AUSTRIA CONNECT PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA 2014

AUSTRIA CONNECT
PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA 2014
3rd Networking Conference
for Austrian companies and
companies of the Iberian Peninsula
WO
RLD
CLASS
PART
NERS
www.advantageaustria.org
AUSTRIA CONNECT
PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA 2014
3rd Networking Conference for Austrian companies
and companies of the Iberian Peninsula
WO
RLD
CLASS
PART
NERS
www.advantageaustria.org
02.–03.10.2014
WORLD TRADE CENTER
HALL PORT VELL
BARCELONA
The 3rd AUSTRIA CONNECT IBERIAN PENINSULA
is organized by the ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA offices in
Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon
and powered by:
WELCOME TO AUSTRIA CONNECT
BARCELONA 2014
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
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ENÍNSULA IBÉRICA
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Barcelona
Robert Punkenhofer / Commercial Counsellor
Av. Diagonal, 420/3/2
08037 Barcelona / Spain
T: +34 932 922 378
F: +34 932 377 621
E: [email protected]
W: www.advantageaustria.org/es
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Madrid
Michael Spalek / Commercial Counsellor
Orense, 11-6º
28020 Madrid / Spain
T: +34 91 556 43 58
F: +34 91 556 99 91
E: [email protected]
W: www.advantageaustria.org/es
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Lisbon
Astrid Pummer / Commercial Counsellor
Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 18-5°
1169-027 Lisbon / Portugal
T: +351 21 317 1010
F: +351 21 317 1018
E: [email protected]
W: www.advantageaustria.org/pt
Business Innovation and Creativity! This is the theme of the 3 rd edition of the AUSTRIA
CONNECT Iberian Peninsula, a unique networking conference aiming at fostering
long-lasting business relations between Austrian, Spanish and Portuguese companies.
Spain and Portugal have undergone drastic political and economic changes since the
outbreak of the financial and economic turmoils in 2008. Now the most difficult times
seem to be overcome and new business opportunities arise.
Comprising more than 57 million potential consumers and an area of 582.000 km 2 , the
Iberian Peninsula is an important market by global standards, actually it ranks amongst
the top 10 consumer goods markets worldwide. Due to the increasing economic cooperation with emerging powers in Latin America and Africa, Spain and Portugal also position themselves as strong hubs to overseas markets.
Austrian direct investments in Spain have increased by 58 percent throughout the last
year, amounting to approximately 65 million EUR in 2013. At the end of 2013, Austrian
direct investments in Spain and Portugal equaled 916 million EUR. The annual export
volume of Austrian businesses to the Iberian Peninsula grows again and will reach
more than 2 billion EUR in 2014.
These are positive signals which we want to reinforce with Austria Connect 2014.
A perfect mix between formal and informal networking possibilities as well as a challenging conference program should inspire all participants towards new business ideas
and lead to new contacts and commercial opportunities.
Based on the success of the previous editions in Madrid and Lisbon, we hope that you
will enjoy Austria Connect 2014 in Barcelona. We wish you all the best for an exciting
conference with lots of innovative thoughts and creative insights.
Robert Punkenhofer Michael Spalek Astrid Pummer
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PROGRAM 02.10.2014
TIME
WELCOME RECEPTION STATEMENTS
6-7pm
WELCOME ADDRESS & RECEPTION CITY HALL OF BARCELONA,
SALÓ DE CRÓNICAS, SANT JAUME
SQUARE, 08002 BARCELONA
Robert Punkenhofer
Advantage Austria Barcelona
Michael Spalek
Advantage Austria Madrid
Astrid Pummer
Advantage Austria Lisbon
Felip Puig i Godes
Minister for Enterprise and Employment,
Catalonia
Miquel Valls i Maseda
President of the Chamber of Commerce,
Barcelona
8pm
GALA DINNER
RESTAURANT "1881" AT THE
HISTORY MUSEUM OF CATALONIA
(4TH FLOOR)
PAU VILA SQUARE, 3
08002 BARCELONA
Jaime García-Legaz Ponce
State Secretary of State for Trade, Madrid
Peter Huber
Austrian Ambassador in Spain
Thomas Stelzer
Austrian Ambassador in Portugal
Walter Koren
Director General of Advantage Austria
PROGRAM 03.10.2014
TIME
OPENING AND
PROGRAM DIRECTORY
8am
REGISTRATION
8.30-9am
WELCOME REMARKS AND
SPEED NETWORKING
STATEMENTS
World Trade Center Barcelona Moll de Barcelona, s/n, Sala Port Vell
TIME
ECONOMIC TIMES OF CHANGE
PANEL HOST: MICHAEL SPALEK
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
9-10.30am Oriol Amat
Professor of Financial Economics and
Accounting at University Pompeu Fabra
Stefan Bruckbauer
Chief Economist Bank Austria
Christian Felber
Writer, Initiator of the “Economy for the Common Good“ & “Bank for the Common Good“
Francisco Mendes Palma
Head Novo Banco Sectoral Research & Board
Member Novo Banco Cabo Verde
IBERIAN PENINSULA – RISKS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
CHALLENGES FOR THE EURO ZONE
TOWARDS A NEW ECONOMIC
PARADIGM
PORTUGAL, MAKING A PRESENCE IN
THE MARKETS
10.30-11am
COFFEE & TEA BREAK
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PROGRAM 03.10.2014
TIME
HIDDEN CHAMPIONS
PANEL HOST: ASTRID PUMMER
ROUND TABLE
11-12.30pm
AUSTRIA‘S HIDDEN CHAMPIONS –
THE SECRETS BEHIND THE SUCCESS
Martin Ohneberg
CEO Henn
Walter Koren
CEO Advantage Austria
Sergi Aulinas
CEO Laboratorios Gebro Pharma
Rainer Sattlberger
CEO Fronius España
12.30-2pm
APPETIZER & LUNCH
TIME
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
PANEL HOST: ROBERT PUNKENHOFER
WORKSHOPS
2-2.30pm
2.30-3.30pm
TURNING SMALL TALK
INTO BIG TALK
MANAGING COMPLEXITY
3.30-4.30pm
INNOVATE THROUGH
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Florian Mück
Speaker, Trainer and Author
Julia Culen & Christian Mayhofer
Owners C+M GmbH
Michael Thomson
CEO Design Connect
Georg Wagner
CEO Spirit Design
4.30-5pm
COFFEE & TEA BREAK
TIME
INNOVATION CLUSTERS, R&D
AND FUNDING SOURCES
PANEL HOST: SONJA HOLOCHER-ERTL
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
5-6pm
INVEST IN SPAIN – ICEX ESPAÑA
José Carlos García Quevedo
Executive Director
Joan Martí Estévez
Manager of Innovation Clusters
Gerlinde Gahleitner
Director Southern Europe
Isabel Caetano
Head of Business Innovation
ACCIÓ – GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA
ABA – AUSTRIAN BUSINESS AGENCY
COTEC PORTUGAL –
BUSINESS INNOVATION AGENCY
6pm
CLOSING AND TRANSFER
TO BOAT EXCURSION
6.30-8.30pm
SUNDOWNER
8.30pm
END OF THE CONFERENCE
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sailing trip on a solar catamaran with
aperitivo & music by Paulinho Lêmos
AUSTRIA CONNECT
SPONSORS
ABA - Invest in Austria
T: +43 1 588 58 0
E: [email protected]
W: www.investinaustria.at
Vienna, Austria
Gerlinde Gahleitner
Director Southern Europe
Alejandra Navarro de Chalupa
Advisor ABA
SPONSORS
ABA – Invest in Austria, the national investment promotion
agency of the Republic of Austria, is the first point of contact for
foreign investors.
Areas:
– Austria as a business location – sectors, technologies and markets, political and economic conditions.
– Issues relating to site selection such as labor and tax
regulations, incentives or real estate prices.
– Support in handling administrative procedures (operating licenses, funding applications, labor permits, visas, etc.).
– Establishing national and regional contacts.
– Ongoing support for companies locating in Austria.
– Contact partner for expansion investments.
Adminex
T: +34 93 467 49 10
E: [email protected]
W: www.adminex.com
Barcelona, Spain
Alexandra de la Varga
Head of Europe
Julio Contreras
General Manager
In 2013 ABA–Invest in Austria provided professional consulting
services to 228 international companies setting up business
operations in Austria, accounting for a total investment volume
of EUR 347.80 million. 1,479 new jobs were created as a result
of these investments. On balance, ABA–Invest in Austria has
concluded projects attracting total investments of EUR 6.877
billion, creating 47,158 jobs, since its founding in the year 1982.
