GlobalVillages
Franz Nahrada /
CV

 

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 2015
    • professional experience in hotel management & tourism - assistant manager and later Director of his origin familys hotel in Vienna; now retired.
  • 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
  • 2006
    • first university lecture via Videobridge from Kirchbach
  • 2007
    • project in Wildalpen, Austria
  • 2008
    • board member of Global Telecenter Alliance
  • 2009
    • Virtual Facilitation in Social Networks (Power Down, Sonnenwelt)
  • 2010
    • Workshops on Broadband Applications in Rural Areas (St.Martin)
  • 2011
    • organized first "Village Innovation Talks"
  • 2012
    • started "Monasteries Of The Future" Initiative
  • 2013
    • Social Innovation Projects
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