Speakers 2012

In 2007 he imported the international media brand VICE to Austria and has been publisher for VICE Alps since. 2009 he expanded VICE and Super-Fi to Poland.
Niko Alm is also known as a political activist for laïcité. He founded the Initiative for LaÏcité (Laizismus-Initiative) and works with various other NGOs in pursuit of his goal: a clean separation of church and state in Austria.
www.super-fi.com

Shams holds a B.Sc. in City & Regional Planning from Middle East Technical University (Turkey). After a scholarship in MSU (USA) she graduated from the University of Technology in Vienna (M.Sc. in Urban Planning)
She was the head of international affairs in the Urban Planning Department of the City of Vienna. Shams has many years of practical and academic experiences in Urban Regeneration and Urban development.
Shams was born in Iran and grew up within three cultures and languages of Azerbaijani, Farsi and French. Living in Turkey and in the United States enriched her diversity awareness. Now she lives and works in her “chosen homeland” Vienna for about two decades.
www.wien.gv.at
www.sohoinottakring.at
www.miainmotion.at

Brigitte is a Business Angel and serves on a number of selection and investment committees. She is on the Certification Board of CTI Start-Up, the Swiss agency promoting technology and innovation.

Brigitte holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, Boston and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case study. Born and raised in France, Brigitte and her family now live in Zurich.

www.eban.org

Founder of the company Tombeck GmbH, Rubble Master of Marketing & Sales GmbH and Co-operative "Utopian realization," and the initiative "economy of joy".
He worked as technician, construction equipment salesman, marketing and sales manager.
Since 2011 also active on stage as songwriter and singer "Tombeck".

www.tombeck.at
www.utopischerealisierungen.com
www.wirtschaft-der-freude.org

He has an excellent understanding of the Indian start-up eco-system. During his two years in India he has identified a lot of Indian innovations that will increasingly disrupt markets in Europe. He believes that Europe has to learn a lot from India, which is often described with "unity in diversity" and that India right now is the best place to learn, work and grow.
Wolfgang blogs daily on http://www.indische-wirtschaft.de/

He grew up in Vienna where he studied computer linguistics, worked at the Austrian National Library and built the multimedia market for Apple. In Paris he worked at the Cinematheque Francaise, at Voyager in Santa Monica he co-invented the first electronic books.

He integrates business, art and science in his work and teaches in Europe an the US. He lives, works, sails and photographs with his daughter in San Francisco, Vienna and the World.

www.envizio.com

Gaining new experiences and facing new challenges in a different culture and environment and meeting new diverse people while working abroad is a challenge she is definitely eager to take on. As a very keen sportsman she takes parts in sports that require discipline and team work - two skills that she takes with her on and off the field into her academic and professional life. She is committed to all that she is doing and she considers herself as multi-tasking person who meets deadlines. Some of her passions are travelling and meeting new diverse people.
Opportunity to participate in IE Summit presents a splendid way for her to share knowledge, experience and views and to also learn and contribute.

At the age of 17 she received her first training certificate, followed by many more. During the last 6 years, Stephanie has been training seminars in fields like cross- cultural communication, creativity, teambuilding, motivation...
She has also been moderating several events in the startup scene and beyond.

Stephanie was born on 31 January 1989, in Sydney. Growing up in an intercultural family nearby Vienna made her wanting to travel the world even more.
At the IncrediblEurope Summit she will guide us through the program with her enthusiasm and charm.

Back in Europe he was musical director, mastermind of the unique workshop and festival called “JUNK”. For 5 years aleX ran the independent music label MOUTH TO MOUTH, being both creative director and main producer, working in the field of artist and label development. Currently alex mostly works with the Austrian rising star ANNA F. (www.annaf.com ) as artist developer, producer, musical & business advisor as well as musical director and drummer of her band and helping her run her label "MOERDERMUSIC" & her company „ANNA F. ENTERTAINMENT GmbH“. He is also involved in a large and growing number of international music ventures and projects including www.berlinmeetswien.com

The keywords education, occupational orientation and creativity are brought to life in her agency. For many years Cox Orange is supporting the Vienna University of Technology/Faculty of Electrical Engineering and IT with the goal to interest teenagers for a technological study. One of the new projects is the “future camp”, an institution for teenagers aged 14 to 18, where they can launch themselves in the quest for their own talents and skills. Coachings and creativity workshops lead the way to the occupational orientation.

