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Euroforum: communication 2009: Russia October 22, 2009 | Studio 44 | Vienna
Speakers of the Euroforum: communication 2009
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You can find information about our excellent speakers here! The presentations of the speakers are online available for you at downloads! more details ... |
Vera Andreyanova
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Vera Andreyanova, Member of Coachinstitute and co-founder of Innovation Laboratory Vera Andreyanova was born on the 6th of November 1980 in St.Petersburg. In 1998 she finished school and decided to enter St.Petersburg Federal University of Economics and Finance. The degree work was dedicated to the controlling activity of Central Bank of Russia. In 2003 Vera Andreyanova graduated from the University with honors. After that she got a job in the financial department of a Russian – German company Muehlhan Morflot. In 2005 she began to study marketing in Hagen University of Germany and graduated from it in 2007. In 2008 she started new direction in her activity and joined the Coachinstitute, St.Petersburg. In 2009 she entered the Innovation Laboratory of the Coachinstitute and assisted a project - the first Open Innovation Forum, St.Petersburg. Now she works as financial controller for Reksoft Ltd, studies in Coachinstitute, takes part in the Innovation Laboratory and practices coaching.
more details ...http://www.coachinstitute.ru/ |
Katya Bazilevskaya
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Katya Bazilevskaya, founder of lookatme.ru For 3 years Katya Bazilevskaya was a director of 'Kislorod' (marketing agency, a member of Leo Burnett Group Moscow / Publicis Groupe Media Russia). In 2008 with a team of friends she started lookatme.ru relaunch as a Chief Commercial Officer. Lookatme.ru is a portal combining elements of a social networking, services and a lifestyle magazine, written by 70 000 people and read by over 600 000 people. Katya helps people to talk to brands and helps brands to talk to people. Over 100 brands were attracted in 2008 including GOT2B, Nokia, Miller, Volvo, CASIO, Nike, Apple, Levi's, BMW and others. Lookatme.ru has grown a lot without external investment. Look at me has won ‘Media-project of the year’ award in 2009. After several successful cases Katya has founded Talk to me - a boutique agency for such brands as Miller, Redd's, OLMECA, Jameson, Adidas Originals, CASIO. www.lookatme.ru www.talktome-agency.com |
Natalia Chazova
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Natalia Chazova – CEO «The Capital of the Country» Graduated with honors from the philosophical faculty of Saint-Petersburg State University in 1998. From 1997 till 2004 held lectures in Russia and conducted the sociological studies. At the same time she taught at the Faculty of Journalism at the Saint-Petersburg State University and directed the Institute of Mass Communication. From 2003 till 2007 she was PR director of the advertising agency «Terralife Strategic», Moscow. The basic functions are information support major economic events and investment projects. Since 2007 she is CEO «The Capital of the Country», a magazine about investment opportunities of Russia. http://www.kapital-rus.ru/en/ |
Peter Drössler
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Peter Drössler, Chairman of the Advertising Association Austria, Public Relations After studying journalism and communication, as well as sociology, Peter Drössler gathered work experience as journalist and editor. During the years of 1990 until 1995 he was responsible for communication of the ecology group Global 2000, later in 1995 he went into business for himself as an independent PR-Consultant. Since 2000 he is also an active part of the representation of interests of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, since 2005 he is Chairman of the Professional Association for Advertising and Market Communication, as well as Vice Chairman for the department in Vienna. Besides he is a board member of “Grüne Wirtschaft”. Since 2003 Drössler works close together with AtGams in a strategic partnership. www.fachverbandwerbung.at |
Martina Gleissenebner
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Martina Gleissenebner, CEO BTC Since 1996, Martina Gleissenebner has worked internationally as trainer and lecturer. Her work is enriched by inside skills coming from ten years on the international executive board of a globally active corporation and eight years of experience abroad (in Milan and Monte Carlo). She has lectured and trained in Italy, France, Holland, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine and Russia. She speaks and works in German, English, French and Italian.
