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AUSTRIA CONNECT PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA 2014

3rd Networking Conference for Austrian companies and companies of the Iberian Peninsula

www.advantageaustria.org

WORLDCLASSPARTNERSwww.advantageaustria.org


3rd Networking Conference for Austrian companies and companies of the Iberian Peninsula

02.–03.10.2014

WORLD TRADE CENTER HALL PORT VELL

BARCELONA

The 3rd AUSTRIA CONNECT IBERIAN PENINSULA is organized by the ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA offices in

Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon and powered by:

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Business Innovation and Creativity! This is the theme of the 3rd edition of the AUSTRIA CONNECT Iberian Peninsula, a unique networking conference aiming at fostering long-lasting business relations between Austrian, Spanish and Portuguese companies.

Spain and Portugal have undergone drastic political and economic changes since the outbreak of the financial and economic turmoils in 2008. Now the most difficult times seem to be overcome and new business opportunities arise.

Comprising more than 57 million potential consumers and an area of 582.000 km2, the Iberian Peninsula is an important market by global standards, actually it ranks amongst the top 10 consumer goods markets worldwide. Due to the increasing economic coope-ration with emerging powers in Latin America and Africa, Spain and Portugal also posi-tion themselves as strong hubs to overseas markets.

Austrian direct investments in Spain have increased by 58 percent throughout the last year, amounting to approximately 65 million EUR in 2013. At the end of 2013, Austrian direct investments in Spain and Portugal equaled 916 million EUR. The annual export volume of Austrian businesses to the Iberian Peninsula grows again and will reach more than 2 billion EUR in 2014.

These are positive signals which we want to reinforce with Austria Connect 2014. A perfect mix between formal and informal networking possibilities as well as a chal-lenging conference program should inspire all participants towards new business ideas and lead to new contacts and commercial opportunities.

Based on the success of the previous editions in Madrid and Lisbon, we hope that you will enjoy Austria Connect 2014 in Barcelona. We wish you all the best for an exciting conference with lots of innovative thoughts and creative insights.

Robert Punkenhofer Michael Spalek Astrid Pummer

WELCOME TO AUSTRIA CONNECT BARCELONA 2014

ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA BarcelonaRobert Punkenhofer / Commercial CounsellorAv. Diagonal, 420/3/2 08037 Barcelona / SpainT: +34 932 922 378F: +34 932 377 621 E: [email protected]: www.advantageaustria.org/es

ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA MadridMichael Spalek / Commercial CounsellorOrense, 11-6º 28020 Madrid / Spain T: +34 91 556 43 58F: +34 91 556 99 91E: [email protected]: www.advantageaustria.org/es

ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA LisbonAstrid Pummer / Commercial CounsellorRua Rodrigues Sampaio, 18-5°1169-027 Lisbon / PortugalT: +351 21 317 1010F: +351 21 317 1018E: [email protected]: www.advantageaustria.org/pt

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PROGRAM 03.10.2014

8am REGISTRATION

8.30-9am WELCOME REMARKS AND SPEED NETWORKING

World Trade Center Barcelona - Moll de Barcelona, s/n, Sala Port Vell

TIME OPENING AND STATEMENTS PROGRAM DIRECTORY

Oriol Amat Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at University Pompeu FabraStefan Bruckbauer Chief Economist Bank Austria Christian Felber Writer, Initiator of the “Economy for the Com-mon Good“ & “Bank for the Common Good“ Francisco Mendes Palma Head Novo Banco Sectoral Research & Board Member Novo Banco Cabo Verde

9-10.30am IBERIAN PENINSULA – RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES FOR THE EURO ZONE TOWARDS A NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM PORTUGAL, MAKING A PRESENCE IN THE MARKETS

