Speakers & Moderators
Abutab Abbasova
Senior Specialist, Institute of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku; FAN Ambassador Azerbaijan
Penny Abeywardena
NYC Commissioner for International Affairs, New York
Oyindamola Adegboye
Research and Consultancy Trainee, The Education Partnership Centre, Lagos
Rana Adib
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Paris
Agnes Adjei Sam
Director, Marketing and Promotion at Ghana Export Promotion Auhtority
Andreas Aktoudianakis
Policy Analyst, European Policy Center, Brussels
Elisabeth Alber
Senior Researcher, Institute for Comparative Federalism, Eurac Research, Bozen
Bernd Altpeter
Founder and CEO, DITG - Deutsches Institut für Telemedizin und Gesundheitsförderung, Düsseldorf
Habiba Amin
Member of the International Board, MSF - Médecins sans Frontières
Hanningtone Amol
Chief Executive Officer, East Africa Law Society
Hannes Androsch
Industrialist; Chairman of the Board, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH; Chairman, Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development, Vienna
A New Policy for Technology, Innovation and Industry
RTI Talk – Live Session from the APA Press Center, Vienna (English)
RTI Talk – Live Session from the APA Press Center, Vienna (German OV)
Delna Antia-Tatic
Chefredakteurin, Das Biber, Wien
Laurent Antoni
President, Hydrogen Europe Research, Brussels
Maria Anwar
Law and Islamic Studies Student, University of Vienna
Catherine Ashton
Former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President, European Commission, London
Allen Sophia Asiimwe
Chief Technical Officer, Trademark East Africa
Ali Aslan
TV Presenter, Journalist
Karen Attiah
Editor, Global Opinions, The Washington Post, Washington D.C.
Clemens Martin Auer
President, European Health Forum Gastein; Special Envoy for Health, Austrian Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection, Vienna
Leistungskraft regionaler Gesundheitssysteme und COVID-19
Rights to Vaccines – Intellectual Property and COVID-19
Michelle Bachelet
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
Armine Bagiyan
FAN Ambassador
Gerald Bast
President, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Matthias Beck
Professor for Moral Theology, Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics, University of Vienna
Steve Beel
Head, Department for International Development UK, Zambia
Eduardo Belinchon
Digital Innovation Manager, foraus, Zürich
Mustapha Ben-Hamouche
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Blida University; Head of Medina Foundation, Blida
Wadi Ben-Hirki
Founder, Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation
Emma Berglund
Co-President, Club Alpbach Sweden
Jost Bernasch
Managing Director, Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH, Graz
Christiane Bertolini
Enterpreneur, Founder DNA.club, Story Lover, Vienna
Janine Bex
Local Councillor, The Greens, Innsbruck
Markus J. Beyrer
Director General, BusinessEurope, Brussels
Mickaël Bianchin
Board member, Club Alpbach Belgium, Brussels
Sarah Bidgood
Director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California
Eva Maria Binder
Director of Executive Board, Erber Group, Tulln
Markus Bischofer
Bürgermeister von Alpbach
Djuro Blanuša
Secretary General, RYCO - Regional Youth Cooperation Office, Tirana
Helena Blažinčić
Board Member, Club Alpbach Croatia; UX Designer, Copenhagen
Juliane Bogner-Strauß
Member of the provincial Government of Styria for Education, Society, Health and Care, Graz
Marcello Bonatto
Co-Founder, Re:Coded, Istanbul
Sabri Boukadoum
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algeria
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Interim President, European Research Council, Brussels
Martin Brandl
Head of Center for Water and Environmental Sensors, Department for Integrated Sensor Systems, Danube University Krems
Andreas Brandstätter
General Secretary, Club Alpbach Lower Austria
Klara Brandstätter
Managing Director, I.E.C.T. - Hermann Hauser Management GmbH, Innsbruck
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
Stephen Brown
Editor in chief, Politico, Brussels
Evija Celma
Chief Executive Officer, Start(IT) - IT Education Foundation, Riga
Steve Chaid
Journalist, Business Brief; News Presenter, Deutsche Welle TV, Berlin; Broadcaster, Radio FM4, Vienna
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
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
Executive Director, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge
Alex Cobham
Chief Executive, Tax Justice Network, London
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
Psychiatrist, Sydney; Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Adam Curtis
Interim CEO and Director of Research, Nabolagshager, Oslo
Valentin Czamler
Board member, Club Alpbach Upper Austria
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
Arunava Dasgupta
Head, Department of Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Vazha Datuashvili
President, Club Alpbach Georgia
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
Diane Delava
Co-Founder, Mattrvest, Berlin
Laura Diaz Anadon
Professor of Climate Change Policy, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance; Research Associate, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Franz Dinhobl
Managing Director, EVN Water, Maria Enzersdorf; President, Österreichische Vereinigung für das Gas- und Wasserfach (Austrian Association for Gas and Water)
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
Ulrike Domany-Funtan
Secretary-General, fit4internet, Vienna
Valdis Dombrovskis
Executive Vice-President, European Commission, Brussels
Green New Deal. A Just Transformation & Recovery
Valdis Dombrovskis on a People's Economy
Mak Đukan
Researcher and PhD Student, Department of Technology, Management and Economics - Sustainability Division, DTU Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen
Karoline Edtstadler
Austrian Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution, Vienna
Henrietta Egerth
Managing Director, FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Vienna
Katrin Eggenberger
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture, Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Chinwe Egwim
Economist, FBNQuest Merchant Bank Ltd.
