Praxistage 2025 ++ virtuelles Top-Event für IT und Digitalisierung

• Welcome and opening: Parliament President Mag. Karl Wilfing.
• Keynote: Austria's future is entrepreneurial – Startups as a motor for innovation, growth, and competitiveness. State Secretary Mag. Elisabeth Zehetner (BM for Economy, Energy, and Tourism).
• Keynote: Resilience and reindustrialization: Europe is growing up. Mag. Lukas Mandl, MEP (Member of the European Parliament).
• Business Talk "Personal": Dr. Alexander Biach (General Director SVS - Social Insurance Institution for the Self-Employed) in conversation with Martin Grund (Key Account Manager ITSV - IT Services of Social Insurance).
• Business Talk "Personal": Dr. Johann Pluy (Board Member ÖBB Infrastructure AG) in conversation with Joachim Horvath (Editor-in-Chief Austrian Transport Newspaper).
• Business Talk "Personal": KR Christoph Kastner (Managing Partner Kastner Group) in conversation with Mag. Herbert Schneeweiß (Editor-in-Chief Regal).

• Panel discussion: The CIO in the tension between innovation and budget. How will we handle innovations in the future?
           Dipl.-Inf. Dorothee Appel (CIO Group Management Deutsche Bahn)
           Dr. Klaus Seiringer (CIO/CFO Berndorf Band Group)
           Mag. Mario Schick (CIO Europapaper Austria)
           Dr. Thomas Dietinger, MBA (CIO Graz University of Technology)
           Mag. Christian Inzko (CIO Carinthian State Government)
           Moderator: Barbara Steininger (Business Magazine trend.)
• Panel discussion: Hypes in ICT and digitization. – Which topics are actually relevant for IT decision-makers?
           Dr. Christoph Ehrendorfer (CIO Boehringer Ingelheim RCV)
           Hermann Kaineder, MBA (CIO/CDO Hammerer Aluminium Industries)
           MMag. Astrid Zöchling, LL.B. (CIO ORF)
           Mario Ploder (CIO Hefel Textil)
           Vladan Katanic, MSc (Head of Digitization Austrian Notary Chamber)
           Moderator: Oliver Weiss (Editor-in-Chief IT World)
• Lecture: Successful ransomware cyberattack? Restore operation and data safely in hours - instead of days or weeks - (with practical example from Drei Austria). Mag. Christian Samide (Pure Storage Austria), Mag. Phillip Maurer (LB-systems), DI (FH) Andreas Ullmann, MSc (Hutchison Drei Austria).
•  Lecture: Securing the future with Cisco AI: Smart solutions for smart SMBs. Mag. Hans Greiner (Cisco Systems Austria).
• Lecture: Legal compliance - How can innovative companies keep track of all regulations with intelligent automation? Bernhard Landrichter, BSc. (Digico GmbH).
• Lecture: NIS-2, GDPR, DORA, BCBS-239 – A pragmatic tour through the jungle of regulations from the perspective of an IT architect. Mag. Dr. Thomas Petrik (Sphinx IT Consulting).
• Lecture: Data sovereignty through quantum cryptography: How to secure your data for the future. Werner Strasser (Fragmentix Storage Solutions).
• Lecture: Complex landscape, clear course: An SAP S/4HANA transformation between green- and brownfield at Europapaper. Martin Kasper (SRB Consulting Team), MSc, Mag. Mario Schick (Europapaper).
• Lecture: AI GigaFactory Vienna Central Europe: A commitment from Vienna for digital infrastructure. DI Mag. Alfried Braumann (Vienna Business Agency).
• Lecture: Everyone gets sick or has an accident at some point. As an entrepreneur, there's not much you can do, or is there? Werner Panhauser, (Helvetia Insurance).
• Lecture: Cloud transformation strategies: How the Specific-Group shapes digital change and thinks IT anew - from tech stack to leadership. Markus Wernad, MSc, Mag. Ilkin Temocin (Specific-Group Consulting).
• Lecture: "Lessons learned" from the flood disaster in Tullnerfeld. How mobile solutions and cloud-based services can significantly contribute to crisis management and documentation in municipalities. DI Kuno Skach (Control Center Apps), BM Bernhard Heinl (Market Community Michelhausen).

Austria's largest free conference for digitization and information technology will take place in the virtual Landhaus on October 6 and 7, 2025.

You will see all presentations, panel discussions, and keynotes virtually in the parliamentary chamber as if you were personally there. During breaks, you can stroll through the exhibitor area and participate in virtual break conversations.