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We help our clients to operate successfully on foreign markets by providing local solutions in administration:
Business tax & accounting services
Tax declarations and advice
General and analytical accounting
Cash management
Financial reporting
Human resources
Payroll management
Social security
Debt collection
Credit reports
The Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking 2012 report of
the World Bank Group ranked ABA–Invest in Austria as top global performer among 189 investment promotion intermediaries.
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The Adminex company was founded in Spain in the year 2000.
Since then, Adminex has become international and offers
their services in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France,
Germany, Hungary, India, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia and USA.
Human resources
Payroll management
Income tax
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SPONSORS
Alpla Ibérica, S.A.
T: + +34 93 861 50 10
E: [email protected]
W: www.alpla.com
Les Franqueses del Vallés Barcelona, Spain
Aaron Albrecht
Director of Spain & Portugal
Ronald Tichelaar
Plant Manager
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SPONSORS
ALPLA develops and produces plastic packaging solutions which are perfectly adapted to the needs of its
customers. ALPLA’s primary goal is to become a global
market and technology leader by offering added value
to its customers.
In the year 1955, Alwin and Helmuth Lehner established
the company in Hard, Austria. The first production site
was their father’s laundry. In 1964, first ALPLA branch
outside Austria (Markdorf, Germany) was set up. In 1968,
first ALPLA plant in Latin America (San Joaquín, Venezuela). In 1975, a total of 6 ALPLA branches in 3 countries
with approximately 1,200 employees. In 1995, 29 branches
in 15 countries with around 3,000 employees. In 2013,
152 production plants in 40 countries with about 15,300
employees and turnover of € 3.11 billion.
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Austrian Airlines
T: +34 90 225 70 00
E: [email protected]
W: www.austrian.com
Madrid, Spain
Stefan Müller
Sales Manager Spain,
Grupo Lufthansa
Andrea Gatti
Account Manager
Austrian Airlines flies to more than 130 worldwide destinations. Its network is especially dense in Eastern
Europe, with 41 destinations. In Spain, Austrian operates
direct flights between Barcelona and Vienna. Recently,
Austrian has introduced new direct services to Newark,
operating 33 weekly flights to five destinations in North
America.
Its intercontinental and continental fleet have been recently equipped with a renovated interior cabin and new
seats that offer maximum comfort in Business and
Economy Class, as well as an exclusive complimentary
catering from DO&CO.
Austrian Airlines is part of the Lufthansa Group and
member of Star Alliance.
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SPONSORS
Bank Austria - Member of UniCredit
T: +43 0 50505 0
E: [email protected]
W: www.bankaustria.at
Vienna, Austria
Martin Frank
Head of Multinational Corporates
Senior Vice President
Nikolaus Somogyi
Head of Unit Multinational
Corporates 2
SPONSORS
UniCredit Bank Austria has been a member of UniCredit
since 2005.
UniCredit is a major international financial institution
with strong roots in 17 European countries, runs a worldwide network of approximately 50 markets, with around
148,000 employees working in about 9,000 branches.
In the CEE region, UniCredit operates the largest international banking network with around 3,600 branches and
outlets. The CEE Division operates through Bank Austria
which acts as sub-holding company of the Group and is
responsible for overseeing the Group’s banking activities in the CEE region, excluding Poland which is under
management of UniCredit.Bank Austria is a modern and
dynamic universal bank offering its customers access
to international financial markets.
Bluespace
W: www.bluespace.es
Barcelona, Spain
Alexander Ruckensteiner
CEO
Bluespace is the leading self storage operator in Spain
with over 21 centres in Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia.
In the rest of the country we offer service and solutions
through our Excellent Partners. We aim to become the
best self storage company in Spain, and in order to
achieve this we have devised a 5-year expansion plan
which will involve 50 centres and 150 employees.
At Bluespace our wish is to make our clients’ lives easier
and more convenient, whether at home or for their business, by understanding and offering solutions for their
storage needs with a personal, customised service.
The bank has one of the strongest capital bases among
the large banks in Austria. The bank maintains an extensive network in Austria with about 1.7 million customers
in some 270 branches. Furthermore the bank is the number one partner for Austrian companies: roughly 80 per
cent of large corporates, 40 per cent of medium-sized
companies and 20 per cent of small businesses have confidence in Bank Austria’s services.
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SPONSORS
Bové Montero y Asociados
T: +34 93 218 07 08
E: [email protected]
W: www.bovemontero.com
Barcelona, Spain
José María Bové
CEO
Ilídio César Ferreira
Partner
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SPONSORS
Bové Montero y Asociados is over 35 years old and one of
Spain’s first companies specialized in auditing, accounting, tax and payroll advisory as well as in human resources consultancy. We have offices in Barcelona, Madrid,
Palma de Mallorca, Valencia and Zaragoza with around
60 staff members. Our business philosophy is based on
providing our clients with a high quality and trustworthy
multidisciplinary service, adapted to their needs. We
serve very diverse clients, most of them foreign companies belonging to important multinational groups. Our
added value consists in offering them advisory services
directly in their languages.
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Erste Group
T: +43 0 5 0100 10100
W: www.erstegroup.com
Vienna, Austria
Thomas Klenner
Head of Large Corporates
International
Sergi Periago Estornell
Executive Director
Fernando Luis Santos Mira
Account Manager
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Erste Group is one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe. It is listed on three
stock markets in the region and serves 16.5 million clients in 7 countries. Its core business includes corporate
banking, capital markets activities, public sector funding
and interbank market operations, as well as traditional
retail banking.
Erste Group is:
- Market leader in AUT, CZ, RO, SK
- No. 1 asset manager in CEE with EUR 51bn assets
under management
- TOP position in debt capital markets in Austria and CEE with more than 10% market share
- Leading Mandated Lead Arranger of syndicated loans in CEE
- No. 2 in CEE commercial real estate business
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SPONSORS
Fronius International
T: +34 91 649 60 40
E: [email protected]
W: www.fronius.es
Madrid, Spain and
Vilanova i la Geltrú Barcelona, Spain
Rainer Sattlberger
General Manager Spain
Isaac Lozano
Sales Manager
SPONSORS
Fronius International GmbH is an Austrian company with
headquarters in Pettenbach and other sites in Wels,
Thalheim, Steinhaus and Sattledt. With 3,344 employees
worldwide, the company is active in the fields of welding
technology, photovoltaics and battery charging technology.
Around 92% of its products are exported through 20
international Fronius subsidiaries and sales partners/
representatives in over 60 countries. With its innovative
products and services and 1.008 active patents, Fronius is
the global innovation leader.
David Torres
Director Catalunya
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Dr. Frühbeck Abogados
T: +34 91 700 43 50 (Madrid)
T: +34 93 254 10 70 (Barcelona)
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
W: www.fruhbeck.com
Barcelona, Spain
Guillermo Frühbeck Borrero
Director of the Madrid head office
Raquel Buendía García
Director of Barcelona and Girona
Leticia Lozano Uclés
Lawyer
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Our Law Firm, founded in 1952 by Dr. Guillermo Frühbeck senior, is one of the oldest international law firms
in Madrid. Nowadays Dr. Frühbeck Abogados has branch
offices in the major business centres in Spain and counts
with a team of more than 50 highly qualified professionals including lawyers, assistants and administrative
personnel. We give tailor-made solutions to our clients’
wide-ranging needs and requirements.
Dr. Frühbeck Abogados is a multidisciplinary law firm
rendering legal advice to large and medium-sized companies in Spain and Europe as well as outside Europe
assisting them in their own languages. The main focus of
our services concentrates on corporate, competition and
banking law, employment law, property law, litigation law
as well as civil law.
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SPONSORS
Laboratorios Gebro Pharma, S.A.
T: +34 93 205 86 86
E: [email protected]
W: www.gebro.es
Barcelona, Spain
Sergi Aulinas
General Manager
SPONSORS
Laboratorios Gebro Pharma is the Barcelona-based
subsidiary of Gebro Pharma GmbH, a privately-own
pharmaceutical company founded in 1947 in the Austrian
Tyrol. Specialized in developing and commercializing
pharmaceutical products, the company operates in Spain
since 2002, focusing on the therapeutic approach of pain,
rheumatology and urology.