Her credo: Let us use our creativity and our spirit, to create something new, something good…
www.cox-orange.at

Furthermore her research focus is determined by future trends in diversity management, entrepreneurship, labour market, education, creativity and innovation as well as regional development. Clients are multinationals, NGOs, communities and small and medium sized enterprises. Petra voluntarily presides the platform Women in Business with more than 30.000 members within the Vienna Chamber of Commerce.
www.pgm-research.at

Manuel was a soccer goalkeeper for 18 years and watched 3 Seasons of Breaking Bad in less than 48 hours.
www.dreama.tv
www.dreamacademia.at
www.tedxpannonia.com

Furthermore, from 2002 on he is Chairman of the University of Applied Sciences “Technikum Wien” and Chairman of the “Austrian Association of the Electronics Industries”.
His successful management style is concentrated on giving his employees visions, they are able to follow. Furthermore he is convinced of the importance of intercultural training to make an accurate intercultural cooperation within the company possible. Georg Kapsch studied Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and graduated in 1981. He is married and has two sons.
www.kapsch.net

Digital Valley (DV) is an entrepreneur and innovation village - created by a community of interest focused on start-up success - anchored in the heart of Centrope, at the border of Austria and Hungary. DV stands for the successful promotion of talents, where top-talent attracts top-talent, including a new approach to a culture of failure and learning. It builds upon partnerships with co-working spaces, the idea incubators of the future and the place where generation Y meets.

Dream Academia, the organization in charge of implementing the DV vision, organizes an annual digital entrepreneur party - a developer’s weekend with participants from each of the 27 EU-member countries, and representatives from worldwide innovation centres - focused on networking, collaboration / cooperation and exchange. A digital university opens up possibilities to make knowledge available for all parts of the world.

www.dreamacademia.at

Until 2010, Werner was Managing Director at Ithuba Capital, a Vienna based Asset Management, Portfolio Advisory and Corporate Finance boutique, where he was responsible for a corporate credit portfolio of more than one billion Euro. Prior to his management role at Ithuba Capital, Werner was involved in a number of private and public equity transactions at Global Equity Partners in Vienna and Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt.
Werner holds a degree in economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business. During his educational years he took the opportunity to spend one year at the University of Sussex, Brighton. He has published a number of scientific papers in the field of asset price bubbles and financial crises.

Since 1993, concept and design of the Ö1 radio series "Logos-theology and life," moderator of the monthly series Ö1 "What do you believe?"
Moderator of the ORF's monthly Radiokulturhaus-discussion series "In time and space”. Trainer for interview, presentation and creative program design.
Presentations and discussion chair at symposia and conferences, author of "What do you believe? - Conversations with meaning seekers "
"What do you believe?", "Ways towards a fairer world", "Give us no fish ..." and "One Minute to Twelve"

1991 - 2004 in Zurich and Vienna-trained psychotherapist (www.daseinsanalyse.at). Board Member of the Institute for Österr.Daseinsanalytischen Psychotherapy and basic research ÖDAI

Furthermore he has been active in the Erasmus Student Network, being responsible for the exchange students at the University of Vienna. It was a great pleasure to facilitate life for these people who are making impactful experiences in a country abroad.
He considers himself to be a true European citizen, after having lived in Brussels, Frankfurt, Vienna and right now spending a semester in Bucharest.
He is constantly trying to bring people together who can co-create change. In future, he would like to use his coaching skills to help young people explore their possibilities and opportunities and make them feel confident about their future chances and help them realize their visions.

Through participating at off study-courses, such as an International Marketing Week taking place in Vienna and internships she is gaining the practical experience in addition to the theoretical knowledge she obtains at the University.

