Speaker at the Vienna Congress January 2025

22nd VIENNA CONGRESS 2025

Europe of Tomorrow: Setting Directions

27. January 2025

Vienna, Austria

 

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF

Karl Nehammer
Chancellor of the Republic of Austria

and

Michael Ludwig
Mayor and Governor of Vienna

The Vienna Congress com·sult is a unique forum for decision-makers in the areas of economy, politics and science. It provides them since 2004 with an opportunity to discuss the most burning issues. National and international thought leaders and top speakers gather together annually in order to discuss Europe’s potential and to define future oriented requirements.

SPEAKERS

of the

22nd VIENNA CONGRESS 2025

DAN SHECHTMAN -> NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY; VICE-CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS

VÁCLAV KLAUS -> FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC; CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS

BORIS TADIĆ -> FORMER PRESIDENT OF SERBIA

WALTER ROSENKRANZ -> PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL, PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRIA

ULRIKE ATTENBERGER -> CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPY, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF GENERAL RADIOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL VIENNA – AKH

IAIN BEGG -> PROFESSORIAL RESEARCH FELLOW, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

JOSÉ MARÍA BENEYTO -> FEACO – EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES ASSOCIATIONS

SIERD CLOETINGH -> DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR UTRECHT UNIVERSITY; FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA

MATIAS DEL CAMPO -> ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE, NYIT – NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; DIRECTOR M.S. ARCHITECTURE AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES [M.S.ACT]

ANDERS DELLSON -> COMPANY BUILDER. FOUNDER AND CEO OF LIND ELECTRIC SURFBOARDS

GAD EDERY -> ENTREPRENEUR – CEO, GALERIE GADCOLLECTION, IN GAD WE TRUST, MUSÉE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE

FLORIAN EHRBAR -> FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ONCHHAINLABS AND WEB3 INVESTOR AND ADVISOR

OPHIR FRIEDER -> PROFESSOR, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, INVARYANT

WALTER GEHR -> FORMER CHIEF OF CABINET, DEPUTY HEAD OF DEPARTMENT AT THE DIVISION FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS AT THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

KASIA GRECO -> VICE-PRESIDENT, VIENNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

OLIVER GÜNTHER -> PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM

ALFRED HARL -> CHAIRMAN OF THE AUSTRIAN ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, ACCOUNTING AND IT (UBIT) OF THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL ECONOMIC CHAMBER; PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES ASSOCIATIONS (FEACO)

KAREL HAVLÍČEK -> DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, PARLIAMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

EMESE HUNYADY -> OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND WORLD CHAMPION IN SPEED SKATING

OTMAR KLOIBER -> SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)

LUKAS MANDL -> MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

SANDRA MANNINGER -> ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE, NYIT – NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PENNY McLEAN -> SINGER, AUTHOR AND SOCIAL PEDAGOGOUE

BENJAMIN MENCER -> AI RESEARCHER AT STANFORD SLAC

FRANK ULRICH MONTGOMERY -> PAST CHAIR OF COUNCIL WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA), PAST PRESIDENT STANDING COMMITTEE OF EUROPEAN DOCTORS (CPME), HONORARY PRESIDENT GERMAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BÄK)

CHRISTIAN MUSSO -> FUTURE BOARD – VIENNA CONGRESS

GÜNTHER OFNER -> MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF VIENNA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT – FLUGHAFEN WIEN AG; CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF ÖSTERREICHISCHE BETEILIGUNGS AG – AUSTRIA HOLDING PLC (ÖBAG)

ASHOK PHILIP -> PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA)

MARTIN PUASCHITZ -> CHAIRMAN OF THE IT PROFESSIONAL GROUP IN THE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY, ACCOUNTING AND IT ASSOCIATION, AUSTRIAN FEDERAL ECONOMIC CHAMBER (WKO)

ANDREAS REICHHARDT -> HEAD OF DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VI – TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POSTAL SERVICES AND MINING, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

ANDREAS REINSTALLER -> SENIOR PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST, OFFICE OF THE AUSTRIAN PRODUCTIVITY BOARD AT OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK

KATHARINA REINWALD -> SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS

GABRIELE SCHINDL -> ENTREPRENEUR AND BUSINESS ANGEL

JAN SECHTER -> CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION – CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EU & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, RAILWAYS, WATER TRANSPORT, CIVIL AVIATION, ITS, SPACE, R&D, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, CZECH REPUBLIC

DAVOR SERTIC -> CHAIRMAN OF THE DIVISION TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC AT THE VIENNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF EUROPEAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FOR TRANSPORT (UECC)

HAVA T. SIEGELMANN -> PROVOST PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES, AND NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR PROGRAM; LAB DIRECTOR, THE BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED NEURAL AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS (BINDS)

TIBOR SZANYI -> FORMER MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; VICE-CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS

MARIE THERES RELIN -> BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, ACTRESS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST (hausfrauenrevolution.com), CULTURAL ORGANIZER

DAVID UNGAR-KLEIN -> INITIATOR OF THE VIENNA CONGRESS

BENJAMIN WEBER -> WINNER OF THE MICROSOFT EXCEL COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE 2024

HANNES WERTHNER -> UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR (RETIRED), VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TU WIEN)

CLAUS ZEPPELZAUER -> ecoplus SENIOR MANAGEMENT, DIVISION HEAD OF COMPANIES & TECHNOLOGY, MANAGING DIRECTOR ecoplus DIGITAL GMBH

PARTNER

of the

22nd VIENNA CONGRESS 2025

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IMPRESSIONS

VIENNA CONGRESS

2004 – 2024

Quelle / Source: VIENNA CONGRESS January 2025

Photo: Marie Theres Relin