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12–13 September 2024 Museumsquartier Wien

Emerging Technologies, Breakthrough Innovations – the Technology Talks 2024 in a brand new format for the first time in Vienna.

The New

Technology Talks

Meet our speakers

(confirmed)

Manon  Sarah Littek

Manon Sarah Littek

Green Generation Fund

Founding General Partner

Leonore Gewessler

Leonore Gewessler

Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Federal Minister

Martin Kocher

Martin Kocher

Federal Minister of Labor and Econonmy

Federal Minister

Martin Polaschek

Martin Polaschek

Federal Minister

Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research

Alexia Cambon

Alexia Cambon

Microsoft

Senior Director Research, Copilot & Future of Work

Elizabeth Churchill

Elizabeth Churchill

MBZUAI

Department Chair and Professor of Human Computer Interaction

Tom Henzinger

Tom Henzinger

Austrian Council for Sciences, Technology, and Innovation (FORWIT)

Chair

Anna Panagopoulou

Anna Panagopoulou

European Commission

Director for ERA & Innovation, DG Research and Innovation

Sylvia Schwaag Serger

Sylvia Schwaag Serger

Austrian Council for Sciences, Technology, and Innovation (FORWIT)

Vice-Chair

Gauri Singh

Gauri Singh

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Deputy Director-General

Tateo Arimoto

Tateo Arimoto

Center for R&D Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency; International Science Council

Principal Fellow

Brigitte Bach

Brigitte Bach

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology; Veranstaltungs-Kuratorium, Technology Talks Austria

Managing Director and Spokesperson of the Managing Board

Horst Bischof

Horst Bischof

TU Graz

Rector

John Blankendaal

John Blankendaal

Brainport Industries

Susana Borras

Susana Borras

Copenhagen School of Business

Professor in governance and innovation, Copenhagen Business School

Boris de Ruyter

Boris de Ruyter

Philips Research

Principal Scientist

Elisabeth Engelbrechtsmüller-Strauß

Elisabeth Engelbrechtsmüller-Strauß

Fronius

CEO

Heinz Faßmann

Heinz Faßmann

Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW)

President

Nicole Formica-Schiller

Nicole Formica-Schiller

CEO & Founder Pamanicor Health AG

OECD AI Expert, Political & Executive Advisor, Advisory Board “Digital Sciences” University Salzburg

Jens Gayko

Jens Gayko

VDI

Thomas Hahn

Thomas Hahn

Siemens, Gaia-X AISBL

Natascha Kantauer-Gansch

Natascha Kantauer-Gansch

A1

Chief Customer Officer Consumer

Georg Knill

Georg Knill

Federation of Austrian Industries (IV)

President

Georg Krause

Georg Krause

msg Plaut

CEO

Andreas Kugi

Andreas Kugi

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Scientific Director

Oscar Lazaro

Oscar Lazaro

Innovalia

Helmut Leopold

Helmut Leopold

AIT / GAIA-X Hub Austria)

André Loesekrug-Pietri

André Loesekrug-Pietri

Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI)

Chairman

Anja Misselbeck

Anja Misselbeck

Catena-X

Thomas Nowak

Thomas Nowak

Qvantum

Vice president

Caroline Paunov

Caroline Paunov

OECD

Head of Secretariat on Innovation and Technology Policy

Bernhard Peischl

Bernhard Peischl

AVL

Andrea Renda

Andrea Renda

CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies

Director of Research

Jean-Pascal Riss

Jean-Pascal Riss

Schneider Electric

Dominik Rohrmus

Dominik Rohrmus

Siemens

Kurt Satzinger

Kurt Satzinger

voestalpine AG

Head of R&D

Ingo Sawilla

Ingo Sawilla

TRUMPF

Sebastian Schneider

Sebastian Schneider

DMG MORI

Markus Scholz

Markus Scholz

TU Dresden

Professor of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management

Helmut Schönenberger

Helmut Schönenberger

TU München, UnternehmerTUM GmbH

Vice President, CEO

Thomas Skordas

Thomas Skordas

DG Connect, European Commission

Deputy General Director

Roland Sommer

Roland Sommer

Plattform Industrie 4.0

Mirjam Storim

Mirjam Storim

Siemens AG

Head of Research & Innovation Ecosystems

Karin Tausz

Karin Tausz

FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency)

Managing Director

Rosalinde van der Vlies

Rosalinde van der Vlies

DG Research & Innovation, European Commission

Clean Planet Director

Antti Vasara

Antti Vasara

VTT (finish research & technology organisation)

President

Jan Wörner

Jan Wörner

acatech (National Academy of Science and Engineering, Germany)

President, acatech; former Director General, European Space Agency (ESA)

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