Council Members
The Austrian Council consists of eight members with voting rights, four of whom were appointed by the Minister of Science and Research and four by the Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology. The members of the Austrian Council with voting rights are appointed for a five year term of office and may be reappointed for one further period. The Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology, the Minister of Science and Research, the Minister of Economic Affairs, Family and Youth and the Minister of Finance or their designated representatives hold seats on the Austrian Council but have no voting rights.
You can download the Act here (German). The passages concerning the Austrian Council can be found in Article 2, Paragraph 17 (page 11ff).
On this page, we introduce you to the members of the 4th term of the Austrian Council (in alphabetical order):
Hannes Androsch (Chairman)
Industrialist and i.a. Supervisory Board Chairman of Austrian Institute of Technology
Markus Hengstschläger (Vice Chairman)
Geneticist, Medical University of Vienna
Jakob Edler
Director of the Institute of Innovation Research, Manchester Business School
Hermann Hauser
Business founder, IT entrepreneur and entrepreneur for risk capital in Great Britain, co-founder Silicon Fen („british Silicon Valley“)
Sabine Herlitschka
CEO Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Helga Nowotny
Former President European Research Council, Chair of the ERA Council Forum Austria
Sylvia Schwaag-Serger
Executive Director International Strategy and Networks, Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA)
Klara Sekanina
Council member Swiss Federal Foundation for Promotion of the National Economy through Scientific Research
Former Director of the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI)