Past General Meetings
Last Update: 22.01.2012
January 16th, 2012 | WCN General Meeting
When: January 16th, 18:30
Where: Hilton Stadtpark, Room Bruckner
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Topic: Leadership & Management: Developing high performance leadership skills in complex multinational organizations
Speaker: Dr. Doris Tomanek started her career as a graduate of the University of Vienna (Macro-Economics) at Mobil Oil Austria. From 1988 until 2002 she was working for Coca-Cola in various managerial positions with HR-Responsibility. Since 2006 she has been Head of Human Resources Austria and CEE in UniCredit and manages approximately 60.000 employees in Austria and 18 CEE countries. In 2010 she was appointed Member of the Board in UniCredit Bank Austria.
We hope to see many of you!
With best regards,
Caterina Galea & Matanat Rahimova
Co-Presidents WCN Vienna City Network
December 5th, 2011 | WCN General Meeting
When: December 5th, 18:30
Where: Hilton Stadtpark, Room Klimt
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Topic: Well being - Midlife Transformation
Speaker: Ms. Lindsey Walker - Founder and Director of T.O.P. Transformational Opportunity Programs
If people are saying 40 is the new 30, and 50 is the new 40, when does midlife
occur?
Does midlife present more challenges than other times in life?
Once we reach midlife, is it too late to live our dreams?
Let`s discuss !
Time for some good Christmas fun too!
Mrs. Lindsey G Walker BA(hons)Psychology, is a Midlife Transition Coach who
specializes in helping people in midlife transform their lives from where they are
to where they wish to be.
www.TOP-TransformationalOpportunityPrograms.com
We hope to see many of you!
With best regards,
Caterina Galea & Matanat Rahimova
Co-Presidents WCN Vienna City Network
November 7th, 2011 | WCN General Meeting
When: November 7th, 18:30
Where: Hilton Stadtpark, Room Klimt
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Topic : Entrepreneurship - Investors/Business Angels and Entrepreneurs! Two worlds to match. Podium Discussion ;
Speaker : Ing. Mag. Bernd Litzka, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Programme Manager i2 - Die Bšrse fŸr Business Angels
he focus of the event will be on main trends in investment business today and matching process between companies/startups and private investors/business angels. What are the main conditions to become
business angels or to benefit from an investment? In the course of the evening, cases and example of best practice will be presented and discussed.
Success stories but also failure will be shared during the evening, with particular focus on one person business, small and middle sized companies.
About the speaker: Mr. Bernd Litzka is Investmentmanger with his own entrepreneurial experience. With his technical and commercial back ground he has developed several patented innovations during his stay in the US and later home in Austria. He has commercialized his patents successfully to national and international investors.
Mr. Litzka applies his practical knowledge and experience to improve the Austrian Business Angels Network.
His know-how covers the implementation of innovations on the market, management of investment and financing during the creation and growth of innovative start-ups, direct access and personal contact with commercialization networks, assistance with the participation of public and private venture capital investors (business angels), patent marketing,
optimization of public funds for small-medium sized companies and business.
Mr. Litzka worked more than ten years as an Investment Manager, High Tech, Start up & Entrepreneurship. He holds degrees in a Master in Social and Economic Science, Business and Administration from the WirtschaftsuniversitŠt Wien, and Economics and Macroeconomics at the Copenhagen Business School.
i2 - Die Bšrse fŸr Business Angels
That specific aws support provides a matching service for investors to companies as well as state funding for high tech projects and start up companies.
i2 - Die Bšrse fŸr Business Angels (a service program of the Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH, aws) is the one major nation-wide matching service between entrepreneurs who seek equity and private investors (business angels).
The aws provides entrepreneurs seeking for equity a central access point to a pre-selected group of business angels. Business angels bring private capital and particularly valuable business know-how.
We hope to see many of you!
With best regards
Caterina Galea & Matanat Rahimova
Co-Presidents WCN Vienna City Network
October 3rd, 2011 | WCN General Meeting
When: October 3rd, 18:30
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Klimt
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Topic : Business Networking: "Sharing Knowledge and Building Connections"
Speaker : Dr. Caterina Galea, Dr. Matanat Rahimova - WCN Co-Presidents
We invite you to join World CaféR – an informal knowledge sharing activity around the tables. This activity is designed to spread ideas and expand insights through sharing experience.