Clarissa’s dream is to help Europe and European businesses professionally, notice that its diversity is so unique and powerful that it has to be used efficiently. The IncrediblEurope Summit gives her the opportunity to share her visions, be inspired by changemakers from different origins and widen her network.  She is also supporting the IncrediblEurope Team by doing an internship at Brainswork.

Her company is in the business of law and will provide services to legal client while also enabling lawyers to lead a balanced worklife.
www.northcote.eu

He has also published several articles for recognized newspapers and publications. In consulting and training he is highly committed to individual and organizational changes which lead to more inclusive environments. He was born and lives in Vienna.
www.diversity-inclusion.at

He also worked for Seara Alimentos (Cargill Group now) and Kanematsu do Brasil Ltda. Octavio possess an MBA degree from RSM Erasmus University, The Netherlands and post-graduation studies in International Business for UFRJ/ECEX. His academic background and professional experience  relates to sciences, international business and marketing of technology with relevant international business exposure in more than 25 countries. Honours: General Plinio Pitaluga Medal

www.topexecutivesnet.com

As an expert in Innovation Management, New Learning Media and Communication and Leadership for Change, she works as a trainer and lecturer for institutes for post graduate management education, universities of applied sciences, as well as companies and corporate clients.
Being a founding member of the Peter Drucker Society of Austria she is engaged in the organization of the global Peter Drucker Forum – one of the most outstanding European management conferences.

www.strohspinner.at
www.druckerforum.org
www.druckersociety.at

So she sees her responsibility as a partner of Brainswork to raise interest of private individuals to become business angels, in order to support entrepreneurs and start up-entrepreneurs with knowhow, money and network in a professional way.
www.potzgruber.at

Awarded the Austrian “WOMAN” Award 2006 for her innovative approach to business, the "MiA" Award in 2010 and the "Integrationspreis 2010", Selma initiated the “Brainswork Make a Difference Awards” in 2009. She is married and a proud mother of two.

www.brainswork.at

Amila Ramović was born on 12 November 1977, in Sarajevo. She speaks English, Italian and some French. She is a proud owner of a Masters Degree obtained at the Music Academy in Sarajevo. Currently she is writing a PHD dissertation. The choice of a profession after graduating from Sarajevo's Prva Gimnazija and Music school came as a surprise even to her.

www.arsaevi.ba

She was elected into office as a Member of the Regional Parliament and City Council of Vienna in 2001. After two successful terms in office, she decided against a life-long career in politics and became Country Representative of Ashoka Austria and Co-Director of Ashoka Central- and Eastern Europe in 2011.
www.ashoka.org

As a business angel he is among the most active investors in the region and just established a Venture Fund in May 2010. Passion and courage are leading him to share with other people a lof of "iii" effects: ideas, inspiration and innovation to encourage positive changes.

He is a serial Entrepreneur and in 2008 he co-founded the student consultancy icons and the international Summer University in Carinthia.

www.starteurope.at

There he joined Wein & Co, Austria's leading fine wine retail chain, and progressed from sales to marketing director within three years. Jason is now self-employed as an Austrian wine expert and writer based in Vienna, and continues to judge wines for international publications and holds wine seminars both for private clients, as well as the Austrian Wine Academy and the Austrian Wine Marketing Board. He also has a specialist interest in wines from Central and South Eastern Europe and consults for Wines of Turkey, as well as renowned wineries both in Austria and abroad, in optimising their marketing, brands and export strategies. Wine is a topic that unites peoples and cultures across the world, and Jason has a goal to democratise wine: he believes that "although not everyone may become a great winemaker, a great winemaker can come from anywhere”.
www.experttasting.com

He is a founding member of the European Network “artsandeducation”, commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Education and Culture, the Council of Europe and the European Commission. He also supported the development of an Equal-Project of the European Commission “Art Works – New opportunities of professional realisation for female artists in the non-profit-sector”.

Michael participated in the organisation of a European expert meeting “Curriculum Development of Art Universities” commissioned by the European Commission in co-operation with the Austrian Government, as well as the organisation of European co-operation projects combining arts and education issues.

During all these activities Michael is a lecturer at universities and institutes in Vienna, Salzburg and Krems.

www.educult.at