Hernández Marti
T: +34 96 353 25 53
E: [email protected]
W: www.hernandez-marti.com
Barcelona, Spain
With a current staff of 120 employees, the company
closed 2013 with a € 43.4 million turnover, which represents an increase of 4% over the previous year.
Amparo Llorens Fernández
Associate
In close collaboration with medical associations and
research centers, as well as alliances with other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, Laboratorios
Gebro Pharma strengthens its commitment to innovative
treatments in its therapeutic areas.
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Juan Hernández Martí
Associate Director
Pamela Valdez Cavero
Associate
Hernández Marti is a law firm founded in 1975.
It devotes itself mainly to commercial law, industrial and
intellectual property law. Our main purpose is to provide
a wide legal service, of good quality and highly personalized, based on collaboration, mutual confidence and permanent communication with our clients. We count on an
extensive network of collaborators that allows us to offer
reliable advice almost all over the word. We have offices
in Alicante, Barcelona, and Valencia. Moreover, we are
part of DIRO and members of several international associations: IBA, INTA, ASIPI and AIJA.
Cristina Hernández-Martí Pérez
Lawyer
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SPONSORS
K+K Hotel Picasso
T: +34 93-547 86 00
E: [email protected]
W: www.kkhotels.com
Barcelona, Spain
Marina Riess
Resident Manager
Renate Siebenhofer
Sales Manager
SPONSORS
K+K Hotels is a collection of family-owned and operated
hotels in prime locations in some of Europe’s most fascinating cities: Paris, London, Barcelona, Munich, Vienna,
Prague, Budapest and Bucharest.
Opened in Barcelona in June 2012, the K+K Hotel Picasso offers every comfort of a larger hotel in an intimate,
personalized atmosphere: 92 rooms with fine fabrics
and furnishings and a wealth of in-room amenities and
business services including meeting rooms and business
corners. Complete with bar & bistro, outdoor pool, chillout terrace and car park, the K+K Hotel Picasso is a little
gem in Barcelona’s Old Town.
KTM Sportmotorcycle
España S.l.
T: + 34 93 736 35 35
E: [email protected]
W: www.ktm.es
Terrassa - Barcelona, Spain
Cesar Rojo
General Manager
KTM-Sportmotorcycle is global market leader in the offroad competition segment. KTM’s products are distributed
via 26 sales subsidiaries and two joint ventures in Dubai
and New Zealand, to more than 1,700 independent dealers
and importers worldwide.
Since 1995, the Company in addition to its KTM-branded
vehicles has also been developing and producing motorcycles under the HUSABERG brand in KTM-Sportmotorcycle
AG, which due to the acquisition of the license rights to the
HUSQVARNA brand in 2013 are marketed as “Husqvarna
Motorcycles” again.
In the first half of 2014, the two brands KTM and Husqvarna achieved the highest sales in company’s history. Worldwide, 70,469 motorcycles were sold and the number of
employees increased up to 2,053.The significant improvement of KTM provoked a turnover of EUR 410 million in the
first 6 months of 2014.
The strong involvement in racing has been an essential
element in KTM’s corporate success from when the company was first founded. KTM is committed to continuing
this strategy. With more than 240 world championship
titles, KTM is Europe‘s most state-of-the-art motorcycle
company. Its unconditional passion for engines and racing
has made KTM what it is today: Ready to Race.
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SPONSORS
MED-EL
T: +34 91 804 15 27
E: [email protected]
W: www.medel.com
Madrid, Spain
Julio Rodrigo Dacosta
General Manager MED-EL
Spain and Portugal
SPONSORS
The Hearing Implant Company
As the industry’s technology leader in implantable hearing solutions, MED−EL products are the result of 30 years
of focused research and a commitment by its founders to
fostering a company culture of excellence.
MED−EL has a strong tradition of advancing the technological and scientific foundation in the field of hearing
implants. The company’s strong and consistent focus on
research and development will continue to fuel the pipeline of new ideas and innovations. Our broad portfolio of
products ensures that we can provide a hearing implant
solution to fit each candidate’s unique hearing loss.
Monero Meyer Marinel·lo Abogados
T: +34 93 487 58 94
E: [email protected]
W: www.mmmm.es
Barcelona, Spain
Enrique Marinel·lo Jordan
Partner
Philipp Kirchheim
Partner
They say that we moved something in the Spanish advocacy since 1989, when we started working in Spain for
German speaking clients.
We have set standards in cross border legal services with
Germany, Austria and Switzerland and have become since
then one of the few truly international law firms in Spain.
As a law firm we have ever since looked to the future, in
order to focus on the needs of our clients.
We are a small firm among the big: fast and efficient.
Monereo Meyer Marinel·lo is a founding member of CBBL,
Cross Border Business Law AG.
MED−EL was there at the beginning and it will be there
for you today, tomorrow and in the future, offering state−
of−the−art hearing implant solutions that are comfortable
to wear and easy to use.
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SPONSORS
Oficina Nacional Austriaca
de Turismo
T: +34 91 542 68 33 (Madrid)
T: +34 93 205 03 73 (Barcelona)
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
W: www.austria.info/es
Madrid, Spain
SPONSORS
The Austrian National Tourist Office is here to help and
support travel industry partners in a variety of ways.
You will find helpful information on the services we
offer and how we can cooperate in bringing as many
travellers to Austria as possible.
PLMJ - Sociedade de Advogados
T: +351 21 319 73 00
E: [email protected]
W: www.plmj.com/en
Lisbon, Portugal
Vasco de Ataíde Marques
Partner
Georg Kapus
Director for Spain and Brazil
Blanka Trauttmansdorff
Marketing Manager for Spain
PLMJ is one of Portugal’s leading law firms and has established itself as a point of reference in the practice of
law in this country through its dynamism, capacity for
innovation and the quality of its services. It is a full-service
and multidisciplinary firm with 45 years’ experience and an
unparalleled team that places great emphasis on specialisation and acts in all areas of the law. In just a few years
PLMJ has built a solid network of partnerships – the PLMJ
International Legal Network – across Portuguese-speaking countries. The network benefits from the synergies
generated by a common language, especially in Angola,
Mozambique, Brazil and Macao and also operates in the
main target markets for Portuguese investment which are
the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and China.
PLMJ Excelentia is the training centre which is responsible
for our investment in the continuing training of the team.
PLMJ also organises conferences for clients on legal
topics of relevance to their business operations. Sharing
know-how is also a priority because we believe in making a
contribution that enriches the legal community. Our contribution takes the form of the publication of books, articles,
guides and manuals on the subjects that are of most concern to our clients and on the markets where PLMJ International Legal Network is present.
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SPONSORS
Pluta Abogados
T: +34 93 444 18 76
E: [email protected]
W: www.pluta.net
Barcelona, Spain
Joaquim Sarrate
Managing Partner
SPONSORS
Pluta Abogados forms part of the leading German Law
Firm PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH.
Founded in Germany in 1982 PLUTA now has more than
300 employees in offices in Germany, Spain, Italy and
Poland and is a key player in the field of cross border
legal advice, restructuring and insolvency, delivering high
quality professional services to a global client portfolio.
W WP
T: +34 93 356 24 38
E: [email protected]
W: www.wwp-group.com
Barcelona, Spain
Arno Trabesinger
CEO
We have vast experience in dealing with the cross border
and multi-jurisdictional questions of European restructurings and insolvencies. As members of the BTG Global
Network we are able to liaise with restructuring experts
in the most relevant jurisdictions of the world. Being part
of this long established, highly reputed network enables
us to provide a swift and efficient response in those crisis situations which require a coordinated International
solution.
We are an independent sports marketing company with 25
years experience in the market.
Our team of more than 80 sports and communication experts look after the interests of our clients at 8 European
locations. We involve brands through the positive emotion
of sport. We accompany corporate clients through their
development and evaluation of sponsorship strategies.
We provide access to decision makers in the sporting and
business world. WWP provides athletes and top sports
people comprehensive services for the acquisition of
sponsors and sponsorship management through to full
service management.
Our Spanish team comprises Lawyers and Economists
whose experience with local law, market standards and
customs is enhanced by an in depth knowledge of Corporate Law, restructuring and insolvency procedures.
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SPEAKERS
Felip Puig i Godes
Minister for Enterprise and Employment
Born in Barcelona in 1958. He is an Engineer Civil Transportation from the Polytechnic
University of Catalonia, and holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He was Minister of the Environment of the Generalitat of
Catalonia between 1999 and 2001 and Minister of Public Works between 2001 and 2003.
