11: Challenges of the digital economy: Pioneer or fast follower

MBA Stefan BORGAS

Chief Executive Officer, RHI Magnesita, Vienna

Graduation in Business Administration, University Saarbrücken MBA, University of St. Gallen-HSG Marketing, Sales and Logistics, Qualitiy Management, BASF Group, Ludwigshafen Various leadership positions, BASF Group, Ludwigshafen Chief Executive Officer, Lonza Group, Basel President and Chief Executive Officer, Israel Chemicals Ltd., Tel Aviv

1985
1985-1987
1990-1998
1998-2004
2004-2012
2012-2016
	Since 2017 Chief Executive Officer, RHI Magnesita, Vienna

Array Nicolaus HENKE

Global Leader, McKinsey Analytics, McKinsey & Company, London

	Nicolaus Henke, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, advises leading companies on improving decision making and performance through advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and end-to-end data enabled transformations.
	He is global leader of McKinsey Analytics, with more than 2000 analysts and translators and Chairman of QuantumBlack, a company operating at the intersection of strategy, technology and design, acquired by McKinsey in 2015. He is also a member of McKinsey's global Board, the Shareholders Council and a founding member of the Board of the Innovative Healthcare Delivery at Duke Medicine. He serves on the Dean's Advisory Council, Harvard Kennedy School.
	Nicolaus frequently speaks on big data, analytics and healthcare topics at global fora such as the World Economic Forum and Forbes.
	He graduated with distinction with a Master’s and Doctorate degree in Business from the University of Münster and holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Dr. Hartwig LÖGER

Austrian Federal Minister of Finance, Vienna

Bundesheer inkl. Offiziersanwärterausbildung und Pilotenaufnahmeprüfung Kundenbetreuer, AON Jauch & Hübener Versicherungsmakler GmbH, Graz Versicherungswirtschaft, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Verkaufsleiter, Allianz Versicherung AG, Graz Assistent der Geschäftsleitung, Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung AG, Graz Leiter Vertrieb, Stammorganisation Donau Versicherung AG, Wien Internationaler Managementlehrgang (IMEA), Universität St. Gallen Geschäftsführer, UNIQA International Versicherungs-Holding GmbH, Wien Leiter Exklusivvertrieb Konzern UNIQA Versicherungen AG, Wien

1984
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2005-2011
	Seit 2017 Bundesminister für Finanzen

Dr. Dorothee RITZ

General Manager, Microsoft Austria, Vienna

Journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung Studies, Law, University Munich Journalist, Gruner + Jahr, Madrid LL.M., Master in European Community Law, University of London Trainee, Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh Business Manager, VP AOL and Bertelsmann New Media, AOL Bertelsmann Online Europa GmbH and BAG New Media, Hamburg Promotion in European Online Law (Dr. jur.), University Würzburg -2000 Director Business Affairs and Member, Executive Board AOL Australia, AOL Bertelsmann, Online Services, Sydney Executive Vice President Bertelsmann Capital, Strategic Alliances & Marketing and Board Member Bertelmann Capital Division, Bertelsmann AG, Munich, London Founding Member of the German Xchanging Business, Xchanging GmbH, Frankfurt Director MSN and General Manager, Online Services Group, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Munich General Manager Deutschland, Consumer & Online and Member, Executive Board Microsoft GmbH, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Munich Senior Director Business Strategy, Microsoft International

1987-1990
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2012-2015

Mag. Katinka NOWOTNY

Editor, ORF Eco, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna

	Katinka Nowotny is an engaged and enthusiastic TV journalist based in Vienna, Austria. She has worked for two decades for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF, reporting and producing documentaries for the foreign news magazine "Weltjournal". Currently she is working for the economics program "Eco". She also regularly produces English-language reports on Austria for CNN "World View".
	Katinka grew up in Cairo, New York and Vienna. In her professional career, she has repeatedly reported from crisis zones: North Korea, Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, the war in Kosovo, Ground Zero, the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine, and from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. She now specializes in reports on the current economic stories, successful Austrian companies, innovative ideas and personal finance.
	Katinka studied economics and sociology at the University of Vienna and then received a master`s degree in journalism at New York University. She has worked for ABC News and the German TV network ZDF. Since 1991, she produces and reports for various news magazines at ORF. She has received numerous prizes and awards in Austria and abroad. In 2005, Katinka became started as one of the first women to do her own camera work for her television reports. "The most important point in my job is to show a lot of respect to the people I encounter and to listen carefully to every nuance of their story", she says.
	Katinka is married to a newspaper journalist and has two children. She loves rowing and mountaineering in her free time.