Pascale Ehrenfreund
Professor of Space Policy, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University; President, International Astronautical Federation, Paris
Christine Ehrenhuber
Senior Project Manager, tatwort, Vienna
Tamara Ehs
Democracy Scholar and Independent Consultant on Democracy Innovation and Civic Education, Vienna
Thomas Eichinger
Director Public Sector Austria, Gartner KG, Lambach
Lazare Eloundou Assomo
Director of Culture and Emergencies, UNESCO, Paris
Atakan Erdogdu
Vice President, Behive - Behavioural Economics & Finance, Budapest
Johnny Erling
Author; former correspondent in Beijing for Die Welt and DerStandard, Bad Homburg
Antal Ertl
Statistician, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Budapest; External Lecturer, Corvinus University of Budapest
Noémie Etienne
Professor, Early Modern Art History, University of Bern
Mario Fallast
Project Manager, TU Austria Innovation Marathon, Graz University of Technology, Graz
Andreas Farnleitner
Head, Division Water Quality and Health, Karl Landsteiner University, Krems; FG Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna
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
Adelheid Feilcke
Expert on the Western Balkans, DW - Deutsche Welle, Bonn
Gabriel Felbermayr
President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel
Carina Felzmann
Editor, Sheconomy
Irene Fialka
CEO, INiTS, Vienna; Managing Director, Health Hub, Vienna
Iris Filzwieser
Managing Director, METTOP GmbH; President, Austrian Cooperative Research, Vienna
Franz Fischler
President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
Opening of the European Forum Alpbach
#efatec Opening
Valdis Dombrovskis on a People's Economy
Tiroltag 2020 "Euregio Fundamentals"
Fireside Chat with Franz Fischler and Caspar Einem
Ulrike Franke
Ulrike Franke, Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, London/Berlin
Florian Frauscher
Director General for Economic Affairs, Innovation and International Policy, Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs, Vienna
Sabina Frei
Expertin für Kommunikation und Forschungsbeauftragte der Freien Universität Bozen
Florian Freistetter
Scientific Author and Podcaster; Member, Science Busters, Baden
Markus Frischhut
Jean Monnet Professor & Study Coordinator European Union Law, MCI - MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Michaela Fritz
Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, Medical University Vienna
Rights to Vaccines – Intellectual Property and COVID-19
Personalized Medicine – Prêt-à-Porter or Haute Couture?
Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge on COVID-19
Monika Fröhler
Chief Executive Officer, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, Vienna
Cécile Frot-Coutaz
Head Europe, Middle East and Africa, Youtube LLC, London
Maurizio Fugatti
Landeshauptmann der Autonomen Provinz Trient
Martina Furlan
Secretary General, Club Alpbach Senza Confini, Ljubljana
A Sustainable Pandemic. Trade-Off Between Climate & Recovery
Minority Rights in the Western Balkans & EU Enlargement
Mikka Fürst
Execution and implementation, "Vivihouse", Technical University, Vienna
Germinal G. Van
Political Scientist and Author
Lisa Gadenstätter
Presenter, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Company, Vienna
Franz-Stefan Gady
Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
Ludovit Garzik
Managing Director, Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development, Vienna
Florian Gasser
Member, Club Alpbach Südtirol Alto Adige, Research Assitant & Deputy Executive Director of a Master-Programme, University of St. Gallen
Florian Gasser
Scholarship Holder, CASA – Club Alpbach Südtirol Alto Adige, St.Gallen
Belachew Gebrewold
Head of Department and Study Programmes, MCI - Management Center Innsbruck
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.
Michael Gerbavsits
CEO, Energie Burgenland AG, Eisenstadt
Leonore Gewessler
Austrian Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Vienna
Climate and the Environment – European Perspectives
Climate Neutrality 2040: Disruptive Innovations (German Language)
Exploring Solutions to Green the EU’s Trade Policy
Green New Deal. A Just Transformation & Recovery
RTI Talk – Live Session from the APA Press Center, Vienna (English)
RTI Talk – Live Session from the APA Press Center, Vienna (German OV)
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