Dr. Bernhard FELDERER

President, Government Debt Committee; Former Director, IHS - Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna

1959-1964	Studies, Law and Economics, University of Vienna
1964-1966	Studies, Economics, Faculté de Droit et Sciences Economiques, University of Paris
1964	Doctoral degree, Vienna
1973	Habilitation, Karlsruhe, Germany
1966-1967	Research Assistant of Prof. Fritz Machlup, Princeton University, New York, USA
1967-1968	Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
1968-1974	Assistant Professor, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
1974-1990	Professor of Economics, University of Cologne, Germany
1977	6-month appointment of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, consulting and teaching, mainly in Novosibirsk and Moscow
1987-1990	Director, Economic Seminar, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany
	Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Cologne, Germany
1991-1995	Professor of Economics, University of Bochum, Germany
1991-2012	Director, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
since 2006	Chairman, Austrian Government Debt Committee
since 2006	Chairman, Austrian Government Debt Committee

Dr. Jochen TAUPITZ

Managing Director, Institute for German, European and International Medical Law, Public Health Law and Bioethics at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim

1973-1978	Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Georg-August-Universität Göttingen und Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
1981	Promotion
1982	2. juristische Staatsprüfung
1983-1988	Hochschulassistent an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1988	Habilitation
1988-1990	Professor an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
seit 1989	Ordinarius für Bürgerliches Recht, Zivilprozessrecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung an der Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft der Universität Mannheim
1996-2002	Richter am Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe im Nebenamt

Dr. Manfred JOCHUM

Freier Journalist, Vorsitzender des Klubs der Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsjournalisten Österreichs

	Studium der Erziehungswissenschaften, Psychologie und Geschichte
1963-1972	Sozialarbeiter
1972-1974	Univ.-Assistent
1974-1976	Erwachsenenbildner
1976-1992	Wissenschaftsredakteur ORF Radio
1992-1998	Leiter Wiss. ORF Radio
1997-2002	ORF Wissenschaftssprecher
1998-2002	Hörfunkintendant ORF