01-02
Oct 2010

Business Summit ’10

Vienna, Austria
Palais Niederösterreich
2 days From 08.30AM to 05.15PM
Oct
01-02

Theme 1 | Nikolaus Kimla

The Road to the Crisis and From the Crisis

Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics.

The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics.

International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.

Nikolaus Kimla is the CEO of Pipelinersales Inc. and the mastermind behind the development of Pipeliner, a revolutionary sales CRM software. He is also CEO of the Austrian company uptime ITechnologies, which hosted and led the development of World Check, the largest banking compliance solution worldwide, for Thomson Reuters. Nikolaus is the founder of the independent economic platform GO AHEAD!, which orientates itself to the principles of a free market economy and social responsibility. Since summer 2012 Nikolaus Kimla and his family has been living in Los Angeles. He is the author of the books Die IT-Revolution, as well as Salespeople Embracing it All.

Theme 2 | Gerd Habermann

The Essence of the Austrians – Why the Austrians Predicted the Crash

In contrast to the neoclassicists, who start from the homo economicus equipped with comprehensive knowledge, the assumption of the Austrians is that our individual knowledge is strictly limited. This cannot be accumulated in large bureaucracies,  and the discovery of new means is our permanent task in generating prosperity.

Gerd Habermann is an economic philosopher, professor and head of the ASU Entrepreneur Institute of Family Business / Association of Self-employed Entrepreneurs in Berlin. He is also co-founder and Managing Director of the Friedrich August von Hayek Organization, and Chairman of the Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation.

Theme 3 | Frank Schäffler

The Misery of Money Production – Europe in the Debt Trap

The aid to Greece and the Euro Stability Law do not save the Euro, but destroy it. What we need to solve our problems in Europe is a market economy monetary system and not a plan economy.

Frank Schaffler has been a member of the FDP party in the 17th German Bundestag since 2009. He is a member of the Finance Committee, and since 2010 Chairman of the Bureaucracy. He is a member of the Friedrich August von Hayek organisation e.V.

Theme 4 | Christoph Schneider

Underground Economy. “Passing the State”

Is it only about “taxation” and health insurance contributions? What are the effects on jobs, international competition, money laundering, corruption …? Who are the real winners?

Christoph Schneider is Director of the Department of Economic Policy in the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. He is an expert on economic policy. Before joining the Chamber, he worked as a scientist for IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) in Laxenburg, where he was involved in the development of economic policy principles for the transition of the economies of Central and Eastern Europe to a market economy.

Theme 5 | Markus Tomaschitz

Green Tech. What Do Green Jobs Really Cost?

Is the next bubble pre-programmed by the public authorities through unilateral incentive systems, the supposedly sustainable protection of our environment and resources?

Markus Tomaschitz, born in 1970, studies and researches at Karl Franzens University in Graz. He completed MBA studies at the California State University East Bay. His professional career has included several positions in Graz, Germany and at Oracle in the the United States. From 2003 to 2006 Tomaschitz was the Commercial Director at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum. He was then employed with Magna International Europe AG as Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Founder Frank Stronach, currently Director of Magna Education and Research. He has been a lecturer at various national and international institutions, and has authored various publications on business development, corporate governance, higher education management and business development.

Theme 6 | Martin Siegel

Gold. Gold Investments Between Crack-up Boom and Currency Reform.

Precious metals as an indispensable strategic investment.

Martin Siegel was born 1964 in Nagold, and demonstrated an interest in precious metals at a young age. For 3 years he published the stock market letter Der Goldmarkt and is author of six books about the analysis of the gold market and gold mining stocks. He was advisor of the fund PEH - Q-goldmines, and in 2006 founded his own gold trading company West Gold. Since 2007, he has been a consultant for Stabilitas Pacific Gold metals. His market reports and analyses can be read daily on www.goldhotline.de and on www.goldseiten.de.

Theme 7 | Manfred Kastner

Microfinance – Investing and Doing Good as a Way out of Poverty

Can / should one earn money with the poor? Market economy and competition – the royal road to sustainable poverty reduction?

Manfred Kastner is Chairman of the Management Board of C.A.T. Oil AG, a leading oil and gas service company in Russia, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Kastner completed his studies at the University of Economics in Vienna, with a focus on capital markets, economics and languages. He is the Founder and President of the Board of the Vision Microfinance Fund, a fund with more than 100 million EUR microcredits worldwide.

Kastner is a founding partner of numerous companies, primarily Internet ventures.

Theme 8 | Thomas Druyen

The Future of Assets – Responsibility

Dr. Thomas Druyen is head of the Institute for Comparative Wealth Culture at Sigmund Freud private University in Vienna, and Director of the Forum for Financial Research at the University of Münster. Dr. Druyen is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation Dialogue of Generations, and he has become well-known for his books Olymp des Lebens - Das neue Bild des Alters and Goldkinder – Die Welt des Vermögens

Theme 9 | Ron Paul

Ways Out – How to overcome the current crisis

What institutional changes need to be considered?

