Our speakers

(in alphabetical order)


54 personalities from 16 countries

Politics, diplomacy, economics, science, media and culture.

Christian Stocker

Federal Chancellor

Republic of Austria

Bernhard Auinger

mayor

City of Salzburg

Werner Balika

Innovation Salzburg

Austria

Jan Peter Balkenende

eh. Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Royal Minister of State

Michael Baminger

CEO Salzburg AG

Austria

Kurt Bauer

Head of Long-Distance Passenger Transport & New Rail Business

Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB AG

Ralph Beisel

Chief Executive Officer

German Airports Association (ADV)

Germany

SE Siniša Bencun

ambassador

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alexander Biach

Director General SVS

Austria

Josip Brkić

Deputy Foreign Minister

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Magnus Brunner

EU Commissioner for Migration

European Commission

Gerhard Christiner

CEO Austrian Power Grid AG

Austria

Kristin De Troyer

theologian

Belgium

Ilka Dubernet

German Aerospace Center

Germany

Bohdan Dzyurakh

Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Catholics of the Byzantine Rite

Ukraine

Karoline Edtstadler

Landeshauptfrau

Salzburg

David Engels

historian and theologian

Belgium

Sebastian Gann

Director for Sustainability ZUMTOBEL AG

Austria

Miroslav Geljić

Head of EU Integration Department

Brčko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cristina Gherasimov

Prime Minister Visa

Republic of Moldova

Tobias Gotthardt

State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Energy

Bavaria, Germany

Severin Gruber

Secretary General

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism

Daniel Gutschi

State Councillor for Health

State of Salzburg

Karl Habsburg

entrepreneur

Austria

Johannes Hahn

Member of the European Commission

(2010 - 2024)

Vera Hofbauer

Head of Transport Section

Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure

Taras Kachka

Deputy Prime Minister

Ukraine

Christian Hutterer

Head of Research AustroCel Hallein

Austria

Andreas Kiefer

expert on federalism

Austria

Khatia Kikalishvili

Program Director Eastern Neighbourhood

Center for Liberal Modernity Berlin

Georgia/Germany

Sophia Kircher

Member of the European Parliament

Austria

Daniel Musat

Regional Director SEE ZUMTOBEL AG

Romania

Tamara Myers

SDG expert SOURCE

Switzerland

Tibor Navracsics

Minister for Regional Development

Hungary

Jürgen Osterbrink

Board of Directors, Institute for Nursing Science

PMU Salzburg

Oleksandr Pertsovsky

CEO Ukrainian Railways

Ukraine

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Member of the European Parliament

Finland

Claudia Plakolm

Minister for Europe

Austria

Stefan Schnöll

Deputy Governor

State of Salzburg

Wolfgang Schüssel

former Chancellor

(2000 - 2007)

Republic of Austria

Markus Schwinghammer

Expert for FIMI and anti-disinformation

Austria

Igli Hasani

Chairman

Foreign Affairs Committee

Albania

Vinzenz Stimpfl-Abele

Procurator of the Order of St. George

Austria

Harald Stranzl

ambassador

Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs

Austria

Brigitta Triebel

Head of the KAS office in Moldova

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Germany

Peter Lehner

Chairman of the SVS

Social insurance for the self-employed

Austria

Christine Vallaster

Circular economy expert

University of Salzburg

Austria

Franz Vranitzky

former Chancellor

(1986 - 1997)

Republic of Austria

Lisa Warth

Head of Population

UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Switzerland

Åsa Ågren Wikström

Member of the Regional Parliament of Västerbotten

Chairwoman of the SCANDRIA Alliance

Sweden

Amelie Zema

Agency for Economic Cooperation & Development

Österreich

Orkhan Zeynalov

Deputy Minister for Energy

Azerbaijani

Our presenters

Gundula Geiginger

 Puls4

Heidi Huber

Journalist

Andreas Heyer

Journalist ORF Salzburg

Michael Kretz

Editor-in-Chief MeinBezirk Salzburg

Michael Martens

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Claudia's Reiterer

journalist and presenter

Stephan Schweighofer

University of Salzburg

Werner Sejka

Pulse 4

Christian Ultsch

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Die Presse

Michael Stellwag

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Our artists

NAPREDAK

Croatian Cultural Association HKD "Napredak" Brčko-Distrikt, Bosnia and Herzegovina

DANICA Cultural Association

Music class

Music Middle School Maxglan Salzburg

Dušan Sretović

Pianist at the Mozarthaus in Vienna

Serbia