Between 2002 and 2003 he was also Government Spokesman. He was Minister of the
Interior of the ninth legislature. Previously, he was general secretary of the Department
of Social Welfare and Director Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors ADIGSA,
the public company Government. Member of the Parliament of Catalonia since 2003 and
spokesman for the Parliamentary Convergència i Unió party until December 2007.
He started his political career as councillor in the town of Parets del Vallès and became
later councillor for Vallès Oriental county.
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Miquel Valls i Maseda
President, Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona
Jaime García-Legaz Ponce
Secretary of State for Trade of the Spanish Government
He was born in Barcelona, 1943. Nowadays, he holds the following positions: President
of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation. He is the president
of the General Council of Catalan Chambers of Commerce. Next to that he is the vice
president of the Higher Council of Spanish Chambers of Commerce.
Born in Murcia in 1968. He is married and father of a daughter.
Member of Parliament for Murcia in the IX and X Parliamentary terms.
Trustee of FAES, Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis.
Miquel Valls i Maseda is also active as the vice president of the Association of Medi
terranean Chambers. Beside these positions he also holds other functions such as;
vice president of Eurochambres, president of the Spanish Committe of the International
Chamber of Commerce, member of the Higher Council of the World Chamber Federation
and vice president of Fira de Barcelona’s General Council.
www.cambrabcn.org
Jaime García-Legaz graduated in Economics from CUNEF (Universidad Complutense
de Madrid). He gained the status of “State Economist and Trade Expert” of the Spanish
Administration in February 1994.
Professional Experience
Jaime García-Legaz has been an economist at the Research Department of the Bank
of Spain, deputy Director-General of the Public Debt Department at the Treasury of the
Ministry of Economy and Finance, Economic Advisor to the Minister of Economy of
the Community of Madrid, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Director
of the Secretary of State for Telecommunications, Director-General of Education and
Welfare at the Prime Minister’s Office, Director-General of Statistics of the Community
of Madrid and Director of Economics and Public Policy at the FAES Foundation.
He has been consultant to the World Bank, the European Commission and the OECD.
From June 2007 to January 2012 he was Secretary-General of the FAES Foundation,
and member of the board of trustees of FAES.
From March 2008 to January 2012 Jaime García-Legaz was Member of Parliament for
Murcia and Secretary of the Economy and Finance Committee of the Congress of Deputies.
www.comercio.mineco.gob.es
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SPEAKERS
Peter Huber
Ambassador of Austria to Spain and Andorra
Thomas Stelzer
Ambassador of Austria to Portugal
Peter Huber is Austrian Ambassador to Spain and Andorra since January 2014.
Between 2011 and 2013 he served as Head of Cabinet for the State Secretaries of the
Federal Ministry for European, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Reinhold
Lopatka and Wolfgang Waldner.
Ambassador Stelzer arrived in Lisbon last August.
From 2005 till 2011 Dr. Huber was Deputy Director and Director for International Organizations in the Ministry. Since his admission into the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1996
he was posted abroad to the Permanent Representation of Austria to the United Nations
in New York and the Austrian Embassy in Paris.
Born in Kitzbühel in October 1967, he studied Law at the University of Innsbruck and
after completing the 29th Diploma Program at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna he
pursued an LLM at Georgetown University Law School before completing his Doctorate
in Law at the University of Innsbruck in 1995. He has been Associate Professor at the
Department of Political Sciences at the University of Vienna, specializing in issues concerning the United Nations and has been repeatedly invited to give lectures at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. In his spare time he likes to read, to travel, to run and to cycle
www.bmeia.gv.at/madrid.
Since 2008, he was Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs at the United Nations in New York and the Secretary of the UN Chief
Executives’ Board. From 2001 to 2008, he served as Austrian Permanent Representative
at the Vienna International Organizations, including the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). Before, he had been Chief of Staff of the CTBTO PrepCom, from its establishment in 1997 to 2001. From 1990 to 1995 he was at the Austrian Mission to the United
Nations in New York, dealing with disarmament, security issues and with economic and
social development cooperation.
Thomas Stelzer has a keen interest in contemporary classical music and in cultural affairs. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Director of the Austrian Cultural Institute in New
York. Since 1999, he has been serving as President of the Klangforum Wien, a leading
ensemble for contemporary classical music. He also serves on the Board of the TALEA
Ensemble in New York and co-led Gidon Kremer’s Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest for
more than a decade.
He is married to the Portuguese diplomat Vanda Stelzer-Sequeira.
www.bmeia.gv.at/pp/botschaft/lisboa/a-embaixada.html
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SPEAKERS
Walter Koren
Director General of Advantage Austria
Sonja Holocher-Ertl
Regional Manager for Western Europe
Born in the Austrian region of Styria, Walter Koren is a graduate of the Universities of
Vienna and Graz, Law School and was conferred an MBA from the Vienna University of
Economics and Business. In 1981 he started working for the Foreign Trade Organization
of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) and in the following years he lived as
a (deputy) Trade Commissioner all over the world. Throughout his career, he spent time
in Guatemala, Tehran, Seoul, Tokyo, but also in Mexico, Panama and Cuba. Since 2002,
Dr. Walter Koren is Director General of ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, the internationalization
agency of the Austrian economy. He oversees the activities of more than 110 trade service centers in over 80 countries, where 750 Austrian trade specialists and local industry experts assist 460,000 Austrian companies with cross-border business activities.
Sonja Holocher-Ertl completed a masters degree at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and then worked for Austrian Energy & Environment and OMV in
Austria. In 2000 she joined ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, the foreign trade department of the
Austrian Economic Chamber, and worked as Deputy Trade Commissioner in Australia,
Croatia and the UK. During a period of extended leave before her assignment in the
UK she worked for the NSW Business Chamber in Sydney, Australia, as Manager for
AUSTRADE’s Tradestart Programme. In August 2014 she became Regional Manager for
Western Europe at ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA in Vienna.
www.advantageaustria.org
www.advantageaustria.org
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SPEAKERS
Oriol Amat i Salas
Board Member Spanish National Commission of the Stock Exchange (CNMV)
Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Stefan Bruckbauer
Chief Economist Austria, Bank Austria UniCredit
President of the Catalan Accounting Association (ACCID)
President of the Spanish Register of Accounting Experts
Member of the Advisory Council for Catalonian Growth (CAREC) of the Catalan Government. He has been visiting professor of several European, American and Asian universities. He has published several books translated to several languages and numerous
works in academic and professional journals.
www.econ.upf.es
Studied economics at the J.K. University of Linz, and graduated with a Masters Degree.
He participated in the project “labor market research“ at the J. K. University of Linz and
served as an assistant at the Institute of Economic Theory at the J.K. University of Linz
before working as an economist in the economics department of “Zentralsparkasse”
in Vienna. From 2001 he was deputy head of the economics department at Bank Austria,
responsible for macro- and banking research Austria. Since 2009 he has been Chief
Economist Austria of Bank Austria und UniCredit Group and head of Economics and
Market Analysis Austria of Bank Austria.
His specialty areas of expertise are the Austrian economy, financial markets, CEE and
the EU, the euro and the banking market in Austria and Europe. Stefan Bruckbauer for
many years lectured in economic theory at the University of Linz and at present lectures
economics at the University of Vienna. Currently he runs courses for fund and portfolio
managers held by the Association of Austrian Mutual Fund Companies (Vereinigung Österreichischer Investmentgesellschaften) and at the Banking Academy and gives talks
on various issues. Stefan Bruckbauer has written numerous articles on Austria, CEE,
labor market issues, interest rates, forex, economic issues, banking and the euro.
www.bankaustria.at
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SPEAKERS
Christian Felber
Writer, lecturer at the University of Economics Vienna
Initiator of the “Economy for the Common Good“ and “Bank for the Common Good“
Francisco Mendes Palma
Head of Novo Banco Sectoral Research
Member of the Board of Novo Banco Cabo Verde
The current ecological, social and economic crisis requires a bold and strong vision.
The ECG movement understands itself as an initiator and inspirational force for
far-reaching change. The initiative began in October 2010 and has grown unexpectedly
fast. More than 1600 companies officially support the initiative and almost 200 have
implemented the “Common Good Balance Sheet“. In over 100 local support groups, the
ECG is becoming an international, grassroots movement.
Francisco Mendes Palma graduated in economics from the Portuguese Catholic University and has a master’s degree in Economics from Collège d’Europe, Belgium.
