The talk will be about what made me leave my comfort zone to face the unknown. I experienced the life on a road and learned several things about my and the world by travelling alone for several years. I was always looking for the one big thing in the world but I soon realized that this can’t be found. To ispire young people for travelling the world, I will give insights about the way from the lowest point to the meeting with the love of my life. Having no money, a broken motorcycle, no travel-buddy, and getting stuck in a civil war zone changed the trajectory of my the journey and my life. But in the end everything changed my live ultimately and found the key to inner strengh and how to make the world a better place.

When filmmaker Daniel Rintz left his home, his job, his family and friends to embark on a journey around the world, he did not exactly know what he was looking for. He took a chance giving in to a deep longing of an indeterminate nature. Coming out of university, lacking any savings, he decided to work along the way. This forced him to deeply immerse himself in foreign cultures which subsequently transformed his view on life. But when he returned after six years of travelling he made the most valuable discovery.

A common theme across science and beyond is the ease of generating complexity: simple systems rapidly generate very complex behavior. Why is this so? I suggest that this is due to the phenomenon of universality: a system is universal when it can explore all complexity in its domain, and already very simple systems are universal. I will also talk about one of its most fascinating consequences of universality, namely undecidability.

Gemma de las Cuevas was born and raised in Catalonia, where she studied Physics. After research stays in Innsbruck, Germany and Canada, she came back to Innsbruck where she work on various topics around theoretical physics.

Stefan Schwitter, a former world-travelled Professional Wrestler that sometimes couldn’t barely walk out of pain is now a Coach and Founder of a Health Start Up Company. He shares his Story of why it is important to trust Life and to never stop walking.

I love crafting and giving speeches. Thanks to many supporters and mentors I achieved to win the European Championship of Public Speaking in 2016. As a speaking coach I provide people with the tools, knowledge and skills needed to craft a powerful message, deliver it with confidence and find the best speaking opportunities. I used to be an engineer and transferred the tools and methods of process optimization to rhetorics. Now I tell you a little secret: What I’m doing on stage even longer than speaking is dancing. As a former breakdance trainer I’m super excited to combine my two biggest passions in this talk for you.

Dr. Gerhard Dust is a true entrepreneur; he had sold out of his company in 2008 and moved to Florida for a living. When the earthquake in Haiti happened in 2010, he saw how bad the situation was and that they needed buildings above all. No one was developing a solution as regards this problem, so he did it himself: Together with old friends, Gerhard developed a polymeric concrete, out of desert sand and PET plastics, hard as granite and in the form of LEGO bricks. With his solution, houses could be built literally in one day. Once invented, the world opened up for use cases. Join and listen in to this extraordinary story, where life has taken him and what his plans are in Africa and Europe.

Dr. Gerhard Dust, born 1952 in Soest, Germany, started his career in the construction business. After service in the Luftwaffe and graduation from university he followed his family tradition of working in the book industry.
Being COO of Libri 1991-2008 he earned an international reputation for the analysis, design and implementation of high level automated storage and distribution systems.

During these years he was also founder and general manager of the book transport company BOOXpress, member of the Board of Top Holding AG and chairman of the International Group of Book-Distributors.

2010 under the impression of the earthquake in Haiti he founded PolyCare. He has been awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit and has won more than 20 international awards for the revolutionary PolyCare construction process in recent years. Dr. Dust is married and father of one daughter.

Field report – how people experience and survive dismissals. The talk is about my personal experience of and research into how a setback can be transformed into an opportunity, and can lead us to focus on the next important objective in our lives.

Heike provides professional support for companies and individuals during transition and organizational change, focusing on termination management.
She is an engineer for Supply Chain Management & Procurement, an experienced senior executive and consultant passionate about sharing information, People Management, networking with people and organizations. Enthusiastic about creating solutions to complex problems.

“Comfort is risky”, claims Elmar Mair who has been living in Silicon Valley for the last six years. In his talk, he is going to point out some key differences between the European way of thinking and Silicon Valley’s philosophy, which should simply foster courage.

