Women’s Summit and German Chamber of Commerce

Around 300 guests from business, science, art and culture came together throughout the day on October 28th for the Forbes Austria Women’s Summit 2026 at the Park Hyatt Vienna.

The focus was on the question: What characterizes leaders with attitude – and what can others learn from them? After an intro Ines Erkerdeputy editor-in-chief of Forbes Austria, and Bastian BaumannGeneral Management of the Park Hyatt Vienna, was named Forbes Austria editor Heidi Aichinger welcome the guests. The first speaker was an artist Xenia Hausnerwho gave younger women the following message: “You have to have an idea and stick to that idea. But you also need a lot of flexibility.” Also on stage were, among others: Kerstin HaberfellnerMarketing Director of Nespresso Austria, and Samira Imsirovic-KayaCEO of IBM iX for the DACH region, tech influencer Lara Sophie Bothur, Isabel PoppekCEO of the AI ​​start-up Alpas and Catherine Holidayfounder and CEO of Quickticket. The finale was on the main stage Elisabeth Gürtler-Mauthner in conversation with Heidi Aichinger, who announced her as an “icon of female entrepreneurs”.

General meeting of the German Chamber of Commerce

The 71st General Meeting of the German Chamber of Commerce in Austria (DHK) was held on Thursday evening at the Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna. During the celebrations in Vienna’s inner city palace Lower Austria, the DHK honored its long-standing member companies. Among others, RHI Magnesita GmbH and the two chambers of commerce and industry for Lower Bavaria in Passau and Frankfurt am Main were recognized for their 70 years of membership.

Afterwards, the Hessian Prime Minister Boris Rhein and DHK President invited Hans Dieter Pötsch for the “Hessian Evening”. Among other things, there was a welcoming speech Alexander PröllState Secretary for Digitalization. The moderation took over Beatrice SchmidtManaging Director of FM FORUM Industriemedien.

More than 200 guests took advantage of the opportunity to network. Included: Axel Kühner (ASK Management), Elisabeth Hintermann (Mühldorfer GmbH & Co. KG), Thomas Birtel, Joachim Schönbeck (Andritz AG) as well as numerous representatives from business and politics from both countries, including the German ambassador Vito Cecere, Willibald Ehrenhöfer (Future Department of the State of Styria), Jürgen Ratzinger (Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Commerce and Industry), Björn Hertzer (Deutsche Bank) and Melita Mindermann (Messe Offenbach).