Our goal is to evoke collective knowledge on current market trends and business opportunities, build connections amongst the participants and discover more new insights from informal, participatory conversation.
We hope to see many of you!
With best regards
Caterina Galea & Matanat Rahimova
Co-Presidents WCN Vienna City Network
September 12th, 2011 | WCN General Meeting
When: September 12th, 18:30
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Mahler
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Topic :Women in leadership: Hilti-Austria experience
Speaker : Sonia Mokdad (Head of Customer Services, Hilti Austria)
June 6th, 2011 | WCN General Meeting - Women in Nuclear (WiN): Working for International Atomic Energy Agency.
When: June 6th, 18:30
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Mahler
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Topic : Working for the International Atomic Agency
Speaker : Women in Nuclear (WIN)
45 years of experience at the International Atomic Energy Agency. Catherine Monzel, Head of Recruitment and Staff Development and Naomi Bichler-Bell, Head Recruitment Unit, will share the reality of being a woman working at the Agency – the good and the not so good. They will also share information on how to get a job with the Agency.
Catherine Monzel heads the Section for Recruitment and Staff Development at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations affiliate, with a mandate to monitor the proliferation of nuclear technology and promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. A graduate of Georgetown School of Foreign Services (BSc) and George Washington (MA- Foreign Relations) Universities in the United States, she began her career in the U.S. Department of Energy, where for over eight years she held a number of key administrative and staff posts. After three years in the Washington office of the Williams Companies, a Fortune 500 company, she moved to the IAEA, in 1993 as a Management Analyst. In 1998 she headed the Office of Management Services (internal management consultants), before becoming the Section Head of the Recruitment and Staff Development Section. Catherine has also served for six years (1999-2004), as a Chair of the Board of Governors at the Vienna International School. She has also been the Agency’s Focal Point for Gender Concerns, since December 1998, appointed by the former Director General Mohamed El-Baradei.
Naomi Bichler-Bell heads the Recruitment Unit of the Recruitment and Staff Development Section at the International Atomic Agency (IAEA). The IAEA, an affiliate of the United Nations, works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies. After four service years at the UNIDO, she moved to the IAEA, in November 1984 to focus on recruitment, starting at the Vienna Department of Technical Co-operation. In April 2002, she became a Recruitment Officer, joining the Management Team of the Division of Human Resources (MTHR) of IAEA and in May 2006, became the Recruitment Unit head.
May 2nd, 2011 | WCN General Meeting
When: May 2nd, 18:30
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Mahler
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Mastering honest communication in a business environment
In a business environment we are required to effectively communicate in challenging situations and to establish sustainable relationships to colleagues, employees, superiors and business partners.
Honesty seems to be a crucial requirement but also bears a risk of impeding further cooperation.
This presentation conveys a constructive and solution-oriented use of honesty in difficult conversations. Conditions that are supporting or inhibiting people’s willingness to cooperate will be discussed and an attitude, which is beneficial for conflict resolution, will be elaborated.
We will focus on the question how to honestly express disagreement and criticism without jeopardizing professional relationships.
Moreover it will be discussed how to deal with difficult reactions of our conversational partners such as rejection, accusations or offences. In this highly appreciative way of communication, the focus is kept on motives, values and basic needs of the parties. This aids mutual understanding and finding of (sometimes surprising) new solutions that satisfy all stakeholders. In this way future collaboration is facilitated and successful work results are easier achieved.
Speaker : Nina Schiestl MD, a trained physician worked several years in Austrian hospitals before she moved on to pharmaceutical industry. She spent 17 years in and clinical development and project management of new therapies in different pharmaceutical companies, holding the last five years a Medical Director position at Baxter in Vienna.
During her time of employment she became increasingly interested in conflict resolution. She attended multiple workshops and completed an education as a trainer for conflict resolution.
She is currently working as a freelance clinical consultant and trainer for conflict management in Vienna.
