Registration and welcome breakfast

Opening Words DARWIN'S CIRCLE

by Nikolaus Pelinka (Co-Founder Darwin's Circle)

Opening statement

State Secretary Claudia Plakolm

Panel 1: Shaping Tomorrow through Sustainable Innovation: Harnessing Foresight and Technology for the Green

Anja Tretbar Bustorf (SVP Corporate Affairs & Head of ESG, Magenta Telekom) Wolfgang Sulzgruber (Head of New Ventures Lab Hoerbiger) Erin Beilhartz (Head of ESG, Lufthansa Group) Andreas Rudas (President Arthur D. Little, Chairman of RTR Gmbh, Media and Telecommunications Regulation)

Keynote HUAWEI

Radoslaw Kedzia, SVP of Huawei European Region

Panel 2: Ego-Systems to Eco-Systems: The Need for Global Networks to Establish Sustainable Initiatives

Ludovit Garzik (Managing Director Austrian Council for Research and Technology) Kilian Kaminski (Co-Founder Refurbed) Dr. Chirine Etezadzadeh (President SmartCity.institute) Vanessa Gray (Head of Environment and Emergency Telecommunications Division ITU)

Fireside chat: Science for a Better World

TU Wien Foundation: Mag. Robert Gulla (Board of directors TU Wien Foundation) Prof. Iva Kovacic (Scientist at TU Wien)

SHORT BREAK

Keynote UNIDO: Aim Green, AIM Global

Ana Paula Nishio (Directorate of Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development Division of Digital Transformation and AI Strategies)

Panel 3: Cracking the Code for a Greener Future: Navigating Risks and Rewards in a Sustainable Future

Pia Seeberger (Managing Director Energie Burgenland) Andreas Tschas (Co-Founder and CEO Glacier) Giorgia Epicoco (Senior EU Public Affairs Manager at Huawei) Roland Mechtler (Executive Board Director for Efficiency, Technology, and Treasury at Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien)

Closing Words

Carina Cerny (Head of Darwin's Circle)

Lunch & networking