Ron Paul is an American medical doctor and politician, member of the Republican Party and a member of the House of representatives. In 1988 Paul was a candidate for the Libertarian Party, and in 2008 he applied as candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He is America's leading voice for smaller government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to monetary policy.

Theme 10 | Thorsten Polleit

“Free Markets, Free Market Money, Free Banking” – Just So We Can Have Good Money

The international credit market fiasco was caused by the government’s money supply monopoly. The attempt to preserve it will degenerate entrepreneurial and civil liberties more and more. In order to preserve freedom and prosperity, the money system must be reformed.

Dr. Thorsten Polleit has served as Chief German Economist at Barclays Capital since October 2000. Previously Dr. Polleit worked for for ABN AMRO in Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam, and was Chief German Economist for ABN AMRO Germany AG. He is a member of the Friedrich August von Hayek Organization, and the Research Network on Money in the Economy (ROME). His main interests lie in the areas of monetary economics, monetary theory and policy, and capital market theory. In the year 2000 he founded the ECB Observer, an independent group observing European Central Bank. In 2003, he was recognized as a professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Theme 11 | Marc Faber

Currency Competition, Location Competition and Ways Out of the Debt Trap

Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.

Marc Faber is a Swiss Stock Exchange expert, Fund Manager and book author. He is the Founder and CEO of Hong Kong investment company Marc Faber Ltd. Faber Is a pessimistic stock market guru, having correctly predicted the financial crash in Japan, the stock market crash of 1987, the Asia crisis and the bursting of the technology bubble in 2000. He is the editor of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report newsletter. In July 2007, he predicted economic difficulties in the United States for the 2nd half of 2007. Faber studied economics and holds a doctorate in Economic History.

Theme 12 | Ralf Flierl

The ideal Austrian world

Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics.

The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics.

International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.

Ralf Flierl is the Founder and CEO of Munich-based-company Smart Investor Media GmbH, as well as Chief Editor of the magazine Smart Investor. He is also responsible for the weekly stock market letter Smart Investor Weekly. Smart Investor magazine provides stock exchange  know-how and is a competent source of advice for investment decisions. Prior to his current position, Flierl was security paper analyst at FINANZWOCHE in Pullach near Munich, and head of research at GoingPublic Media AG in Wolfratshausen.

Theme 13 | Philipp Vorndran

Creative Destruction – Was Schumpeter Right?

Does the developed world have to destroy itself economically before new paths and innovative solutions can be found? We stumble from one crisis to the next – Europe needs reform and stability. We all must finally pull together again!

Philipp Vorndran has strengthened the investment team of Raft, Creek & Stork as a Capital Market Strategist since 2009. Since 2005 he has also been a supervisory board member for Flossbach & von Storch AG. From 1997 to 2008, Vorndran was at Credit Suisse Group serving in various functions. He was Chief Strategist for Global Asset Management and also CEO from 2004 to 2006, at Credit Suisse Asset Management GmbH in Germany. He began his career at Bank Julius Bär in Frankfurt and Zurich, serving as manager from 1992 to 1996.

Theme 14 | G. Marcus Cole

The Way In and Out of the Crisis

Why Keynesianism failed in the long run and why we are all in “debt.” Best practices and market-based solutions guarantee a prosperous society and provide ways out of the crisis.

G. Marcus Cole has been a professor at Stanford Law School since 1997. Prior to becoming a professor at Stanford, Cole was an  associate at the Chicago law firm Mayer, Brown & Platt, and has served as a national fellow of the Hoover Institution. He is an expert in the areas of insolvency, corporate restructuring, and venture capital. Cole is a member of the Board of Directors of the Anti-Defamation League of B 'nai B' B'rith (for the region of the Central Pacific), the Board of advisors of the Center on culture and civil society, as well as the Editorial Board of the Cato Supreme Court review. His articles and posts appear regularly in a variety of scientific journals such as the Harvard Journal of law and public policy, Boston Review, Journal of private enterprise, New York University Journal of law and liberty, University of Cincinnati law review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Chicago-Kent Law Review, and more.

Videos

Have a look at video of our Speakers—inspiring, educational and empowering for entrepreneurs, business people and sales.

business summit 2010 › Thomas Druyen
Business Summit ’10

The Future of Assets – Responsibility

by Thomas Druyen
Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.
business summit 2010 › Marc Faber
Business Summit ’10

Currency Competition, Location Competition and Ways Out of the Debt Trap

by Marc Faber
Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.
business summit 2010 › Ralf Flierl
Business Summit ’10

The ideal Austrian world

by Ralf Flierl
Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.
business summit 2010 › Gerd Habermann
Business Summit ’10

The Essence of the Austrians – Why the Austrians Predicted the Crash

by Gerd Habermann
In contrast to the neoclassicists, who start from the homo economicus equipped with comprehensive knowledge, the assumption of the Austrians is that our individual knowledge is strictly limited. This cannot be accumulated in large bureaucracies,  and the discovery of new means is our permanent task in generating prosperity.
business summit 2010 › Nikolaus Kimla
Business Summit ’10