10.30-11am COFFEE & TEA BREAK

TIME ECONOMIC TIMES OF CHANGE PANEL HOST: MICHAEL SPALEK KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

6-7pm WELCOME ADDRESS & RECEPTION CITY HALL OF BARCELONA, SALÓ DE CRÓNICAS, SANT JAUME SQUARE, 08002 BARCELONA

8pm GALA DINNER RESTAURANT "1881" AT THE HISTORY MUSEUM OF CATALONIA

(4TH FLOOR) PAU VILA SQUARE, 3 08002 BARCELONA

Robert Punkenhofer Advantage Austria Barcelona Michael Spalek Advantage Austria MadridAstrid Pummer Advantage Austria LisbonFelip Puig i Godes Minister for Enterprise and Employment, CataloniaMiquel Valls i Maseda President of the Chamber of Commerce, Barcelona

Jaime García-Legaz Ponce State Secretary of State for Trade, MadridPeter Huber Austrian Ambassador in SpainThomas Stelzer Austrian Ambassador in PortugalWalter Koren Director General of Advantage Austria

TIME WELCOME RECEPTION STATEMENTS

PROGRAM 02.10.2014

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11-12.30pm AUSTRIA‘S HIDDEN CHAMPIONS – THE SECRETS BEHIND THE SUCCESS

12.30-2pm APPETIZER & LUNCH

Martin Ohneberg CEO HennWalter Koren CEO Advantage AustriaSergi Aulinas CEO Laboratorios Gebro Pharma Rainer Sattlberger CEO Fronius España

TIME HIDDEN CHAMPIONS PANEL HOST: ASTRID PUMMER ROUND TABLE

PROGRAM 03.10.2014

TIME INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY PANEL HOST: ROBERT PUNKENHOFER WORKSHOPS

2-2.30pm TURNING SMALL TALK INTO BIG TALK2.30-3.30pm MANAGING COMPLEXITY

3.30-4.30pm INNOVATE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

4.30-5pm COFFEE & TEA BREAK

Florian Mück Speaker, Trainer and Author Julia Culen & Christian Mayhofer Owners C+M GmbHMichael Thomson CEO Design ConnectGeorg Wagner CEO Spirit Design

TIME INNOVATION CLUSTERS, R&D PANEL HOST: SONJA HOLOCHER-ERTL AND FUNDING SOURCES KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

5-6pm INVEST IN SPAIN – ICEX ESPAÑA ACCIÓ – GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA ABA – AUSTRIAN BUSINESS AGENCY COTEC PORTUGAL – BUSINESS INNOVATION AGENCY

6pm CLOSING AND TRANSFER TO BOAT EXCURSION

6.30-8.30pm SUNDOWNER

8.30pm END OF THE CONFERENCE

José Carlos García Quevedo Executive Director Joan Martí Estévez Manager of Innovation ClustersGerlinde Gahleitner Director Southern Europe Isabel Caetano Head of Business Innovation

sailing trip on a solar catamaran with aperitivo & music by Paulinho Lêmos

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ABA - Invest in AustriaT: +43 1 588 58 0E: [email protected]: www.investinaustria.atVienna, Austria

Gerlinde GahleitnerDirector Southern Europe

Alejandra Navarro de ChalupaAdvisor ABA

ABA – Invest in Austria, the national investment promotion agency of the Republic of Austria, is the first point of contact for foreign investors.

Areas:– Austria as a business location – sectors, technologies and markets, political and economic conditions.– Issues relating to site selection such as labor and tax regulations, incentives or real estate prices.– Support in handling administrative procedures (operating licenses, funding applications, labor permits, visas, etc.).– Establishing national and regional contacts.– Ongoing support for companies locating in Austria.– Contact partner for expansion investments.

In 2013 ABA–Invest in Austria provided professional consulting services to 228 international companies setting up business operations in Austria, accounting for a total investment volume of EUR 347.80 million. 1,479 new jobs were created as a result of these investments. On balance, ABA–Invest in Austria has concluded projects attracting total investments of EUR 6.877 billion, creating 47,158 jobs, since its founding in the year 1982.

The Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking 2012 report of the World Bank Group ranked ABA–Invest in Austria as top glob-al performer among 189 investment promotion intermediaries.

The Adminex company was founded in Spain in the year 2000. Since then, Adminex has become international and offers their services in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and USA.

We help our clients to operate successfully on foreign mar-kets by providing local solutions in administration:

Business tax & accounting services Tax declarations and adviceGeneral and analytical accountingCash managementFinancial reporting

Human resourcesPayroll managementSocial security

Debt collectionCredit reports

Human resourcesPayroll managementIncome tax

AdminexT: +34 93 467 49 10E: [email protected]: www.adminex.comBarcelona, Spain

Alexandra de la VargaHead of Europe

Julio ContrerasGeneral Manager


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Alpla Ibérica, S.A. T: + +34 93 861 50 10E: [email protected]: www.alpla.comLes Franqueses del Vallés - Barcelona, Spain

Aaron AlbrechtDirector of Spain & Portugal

Ronald TichelaarPlant Manager

ALPLA develops and produces plastic packaging solu-tions which are perfectly adapted to the needs of its customers. ALPLA’s primary goal is to become a global market and technology leader by offering added value to its customers.

In the year 1955, Alwin and Helmuth Lehner established the company in Hard, Austria. The first production site was their father’s laundry. In 1964, first ALPLA branch outside Austria (Markdorf, Germany) was set up. In 1968, first ALPLA plant in Latin America (San Joaquín, Vene-zuela). In 1975, a total of 6 ALPLA branches in 3 countries with approximately 1,200 employees. In 1995, 29 branches in 15 countries with around 3,000 employees. In 2013, 152 production plants in 40 countries with about 15,300 employees and turnover of € 3.11 billion.

Austrian Airlines flies to more than 130 worldwide des-tinations. Its network is especially dense in Eastern Europe, with 41 destinations. In Spain, Austrian operates direct flights between Barcelona and Vienna. Recently, Austrian has introduced new direct services to Newark, operating 33 weekly flights to five destinations in North America.

Its intercontinental and continental fleet have been re-cently equipped with a renovated interior cabin and new seats that offer maximum comfort in Business and Economy Class, as well as an exclusive complimentary catering from DO&CO.

Austrian Airlines is part of the Lufthansa Group and member of Star Alliance.

Austrian AirlinesT: +34 90 225 70 00 E: [email protected] W: www.austrian.comMadrid, Spain

Stefan MüllerSales Manager Spain, Grupo Lufthansa

Andrea GattiAccount Manager


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BluespaceW: www.bluespace.esBarcelona, Spain

Alexander RuckensteinerCEO

Bluespace is the leading self storage operator in Spain with over 21 centres in Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia. In the rest of the country we offer service and solutions through our Excellent Partners. We aim to become the best self storage company in Spain, and in order to achieve this we have devised a 5-year expansion plan which will involve 50 centres and 150 employees.

At Bluespace our wish is to make our clients’ lives easier and more convenient, whether at home or for their busi-ness, by understanding and offering solutions for their storage needs with a personal, customised service.

UniCredit Bank Austria has been a member of UniCredit since 2005.

UniCredit is a major international financial institution with strong roots in 17 European countries, runs a world-wide network of approximately 50 markets, with around 148,000 employees working in about 9,000 branches. In the CEE region, UniCredit operates the largest interna-tional banking network with around 3,600 branches and outlets. The CEE Division operates through Bank Austria which acts as sub-holding company of the Group and is responsible for overseeing the Group’s banking activi-ties in the CEE region, excluding Poland which is under management of UniCredit.Bank Austria is a modern and dynamic universal bank offering its customers access to international financial markets.