Program: https://www.praxistage.org/conference/programm
Registration: https://www.praxistage.org/conference/anmeldung

Praxistage 2025 ++ virtuelles Top-Event für IT und Digitalisierung

• Welcome and opening: Parliament President Mag. Karl Wilfing.
• Keynote: Austria's future is entrepreneurial – Startups as a motor for innovation, growth, and competitiveness. State Secretary Mag. Elisabeth Zehetner (BM for Economy, Energy, and Tourism).
• Keynote: Resilience and reindustrialization: Europe is growing up. Mag. Lukas Mandl, MEP (Member of the European Parliament).
• Business Talk "Personal": Dr. Alexander Biach (General Director SVS - Social Insurance Institution for the Self-Employed) in conversation with Martin Grund (Key Account Manager ITSV - IT Services of Social Insurance).
• Business Talk "Personal": Dr. Johann Pluy (Board Member ÖBB Infrastructure AG) in conversation with Joachim Horvath (Editor-in-Chief Austrian Transport Newspaper).
• Business Talk "Personal": KR Christoph Kastner (Managing Partner Kastner Group) in conversation with Mag. Herbert Schneeweiß (Editor-in-Chief Regal).

• Panel discussion: The CIO in the tension between innovation and budget. How will we handle innovations in the future?
           Dipl.-Inf. Dorothee Appel (CIO Group Management Deutsche Bahn)
           Dr. Klaus Seiringer (CIO/CFO Berndorf Band Group)
           Mag. Mario Schick (CIO Europapaper Austria)
           Dr. Thomas Dietinger, MBA (CIO Graz University of Technology)
           Mag. Christian Inzko (CIO Carinthian State Government)
           Moderator: Barbara Steininger (Business Magazine trend.)
• Panel discussion: Hypes in ICT and digitization. – Which topics are actually relevant for IT decision-makers?
           Dr. Christoph Ehrendorfer (CIO Boehringer Ingelheim RCV)
           Hermann Kaineder, MBA (CIO/CDO Hammerer Aluminium Industries)
           MMag. Astrid Zöchling, LL.B. (CIO ORF)
           Mario Ploder (CIO Hefel Textil)
           Vladan Katanic, MSc (Head of Digitization Austrian Notary Chamber)
           Moderator: Oliver Weiss (Editor-in-Chief IT World)
• Lecture: Successful ransomware cyberattack? Restore operation and data safely in hours - instead of days or weeks - (with practical example from Drei Austria). Mag. Christian Samide (Pure Storage Austria), Mag. Phillip Maurer (LB-systems), DI (FH) Andreas Ullmann, MSc (Hutchison Drei Austria).
•  Lecture: Securing the future with Cisco AI: Smart solutions for smart SMBs. Mag. Hans Greiner (Cisco Systems Austria).
• Lecture: Legal compliance - How can innovative companies keep track of all regulations with intelligent automation? Bernhard Landrichter, BSc. (Digico GmbH).
• Lecture: NIS-2, GDPR, DORA, BCBS-239 – A pragmatic tour through the jungle of regulations from the perspective of an IT architect. Mag. Dr. Thomas Petrik (Sphinx IT Consulting).
• Lecture: Data sovereignty through quantum cryptography: How to secure your data for the future. Werner Strasser (Fragmentix Storage Solutions).
• Lecture: Complex landscape, clear course: An SAP S/4HANA transformation between green- and brownfield at Europapaper. Martin Kasper (SRB Consulting Team), MSc, Mag. Mario Schick (Europapaper).
• Lecture: AI GigaFactory Vienna Central Europe: A commitment from Vienna for digital infrastructure. DI Mag. Alfried Braumann (Vienna Business Agency).
• Lecture: Everyone gets sick or has an accident at some point. As an entrepreneur, there's not much you can do, or is there? Werner Panhauser, (Helvetia Insurance).
• Lecture: Cloud transformation strategies: How the Specific-Group shapes digital change and thinks IT anew - from tech stack to leadership. Markus Wernad, MSc, Mag. Ilkin Temocin (Specific-Group Consulting).
• Lecture: "Lessons learned" from the flood disaster in Tullnerfeld. How mobile solutions and cloud-based services can significantly contribute to crisis management and documentation in municipalities. DI Kuno Skach (Control Center Apps), BM Bernhard Heinl (Market Community Michelhausen).

Austria's largest free conference for digitization and information technology will take place in the virtual Landhaus on October 6 and 7, 2025.

You will see all presentations, panel discussions, and keynotes virtually in the parliamentary chamber as if you were personally there. During breaks, you can stroll through the exhibitor area and participate in virtual break conversations.

Program: https://www.praxistage.org/conference/programm
Registration: https://www.praxistage.org/conference/anmeldung