more details ...www.branding-tc.com www.expertinnen.net |
Elena Grinina
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Elena Grinina, CEO Draftfcb Moscow Joined Media Arts Group and Draftfcb as a client service director in January 2006. In 2008 she has been appointed as a CEO of Draftfcb Moscow. Elena has been working in advertising for 13 years. She started her career in 1995 in Bates Saatchi and Saatchi, where within a couple of years, grew from a client service manager assistant to the new business director. The next round of her career growth was with Grey Worldwide where Elena worked as a Group Account Director on BAT brands and then became the Group Account Director for Mars brands working with Pedigree, Kitekat and Starburst. In April 2003 Elena returned to her advertising “motherland”: to BATES Saatchi and Saatchi as a managing director on all non-P&G accounts. Elena graduated from Moscow teacher training university, the faculty of foreign languages. Afterwards she studied and successfully completed the University of Surrey (Great Britain)”
more details ...www.draftfcb.ru |
Zhanna Grigorieva
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Zhanna Grigorieva, Assistant to the Mayor of Sotchi Zhanna Grigorieva was born in 1978 and has graduated in economics with a doctor’s degree. She was specializing on law, as well as tourism and social service. She gathered her first work experience at the SPA & Resort Complex “Russ”, which was a very professional experience due to the high standards of the resort and its qualified manager. After some years as CEO of the award winning travel agency in Sochi, she became the assistant to the Vice-Governor of the Krasnodar Region and to the Mayor of Sochi. For the last two and a half years she has been working with the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Project, which became an important part of her work.
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Andreas Hofer
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Andreas Hofer, Assistant Professor at Vienna University of Technology born in 1963 in St. Aegyd in Lower Austria, assistant professor at TU Vienna at the Institute for Urban Development and Landscape Architecture. Studied architecture in Vienna and Bogotà, graduated in 2000. Emphasis of studies: international and informal urban development, town planning in Eastern Europe. Consultant of the Austrian Council of developement cooperation in the Middle East 1999 to 2003. Sustainable international cooperation of universities in the field of urban development and urban research between TU Vienna and the Universida Nacional de Colombia since 1197 as well as L’vivska Polytechnika, Lemberg, Ukraine. Teaching at RWTH Aachen (since 2001), TU Darmstadt (2006) and at msa Münster School of Architecture (2007). Since 2008 he is the academic head of the class for “Stustainable Urban Design” at Summer University Carinthia, focusing on sustainable urban development perspectives for Sochi 2014 – “small scale – big impact”. Honorary doctor of L’vivska Polytechnika-Lemberg 2008, numerous international publications and guest lectures. |
Karl Javurek
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KR Karl Javurek Chairman of the Advertising Association Vienna, CEO of Gewista Urban Media Besides his function as Chairman of the Advertising Association, Karl is acting as CEO of Gewista Urban Media. The Gewista is an enterprise which prosecutes communication in the public area. Its subsidiary company "Europlakat" is doing business in nearly all acceding countries of the European Union, and is very successful in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Hungary. www.gewista.com www.werbungwien.at |
Livia Klingl
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Livia Klingl, Journalist and author Born 1956 in Vienna, Livia first worked for Austrian state-owned TV program ORF before working as a journalist for the Austrian newspapers „Standard“ (1989 until 1993) and Kurier (until 2008). At the latter she was a reporter for foreign policy, being head of this resort from 1998 until 2007. More than two years of her active career, she was in crisis regions all over the world. 2008 she published the book “The Russians are coming” in which she tries to explain how Russia “works”, what the Russian millionaires did to get their money and which influence all this has on Austria. |
Ab Kuijer
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Ab Kuijer, CEO JuniorSenior Ab Kuijer is a conceptual thinker, a writer and a communicator. He started 25 years ago as a journalist for several newspapers and magazines. In the years that followed Ab had his daily breakfastshows being a radiohost, he became owner of a dance radiostation and the publisher of a Nightlife magazine. He worked for several media and after two years of being a tv producer Ab started his own communication agency. Because above all, Ab likes to communicate. With the use of all possible media, as long as they are effective. With JuniorSenior he established Europe's first communication agency network that is leading in youth marketing. JuniorSenior is represented in 9 countries and advises and creates solutions for clients that want to communicate with a young audience in a world that is always changing. You can connect with Ab on Facebook to get to know him better.
