in short
- Born 1954, school and studies in Vienna.
- 1973 - 83
- Studies at the
 University of Vienna: sociology, philosophy & political science. Master degree in sociology (1983).
- 1982 to present
- professional experience in hotel management & tourism - assistant manager and later Director of a hotel in Vienna
- 1998 to present
- Director GIVE research lab, Vienna
in detail: professional experience
- 1984 - 1985
- Initiatives for videotex systems in tourism (Hotel Network ),
- 1987
- Market studies on hotel software for Apple Computer Austria.
- 1988
- First field trip to the USA. Starting to also become software developer supporter (HyperCard Hotline).
- 1989-1991
- Three field trips to the USA, research, lectures and seminars on hypermedia and digital media.
- Foundation of the experimental projects "Libraries of the Mind" – experimental realisation of digital media and "Wissensarchiv" ("Archive of Knowledge") - research of possible applications in the field of alternative medicine. Publications in both fields.
- 1992
- "Global Village Tour" to the USA, Hawaii, Australia and Singapore, celebrating the arrival of the Apple Power Book
- Start of the "GIVE" project.GIVE means "Globally Integrated Village Environment" and is an example of a new way of organizing science: to define the desired innovation and then try to include all relevant information through a network ("bootstrap concept"). GIVE became part of the Center for Social Innovation in Vienna
- Presentations and publications on the topic "Telematics and New Living Spaces".
- Presentation of GIVE at artistic, architectural, technical and political events, many articles in newspapers and periodicals.
- 1993
- Scientific coordinator of the "Global Village 93 Conference" at Viennas Technical University on "Architecture and City Planning in the Age of Telecommunication".
- 1994
- 1995
- Televillage development project study in Austria with IBM
- Convener of Viennas second "Global Village 95" conference in Viennas City Hall.
- Speeches at conferences, e.g. Televillage Budapest
- 1996
- Represented city of Vienna at UN Habitat Dialogue about global communication in Istanbul.
- Co-Chaired the European Telework 96 Conference (Track on Sustainable Development).
- Project manager of the Austrian section of MUNICIPIA (MUltilingual Network for the Interaction of CIty Planners and Involved local Actors), a 5FWP European telematics project coordinated by Censis Rome.
- 1997
- 1998
- Initiated an event which became part of Austrias EU Presidency program: CULTH, "Cultural Heritage in the Global Village” – a one week symposium in the Liechtenstein Palace on the collaboration of museums, libraries and archives.
- Left the Center of Social Innovation and incorporated GIVE as independent Organisation.
- Start of Monastery Project "Learning Island Mljet” in Croatia.
- 1999
- Other telematic-related events (Internet Fiesta Austria).
- Second Book "Networks”.
- 2000
- Joined forces with the Lower Austrian Village renewal and worked on educational alliances around local cultural portal points and second generation electronic cafés.
- Anti – Digital Divide project with Actwid Kongazdem Cameroon.
- 2001
- Special focus on knowledge networking (Economic significance of Open Source networks) and Electronic Cafe Design.
- 2002
- Second international Symposium CULTH, Preparation of an integrated curriculum on community informatics and regional information coaching
- Open Monastery Conference in Vatican
- 2003
- Start of ERDE project "European Rural Development by means of Education"
- 2004
- organized [www.oekonux.org Third Oekonux Conference] in Vienna
- 2005
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