The bank has one of the strongest capital bases among the large banks in Austria. The bank maintains an exten-sive network in Austria with about 1.7 million customers in some 270 branches. Furthermore the bank is the num-ber one partner for Austrian companies: roughly 80 per cent of large corporates, 40 per cent of medium-sized companies and 20 per cent of small businesses have con-fidence in Bank Austria’s services.

Bank Austria - Member of UniCreditT: +43 0 50505 0E: [email protected]: www.bankaustria.atVienna, Austria

Martin FrankHead of Multinational Corporates Senior Vice President

Nikolaus SomogyiHead of Unit Multinational Corporates 2


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Erste GroupT: +43 0 5 0100 10100W: www.erstegroup.comVienna, Austria

Thomas KlennerHead of Large Corporates International

Sergi Periago EstornellExecutive Director

Fernando Luis Santos MiraAccount Manager

Erste Group is one of the largest financial services pro-viders in Central and Eastern Europe. It is listed on three stock markets in the region and serves 16.5 million cli-ents in 7 countries. Its core business includes corporate banking, capital markets activities, public sector funding and interbank market operations, as well as traditional retail banking.

Erste Group is: - Market leader in AUT, CZ, RO, SK - No. 1 asset manager in CEE with EUR 51bn assets under management - TOP position in debt capital markets in Austria and CEE with more than 10% market share - Leading Mandated Lead Arranger of syndicated loans in CEE - No. 2 in CEE commercial real estate business

Bové Montero y Asociados is over 35 years old and one of Spain’s first companies specialized in auditing, account-ing, tax and payroll advisory as well as in human resourc-es consultancy. We have offices in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia and Zaragoza with around 60 staff members. Our business philosophy is based on providing our clients with a high quality and trustworthy multidisciplinary service, adapted to their needs. We serve very diverse clients, most of them foreign compa-nies belonging to important multinational groups. Our added value consists in offering them advisory services directly in their languages.

Bové Montero y AsociadosT: +34 93 218 07 08E: [email protected]: www.bovemontero.comBarcelona, Spain

José María BovéCEO

Ilídio César FerreiraPartner


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Dr. Frühbeck AbogadosT: +34 91 700 43 50 (Madrid)T: +34 93 254 10 70 (Barcelona)E: [email protected]: [email protected]: www.fruhbeck.comBarcelona, Spain

Guillermo Frühbeck BorreroDirector of the Madrid head office

Raquel Buendía GarcíaDirector of Barcelona and Girona

Leticia Lozano UclésLawyer

Our Law Firm, founded in 1952 by Dr. Guillermo Früh-beck senior, is one of the oldest international law firms in Madrid. Nowadays Dr. Frühbeck Abogados has branch offices in the major business centres in Spain and counts with a team of more than 50 highly qualified profession-als including lawyers, assistants and administrative personnel. We give tailor-made solutions to our clients’ wide-ranging needs and requirements.

Dr. Frühbeck Abogados is a multidisciplinary law firm rendering legal advice to large and medium-sized com-panies in Spain and Europe as well as outside Europe assisting them in their own languages. The main focus of our services concentrates on corporate, competition and banking law, employment law, property law, litigation law as well as civil law.

Fronius International GmbH is an Austrian company with headquarters in Pettenbach and other sites in Wels, Thalheim, Steinhaus and Sattledt. With 3,344 employees worldwide, the company is active in the fields of welding technology, photovoltaics and battery charging technology. Around 92% of its products are exported through 20 international Fronius subsidiaries and sales partners/representatives in over 60 countries. With its innovative products and services and 1.008 active patents, Fronius is the global innovation leader.