more details ...www.jr-sr.com |
Dina Khvan
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Dina Khvan, Commercial Attache at the Austrian Embassy in Moscow Was born 1972 in Moscow, where she also attended school. 1992 she moved to Vienna to study at University of Vienna, where she graduated from 1999. Next to her studies as interpreter she studied commercial science at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien. After a long lasting CIS-Export experience in a Viennese trade company focused on GUS, she moved back to the Russian capital, meanwhile Austrian citizen, where she got the job as Commercial Attaché at the Austrian Embassy. Außenhandelsstelle Moskau" (AHSt Moskau) which represents The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)and is in charge for Russian Federation and for 8 other CIS States and Georgia. The main responsibility of the AHSt is to support Austrian exporters and importers in dealing with these markets, offering a variety of services just like finding a partner company, legal advice, marketing issues, intercultural and language related problems up to interventions for companies at public authorities. AHSt is part of the Austrian Foreign Trade Organisation (AWO) of The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and acts as Commercial Section of the Austrian Embassy.
more details ...Aussenhandelsstelle Moskau |
Emanuel Lehner
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Emanuel Lehner, Region Manager for the Austrian National Tourist Office - Russian Federation, Ukraine and other CIS countries; Moscow After studying at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, he also spent academic periods at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo de Santander (Spain) and the École Normale Supérieure de Paris (France). Following internships, Lehner started working as a secondary school teacher for German and French at a school in Salzburg. Shortly afterwards he joined the Berlin branch office of the Austrian National Tourist Office as the manager of the trade shows unit for Germany. After his promotion to the manager of the Berlin branch, and as Commissioner for Österreich Werbung Deutschland GmbH (in 2002) as well as Senior Executive (in 2003), he became Region Manager in July 2004, covering the Russian Federation, Ukraine and other CIS countries from his office in Moscow. Austrian-Blog: Emanuel Lehner |
Michael Löwy
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Michael Löwy, member of the Austrian-Russian Friendshipsociety and Director of International Relations at the Federation of Austrian Industries Michael Löwy studied political science and history at the University of Vienna and graduated in 1998. Always focusing on international relations in his years abroad, he worked for several international organizations, like the European Parliament in Strasbourg, or ABB in Switzerland, where he worked as a Senior Consultant. He built up a broad knowledge about intercultural affairs and specialised in the CEE region. 2003 he came back to Vienna to work for the Federation of Austrian Industries and is now director of international relations, which is mainly concentrating on CEE and CIS countries. He is also a member of the Austrian-Russien Friendship Society.
more details ...www.orfg.net |
Konrad Maric
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KR Konrad Maric, Initiator of Euroforum: communication, CEO of Maric & Rinaldin Konrad is the CEO of Maric & Rinaldin, an allround-agency located in Vienna. The agency’s philosophy is set up on positive emotions – it makes brands and images tangible and a real experience by using all kinds of communication tools. Maric & Rinaldin is founding member of the Euroforum: communication and was setting the cornerstone for this communication platform by organizing three international congresses (2003, 2004 and 2005). www.maric.at |
Muhamed Mesic
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Muhamed Mesic, Senior Consultant Brainswork GmbH Muhamed is Senior Consultant of the Brainswork Group for sustainable development, creative industries and education. A passionate polyglot fluent in more than 30 languages, he has closely worked with economic development and civil society initiatives in more than 20 countries on 4 continents, and was even elected to the City Council of Tuzla, his home city in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He also works as a research fellow and cross-border networker (amongst others for the British Council) - establishing and maintaining multi-lingual, multi-cultural networks. Muhamed was teaching at 15 universities worldwide and has been honored with the Echenberg Award and Fellowship for Human Rights in Canada in October 2007. www.brainswork.at |
Karin Platzer
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Karin Platzer, Peter Drucker Society of Austria Karin Platzer, who was born in 1962 studied at the Vienna University of Economics. After a short career in banking she found her way to the Regional Innovation Centers (RIZ) who just were in their beginning to become – starting in Wiener Neustadt - a very successful instrument of the country’s start-up policy . After having built up some incubators she was leading the company from 2000 until 2006. Then a new challenge was offered to her and brought her back to become a pioneer again. She developed and implemented the curricula for the first Austrian Fachhochschule for Distance Learning – Ferdinand Porsche Fachhochschulstudiengänge, Vienna. The next step was the step to professional autonomy. She works as consultant for start-ups and education enterprises, being a pioneer for her own enterprise. In spring 2008 she met an outstanding start-up project – the foundation of the Peter Drucker Society of Austria. She escorts this unique project as a board member and as hands-on implementer. Read more:
