CONTINUING THE JOURNEY

Theme: Managing Complexity
Date: November 14 and 15, 2013
Location: Historical building of the Federation of Austrian Industry, Vienna, Austria

Online registration opens in May. For early off-line registrations, group registration, sponsorship and exhibition opportunities or any other question please contact us.

Key questions to be addressed:

• What does increasing complexity mean for 21st century management? Is it good or bad?
• How to cope with complexity and how to embrace it?
• Do managers need a new toolset or is a more fundamental change required?
• How should organizations transform themselves to deal with increasing complexity and issues such as uncertainty?
• What can we learn from disciplines such as natural or social sciences or aesthetic fields (eg. Arts)?

Key Speakers include

• Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny, President, European Research Council
• Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO
• Rick Goings, CEO of Tupperware Brands
• Prof. Dr. Fredmund Malik, founder, owner and chairman of Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen

The Peter Drucker Challenge 2013 Contest has been launched in a brand new format on a special "Managing Complexity" sub- topic:
"Innovation Inspiration: Lessons for Innovators from the Arts & Sciences"