A fresh breeze powered by an innovative mindset – this is what established companies expect when they invest in startups. Joining forces with young enterprises is currently a top global trend. How can both startups and mature companies profit from this partnership? Can established companies adapt to the different mindsets of start-ups or is this a convenient fiction? Which challenges do businesses face independently of their size or age? We invite you to an open discussion and direct interaction with our guests on the podium.
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Birgit HOFREITER
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Head, i²c - Informatics Innovation Center, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna | | | |
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Ali MAHLODJI
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Chief Executive Officer and Founder, WHATCHADO GMBH, Vienna | | | |
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Markus NOGA
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Vice President, Research Partners & Startups, SAP SE, Walldorf | | | |
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Chief Executive Officer, VERBUND AG, Vienna
| 1983-1999 | Leading Positions with SGP Simmering Graz Pauker AG, SYSTEC Industrieautomation GmbH, ABB Industrie GmbH, ABB Energie AG and ABB Industrie- & Gebäudesysteme GmbH |
| 1999-2000 | Member of the Managing Board, Salzburger Stadtwerke AG |
| 2000-2003 | Member of the Managing Board, Salzburg AG |
| 2003-2008 | Chief Executive Officer, Palfinger AG |
| since 2009 | Chief Executive Officer, VERBUND AG |
Head, i²c - Informatics Innovation Center, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna
| 2006-2008 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Information Systems, University of Technology Sydney |
| 2005-2009 | Senior Research Assistant, Department of Distributed and Multimedia Systems, University of Vienna |
| 2009-2011 | Assistant Professor (appointed), Institute of Information Systems, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
| since 2011 | Head of Informatics Innovation Center (i²c), Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
Chancellor, Republic of Austria, Vienna
| | Christian Kern was sworn in as Austria's Federal Chancellor on 17th May 2016. After working as a journalist and in the Austrian Parliament and Federal Chancellery, Mr. Kern launched a career in the energy sector in 1997. At Verbund AG, Austria's largest energy utility, he was appointed to the group's management board in 2007. He then switched to the Austrian Federal Railways Group, where he served as Chairman of the Management Board from 2010 onward. In this capacity, he also became Chairman of the Brussels-based Community of European Railways (CER) in 2014. Under Mr. Kern's leadership, the Austrian Federal Railways investigated the railway operator's role during the Nazi era in a project entitled "Suppressed Years". Mr. Kern was born in Vienna on 4th January 1966, and he graduated from an academic secondary school in Vienna's 11th district (Simmering). He then went on to study sociology, political science and communications at the University of Vienna. |
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, WHATCHADO GMBH, Vienna
| 2002-2006 | Graduation with diploma, Software Engineering, SAP, JAVA, MDA, Austria College for IT/Business administration "HTL Spengergasse", Vienna |
| 2005-2005 | SAP-Project Assistant, Wien Energie GmbH, Vienna |
| 2005-2006 | Project Coordinator for Central East and Europe/MID-Region, Sun Microsystems |
| 2006-2007 | Community (Civilian) Service, Flüchtlingsintegrationsdienst DIAKONIE Österreich, Vienna |
| 2006-2008 | Student, University of Applied Sciences, Technikum Vienna |
| 2007-2008 | IC Technology Consultant, Siemens IT Solutions and Services |
| 2007-2009 | Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Information- and Communication Systems and -services, Fachhochschule Technikum Wien |
| 2008-2010 | Global Systems Engineer, Sun Microsystems |
| 2010-2012 | Project Manager - Web2.0, interactive Media, Social Media Super-Fi |
| since 2010 | Chief Executive Officer, Founder and Chief Storyteller, WHATCHADO GmbH, Vienna |
Vice President, Research Partners & Startups, SAP SE, Walldorf
| 2000 | Start-up "anystream" |
| 2003 | Ph.D., Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe |
| 2004-2010 | Principal, Management Consultancy, Booz & Company (now: strategy&) |
| since 2009 | Start-up "nogago" |
| since 2011 | Vice-President, Portfolio & New Business; Director, Corporate Strategy Group; Vice-President, Research Partners & Start-ups, SAP, Walldorf |
PULS 4 Head of Info, ProSieben Sat.1 PULS 4, Vienna
| | Studium Politikwissenschaft und Geschichte in Wien, Granada, Guatemala |
| 1998-2002 | Pressesprecherin und Globalization Officer beim WWF Österreich |
| seit 2003 | Journalistin und Autorin mit den Schwerpunkten Globalisierung, Menschenrechte, Migration |
| seit 2003 | Politikredakteurin beim Wirtschaftsmagazin Format |
| 2006-2008 | Recherchen, Beratung und Aufnahmeleitungen für den Dokumentarfilm "Let's Make Money" von Erwin Wagenhofer |
| 2007-2012 | Moderation, Club 2, ORF |
| 2010-2012 | Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin, News |
| seit 2012 | Moderatorin, Pro und Contra - Der AustriaNews Talk, PULS 4 |
| seit 2013 | Informationsdirektorin, Prosieben Sat1 PULS4 |
| 2013-2014 | Moderatorin, "Die letzten Zeugen" von Doron Rabinovici und Matthias Hartmann, Burgtheater Wien |
