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• November 14, 2018 - "Post-Soviet Economic Transition of Central and Eastern Europe"

  This event took place at the Ukrainian Embassy of Austria, which provided a fantastic setting for the last regular event of the MLIBC in 2018. The panel included Ukrainian Ambassador to Austria Oleksandr Scherba, Tanja Porčnik, President and co-founder of the Visio Institute, and Dr....

• September 12, 2018 - “Decentralization of Management”

  On the 12th of September, 2018, the Maple Leaf International Business Club celebrated its four-year anniversary at an event hosted at Bionista in Vienna’s 1st district.   The event was highlighted by panel session on the “Decentralization of Management,” and included experts from the...

• June 6th, 2018 - Expat Entrepreneurs in Austria

  Michael Shea moderated an entertaining panel discussion on "Expat Entrepreneurs in Vienna”. Our panelists Petra Augustin, Natalia Corrales-Diez and Chris Weber shared their broad perspectives and experience on the start-up scene in Austria, Bitcoin and blockchain and...

• Feb 28, 2018 - "Trends in Fitness"

  The panel discussion, "Trends in Fitness" was very informative. Our panelists Gabriella Cimino, Annemarie Puntschart Lombard and Pedram Parsaian, all fitness and business professionals, provided interesting perspectives on this diverse topic.   Andrea Vaz-König and her team at...

• Nov 22, 2017 - “Fresh Food and Popular Culture”

  At our last 2017 event, we had a lively discussion on “Fresh Food and Popular Culture”.  Panelists were Richard Holmes (Britwurst), Susanne and Hardy Lohs (Köstliches aus Vorarlberg) and Dr. Julia Rakus (Feelgoodstudio). Moderator: Yaël Ossowski, Deputy President...

• September 20th Event - “Fear and Failure – How lying, hiding and faking is burning resources and limiting your growth”

  The September 20th event of the MLIBC was hosted in the beautiful atrium at Webster University.  It marked the 3rd anniversary of the club! More than 30 members and guests came together to mingle and network.  Michael Shea moderated the panel on “Fear and Failure...

• June 7th Event - “Canada & Austria – 65 years of Politics, Economics & People”

  The panel discussion, “Canada & Austria – 65 years of Politics, Economics & People” was highly engaging. Our panelists Dr Ursula Moser, Professor emerita at the University of Innsbruck and Director of the Canadian Studies Centre, DDr Robert Zischg, Director (Americas) with...

• February 22nd, 2017 Event - "The Business of Wine"

  The panel discussion, “The Business of Wine” was highly engaging. Our panelists Daniel Harari, Founder & CEO of CraftWines, Franz Messeritsch, Sommelier and Founder of Vinothek Punkt 404,   Christian Wagner, Founder & CEO of ContemplorWine and Peter Ladinig, Sommelier, Author and...

• November 23rd Event - "Digital Me – issues in online identity"

  The recent MLIBC event attracted a high number of attendees. This was obviously owed to the interesting topic - "Digital Me – issues in online identity" -, and also to Internations alerting their members to our event. The panel speakers, moderated by MLIBC President Wendy Williams engaged in an...

• ML IBC 2nd Anniversary Event

  The panel discussion on the “The Austrian School of Economics - Inside, Outside & Abroad” was highly engaging and our guest speakers, Dr. Nikolaos Antonakakis, Research Professor at Webster University,  Mag. Markus Fichtinger, Senior Researcher at ECONOMICA,...