The Road to the Crisis and From the Crisis

by Nikolaus Kimla
Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.
business summit 2010 › Thorsten Polleit
Business Summit ’10

“Free Markets, Free Market Money, Free Banking” – Just So We Can Have Good Money

by Thorsten Polleit
The international credit market fiasco was caused by the government's money supply monopoly. The attempt to preserve it will degenerate entrepreneurial and civil liberties more and more. In order to preserve freedom and prosperity, the money system must be reformed.
business summit 2010 › Ron Paul
Business Summit ’10

Ways Out – How to overcome the current crisis

by Ron Paul
What institutional changes need to be considered?
business summit 2010 › Frank Schäffler
Business Summit ’10

The Misery of Money Production – Europe in the Debt Trap

by Frank Schäffler
The aid to Greece and the Euro Stability Law do not save the Euro, but destroy it. What we need to solve our problems in Europe is a market economy monetary system and not a plan economy.
business summit 2010 › Martin Siegel
Business Summit ’10

Gold. Gold Investments Between Crack-up Boom and Currency Reform.

by Martin Siegel
Precious metals as an indispensable strategic investment.
business summit 2010 › Philipp Vorndran
Business Summit ’10

Creative Destruction – Was Schumpeter Right?

by Philipp Vorndran
Does the developed world have to destroy itself economically before new paths and innovative solutions can be found? We stumble from one crisis to the next - Europe needs reform and stability. We all must finally pull together again!

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Schedule

1 Oct
Day 1
2 Oct
Day 2
08.30 – 09.00 Nikolaus Kimla

The Road to the Crisis and From the Crisis

Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.

09.00 – 10.00 Gerd Habermann

The Essence of the Austrians – Why the Austrians Predicted the Crash

In contrast to the neoclassicists, who start from the homo economicus equipped with comprehensive knowledge, the assumption of the Austrians is that our individual knowledge is strictly limited. This cannot be accumulated in large bureaucracies,  and the discovery of new means is our permanent task in generating prosperity.

11.00 – 11.30

Break & Networking

11.30 – 12.30 Frank Schäffler

The Misery of Money Production – Europe in the Debt Trap

The aid to Greece and the Euro Stability Law do not save the Euro, but destroy it. What we need to solve our problems in Europe is a market economy monetary system and not a plan economy.

12.30 – 02.00

Lunch & Networking

02.00 – 03.00 Christoph Schneider

Underground Economy. “Passing the State”

Is it only about "taxation" and health insurance contributions? What are the effects on jobs, international competition, money laundering, corruption ...? Who are the real winners?

02.00 – 03.00 Markus Tomaschitz

Green Tech. What Do Green Jobs Really Cost?

Is the next bubble pre-programmed by the public authorities through unilateral incentive systems, the supposedly sustainable protection of our environment and resources?

02.00 – 03.00 Martin Siegel

Gold. Gold Investments Between Crack-up Boom and Currency Reform.

Precious metals as an indispensable strategic investment.

02.00 – 03.00 Manfred Kastner

Microfinance – Investing and Doing Good as a Way out of Poverty

Can / should one earn money with the poor? Market economy and competition - the royal road to sustainable poverty reduction?

03.00 – 03.30

Break & Networking

04.00 – 05.00 Thomas Druyen

The Future of Assets – Responsibility

05.00 – 06.00 Ron Paul

Ways Out – How to overcome the current crisis

What institutional changes need to be considered?

09.00 – 10.00 Thorsten Polleit

“Free Markets, Free Market Money, Free Banking” – Just So We Can Have Good Money

The international credit market fiasco was caused by the government's money supply monopoly. The attempt to preserve it will degenerate entrepreneurial and civil liberties more and more. In order to preserve freedom and prosperity, the money system must be reformed.

10.30 – 11.00

Break & Networking

11.00 – 11.45 Marc Faber

Currency Competition, Location Competition and Ways Out of the Debt Trap

Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.

12.30 – 02.00

Lunch & Networking

02.00 – 03.00 Ralf Flierl

The ideal Austrian world

Business Summit on the Austrian School of Economics. The Summit discusses the current importance of the teachings of the representatives of the Austrian School of Economics. International scientists and experts discuss the current financial and economic crisis, and present measures for their sustainable change.

03.30 – 03.45

Break & Networking

03.45 – 04.15 Philipp Vorndran

Creative Destruction – Was Schumpeter Right?

Does the developed world have to destroy itself economically before new paths and innovative solutions can be found? We stumble from one crisis to the next - Europe needs reform and stability. We all must finally pull together again!

04.15 – 05.00 G. Marcus Cole

The Way In and Out of the Crisis

Why Keynesianism failed in the long run and why we are all in "debt." Best practices and market-based solutions guarantee a prosperous society and provide ways out of the crisis.

Palais Niederösterreich
Herrengasse 13
Vienna, 1010
Austria
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