Fronius InternationalT: +34 91 649 60 40 E: [email protected]: www.fronius.esMadrid, Spain andVilanova i la Geltrú - Barcelona, Spain

Rainer SattlbergerGeneral Manager Spain

Isaac LozanoSales Manager

David TorresDirector Catalunya


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Hernández MartiT: +34 96 353 25 53E: [email protected]: www.hernandez-marti.comBarcelona, Spain

Juan Hernández MartíAssociate Director

Amparo Llorens FernándezAssociate

Pamela Valdez CaveroAssociate

Cristina Hernández-Martí PérezLawyer

Hernández Marti is a law firm founded in 1975. It devotes itself mainly to commercial law, industrial and intellectual property law. Our main purpose is to provide a wide legal service, of good quality and highly personal-ized, based on collaboration, mutual confidence and per-manent communication with our clients. We count on an extensive network of collaborators that allows us to offer reliable advice almost all over the word. We have offices in Alicante, Barcelona, and Valencia. Moreover, we are part of DIRO and members of several international asso-ciations: IBA, INTA, ASIPI and AIJA.

Laboratorios Gebro Pharma is the Barcelona-based subsidiary of Gebro Pharma GmbH, a privately-own pharmaceutical company founded in 1947 in the Austrian Tyrol. Specialized in developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products, the company operates in Spain since 2002, focusing on the therapeutic approach of pain, rheumatology and urology.

With a current staff of 120 employees, the company closed 2013 with a € 43.4 million turnover, which repre-sents an increase of 4% over the previous year.

In close collaboration with medical associations and research centers, as well as alliances with other phar-maceutical and biotechnology companies, Laboratorios Gebro Pharma strengthens its commitment to innovative treatments in its therapeutic areas.

Laboratorios Gebro Pharma, S.A.T: +34 93 205 86 86E: [email protected]: www.gebro.esBarcelona, Spain

Sergi AulinasGeneral Manager


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KTM Sportmotorcycle España S.l. T: + 34 93 736 35 35 E: [email protected] W: www.ktm.esTerrassa - Barcelona, Spain

Cesar RojoGeneral Manager

KTM-Sportmotorcycle is global market leader in the off-road competition segment. KTM’s products are distributed via 26 sales subsidiaries and two joint ventures in Dubai and New Zealand, to more than 1,700 independent dealers and importers worldwide.Since 1995, the Company in addition to its KTM-branded vehicles has also been developing and producing motorcy-cles under the HUSABERG brand in KTM-Sportmotorcycle AG, which due to the acquisition of the license rights to the HUSQVARNA brand in 2013 are marketed as “Husqvarna Motorcycles” again.

In the first half of 2014, the two brands KTM and Husqvar-na achieved the highest sales in company’s history. World-wide, 70,469 motorcycles were sold and the number of employees increased up to 2,053.The significant improve-ment of KTM provoked a turnover of EUR 410 million in the first 6 months of 2014.

The strong involvement in racing has been an essential element in KTM’s corporate success from when the com-pany was first founded. KTM is committed to continuing this strategy. With more than 240 world championship titles, KTM is Europe‘s most state-of-the-art motorcycle company. Its unconditional passion for engines and racing has made KTM what it is today: Ready to Race.

K+K Hotels is a collection of family-owned and operated hotels in prime locations in some of Europe’s most fasci-nating cities: Paris, London, Barcelona, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Bucharest.

Opened in Barcelona in June 2012, the K+K Hotel Picas-so offers every comfort of a larger hotel in an intimate, personalized atmosphere: 92 rooms with fine fabrics and furnishings and a wealth of in-room amenities and business services including meeting rooms and business corners. Complete with bar & bistro, outdoor pool, chill-out terrace and car park, the K+K Hotel Picasso is a little gem in Barcelona’s Old Town.

K+K Hotel PicassoT: +34 93-547 86 00E: [email protected]: www.kkhotels.comBarcelona, Spain

Marina RiessResident Manager

Renate SiebenhoferSales Manager


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Monero Meyer Marinel·lo AbogadosT: +34 93 487 58 94E: [email protected]: www.mmmm.esBarcelona, Spain

Enrique Marinel·lo JordanPartner

Philipp KirchheimPartner

They say that we moved something in the Spanish advo-cacy since 1989, when we started working in Spain for German speaking clients.