Born and raised in South Tyrol, Elmar Mair studied computer science in Innsbruck and in Munich after which he has been living in Silicon Valley for the last six years. In his career as a robotics engineer he has been fortunate to experience various company cultures: from the German Aerospace Center and the Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center to the startup Lucid Motors and finally Google X, where he currently helps lead the Everyday Robot Project.

Wie du in einer kraftvollen und positiven Energie deinen (All)Tag meisterst:
Die Welt braucht uns als gesunde und fröhliche Menschen, damit wir voller Begeisterung mehr Wert und Liebe hinaustragen können – gerade, wenn wir arbeiten, konzipieren, gestalten oder lernen. Damit wir unser ganzes Potenzial entfalten, voller Kreativität sowie Schaffensfreude nur so sprudeln und handeln. Unsere eigene Quelle in uns Tag für Tag anzapfen, uns täglich auftanken und so voller Tatkraft, Inspiration und Freude unsere Aufgaben erfüllen können.

Damit du auch nach deiner Arbeit noch Energie und Muße für dich, deine Lieben und dein Leben hast: Wo Abende wieder zu wirklichen FEIERabenden werden. Deine Augen wieder funkeln und dein Herz höher springt – nicht erst im Urlaub oder nur am Wochenende. Sondern du diese Power mit in deine Tätigkeit am nächsten Tag wiederum nimmst. Das ist: The Happy Circle.

Dein Leben ist jetzt. Chancen sind jetzt.
Lasse uns gemeinsam wieder von innen heraus aufblühen und so mehr Licht sowie Glanz in unsere Arbeits- und Lernwelten bringen. Mit voller Kraft voraus zu ganzheitlichem Erfolg.

Sarah Irina Doors inspiriert und zeigt Menschen, wie sie wirksam freudvoll, gesund und voller Energie arbeiten und so eigenverantwortlich ihr Arbeitsleben gestalten können. Sie ist angetreten, Menschen auf ihrem Weg zu einem ganzheitlich erfolgreichen, erfüllten Arbeiten zu unterstützen.

Ihren reichen Erfahrungsschatz sowie heilenden Routinen gibt sie heute an all jene weiter, die ihre tägliche Schaffenszeit auf das nächste Level heben wollen. Mit ihrer eigenen Geschichte bestärkt und ermutigt sie uns, dass es niemals zu spät ist, für ein kraftvolles Lernen und Arbeiten loszugehen.

Sarah Irina Doors ist davon überzeugt: Nur wenn jeder in einer guten Stimmung ist und sein Wohlbefinden als Top-Priorität einräumt, werden ganzheitlicher Erfolg als auch Erfüllung völlig natürlich von selbst folgen. Denn Freude befähigt uns, die richtigen Lösungen für die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit zu finden.

In the talk I am going to discuss the importance of STEM education for the (digital) emancipation of citizens and how it can help to lift the spirit of innovation.

I am a maker, developer and scientist with a background in biochemistry and microbiology. I advocate open source, science and educational resources. Currently, I work as STEM-Manager in the federal district of Miesbach, South of Munich and develop STEM-workshops for schools.

Wir befinden uns am Anfang der 4. Industriellen Revolution. Techniker und deren Investoren befördern uns seit einigen Jahren ins Zeitalter der Cyber-physischen Systeme und wollen uns in die post-digitale Ära katapultieren. Vergangene von der Ökonomie ausgelöste Revolutionen haben uns gesellschaftlich, politisch und philosophisch förmlich überrannt.
Ziel ist es, einen Dialog zu führen, wie wir der bevorstehenden Revolution begegnen können, ohne am Tag danach Teile unserer Gesellschaft wieder aufbauen zu müssen.

Manuel Plattner, geboren und aufgewachsen in Südtirol, ist als Manager und Berater in der Technologiebranche tätig und hat sich dort auf die Felder Business Development und Strategic Management spezialisiert. Er beschäftigt sich vor allem mit der Entwicklung von Unternehmen und dem interdisziplinären Umgang mit technologischem Fortschritt. Sein Bildungshintergrund ist geprägt von den Bereichen Informatik und Wirtschaft.