Spring Seminar 2026: Urban Human Capital Nexus: Navigating Ageing, Culture, Markets, and Integration
28 May 2026 4:30 pm CEST
Venue
Vienna City Hall
Stadtsenatssitzungssaal, first floor
Lichtenfelsgasse 2, Feststiege I
1010 Vienna
Description
Programme
16:30 – 17:00 Registration
17:00 – 17:20 Welcome Addresses
Barbara Novak, Executive City Councillor of Finance, Business, Labour, International Affairs and Digital Innovation, City of Vienna
Hannes Swoboda, President, wiiw
17:20 – 17:50 Keynote Address: Urban Human Capital Nexus
Alessandra Venturini, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Torino
17:50 – 19:00 Panel discussion: Navigating Ageing, Culture, Markets, and Integration
moderated by Sandra Leitner, Senior Economist, wiiw
Sandra Ivkic, Head of Integration Initiatives, Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF)
Stefan Jestl, Expert of the City of Vienna Municipal Department for Economic Affairs, Labour and Statistics (MA 23)
Judith Kohlenberger, Head of the Research Institute FORM, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Alessandra Venturini, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Torino
19:00 – 19:05 Closing remarks
19:05 – 21:00 Reception