April 4th, 2011 | WCN General Meeting - Identifying the positive within the negative
When: April 4th, 18:30
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Mahler
Registration: EuropeanPWN
A solution-oriented presentation moderated by Sophie MARTRE with Dr. Günter LUEGER, Consultant and coach, founder of « Solution Management Center » in Vienna.
More details to come soon.
March 14th, 2011 | WCN General Meeting - Smartonomics: Beyond economic growth. Women and women networks driving change. -
When: March 14, 18:30
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Mahler
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Agenda:
- Overview of the links between women's economic empowerment and change in the OSCE,
- Trends and good practices in women entrepreneurship in the OSCE
- A digest from the OSCE Vilnius conference
- How to maximize the use of networks to drive growth and face changing environments and structural constraints
- A role for women leaders: between power and influence.
About the speaker:
Ms. Seftaoui is currently the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues. Prior to this, she served as team leader and senior adviser with the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ), initiating and managing the first programme on gender inclusiveness in social and economic policies in Morocco. Her earlier international postings with GTZ and the UN Population Fund include Germany, Tanzania, the Central African Republic and Bangladesh, where she was responsible for managing technical co-operation projects and building local capacity for the improvement of women’s rights and health services. Ms. Seftaoui holds masters degrees in psychology and public health from the University of Bielefeld.
February 14th, 2011 | WCN General Meeting - Ashoka and Women in Social Entrepreneurship
When: January 14, 18:30
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Mahker
Registration: EuropeanPWN
After Work Drinks
Provisional Topic: Ashoka and Women in Social Entrepreneurship www.ashoka.org
Speaker: Marie Ringler, Ashoka Austria
Details will come soon.
December 13th, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "How to become an effective speaker?"
When: 19:30-21:00
Where:
Hilton Stadtpark, Room Mahler
Registration: EuropeanPWN
Do millions of mosquitoes descend on you stomach? Or do you have just one frog in your throat? Presenting in front of an audience and expressing ideas with self-assurance isn't something that comes naturally to everyone. Effective communication is the key factor for success in all walks of life. But, how is it possible to become a better speaker? In this presentation you will learn of opportunities to become more at ease in front of a group, where developing everyone's communication and leadership skills is the common goal -- along with having a lot of fun!
Monika Nagel studied Business Administration at Karl Franzens University in Graz. Her post-graduate education at Webster University Vienna brought her to Toastmasters, a worldwide non-profit organization offering an enjoyable way to practice communication and leadership skills. Monika Nagel has been President of the Vienna Toastmasters Club since 2009. In her professional life she is project manager with a construction group.
November 15th, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses"
October 4th, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "The Confident Woman: Your Unique Story of Strong Female Leadership"
September 20th, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "Diversity in your working life"
June 7th, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "Women & Finance"
May 3rd, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "E=MC² - Success = employee and customer satisfaction"
April 12th, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "Non-Violent Communication"
March 1st, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "Turning Contacts Into Connections - Turning Connections Into Contracts"
February 1st, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "Mastering Cross-Cultural Challenges in Business – Intercultural Workshop"
January 11, 2010 | WCN General Meeting - "Get Connected – Bee Game Networking"
December 7, 2009 | WCN General Meeting “Why Women Mean Business”
November 9, 2009 | WCN General Meeting
October 5, 2009 | WCN General Meeting - „Male” or “ Female” Career?
September 14, 2009 | WCN General Meeting
June 8, 2009, WCN General Meeting
May 11, 2009 - WCN - General Meeting | L?Or?al: 100 years of passion for beauty and diversity
April 6, 2009, WCN General Meeting | Psychology of Persuasion
March 02, 2009 - WCN - General Meeting | 30 Years of Gender Equality Law
February 9, 2009 – WCN General Meeting: Launch of EPWN Publication “Networking – the New Ariadne’s Thread”; thereafter “Advancement: Myths and Reality- What Company and Leaders Expect From Their Talent”
January 12, 2009 - Networking | General Meeting
Dezember 01, 2008 - Unclouding the Glass Ceiling
November 10, 2008 - Networking | General Meeting - Improvise it! Theatre techniques improving business life
October 6, 2008 - Networking | General Meeting - You don’t get a second chance
September 1, 2008 - BusinessXchange/Networking &
Launch of “Women on Board - Moving Mountains"
