |
Mag. Alina KRISCHKOWSKY
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Martin MURER
Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg
2006-2007 | Research Associate, Viennese Institute for Social Science Documentation and Methodology |
2008-2015 | Research Fellow, HCI Unit, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg |
2013 | Visiting Researcher, MOBILE LIFE, Stockholm University |
since 2015 | Senior Scientist, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg |
Dorothé SMIT
Research Fellow, Center for HCI, University of Salzburg
Dr. Josef MITTERER
Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Vienna
Philosoph am Institut für Philosophie der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. Er studierte Psychologie und Soziologie in Innsbruck und Linz und Philosophie an der Universitäz Graz. Studienaufenthalte an der London School of Economics, in Heidelberg und bei Paul Feyerabend in Berkeley. Schriften: "Das Jenseits der Philosophie" (1992, Neuausgabe 2011); "Die Flucht aus der Beliebigkeit" (2001, Neuausgabe 2011). Zu Josef Mitterer u.a.: Alexander Riegler & Stefan Weber (Hrsg.): "Die Dritte Philosophie. Kritische Beiträge zu Josef Mitterers Non-Dualismus" (2010); "The Non-dualizing Philosophy of Josef Mitterer". Constructivist Foundations 3/1 (2008); "Non-dualism: A Conceptual Revision?" Constructivist Foundations 8/2 (2013). |