more details ...www.strohspinner.at www.druckersociety.at |
Selma Prodanovic
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Selma Prodanovic, founder of Brainswork Selma is the founder of Brainswork, pioneer Chief Networking Officer (CNO) worldwide, international top management consultant, entrepreneur and respected expert in the networking community. She is known as the “discoverer and connector” – of human and business potentials. Selma is a trainer and demanded speaker at international events. She lectures at universities and is an internationally published author on the importance and relevance of networking and its positive effects with regard to businesses, innovation and diversity. www.brainswork.com |
Jason Romeyko
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Jason Romeyko, International Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi He started his long career with Saatchi & Saatchi in 1993 as a copywriter. Since then he has worked in various Saatchi offices around the world including Sydney, Frankfurt, Warsaw progressing to creative director level by 1998. In 2003 he moved to Moscow to help open the first 100% Saatchi & Saatchi–owned office in Russia from scratch. After an agency growth from 3 to 56 people, his Russian adventure ended in the beginning of 2006 with his company ranked number 1 creative shop in the country. In 2007 Jason brought his energy and swag of awards to Vienna where he is International Creative Director for the T-Mobile brand working for Saatchi Europe based in Publicis Group Austria. www.saatchi.com |
Maxi Shilov
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Maxi Shilov, Art Director Republico, St. Petersburg 23-year old Shilov has already established himself as Art Director for the Russian communications bureau "Republico". Republico, which is one of the most important St. Petersburg companies in the areas of PR, advertising and design, already includes Heineken or the world-famous St. Petersburg State Hermitage to its portfolio of clients. Particular attention went to a campaign on the occasion of the World Water Day, titled "imagine aNOther LIFE". Shilov describes himself as a creative spirit, his only bad side being his "terrible football skills" www.republico.ru |
Stefan Szalachy
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Stefan B. Szalachy M.A., partner Russcom and CEO Esprit PR He was born in 1953, graduated from high school at the Theresian military academy in Wiener Neustadt, afterwards he studied law, economics and journalism at the University of Vienna, Austria as well as communications in Bern, Switzerland. He was not only PR-referee of IIASA, but also consultant at the agency Publico and won the state award for public relations in 1984. 1987 he founded Esprit Public Relations GmbH. He speaks German, Hungarian and English. In 1997 he became one of the founder members and president of the E.C.C.O. European Communication and Consulting Organisation. From 1994 until 1999 he was one of the management board members of the Austrian PR Association PRVA. Since 2008, when he was honored with the European price for public relations SABRE, he is an award winning business mediator, registered at the ministry of justice.
more details ...http://www.esprit-pr.at |
Aliaksey Wawochin
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Aliaksej Wawochin, Chief Marketing Officer Minsk, Austrian Commercial Counsellor's Office Moscow He was born in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus studied international relations at the State University of economics, as well as international management in Paris. He is also a certified interpreter for English and French. After his graduation from University he began a 1 year MBA program with focus on project management at the University Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne. Beginning with 2004 he is Chief Marketing Officer of the Austrian Commercial Counsellor's Office Moscow in Minsk, where he is supporting the maintenance of Belarus-Austrian trade and economic contacts. Mr. Wawochin is author of the branch report "Werbung in Russland". www.austriantrade.org http://www.advantageaustria.org/by/ |
Friedrich Wille
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Dr. Friedrich Wille, CEO Frey Wille He was born in 1940 into a very humanistic household, where an intense consideration of other cultures and convictions were on a daily occurrence. In the year 1960, after finishing law school, Mr. Wille became the financial auditor of the company, founded by Michaela Frey, which was dealing with enamellings of commodity and ornamental objects. In 1980 he became art director, additional to his economic role in the company. In the following years there was a new creative spirit going through the team of artists with academic background, under the direction of Simone Grünberger.
more details ...The “jewelry of decorative art” was invented, built from 24 carat gold, based on an innovative design philosophy with focus on modern forms. Becoming the CEO of the company, Dr. Willes distinguished himself in an excellent selection of new collections, motifs and products. It was essential for him to remain true to his line, to give his arts plenty opportunity for independent work and to bring joy and excitement to the people with his products. Almost 60 own stores belong to the FREW WILLE-empire, increasing each year due to the expansion strategy which keeps on continuing. http://de.frey-wille.com |
















