Theme: RETHINK - what changes and stays

„The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” — Albert Einstein

Human beings are naturally inclined to stick to their routines. However, as pointed out by Albert Einstein, the world will not change without us changing our thinking.
Therefore, in order to guarantee sustainability in society, economy and the environment we must rethink processes in all areas, whether this is technology, education or design. Let’s RETHINK at the TEDxMCInnsbruck on June 15th, 2019.

MCI II
Universitätsstraße 7
Innsbruck, Tirol, 6020
Austria

Claudia Mössenlechner

Claudia Moessenlechner is an educator and scholar at the MCI Management Center Innsbruck. She has held several teaching and learning leadership positions and has recently received an honorable eLearning award for one of her endeavours in the digital world. In her research, she compared online and face-to-face teaching models and developed a taxonomy of teaching behavior. She has been active in the field of teaching and higher education for some 20 years. Her primary research interests focus on (blended) learning and teaching, communication and leadership. In her current function as head of MCI Learning Solutions, Claudia is deeply involved in developing and overseeing learning solutions and online programs.

Johann Pann

Researcher and lecturer Johann Pann grew up in Tyrol, Austria and studied in Innsbruck and Uppsala, Sweden. Early on, his fascination for chemistry showed when he was brawling with his brother over the usage of their chemical experiment kit. Therefore, after completing a high school that focused on natural sciences, he enrolled in the chemical programme of the University of Innsbruck. Already in the second semester he was awarded a position as tutor. During his studies, he grew a fascination for photochemistry and catalysis, on which he conducted in-depth research for his bachelor thesis in Innsbruck and his master thesis in Uppsala. At the moment Johann Pann is finishing his Doctorate in an EU-funded Programme in the workgroup of Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Brüggeller at the Institute for General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck.

Judith Lechner

Judith Lechner is a researcher and teacher of Physiology at the Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI). In accordance with her respect for all living creatures, she chose to study Biology in Vienna and Innsbruck, followed by scientific work on cell cultures. As a member of the speakers’ team of the MUI animalFree Research Cluster, she is engaged in promoting alternative methods to animal testing. Being a mother and experiencing gender differences with her son and daughter first-hand, she has also developed a strong interest for Gender Medicine. This led to investigations on sex specific differences in the function of kidneys. Currently, Judith and her group are developing sex specific models from human renal cells in close collaboration with the group of Paul Jennings in Amsterdam, NL, which builds on his previous work with Gerhard Gstraunthaler and Anja Wilmes to establish renal cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells for in vitro toxicology studies within the EU-funded STEMBancc project.

Luminita Florea

Exploring the world and mainly herself Luminita Florea moved from Moldova to Austria when she was barely 18 years old. There were many challenges to be faced: learning a foreign language in no time, getting to know how a kitchen functions and how to use the washing machine and building a network while facing infidelity, lies and disappointments. It was a long journey of self losing and self discovering that brought her to the doorsteps of the MCI. After Luminita dealt with a huge heartbreak, being accepted to a prestigious university gave her wings. Ever since then, she is constantly working on improving herself by bravely studying Business & Management (BA), learning (this time voluntarily) new languages, challenging herself by participating in diverse projects and by making every single day a unique experience.

Markus Tomaschitz

The Austrian native Markus Tomaschitz studied in Graz and San Francisco. He now works as Vice President Human Resources for the AVL List GmbH, the world’s largest independent company for the development, simulation and testing of powertrain systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, construction, large engines and their integration into the vehicle. He is a lecturer at several universities in Europe and the USA, a keynote speaker and co-author of the book “Management 4.0 – Preparation for the future”.

Martin Kaswurm

The Austrian entrepreneur Martin Kaswurm has travelled the world exploring new possibilities and bringing them back to his home country Austria. From the FIFA Masters program in Europe to Harvard Business School in the US, Martin‘s passion for sports has fueled his desire to analyze it from all angles, rethinking what‘s possible. Therefore, 10 years ago, at the age of 23, Martin founded his sports marketing agency Chaka2, which serves reputable brands like Red Bull, Audi and Adidas. Besides his busy schedule as an entrepreneur, Martin is a sport marketing lecturer at the University of Salzburg and serves as the current president of the FIFA Master Alumni Association.

Mitja Mavsar

Mitja Mavsar is a dad to four boys, a husband, and a co-founder of the startup Blub Blub Inc. Their product (Speech Blubs) was launched in 2017 and has already helped over 500.000 kids with speech delay, even non-verbal kids with autism and Downsyndrome. Before his startup journey, Mitja shaped hundreds of digital products and services for startups, corporations and government institutions in Slovenia, UK, US, and elsewhere as a user experience designer. Mitja was also a tech journalist, a speaker, a teacher and the creator of a university grade curriculum for user experience design at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Middlesex University, UK

Patrick Eibenberger

Patrick Eibenberger is Strength and Conditioning Coach for the German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, who focuses on sports performance. He studied sports science and communication science with a focus on interpersonal communication at the University of Salzburg. After graduating from university, Patrick decided to become a performance coach, working at the Red Bull Academy in Ghana. The last six years he spent in Salzburg working with both, the youth squads (2013-2017) as well as with the professional football team (2017-2019) of FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Stan Ford

The American-Austrian pianist, Stan Ford attended Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville where he majored in piano performance, chamber music, pedagogy, and music education and graduated with highest distinction in 1982 under the tutelage of Ruth Slenczynska. A two year Fulbright scholarship afforded Mr. Ford to further study under Hans Leygraf, Alfons Kontarsky and Christoph Lieske at the "Universität Mozarteum Salzburg" in Salzburg, Austria. Upon completion of his studies in 1986, Ford accepted a professorship on the piano faculty at the Mozarteum where he continues to teach to this date. As a recitalist, Mr. Ford sets great store by presenting well-conceived, challenging programs, for which he also does in-depth music history research. In addition to regularly being invited to conduct international master classes, Dr. Ford balances a very busy teaching schedule with solo and chamber music concerts throughout Europe, North and South America and parts of Asia.

Stephan Dreiseitl

As a teenager, Stephan Dreiseitl received a Commodore 64. Ever since then, he has been fascinated by computers. An early infatuation with computer games lead to a more mature interest in mathematics and artificial intelligence. After receiving a PhD and doing a postdoc in biomedical informatics, he is now a professor at the Hagenberg campus of the FH Upper Austria. He loves teaching mathematics and statistics as tools for structured and abstract thinking, skills he considers essential for a wide variety of computer-related activities. On the research side, he is interested in machine learning and its application in decision support tools.