Die Welt zu Gast – Beste akademische Vortragsreihe Europas

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At the Entrepreneurial School®, an extremely successful academic year with impressive "Distinguished Guest Lectures" is coming to a climax: In the 2018/19 academic year, EU commissioners, heads of state, prime ministers, CEOs and top leaders have once again provided students, alumni, partners and guests with valuable impulses, opened up perspectives and promoted critical dialogue every week. The series is considered the best academic lecture series in Europe and receives worldwide attention.

The conclusion and highlight of the current academic year will be the guest academic lecture by former Federal President Heinz Fischer at the MCI Alumni Weekend on 14 June, which is of particular importance in view of current events. Since the start of the academic lecture series, around 500 (!) prominent personalities have graced the MCI.

This is also remarkable because no fee (!) is paid by the MCI for a "Distinguished Guest Lecture", which means that the academic guest lectures at the MCI are given on an honorary basis (with the exception of business forums). The "Distinguished Guest Lectures" are open to the public and free of charge upon confirmed registration.

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MCI Alumni & Friends Chair Bettina Stichauner and MCI Rector Andreas Altmann agree: "The world is a guest at the MCI: our students, alumni & partners are offered invaluable perspectives, impulses and opportunities for dialogue. We are delighted that we always succeed in bringing personalities of distinction to Innsbruck."

MCI DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURES - ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/19

(in alphabetical order)

EU commissioners, heads of state, members of government:

  • Andrej Babiš, Czech Prime Minister
  • Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry and SMEs
  • Juliane Bogner-Strauß, Federal Minister for Women, Families and Youth
  • Heinz Fischer, former Federal President of the Republic of Austria
  • Karin Kneissl, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna
  • Margarethe Schramböck, Federal Minister for Digitalisation and Business Location, Vienna

Business leaders:

  • Wolfgang Anzengruber, General Director of VERBUND AG
  • Olaf Berlien, CEO of OSRAM Licht AG
  • Ulrich Bez, former CEO of Aston MartinElisabetta Castiglioni, CEO of A1 Digital International
  • Christoph Boschan, CEO of Wiener Börse AG
  • Helmut Fallmann, Member of the Board of Fabasoft AG, Linz
  • Gerald Hörhan, Start-Up Investor and CEO of Investment Punk Academy
  • Mahender S. Khari, Chairman of Indo-Global Academia Alliance and of Khari & Co
  • Fabian Kienbaum, CEO of Kienbaum International Consultants
  • Daniel Krauss, Founder & CTO of Flixbus
  • Andreas Matthä, Chairman of the Board of ÖBB
  • Mario Moretti Polegato, Founder and President of GEOX SpA
  • Dominik Schiener, Co-Founder and CIO of IOTA
  • Bettina Würth, chairwoman of the advisory board of the worldwide Würth Group

Ambassadors:

  • Talya Lador-Fresher, Israeli Ambassador to Austria
  • Trevor Traina, US Ambassador to Austria
  • Li Xiaosi, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Austria

Institutions, think tanks, special personalities:

  • Josef Aschbacher, Director of Earth Observation, ESA European Space Agency
  • Hans-Joachim Eckert, former Chairman of the FIFA Ethics Committee
  • Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security
  • Hermann Glettler, Bishop of the Diocese of Innsbruck
  • Brun-Hagen Hennerkes, Chairman of the Board of the Family Business Foundation
  • Klaus Kumpfmüller, Chairman of the Austrian Financial Market Authority
  • Josef Plank, Secretary General Federal Ministry for Sustainability & Tourism, Vienna
  • Edward Snowden, Whistleblower

Speeches at business forums:

  • Dumëne Comploi, Head, Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development
  • Carlo Cottarelli, des. Prime Minister of Italy 2018, Professor
  • Daria Illy, Member of the Board, Illycaffè S.p.A., CEO, Mitaca S.r.l
  • Frederik Willem de Klerk, former President of the Republic of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
  • Thomas Middelhoff, former Chairman of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann AG and Arcandor AG
  • Sven Seidel, Member of the Executive Board, Otto Group
  • Barbara Wittmann, CEO DACH of LinkedIn