He is Head of Novo Banco Sectoral Research and Board Member of Novo Banco Cabo
Verde (former Banco Espírito Santo Cabo Verde, SA.). He lectured at the Portuguese
Catholic University, was an advisor to the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to
the Energy Services Regulatory Authority, as well as a consultant to companies, projects and surveys in areas of industrial economics, regulation and competition, energy
and innovation.
Commit yourself to a concrete alternative!
Commit yourself to the Economy for the Common Good!“ Stéphane Hessel
www.christian-felber.at
www.ecogood.org
He has participated in conferences and debates and was a contributor to various national and international articles and books on economic and sectoral activity, energy, economic internationalization, industrial economics, innovation and sustainability.
The department which he heads, Novo Banco Research Sectoral, monitors and analyses
the evolution of selected sectors of the Portuguese and international economies, namely within the framework of the international environment, assessing trends, opportunities and potential threats.
www.novobanco.pt
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SPEAKERS
Martin Ohneberg
President/CEO
Sergi Aulinas Guillaumes
General Manager, Laboratorios Gebro Pharma
Martin Ohneberg was born in Vorarlberg/Bregenz in 1971. He graduated Business &
Administration (WU Wien) in Vienna in 1998. He started his career with Ernst & Young
in 1995. In 2001 he became CFO and shareholder of Dorotheum. He was responsible of
the acquisition of Dorotheum through the privatization in 2001. In 2005 he became CFO
of Soravia Group AG and CEO of Soravia Equity GmbH. In 2006 he acquired together
with Soravia the number one water bottling producer DEVIN in Sofia/Bulgaria, became
Chairman of the company and fulfilled an initial public offering (IPO) at the Bulgarian
Stock Exchange. In March 2011 he became CEO and majority shareholder of HENN.
Martin Ohneberg is member of the Board of the Federation of Austrian Industries.
Sergi Aulinas Guillaumes was born in Vic (Barcelona) in 1968. He graduated in 1991 with
a degree in Biochemistry from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and in 1994 with a
Master of Business Administration from ESADE.
www.henn.at
Mr. Aulinas was one of the founders of Laboratorios Gebro Pharma Spain in 2002.
He has been General Manager of this company since 2007, a position to which he was
appointed after serving for 5 years as Corporate Director of Business Development.
Linked to the pharmaceutical industry since 1994, and prior to joining Laboratorios
Gebro Pharma, Mr. Aulinas held management positions in the areas of Business Development & Licensing for Laboratorios Almirall and Madaus. Since 1996 he is academic
collaborator at ESADE Business School.
www.gebro.es
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SPEAKERS
Rainer Sattlberger
General Manager, Fronius Spain
Florian Mück
Speaker, trainer and author
Rainer Sattlberger was born on the 24th of December 1975 in Grieskirchen, Upper
Austria. He completed 4 years of elementary school and 4 years of secondary school in
Prambachkirchen as well as 1 year of business school in Eferding, Upper Austria.
He started his career at Fronius International GmbH in Wels with an apprenticeship as
an office administrator. After his final apprenticeship examination he began to work in
the Administration of the Repair center from Fronius International.
At the age of 21, Mr. Sattlberger took 1 year of alternative civilian service. When he
returned to Fronius International in Wels, he started to work in the department of Customer Order Processing.
At the age of 30, Mr. Sattlberger gathered experience as an Expatriate at Fronius USA
for 4 months. He returned to Fronius International as an International Process Expert to
train new employees and develop internal processes in customs order processing and
logistics. Three years later, he changed to the new subsidiary of Fronius Spain in
Leganés (Madrid) to support the development of the internal processes in customer
order processing and logistics. 4 years ago, Mr. Sattlberger became General Manager
of Fronius Spain.
Florian Mück from Germany, based in Barcelona, worked as a consultant and business
development manager for almost a decade for KPMG, the global advisory firm.
www.fronius.es
Since Florian joined a chapter of Toastmasters International in Barcelona in 2005,
public speaking has become his passion. In 2009, he turned his passion into a successful profession under the FLORIAN MUECK brand.
A collaborator of IESE Business School Barcelona and author of The Seven Minute Star
and PlusPlus, Florian offers charismatic communication seminars, presentation coaching, keynote speeches and event moderation in English, German and Spanish mainly
to international brands like Accor Hotels, Deutsche Bank, Santander Private Banking,
Chupa Chups or King.com
In his interactive workshop “Turning small talk into BIG TALK” Florian will lead you
through three steps, which help you make a more lasting impression in typical small
talk situations. The first step will capture their attention. The second step will make
your point more relatable and memorable. The third step will initiate a professional
relationship.
www.florianmueck.com
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SPEAKERS
Julia Culen
Managing Partner at CULEN MAYHOFER PARTNER
Michael Thomson
Founder and Director, Design Connect
Born 1974
International Business Administration at University of Vienna
The Boston Consulting Group Munich
BA-CA Unicredit Austria &CEE
Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg Vienna
Certified coach and management consultant
Guest professor University of Vienna
Michael Thomson established Design Connect in London in 1995 and since then he has
shaped and facilitated delivered design management strategies for international clients
including Dyson in the UK, the Tupperware Corporation in the US and Samsung C+T in
South Korea. He has worked closely with many leading international design consulting
companies on business strategy and growth.
Christian Mayhofer
Managing Partner at CULEN MAYHOFER PARTNER
Born 1961
Consultant, Executive Coach, Psychotherapist, Zen Monk
Erlenhof, Maycon Consulting, Interim Manager, Consultant & Coach for over 25 years
Trained and educated in diverse Coaching & Consulting Areas in Europe, Asia and US
We are experts in consulting and facilitating organizational transformation. We are
Julia Culen, Christian Mayhofer and a diverse network of partners from a variety of
territories.
We help our clients to powerfully master their problems and challenges in their own
genuine way. Our practice as coaches and consultants is based on many years of experience across topics, regions and clients.
An expert on national design policy, Michael has worked with national and regional
design promotion bodies and governments in countries including the UK, Asia, Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Italy and Qatar. As President of The Bureau of European Design
Associations, Michael led the lobbying process that saw design included for the first
time in the EU’s innovation strategy in 2010. Michael subsequently authored, (with Tapio
Koskinen of Aalto University), the European Commission report, Design for Growth and
Prosperity, published in 2012.
In February of this year, Michael received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts from
the University of Brighton (UK) for his ’significant contribution to design’ and previously, in January 2013, was appointed an Honorary Member of Aalto University. Michael
served on the Executive Board of world design body ‘Icsid’ from 2001-2005 and was
appointed Inaugural Japan Design Ambassador by the Japan Institute of Design promotion in December 2012.
www.designconnect.com
INSTANT TRANSFORMATION®, our consulting approach, enables quick and sustainable
results. We design lean processes that focus on key topics. Top Management and Owners are challenged to walk the talk.
www.cmpartner.at
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SPEAKERS
Georg Wagner
Managing Partner Strategic Design
Jose Carlos Garcia de Quevedo Ruiz
Executive Director for Invest in Spain in ICEX
Georg Wagner founded the strategic design company Spirit Design in 1993 together with
Daniel Huber. As Managing Partner he heads the Strategic Consulting business area.
He and his team develop and implement sustainable innovation and brand strategies
for customers in the mobility, ICT, energy, industrial and consumer sectors. In this way
high-value products, services and brands are created which safeguard the future viability and long-term success of Spirit Design customers on the basis of pro-active corporate social responsibility and efficiency.
Jose Carlos Garcia de Quevedo Ruiz has a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business
Administration from Complutense University of Madrid. He is member, by Public Examination, of the Qualified Trade Experts and State Economists and has completed the PhD
Course on International Economy.
www.spiritdesign.com
Since May 2012 is the Executive Director for Invest in Spain in ICEX, Spain Trade and
Investments, a public company chaired by the Secretary of State for Trade of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. It aims to promote and to attract foreign direct
investment into Spain and to obtain foreign funding for new investments in Spain.
Between 2010 and 2012 he was Director General for Trade and Investment in the Secretary of State of Trade. Before that (2004–2010) he was Head Economic and Trade Counsellor at Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU, chairing the Spanish Presidency
of the UE on Trade Policy Committee. He was also General Director for Insurance and
Pension Funds where he worked between 1997 to 2004 in the Ministry of Economy and
Finance.
