Speaker – Economics of AI

Meet our Speaker

Prof. Dr. Monika Köppl-Turyna

Director EcoAustria

Köppl-Turyna received her doctorate in 2011 from the University of Vienna. From 2011 to 2015, she was Assistant Professor at the Lisbon University Institute, before being Senior Economist at Agenda Austria. Moreover, Monika Köppl-Turyna has

been lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Fellow at the Global Labour Organisation. In 2020, she received her habilitation from the

Johannes Kepler University in Linz. Moreover, Monika Köppl-Turyna holds a professorship at the Privatuniversität Schloss

Seeburg.

Clemens Wasner

Co Founder & Chairperson, AI Austria

Clemens Wasner is a co-founder and chairman of AI Austria, an independent association dedicated to promoting AI in Austria and the CEO of EnliteAI, an Austrian AI startup. He organizes the AAIC - Applied AI Conference, the largest B2B conference series for Applied AI in Europe and serves as an active board member of the European AI Forum. Recently, he was elected as the Vice President of ADRA, the Public Private Partnership of the European Commission for AI, Data,

and Robotics.

Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Balland

Associate Professor, Utrecht University

Pierre-Alexandre Balland is a French economist and one of Europe’s leading experts on complex

systems, the future of cities, artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. He is a Professor at Utrecht University and previously held positions at MIT and UCLA. He is a Visiting Professor at the Artificial and Natural Intelligence Toulouse Institute and a research fellow at the Center for Complex Systems Studies. Pierre-Alex is also a high-level policy expert that currently serves in the ESIR group to advise the European Commission on innovation policy.

Dr. Fabian Stephany

Assistant Professor, University of Oxford

Fabian Stephany is a Departmental Research Lecturer in AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford, a Research Affiliate at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin and a Fellow at the Brussels-based Think Tank Bruegel. Leading the SkillScale Project, Fabian investigates the emergence of new skills and sustainability of novel occupations in times of technological disruption.

Florian Tursky, MSc, MBA

State Secretary for Digitalization at the Ministry of Finance

Florian Tursky is State Secretary for Digitalization at the Ministry of Finance and currently coordinates issues relating to digitalization, information technology and telecommunications in Austria, as well as at the

level of the European Union and internationally. Prior to assuming this post, he was Head of Office of Tyrol’s State Governor from 2018 to 2022 and press officer from 2017 to 2018. Before that, he was CEO of 3D-Elements, a start-up company in 3D printing, and gained experience in the private sector as regional

manager of P8 Marketing. He studied public relations and integrated communication in Krems, Austria.

DI (FH) Hermann Erlach, MBA

General Manager Microsoft Austria

Hermann Erlach has been General Manager of Microsoft Austria since May 2021. Before working

at Microsoft, Mr. Erlach worked in various management positions at international consulting firms such as Capgemini Consulting or Booz &

Company. After many years of conceptualizing and implementing successful projects, he joined SAP in 2008, where he held strategically significant

leadership roles both at the regional/international and local levels.

Mag. Thomas Arnoldner

Deputy CEO, A1 Telekom Austria Group

Thomas Arnoldner studied business management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Stockholm School of Economics. He started his professional career at Alcatel Austria and became CEO of Alcatel Lucent Austria in 2013. From 2015-2016, after Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent, he was a member of the integration team and developed the post-integration strategy for the combined company. From 2016-2017, he led Nokia's European growth strategy for several

business areas and markets. From 2017-2018 he was a member of the executive board of T-Systems Austria GesmbH. From 2018 to 2023 Thomas Arnoldner was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the A1 Group. As of 1 September 2023, he assumed the function of Deputy CEO.

Mag. Karin Mair

Managing Partner, Deloitte

Karin Mair is the Managing Partner for Financial Advisory & Risk Advisory at Deloitte Austria. She advises both national and globally operating organizations in the areas of compliance and risk management, as well as corporate financing. Additionally, she provides support to companies during crisis situations. Her areas of focus include Financial Crime, IT & Cyber Security, as well as strategic, operational, and regulatory matters.

Mag. Michael Zettel

Country Managing Director, Accenture Austria

Michael Zettel studied Business Informatics at the TU Wien and Leeds University. After starting his

career at Accenture, he worked for the Austrian promotional bank (AWS) and a US technology company. Upon returning to Accenture, he was appointed as the Country Managing Director in June 2016.