Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Volker Beuthien			Institute for Cooperative Research, Philipps-Universität Marburg/Germany
Dr. Friedhelm Boschert			CEO of an international banking group in Central and Eastern Europe, Vienna/Austria
Prof. Dr. Rafael Chaves Avila			Instituto Universitario de Economía Social y Cooperativa (IUDESCOOP), University of València/Spain
Prof. Dr. Markus Dellinger			Corporate Council, Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband (Austrian Raiffeisen Association), Vienna/Austria
Prof. Dr. Ernst Fehr			Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich/Switzerland
Dr. Franz Fischler			Former EU-Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Austria
Prof. Dr. Markus Gmür			Verbandsmanagement Institut (VMI), University of Fribourg/Switzerland
Prof. Dr. h.c. Stephan Götzl			President, Genossenschaftsverband Bayern e. V. (Cooperative Association of Bavaria), Munich/Germany
Prof. DDr. Waldemar Jud			Institut für Österreichisches und Internationales Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsrecht (commercial and business law), University of Graz/Austria
Dr. Michael Laminger			Auditor General, Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband (Austrian Raiffeisen Association), Vienna/Austria
Prof. DDr. Juhani Laurinkari			Faculty of Social Sciences and Business, Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio/Finland
Prof. Dr. Herbert Ludl			Austrian Federation of Limited-Profit Housing Associations and Sozialbau AG, Vienna/Austria
Prof. Dr. Jerker Nilsson			Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala/Sweden
Dr. Eckhard Ott			CEO, DGRV - Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband e. V. (German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation), Berlin/Germany
Mag. Arnulf Perkounigg			Director, Raiffeisen Association Tyrol, Innsbruck/Austria and International Institute of Alpine Cooperative Research (IGA)
Dr. Stephan Schulmeister			Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna/Austria
Dr. Thomas Stelzer			Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York
Prof. Dr. Theresia Theurl			Institute for Cooperative Research in the Centre of Applied Economic Research Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster/Germany
Mag. Karl Wurm, MBA			President, Austrian Federation of Limited-Profit Housing Associations, Vienna/Austria