He has been Member of the Board of Directors of several companies: CESCE; ICO;
Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros (Chair); Compañía Seguros de Crédito y
Caución, Repsol Gas.. He is also active in professional and academic forums.
www.investinspain.es
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SPEAKERS
Joan Martí Estévez
Director of Cluster Development at ACCIÓ
Gerlinde Gahleitner
Director Southern Europe
My current occupation is Director of Cluster Development at ACCIÓ, which stands for
the Catalan Agency for Competitiveness (Catalonia Government). I’m involved in 25
different clusters, for instance, the gourmet food, fashion, optics, medical devices or
water. I’ve an experience of 17 years being involved in innovation policy, having worked
with around 2.000 companies.
Gerlinde Gahleitner studied International Business in Linz (Austria) and in Rome (Italy).
She has over 18 years of professional experience in marketing and tourism which she
gained from working for Autogrill Austria, Accor Germany and in the hospitality industry in Italy and Austria. Since 2014 she is responsable for the Southern Europe Division
at Austrian Business Agency – Invest in Austria.
As a cluster practitioner I’m member of TCI network, and I’ve been a speaker in their
International Congresses in Lyon (2006), Portland (2007), Cape Town (2008), Chihuahua
(2008), Jyväskylä (2009), Delhi (2010), Auckland (2011), Euskadi (2012) and Denmark
(2013). I’ve been also a speaker in cluster conferences in Brasil, Turkey, Mexico and
Croatia.
www.investinaustria.at
I am a part-time teacher of clusters and business strategy.
Book author “Cluster winning strategies and teamwork (2013).
Twitter:@JMartiClusters
www.acc10.cat
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Isabel Caetano
Project Director at COTEC Portugal
Isabel Caetano is the Projects Director at COTEC Portugal, a business association promoting innovation in Portugal, under the high patronage of the President of the Republic. She has held positions as Head of International Affairs at the Portuguese Innovation
Agency and as Head of Programmes Management at INESC, a private R&D organisation.
Invited Professor at ISCTE – INDEG Business School and coordinator of the new edition
of the Executive Master on Innovation Management. She holds an MsC in International
Affairs and her main research interest is Innovation Metrics and Indicators, subject for
her PhD research (on going). She is coordinating a Community of Practice on Knowledge Management, aggregating more than 60 companies. Previously she launched the
first Portuguese Innovative SME Network and a set of business innovation management
tools as the innovation self-assessment tool, innovation scoring (www.innovationscoring.org), now used by more than 600 companies.
www.cotec.pt
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PARTICIPANTS
Albert Martínez Boronat International Promotion Consultant
Acció - Invest in Catalonia
T: + 34 93 551 74 28
E: [email protected]
W: www.investincatalonia.com
Barcelona, Spain
Montserrat Casas
Investment Promotion Director
T: + 34 93 551 74 28
W: www.investincatalonia.com
Barcelona, Spain
Peter Houdelet
Partner ACI Servicios de Asesoria
Europea, S.L.
T: + 34 91 576 59 42
E: [email protected]
W: www.acint.es
Madrid, Spain
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Invest in Catalonia, is a unit of ACCIÓ, the Agency of Competitiveness for Companies in Catalonia. ACCIÓ’s different
programmes promote Innovation, Internationalization, and
Investment in Catalonia and through the world. In terms of foreign investment, our services come with the
guarantee of over 25 years’ experience helping not only
international companies planning first-time investment or
aiming to expand their European area of operations, but
also those already established in Catalonia with expansion
plans or new projects. Our multidisciplinary and pro-business team works free of charge and totally confidentially
to attract and maintain business investments, and our
success lies in offering tailor-made solutions that help
you implement your investment in Catalonia.
Ana Flores
Lawyer
ACI Servicios de Asesoría Europea SL (ACI) is a service
company, specialized in outsourcing, company advisory,
tax advisory and pay roll services. All members of the
staff speak fluent German English and Spanish, whereas
some also speak French. Our core business is providing
advisory services to small and medium sized companies.
The mixture of highly experienced people and recent
graduates gives a good mixture for providing a highly effective service. All our clients are treated as number one
level clients. We are trying to give every client a special
tailor-made solution for their needs.
Lubomír Pompl
Managing Director
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Ana Flores - Law Firm
T: + 34 93 362 16 97
E: [email protected]
W: www.anaflores.eu
Barcelona, Spain
Aranda International
Assistance S.L.
T: + 34 91 577 15 32
E: [email protected]
W: www.arintass.es
Madrid, Spain
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We offer legal services in German, English, French,
Spanish and Catalan. We focus our expertise on the international market. Our main areas of activity are business
law; trademarks, patents and competition; ITC and litigation/arbitration.
We offer our expertise in Spanish tax law, financial accounting and payroll services to foreign companies.
Our firm offers all the necessary services in order to create a business in Spain or to expand the activities.
All of our services can be offered in German, English,
Spanish, or French.
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Francisco José Gallarí Pérez
Mayor, Carolina
Ayuntamiento de la Carolina
T: + 34 95 366 00 34
E: [email protected]
W: www.lacarolinaaquiyahora.es
La Carolina, Jaén, Spain
PARTICIPANTS
La Carolina (Jaén) is a city which has welcomed not only
Spanish companies, but also European, including all the
industry sectors (wood, plastic, metallurgical, automobile, electronics, renewal energies...). These companies
have discovered the excellent conditions that our city
offers for their projects: excellent location, public incentives, local support, qualified labour market, auxiliary
industry, and so forth.
Jorge De Sedano
Head of Corporate Banking Spain
Commerzbank, AG
T: + 34 91 572 47 00
E: [email protected]
W: www.commerzbank.com
Madrid, Spain
Peter Kremer
Director
Commerzbank serves its clients in Spain since 1953 with
branches in Madrid and Barcelona. In Austria we are
present since 1999 with a branch in Vienna and therefore
well positioned to serve Austrian corporates in their
cross border business. In both countries we offer a full
range of banking products to subsidiaries of international
and large domestic corporates.
Commerzbank, AG
Branch Office Barcelona
T: + 34 93 496 10 10
E: [email protected]
W: www.commerzbank.com
Barcelona, Spain
Margareta Behringer
Accountant
Behringer Consultoria e
Contabilidade, Lda.
T: + 351 234 601 727
E: [email protected]
Borralha - Águeda, Portugal
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BCCL was established in 1999 in centre Portugal to provide accounting and tax services for small and medium
size businesses and corporations. In Portuguese and
German language we offer:
Accounting services / Bookkeeping
Corporate tax return
Payroll services
Analysis and review of monthly and annual financial
results.
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María Delia Domínguez Montenegro
Advisor
Consorcio de la Zona Especial
Canaria (ZEC)
T: + 34 92 849 05 82
E: [email protected]
W: www.zec.org
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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The Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC) is a low tax zone
created within the framework of the Canary Islands
Economic and Tax Regime (REF) for the promotion of the
economic and social development of the Islands and to
diversify their production structure.
ZEC was authorized by the European Commission in January 2000 and it will be extended next year 2015 by Brussels with new advantages that will make this tax benefit
more attractive for investors. According to this new regulation Canary Special Zone will initially remain in force
until 31 December 2030.
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Andrés Sterba
Managing Director
Corporación Exea Empresarial
T: +34 93 445 78 00
E: [email protected]
W: www.puig.com
Barcelona, Spain
PARTICIPANTS
Andrés Sterba is Managing Director at Exea, the Family
Office and Holding of the Puig Group, a leading family-owned group with headquarters in Barcelona. The Puig
Group is a worldwide leader in fragrances, fashion and
skincare, with a consolidated turnover of € 1.8 billion.
Before joining Exea, Andrés worked for Arthur Andersen
& Co. and Granville Baird in the areas of M&A and corporate finance.
Ulrich Wagner
Managing Director
Elite Service, GmbH
T: + 43 6412 419 530
E: [email protected]
W: www.elite-service.at
St. Johann im Pongau, Austria
Elite Services GmbH was founded in 2005 in St. Johann
Austria. Its core business is Direct Marketing and the
development of customer loyalty systems. Elites’ latest
venture is into providing payment services to accommodate a variety of individual loyalty needs.
Marc Rodriguez Piera
Assistent
Elite Service, GmbH
T: + 49 6232 810 319
E: [email protected]
W: www.elite-service.at
St. Johann im Pongau, Austria
Kai Christian Fischer
Partner
Cuatrecasas, Goncalves Pereira
T: + 34 93 312 95 29
E: [email protected]
W: www.cuatrecasas.com
Barcelona, Spain
Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira is a leading law firm in
Spain and Portugal, with approximately 950 lawyers. It advises on strategic transactions and foreign investments in
the Iberian market, through its 14 local and 11 international offices. The firm advises on all areas of business law.
