T H E A S S O C I AT O N
European Forum Alpbach The first European Forum Alpbach took place in 1945, initially called “International College Weeks”. Founded in 1948 as a non-profit association based in Vienna, it acts independently of any ideology, religion or political party. The association only functions thanks to the vast number of people who,
with the exception of the organisation team, all give their time to the Forum Alpbach voluntarily. They have contributed to making the European Forum Alpbach one of the most important European interdisciplinary dialogue platforms for science, politics, economics and culture today.
FRANZ FISCHLER PRESIDENT
CASPAR EINEM VICE PRESIDENT
CLAUS J. RAIDL VICE PRESIDENT
URSULA SCHMIDT-ERFURTH VICE PRESIDENT
Honorary Presidents
Council
Scientific Advisory Board
Erhard Busek, Heinrich Pfusterschmid-Hardtenstein
Peter C. Aichelburg, Martin Bernhofer, Jürgen Busch, Verena Ehold, Friedrich Gleissner, Erich Gornik, Ivo Greiter, Wolfgang Habermayer, Michael Haider, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Günter Hillebrand, Herwig Hösele, Michael Ikrath, Wolfgang Knoll, Georg Kopetz, Friedrich Korkisch, Richard Kruspel, Franz Leitgeb, Kathryn List, Christian Macek, Bernhard Marckhgott, Thomas Mayr-Harting, Patricia Mussi-Mailer, Dieter Natlacen, Michael Neider, Ewald Nowotny, Johannes Ortner, Klaus Poier, Werner Plunger, Filip Radunovic, Reingard Rauch, Pamela RendiWagner, Wolfgang Renner, Verena Ringler, Walter Rothensteiner, Peter M. Schmidhuber, Christoph Schneider, Rainer Schrems, Matthias Strolz, Alexandra Terzic-Auer
Caspar Einem (Head since 09/2015), Peter C. Aichelburg (Head until 08/2015), Gerald Bast, Petar Bojanic, Andrea Braidt, Rudolf Burger, Helmut Denk, Heinz W. Engl, Walter E. Feichtinger, Martin Gerzabek, Erich Gornik, Markus Hengstschläger, Waldemar Hummer, Pavel Kabat, Harald Katzmair, Martin Kocher, Reinhart Kögerler, Tilmann Märk, Peter Markl, Hanspeter Mössenböck, Gerd Müller, Jozef Niewiadomski, Eva Nowotny, Gordana Popovic, Wolf Rauch, Anita Rieder, Miriam Rehm, Katharina Scherke, Margit Schratzenstaller-Altzinger, Renée Schröder, Wilfried Stadler, Hans Sünkel, Gottfried Wagner, Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Ruth Wodak, Waldemar Zacharasiewicz
Other Members of the Board Manfred Url (Finanzreferent), Günther Schrems, Max Kothbauer (Rechnungsprüfer) Arbitration Board Friedrich Gleissner, Waldemar Hummer, Michael Neider, Katharina Scherke Board Präsidium, Johannes Purtscher, Nihada Prnjavorac, Manfred Url
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SONJA PUNTSCHER RIEKMANN VICE PRESIDENT