Börse Express – First Salzburg Economic Forum a complete success
Full house, exciting content, inspiring dialogues, enthusiastic guests and beaming faces on May 5th at Congress Salzburg.
Innsbruck (OTS) – “Great event!” – that is the overall tenor of the first Salzburg Economic Forum on May 5th in the Congress Salzburg. “Salzburg urgently needed something like that”, “beneficial openness and clarity of the topics dealt with”, “was more than worth it to be!”, “I’ll be there again”, “how can you become a partner?”, are the many enthusiastic feedback from the participants of the Salzburg Economic Forum, organized by the Salzburg Federation of Industrialists in cooperation with renowned partners (Salzburger Sparkasse, Salzburger Nachrichten, ServusTV, Spar AG, Palfinger AG, Fabasoft AG, Markas GmbH, University of Salzburg, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, MCI | Die Entrepreneurial School®, etc.)
- “Entrepreneurship means shaping, not managing” is the credo of IV President Peter Unterkofler, who, as the organizer of the Salzburg Economic Forum, is responsible for the welcome and opening. “Salzburg has incredible opportunities, we just have to use them. Our entrepreneurs are ready to create. Let’s give them a framework so that they can be successful internationally,” is his appeal to politicians and public administration.
- With a clear commitment to the science, technology and business location, Governor Wilfried Haslauer picks up the ball in his words of welcome. With a new faculty for digitization, the EdTech Summit that has just been designed, which will take place on the same day, Ecovation and other measures will strengthen the location and set the course for a competitive future.
- The first lecturer Anastassia Lauterbach wanted to be an opera singer. The Russian, who recently moved to Salzburg – via several international stations – has become a globally recognized professor for artificial intelligence, data security & data ethics, entrepreneur, technology strategist and multi-board member.
“Artificial intelligence will not only change our lives, it is already among us” is one of Anastassia Lauterbach’s core statements. “Let’s think about the control of global mobility and logistics flows, which are constantly self-optimizing with artificial intelligence and meanwhile clearly surpass human control. We see similar results in digital image recognition, for example in the evaluation of X-ray images and early detection of cancer. Here we will see incredible developments. At the same time, AI WILL NOT replace people in many areas and will not be able to match their qualities,” is the reassuring assessment of the renowned professor. - The Austrian Minister of Labor and experienced economist Martin Kocher describes the current challenges on the labor market with great expertise. “Although it was long predicted, but only recently came full force, we are now feeling the shortage of workers everywhere. We must succeed in expanding the workforce potential, e.g. by extending the working life (e.g. maintaining good health into old age and reducing early retirement due to illness), better integration of foreign workers (e.g. red-white-red card), the creation of places for children and the like.”
- After an intensive networking break with delicacies from the region, the renowned lawyer, social reformer and Berlin imamine Seyran Ates gives touching insights into little-known social developments. She fights against any instrumentalization of ideology and religion for political purposes and stands for the possibility of a life characterized by freedom, tolerance, mutual respect and democracy and the possibility of being able to determine one’s own life. “Freedom always strives for the freedom of those who think differently,” is an often-forgotten quote from Rosa Luxemburg. She earned spontaneous applause for many of her respected statements, not least for her statements made to law enforcement officials, who insulted, reviled and, increasingly, physically attacked her to defend freedom of expression.
- Klaus Josef Lutz, CEO of the global raw materials and energy group BayWa AG and President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria, is regarded in Germany as a rhetorical elemental force who gets to the point, measures politics by their actions and clearly addresses undesirable developments , also in the corporate world, by the way. He doesn’t allow the fact that highly paid board members are trying to sneak away with the fact that risks were simply not recognizable. In many cases, people just didn’t have the courage, didn’t want to make themselves unpopular, didn’t want to jeopardize their position, etc., and simply delayed decisions. At the same time, he criticizes the much too short appointment periods for board positions. “How are you supposed to set a sensible, strategic course if the order duration is only 2-3 years?” is one of many starting points for important optimization potential.
The concluding panel discussion with speakers, leaders from the University and University of Applied Sciences Salzburg and IV President Peter Unterkofler rounds off an all-round successful business forum with fireworks of topics, impulses and insights.
In a cozy conclusion with a flying buffet and fine wines, provided by the Salzburg-based Spar AG, topics are deepened, contacts are made and ideas for the future are born.
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