Manfred Sujer
Area Sales Manager Spain
EVG Entwicklungs- und Verwertungsges.m.b.H.
T. + 34 618 629 259
E. [email protected]
W. www.evg.com
Raaba - Graz, Austria
Gregor Erlebach
Lawyer
Cuatrecasas, Goncalves Pereira
T: + 34 93 312 95 29
E: [email protected]
W: www.cuatrecasas.com
Barcelona, Spain
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Since 1949, EVG has been devoloping, designing and
building machinery for the production of welded wire
mesh and for processing rebar. The name EVG is synonymous with quality and efficiency. From the very beginning, our developments were set to
define the industrial-scale manufacture of mesh and
reinforcing elements. Many of the techniques which are
taken for granted nowadays originate from EVG’s innovations. The fundamentals of our success are close cooperation
with our customers, a highly-qualified staff and continuous innovation.
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Michael Lercher
Managing Director
Feratel Espana, S.L.
T: +34 620 840 321
E: [email protected]
W: www.feratel.at
Tarragona, Spain
Josef Fröhlingsdorf
Lawyer
Fröhlingsdorf Abogados
Asociados, S.L.
T: + 34 91 562 16 64
E: [email protected]
W: www.froehlingsdorfabogados.es
Madrid, Spain
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As a complete solution provider for the tourism and hospitality industry, feratel media technologies AG with 180
team members and offices in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, the USA and Japan focuses
on three core areas: telecommunications, information and reservation systems and media.
Inés Seijo
Project Adviser
Fröhlingsdorf Abogados Asociados, S.l., was founded
in 1988. The Firm provides legal advice basically in the
practice areas of business law, commercial at corporate
law, contractual law, insolvency law, real estate law and
employment law and offers its clients advisory services and support in conflicts resolution through litigation,
mediation or arbitration. Due to the experience acquired
through many years in a wide variety of economical activities, the firm is ready to offer practical, specific and
timely advising at reasonable costs in order to resolve
the questions facing a company in its daily activity.
Antonio Salvador Muniesa Martínez
Business Development Manager
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IDEPA-Instituto de Desarrollo
Económico del Principado
de Asturias
T: + 34 98 598 00 20
E: [email protected]
W: www.idepa.es
Llanera - Asturias, Spain
Indra Sistemas, S.A.
T: + 34 91 480 50 00
E: [email protected]
W: www.indracompany.com
Madrid, Spain
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IDEPA is a public body that integrates the commitment of
the regional Government and social and economic agents
with the sustainable development of Asturias. It is the
hub of a complete infrastructure of instruments for promotion that aims at both the improvement of competitiveness of Asturian companies and also the recruitment of
new investments to revitalize and introduce new activities
in the regional business environment.
“A leading consulting and technology multinational firm,
providing real time, smart, efficient solutions and services to clients all around the world in the sectors of
Transport and Traffic, Energy and Industry, Public Administration and Healthcare, Financial Services, Security and
Defence and Telecom and Media”.
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Bernhard Ebert
International Sales Manager
Ing. Punzenberger
COPA-DATA, GmbH
T: + 43 662 43 10 02 0
E: [email protected]
W: www.copadata.com
Salzburg, Austria
Beatriz Feichtenberger
International Promotion Consultant
Invest in Andalucía
T: + 34 95 428 02 27
E: [email protected]
W: www.investinandalucia.es
Sevilla, Spain
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COPA-DATA is the technological leader for ergonomic and
highly-dynamic process solutions. The company, founded
in 1987, develops the software zenon for HMI/SCADA,
Dynamic Production Reporting and integrated Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems at its headquarters
in Austria. It was with this software that the company
brought to the market the first graphic visualization system that ran entirely under Microsoft Windows.
Ladislaus Fixl
Managing Director
Invest in Andalucía is an initiative promoted by the regional government of Andalucía, the most southern region of
Spain. The objective is the attraction of foreign investors
to the region. The international multidisciplinary team
provides tailor-made services and practical assistance to
foreign companies looking for a specific location for their
investment projects (greenfield, acquisition, R&D and expansion projects) in Andalusia’s autonomous community.
Aurora Sánchez Molada
Lawyer / Fiscal advisor
lfk-services e.U
T: + 43 699 12 78 58 48
E: [email protected]
W: www.lfk-services.eu
Vienna, Austria
Loeber & Lozano, S.L.P.
T: + 34 96 328 77 93
E: [email protected]
W: www.loeberlozano.com
Valencia, Spain
Mechanical Engineer and specialist in Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Fire Fighting Systems, vast
experience in Central and Eastern Europe and Middle
East countries.
Consulting services in energy efficiency, energy value engineering, assistance in technical due diligence, reporting and measurements, evaluation of and consultancy in
construction of public and private sector projects, project
management for gasification plants based on biomass
and household waste.
Founded in 2005 in Valencia by Dr. B. Löber and F. Lozano,
L&L has become a renown law firm in German-speaking
countries. L&L is mainly specialized in providing top quality legal and tax advice to businesses and individuals. Key
areas: commercial and corporate law, real estate, financial accounting, tax law and litigation.
Fernando Lozano Giménez
Lawyer / Fiscal advisor
Loeber & Lozano, S.L.P.
T: + 34 96 328 77 93
E: [email protected]
W: www.loeberlozano.com
Valencia, Spain
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Alberto Ferreres
General Manager
Martin Baur, S.A.
T: + 34 93 204 68 15
E: [email protected]
W: www.martinbaur.es
Sant Joan Despí - Barcelona, Spain
PARTICIPANTS
Martin Baur, S.a is a subsidiary company of the wellknown Austrian company BAUR Prüf- und Messtechnik
GmbH, leader of testing and measurement technology for
cable testing and fault location, diagnosis and evaluation
of reliability of cable systems and dielectric insulation
material tests.
Paulo Narciso
Administrador / Manager
Moneris Paseco
Serviços de Gestão, Lda.
T: + 351 217 121 040
E: [email protected]
W: www.moneris.pt
Lisbon, Portugal
Margarida Madeira
Accountant
Moneris Paseco
Serviços de Gestão, Lda.
T: + 351 217 121 040
E: [email protected]
W: www.moneris.pt
Lisbon, Portugal
Sylvia Weissenbacher
Head International Sales
Med Trust Handelsges.m.b.H.
T: + 43 2626 641 90
E: [email protected]
W: www.medtrust.at
Marz - Burgenland, Austria
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Med Trust is an Austrian manufacturer of innovative and
comprehensive products for diabetics under the brand
Wellion which are currently available in more than 60
countries worldwide. Med Trust offers innovative concepts for interested distributors to establish a mutual
successful business in a new market.
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Alfred Gangelberger
General Manager
Neways Group
T: + 34 691 83 68 73
E: [email protected]
W: www.neways-group.com
Barcelona, Spain
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The Moneris Group is the leading firm in Portugal in
the accounting and consulting arena. Our presence in
Mozambique and the partnership with MSI Global Alliance
(international independent network) allows us to have
a strong international presence in over 100 countries.
Moneris has a wide-ranging service platform in the areas
of Financial Accounting and Reporting, Tax Consulting,
Human Resources, Corporate Finance, Insurance Management and Training.
NEWAYS is an international company with 25 years of experience of operative management of sales and business
development. Our main activity consists in facilitation of
possible exportations to 35 countries. We offer investors
and opportunities to companies in their process of internationalization.
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Mathias Mandl
Managing Director
Plataforma Consult e.U.
T: + 43 664 964 80 89
E: [email protected]
W: www.plataforma-consult.com
Birkfeld - Steiermark, Austria
Cristina Teixeira
General Manager
Prinsamed Projectos Internacionais
de Saúde
T: + 351 217 501 109
E: [email protected]
W: www.vamed.com
Lisbon, Portugal
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Connecting you to markets - not only a slogan, but also
a programme. We understand ourselves as a platform
for the interchange of information and requirements between Spanish-speaking and German-speaking business
partners, offering consulting and services for all kind of
commercial relationships: starting with export consulting
and market analysis, including translation and interpreting, up to the point of searching for distribution partners
and checking the oficial channels, among others. Our
customers are austrian companies willing to connect to
Spanish-speaking markets – and vice versa.