We have set standards in cross border legal services with Germany, Austria and Switzerland and have become since then one of the few truly international law firms in Spain. As a law firm we have ever since looked to the future, in order to focus on the needs of our clients.

We are a small firm among the big: fast and efficient.

Monereo Meyer Marinel·lo is a founding member of CBBL, Cross Border Business Law AG.

The Hearing Implant Company As the industry’s technology leader in implantable hear-ing solutions, MED−EL products are the result of 30 years of focused research and a commitment by its founders to fostering a company culture of excellence.

MED−EL has a strong tradition of advancing the techno-logical and scientific foundation in the field of hearing implants. The company’s strong and consistent focus on research and development will continue to fuel the pipe-line of new ideas and innovations. Our broad portfolio of products ensures that we can provide a hearing implant solution to fit each candidate’s unique hearing loss.

MED−EL was there at the beginning and it will be there for you today, tomorrow and in the future, offering state−of−the−art hearing implant solutions that are comfortable to wear and easy to use.

MED-EL T: +34 91 804 15 27 E: [email protected] W: www.medel.comMadrid, Spain

Julio Rodrigo DacostaGeneral Manager MED-EL Spain and Portugal


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PLMJ is one of Portugal’s leading law firms and has es-tablished itself as a point of reference in the practice of law in this country through its dynamism, capacity for innovation and the quality of its services. It is a full-service and multidisciplinary firm with 45 years’ experience and an unparalleled team that places great emphasis on special-isation and acts in all areas of the law. In just a few years PLMJ has built a solid network of partnerships – the PLMJ International Legal Network – across Portuguese-speak-ing countries. The network benefits from the synergies generated by a common language, especially in Angola, Mozambique, Brazil and Macao and also operates in the main target markets for Portuguese investment which are the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and China.

PLMJ Excelentia is the training centre which is responsible for our investment in the continuing training of the team. PLMJ also organises conferences for clients on legal topics of relevance to their business operations. Sharing know-how is also a priority because we believe in making a contribution that enriches the legal community. Our contri-bution takes the form of the publication of books, articles, guides and manuals on the subjects that are of most con-cern to our clients and on the markets where PLMJ Inter-national Legal Network is present.

PLMJ - Sociedade de AdvogadosT: +351 21 319 73 00E: [email protected]: www.plmj.com/enLisbon, Portugal

Vasco de Ataíde MarquesPartner

The Austrian National Tourist Office is here to help and support travel industry partners in a variety of ways. You will find helpful information on the services we offer and how we can cooperate in bringing as many travellers to Austria as possible.

Oficina Nacional Austriaca de TurismoT: +34 91 542 68 33 (Madrid)T: +34 93 205 03 73 (Barcelona)E: [email protected]: [email protected]: www.austria.info/esMadrid, Spain

Georg KapusDirector for Spain and Brazil

Blanka TrauttmansdorffMarketing Manager for Spain


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WWPT: +34 93 356 24 38E: [email protected]: www.wwp-group.comBarcelona, Spain

Arno TrabesingerCEO

We are an independent sports marketing company with 25 years experience in the market. Our team of more than 80 sports and communication ex-perts look after the interests of our clients at 8 European locations. We involve brands through the positive emotion of sport. We accompany corporate clients through their development and evaluation of sponsorship strategies. We provide access to decision makers in the sporting and business world. WWP provides athletes and top sports people comprehensive services for the acquisition of sponsors and sponsorship management through to full service management.

Pluta AbogadosT: +34 93 444 18 76E: [email protected]: www.pluta.netBarcelona, Spain

Joaquim SarrateManaging Partner

Pluta Abogados forms part of the leading German Law Firm PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH.

Founded in Germany in 1982 PLUTA now has more than 300 employees in offices in Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland and is a key player in the field of cross border legal advice, restructuring and insolvency, delivering high quality professional services to a global client portfolio.

