Speakers

Rana Adib*

Executive Director, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Paris

Andreas Aktoudianakis

Policy Analyst, European Policy Center, Brussels

Hannes Androsch

Industrialist; Chairman of the Board, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH; Chairman, Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development, Vienna

Laurent Antoni

President, Hydrogen Europe Research, Brussels

Christine Aschbacher*

Austrian Federal Minister for Labour, Family and Youth, Vienna

Catherine Ashton

Former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President, European Commission, Brussels

Jean Asselborn

Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Luxembourg

Karen Attiah

Editor, Global Opinions, The Washington Post, Washington

Clemens Martin Auer

President, European Health Forum Gastein; Special Envoy for Health, Austrian Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection, Vienna

Gerald Bast

President, University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Matthias Beck

Professor for Moral Theology, Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics, University of Vienna

Mustapha Ben-Hamouche

Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Blida University; Head of Medina Foundation, Blida

Janine Bex

Local Councillor, The Greens, Innsbruck

Eva Maria Binder

Director of Executive Board, Erber Group, Tulln

Djuro Blanuša

Secretary General, RYCO - Regional Youth Cooperation Office, Tirana

Martin Brandl

Head of Center for Water and Environmental Sensors, Department for Integrated Sensor Systems, Danube University Krems

Philipp Braunsdorf

Programme Manager Infrastructure Hydrogen, NOW GmbH - National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Berlin

Majlinda Bregu

Secretary General, RCC - Regional Cooperation Council, Sarajevo

Ian Bremmer*

President and Founder, Eurasia Group, New York

Pascal Canfin

Member of the European Parliament; President of the ENVI Committee, European Parliament, Brussels

Julie Chen

Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Helsinki

Zhiwu Chen

Director of Asia Global Institute, Chair Professor of Finance, The University of Hong Kong

Gerhard Christiner

Chief Technical Officer, APG - Austrian Power Grid, Vienna

Tan Eng Chye

President, National University of Singapore

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook

Executive Director, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge

Vittoria Colizza

Research Director, INSERM and University of Sorbonnne, Faculty of Medicine, Paris

Francesca Colombo

Head, Health Division, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris

Eveline Crone

Vice-President, European Research Council, Brussels

Mark Cross

Adam Curtis

Interim CEO and Director of Research, Nabolagshager, Oslo

Jochen Danninger

Member of the Provincial Government of Lower Austria for Economic Affairs, Tourism, Technology and Sports, St. Pölten

Marcus M. Dapp

Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich

Roger Darin

Head of Blockchain Advisory, inacta AG, Zurich

Niels de Boer

Programme Director Future Mobility Solutions (Autonomous Vehicles), Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Olivier de Perregaux

Chief Financial Officer, LGT Group, Vaduz

Bart de Witte

Founder, HIPPO AI Foundation und HIPPO Makes, Berlin

Laura Diaz Anadon

Professor of Climate Change Policy, University of Cambridge

Franz Dinhobl

Managing Director, EVN Water, Maria Enzersdorf

Sandrine Dixson-Declève

Co-President, Club of Rome; Chair, European Commission Task Force on Economic and Societal Impacts from Research and Innovation, Brussels

Emir Djikic

Director, CEFTA Secretariat - Central European Free Trade Agreement, Brussels

Claudia Dolezal

Senior Lecturer, Tourism and Sustainable Development, University of Westminster, London

Valdis Dombrovskis

Executive Vice-President, European Commission, Brussels

Karoline Edtstadler

Austrian Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution, Vienna

Henrietta Egerth

Managing Partner, FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Vienna

Katrin Eggenberger

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture, Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz

Pascale Ehrenfreund

Professor of Space Policy, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University; President, International Astronautical Federation, Paris

Christine Ehrenhuber

Senior Project Manager, tatwort, Vienna

Johnny Erling

Author; former correspondent in Beijing for Die Welt and DerStandard, Bad Homburg

Andreas Farnleitner

Head, Unit for Water Quality and Health, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Microbiology, Karl Landsteiner Private University, Krems

Heinz Fassmann

Austrian Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research, Vienna

Eric Feigl-Ding

Epidemiologist & Health Economist; Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists, Washington DC

Gabriel Felbermayr

President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel

Iris Filzwieser

Managing Director, METTOP GmbH; President, Austrian Cooperative Research, Vienna

Franz Fischler

President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna

Florian Freistetter

Belachew Gebrewold

Head of Department and Study Programmes, MCI - Management Center Innsbruck

Leonore Gewessler

Austrian Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Vienna

Leonore Gewessler*

Austrian Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Vienna

Jayati Ghosh

Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Catherine Gicheru

Knight Fellow, International Center for Journalists, Nairobi

Enrico Giovannini

Professor of Economic Statistics and Sustainable Development, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome

Richard Giragosian

Director, Regional Studies Center, Yerevan 

Arancha González Laya

Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Madrid

Maja Göpel

Secretary-General, German Advisory Council on Global Change, Berlin

Hannes Grassegger

Senior Tech, Das Magazin, Zurich

Sergei Guriev

Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York City

Martín Guzmán

Minister of Economy of the Argentine Republic, Buenos Aires

Christian Haas

Head, Sea Ice Physics Division Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven

Martin Hackl

Global Director, Business Unit Solar Energy, Fronius International GmbH, Wels

Ryan Haecker

Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge

Lena Hallengren*

Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Stockholm

Igli Hasani

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania to the International Organizations in Vienna

Ricardo Hausmann

Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Policy Economy; Director, Growth Lab, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge/Massachusets

Demelza Hays

Head of Research, Cointelegraph, Vaduz

Annika Hedberg

Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Center, Brussels

Dirk Helbing

Professor of Computational Social Science, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences; Affiliate, Computer Science Department, ETH Zurich

Sabine Herlitschka

Chief Executive Officer, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Vice-President, Federation of Austrian Industries, Vice-President, fit4internet, Vienna

Bruno Hofbauer

Major General, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna

Maria M. Hofmarcher

Economist, Health System Intelligence; Deputy Chairperson, Austrian Health Academy, Vienna

Michael Holzner

Founder and Managing Director, iCONDU GmbH, Ingolstadt

Werner Hoyer

President, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

Andreas Huss

Deputy Chairman, ÖGK - Österreichische Gesundheitskasse, Vienna

Eddie Izzard

Actor, Stand-up Comedian, Writer and Political Activist, London

Daniela Jacob

Director, Climate Service Center Germany, Geesthacht

Merle Jacob

Director of Third Cycle Studies, Department of Business Administration, Lund University, Lund

Anab Jain

Professor of Industrial Design, University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Mirjam Jenny

Division Head, Science Communication Unit, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin

Gesche Joost

Professor, Design Research, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin

Lucas Joppa

Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft, Redmond

Kerstin Jorna

Director-General, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW), European Commission, Brussels

Tobias Judmaier

Chief Executive Officer & Founder, iss mich! Catering e.U., Vienna

Franz Kainersdorfer

Member of the Management Board, voestalpine AG, Linz

Martin Kainz

Group Leader Water Ecology, Water Cluster Lunz Biological Station GmbH, Lunz am See

Markus Kaiser

Managing Director BRZ – Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH, Vienna

Peter Kaiser

Governor of Carinthia, Klagenfurt

Kersti Kaljulaid

President of Estonia, Tallinn

Lisa Kaltenegger

Director, Carl Sagan Institute; Associated Professor in Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

David Kennedy

Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Global Law and Politics, Harvard Law School, Cambridge

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary General of the United Nations; Co-chair, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, Vienna

Irene Klissenbauer

University Assistant, Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics, University of Vienna

Hans Henri P. Kluge

Regional Director, WHO Europe, Copenhagen

Sylvia Knapp

Professor of Infection Biology, Medical University Vienna; Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

Georg Knill

President, The Federation of Austrian Industries, Vienna

Wolfgang Knoll

Scientific Managing Director, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna

Michael Kocher

Country President, Novartis Austria GmbH, Vienna

Werner Kogler*

Vice-Chancellor, Austrian Federal Republic, Vienna

Monika Köppl-Turyna

Senior Economist, Agenda Austria, Vienna

Elisabeth Köstinger

Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, Vienna

Gabriele Kotsis

Professor of Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University, Linz

Sabine Kremnitzer

Programme Manager Aerospace, FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Vienna

Kerstin Krieglstein*

Rector, University of Konstanz

Michaela Krömer

Attorney-at-law, Law Firm Krömer, Vienna

Miroslav Lajčák

EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Brussels

Pascal Lamy

Former Director General, WTO; Chair, Paris Peace Forum; Vice-President, Europe Jacques Delors, Brussels

Markus Lehner

Haid of Chair & Research Group Energy Process Engineering, Montanuniversität Leoben

Terhi Lehtonen*

State Secretary, Ministry for the Environment, Government of Finland

Helmut Leopold

Head of Center for Digital Safety and Security, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna

Chu-Chia Lin

Professor of Economics at NCCU; Former Minister of the Taiwan National Development Council (NDC), Taipei

Hannah Lux

Co-Founder und CEO, Vollpension, Vienna

Clemens Mantl

Consul General, Austrian Consulate General, Milan

Andrea Martin

Leader, IBM Watson Center Munich; IBM Distinguished Engineer; Member, AI Commission German Parliament, Berlin

Mariana Mazzucato

Professor, UCL - University College London, Author of "The Value of Everything", London

Nipun Mehta

Founder, ServiceSpace, Silicon Valley

Ia Meurmishvili

Senior Editor, TV Anchor, Journalist, Voice of America, Washington D.C.

Tom Middendorp

Senior Associate Fellow at Clingendael; Chairman of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, The Hague