Ana Moreno
Managing Director
Prinsamed is a Portuguese company owned by VAMED
Engineering GmbH & CO KG, an Austrian group which in
turn is owned by the German multinational FRESENIUS.
Fresenius accounts vast experience in terms of planning,
construction and scientific research in prevention, emergency medicine, rehabilitation and health care services.
Through interlinking and integration of these competences and specializations, VAMED provides sustainable models in the health area. VAMED carries out international
projects in all areas of health care activities which are
characterized by high complexity and extensive amounts
of investment. Throughout their business activities,
VAMED has already supported more than 600 hospitals
with know-how and administrative competence.
Claudio Nowack
Chief Representative
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Pro Sustainability
T: + 43 316 25 88 88
E: [email protected]
W: www.prosustainability.com
Graz, Austria
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
T: + 43 1 262 16 0
E: [email protected]
W: www.rbinternational.com
Vienna, Austria
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Pro Sustainability is a small Austrian company in the
business consulting sector. We work in environmental
management and sustainability systems since 2005.
The main points of action are the implementation of
programs for the reduction of emissions and waste in
production and services enterprises, as well as applications of management systems, environmental education,
European projects and development of renewable technologies and learning methods for awareness. We have
experiences using Cleaner Technologies, as well as in
implementing International Standard Systems of management (EMAS, ISO 14001), Corporate Social Responsibility
and Economy for the Common Good Balance.
Raiffeisen Bank International AG is the largest financial
institution listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, being a
leading corporate and investment bank for Austria´s top
companies and for Western Europe commercial Customers. Raiffeisen Bank International is a leading universal
banking group with the largest network in the region of
any western banking group.
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Albert Schwingshandl
CEO and Owner
riocom - Consulting Engineers
T: + 43 1 494 16 87 0
E: [email protected]
W: www.riocom.at
Vienna, Austria
Michael Pachinger
Partner
SCWP Schindhelm, Saxinger
Chalupsky & Partner
Rechtsanwälte GmbH
T: + 43 7242 652 90 311
E: [email protected]
W: www.scwp.com
Wels, Austria
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riocom – competence on rivers.
We are consulting engineers based in Vienna, Austria.
15 experts provide profound experience in river restoration, flood control, risk management and emergency
management. Innovative methods in communication and
stakeholder involvement secure our project’s success.
Georg Kolmhofer
CEO
SCWP Schindhelm is one of Austria’s leading multinational law firms. Our focus is to provide comprehensive legal
advice in all relevant fields of domestic and international
business and commercial law through our specialized
teams of lawyers. We provide expert legal advice from
our own network that currently comprises 18 offices in 11
jurisdictions. Our mission is to deliver creative and pragmatic legal solutions. Our Partner Dr Michael M Pachinger
is member of the “Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valencia” and vice-president of the Austrian-Spanish Association of Lawyers (ÖSJV/ Asociación Hispano-Austriaca de
Juristas). Thus we also especially focus on the bilateral
context between Spain and Austria and vice versa.
Luis García
Head of Sales and Operations
Catalunya
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Sesur Semilla y Exportación, S.L.
T: + 34 95 461 00 12
E: [email protected]
W: www.sesur.net
Sevilla, Spain
Skidata Ibérica, S.L.
T: + 34 93 378 97 24
E: [email protected]
W: www.skidata.com
Sant Just Desvern Barcelona, Spain
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SESUR Semilla y Exportación is a technical service company situated in the south of Spain. Our principal product
is the potato, in which we are specialized in the development of varieties in the Mediterranean zone together with
the principal European seed houses.
SESUR realizes commercial and strategic projects in the
potato sector and organizes and controls the supply of
potatoes from Spain, Portugal and France for specific
customer defined programs.
SESUR is also providing other products and services
located specially in Southern Spain and Portugal.
SKIDATA is a global leader in access solutions and their
management. With more than 7,500 installations worldwide, provides ski resorts, shopping malls, airports,
sports stadiums, trade shows, etc. with secure and reliable access solutions for people and vehicles. Is also
member of the Swiss Kudelski Group.
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Harald Eberling
Managing Director
Tiba España Project Management
Consulting
T: + 34 93 517 82 81
E: [email protected]
W: www.tiba-es.es
Barcelona, Spain
Patricia Chabbey Sánchez
Deputy Director General
Transportes por cable, S.A.
T: + 34 97 627 43 82
E: [email protected]
W: www.doppelmayr.com/es
Cuarte de Huerva Zaragoza, Spain
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He has spent almost 20 years working as a project manager and organizational consultant and since 2009 active
as trainer and coach. Basis of his work is the system theory, neurophysiology and Buddhist psychology. His clients
learn about the functioning of the mind and thus achieve
sustainable improvements on topics like communication,
collaboration, selfmanagement and leadership.
Alexandre Pereira
Quality Engineer
As quality, technology and market leader in ropeway engineering, Doppelmayr/Garaventa operates production
plants as well as sales and service centers in over 35
countries worldwide. To date, the Group has built more
than 14,500 installations for customers in over 88 nations. Flexibility, know-how and a pioneering spirit make
the Group ideally equipped to meet all the challenges
of traditional and new markets. Doppelmayr Subsidiary
Transportes por Cable S.A is located in Zaragoza where
we have the main office, warehouse and workshop.
Working since 1982 in the most important ski resorts in
the Country, as well as in urban ropeways like Funicular
de Vallvidrera, Teleférico Rosales…
Peter Köppl
Branch Manager
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TUV Áustria Ibéria /
QTEC - Qualynspect. Lda.
T: + 351 229 028 902
E: [email protected]
W: www.qtec.pt
Leça do Balio, Portugal
Valiant - TMS Barcelona, S.L.
T: + 34 93 599 88 05
E: [email protected]
W: www.tms.es.com
Viladecans - Barcelona, Spain
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Tüv Austria Iberia, a partner of Tüv Austria, is an international certification and inspection body that enjoys an
excellent international reputation in the areas of quality,
safety, environment, services and technology.
Tüv Austria is accredited for a variety of management
systems (ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 22000,
ISO 50001), person and product certifications including
CE marking (EN 1090-1). In addition, we constantly work
on the development of new certifications, so as to give a
better support for our customers.
TMS Turnkey Manufacturing Solutions GmbH, a member
of the Canadian based VALIANT Group of Companies, is a
leader in innovative manufacturing solutions for Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide.
As a full service supplier of turnkey automotive Body-inWhite assembly systems, conveyor systems and industrial cleaning technologies, TMS offers its customers a
comprehensive portfolio of core competency throughout
Europe and Asia-Pacific. In cooperation with VALIANT,
global customer programs are managed through an international network of technology centers with full service responsibility.
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Carlos Wienberg
Owner
Wienberg Abogados
T: + 34 93 241 97 20
E: [email protected]
W: www.wienberg.es
Barcelona, Spain
Ramiro Bengochea
Managing Director
WNT Ibérica, S.L.
T: + 34 91 352 54 73
E: [email protected]
W: www.wnt.com
Madrid, Spain
Law firm in Barcelona, founded 1998, specialized on
corporate law, land law, distributorship law, employment
law, insolvency, litigation and law of succession.
We provide in German and English language Spanish
legal advice.
WNT is a multinational company member of the worldwide operating group CERATIZIT-Plansee Group with
sales of 1,200 Million Euro and 6,000 employees.
Plansee Group manufactures products that are based on
the high-technology materials molybdenum and tungsten.
CERATIZIT develops and produces hard material solutions for cutting tools, and includes the brands WNT,
Günther Wirth, CB-CERATIZIT and PROMA X Tools.
WNT is the international sales network for the cutting
tools industry, operates in 18 countries through 11 sales
subsidiaries and provides precision tools to small and
medium sized cutting customers
You would like to get to know the wonderful
architecture of Barcelona?
Please, register at the reception for our
exclusive sightseeing tour on Saturday,
4th of October at 11am.
Tour starts at the K+K Hotel Picasso.
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Advantage Austria
Robert Punkenhofer
Austria Connect Project Team
Juliane Soyka
Geraldine Kann
www.advantageaustria.org
Advantage Austria Team
Elisabet Arébalo
Maria Castellejos
Bernd Läufer
Theresia Nickl
Ruth Sackl
Eva Wassermann
Advantage Austria is responsible for
the content in this brochure.
Graphic design and layout
Reinhard Steger
Deborah van Mourik
Proxi, Barcelona
www.proxi.me
Printed in Barcelona.
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