We have vast experience in dealing with the cross border and multi-jurisdictional questions of European restruc-turings and insolvencies. As members of the BTG Global Network we are able to liaise with restructuring experts in the most relevant jurisdictions of the world. Being part of this long established, highly reputed network enables us to provide a swift and efficient response in those cri-sis situations which require a coordinated International solution.

Our Spanish team comprises Lawyers and Economists whose experience with local law, market standards and customs is enhanced by an in depth knowledge of Corpo-rate Law, restructuring and insolvency procedures.


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Felip Puig i GodesMinister for Enterprise and Employment

Born in Barcelona in 1958. He is an Engineer Civil Transportation from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the Uni-versidad Politécnica de Madrid. He was Minister of the Environment of the Generalitat of Catalonia between 1999 and 2001 and Minister of Public Works between 2001 and 2003. Between 2002 and 2003 he was also Government Spokesman. He was Minister of the Interior of the ninth legislature. Previously, he was general secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Director Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors ADIGSA, the public company Government. Member of the Parliament of Catalonia since 2003 and spokesman for the Parliamentary Convergència i Unió party until December 2007. He started his political career as councillor in the town of Parets del Vallès and became later councillor for Vallès Oriental county.

www.govern.cat

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Miquel Valls i Maseda President, Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona

He was born in Barcelona, 1943. Nowadays, he holds the following positions: President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation. He is the president of the General Council of Catalan Chambers of Commerce. Next to that he is the vice president of the Higher Council of Spanish Chambers of Commerce.

Miquel Valls i Maseda is also active as the vice president of the Association of Medi-terranean Chambers. Beside these positions he also holds other functions such as; vice president of Eurochambres, president of the Spanish Committe of the International Chamber of Commerce, member of the Higher Council of the World Chamber Federation and vice president of Fira de Barcelona’s General Council.

www.cambrabcn.org

Jaime García-Legaz PonceSecretary of State for Trade of the Spanish Government

Born in Murcia in 1968. He is married and father of a daughter.Member of Parliament for Murcia in the IX and X Parliamentary terms.Trustee of FAES, Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis.

Jaime García-Legaz graduated in Economics from CUNEF (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). He gained the status of “State Economist and Trade Expert” of the Spanish Administration in February 1994.

Professional ExperienceJaime García-Legaz has been an economist at the Research Department of the Bank of Spain, deputy Director-General of the Public Debt Department at the Treasury of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Economic Advisor to the Minister of Economy of the Community of Madrid, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Director of the Secretary of State for Telecommunications, Director-General of Education and Welfare at the Prime Minister’s Office, Director-General of Statistics of the Community of Madrid and Director of Economics and Public Policy at the FAES Foundation.

He has been consultant to the World Bank, the European Commission and the OECD.

From June 2007 to January 2012 he was Secretary-General of the FAES Foundation, and member of the board of trustees of FAES.

From March 2008 to January 2012 Jaime García-Legaz was Member of Parliament for Murcia and Secretary of the Economy and Finance Committee of the Congress of Deputies.

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Peter Huber Ambassador of Austria to Spain and Andorra

Peter Huber is Austrian Ambassador to Spain and Andorra since January 2014. Between 2011 and 2013 he served as Head of Cabinet for the State Secretaries of the Federal Ministry for European, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Reinhold Lopatka and Wolfgang Waldner.

From 2005 till 2011 Dr. Huber was Deputy Director and Director for International Organ-izations in the Ministry. Since his admission into the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1996 he was posted abroad to the Permanent Representation of Austria to the United Nations in New York and the Austrian Embassy in Paris.

Born in Kitzbühel in October 1967, he studied Law at the University of Innsbruck and after completing the 29th Diploma Program at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna he pursued an LLM at Georgetown University Law School before completing his Doctorate in Law at the University of Innsbruck in 1995. He has been Associate Professor at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Vienna, specializing in issues con-cerning the United Nations and has been repeatedly invited to give lectures at the Diplo-matic Academy of Vienna. In his spare time he likes to read, to travel, to run and to cycle

www.bmeia.gv.at/madrid.

Thomas StelzerAmbassador of Austria to Portugal

Ambassador Stelzer arrived in Lisbon last August.

Since 2008, he was Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and In-ter-Agency Affairs at the United Nations in New York and the Secretary of the UN Chief Executives’ Board. From 2001 to 2008, he served as Austrian Permanent Representative at the Vienna International Organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Industrial Develop-ment Organization (UNIDO) and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organiza-tion (CTBTO). Before, he had been Chief of Staff of the CTBTO PrepCom, from its estab-lishment in 1997 to 2001. From 1990 to 1995 he was at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations in New York, dealing with disarmament, security issues and with economic and social development cooperation.

Thomas Stelzer has a keen interest in contemporary classical music and in cultural af-fairs. From 1995-1997 he was Deputy Director of the Austrian Cultural Institute in New York. Since 1999, he has been serving as President of the Klangforum Wien, a leading ensemble for contemporary classical music. He also serves on the Board of the TALEA Ensemble in New York and co-led Gidon Kremer’s Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest for more than a decade.

He is married to the Portuguese diplomat Vanda Stelzer-Sequeira.

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Walter KorenDirector General of Advantage Austria

Born in the Austrian region of Styria, Walter Koren is a graduate of the Universities of Vienna and Graz, Law School and was conferred an MBA from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In 1981 he started working for the Foreign Trade Organization of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) and in the following years he lived as a (deputy) Trade Commissioner all over the world. Throughout his career, he spent time in Guatemala, Tehran, Seoul, Tokyo, but also in Mexico, Panama and Cuba. Since 2002, Dr. Walter Koren is Director General of ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, the internationalization agency of the Austrian economy. He oversees the activities of more than 110 trade ser-vice centers in over 80 countries, where 750 Austrian trade specialists and local indus-try experts assist 460,000 Austrian companies with cross-border business activities.


Sonja Holocher-Ertl Regional Manager for Western Europe

Sonja Holocher-Ertl completed a masters degree at the Vienna University of Econom-ics and Business and then worked for Austrian Energy & Environment and OMV in Austria. In 2000 she joined ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, the foreign trade department of the Austrian Economic Chamber, and worked as Deputy Trade Commissioner in Australia, Croatia and the UK. During a period of extended leave before her assignment in the UK she worked for the NSW Business Chamber in Sydney, Australia, as Manager for AUSTRADE’s Tradestart Programme. In August 2014 she became Regional Manager for Western Europe at ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA in Vienna.



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Oriol Amat i SalasBoard Member Spanish National Commission of the Stock Exchange (CNMV)Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

President of the Catalan Accounting Association (ACCID)President of the Spanish Register of Accounting ExpertsMember of the Advisory Council for Catalonian Growth (CAREC) of the Catalan Govern-ment. He has been visiting professor of several European, American and Asian univer-sities. He has published several books translated to several languages and numerous works in academic and professional journals.

www.econ.upf.es

Stefan Bruckbauer Chief Economist Austria, Bank Austria UniCredit

Studied economics at the J.K. University of Linz, and graduated with a Masters Degree. He participated in the project “labor market research“ at the J. K. University of Linz and served as an assistant at the Institute of Economic Theory at the J.K. University of Linz before working as an economist in the economics department of “Zentralsparkasse” in Vienna. From 2001 he was deputy head of the economics department at Bank Austria, responsible for macro- and banking research Austria. Since 2009 he has been Chief Economist Austria of Bank Austria und UniCredit Group and head of Economics and Market Analysis Austria of Bank Austria.

His specialty areas of expertise are the Austrian economy, financial markets, CEE and the EU, the euro and the banking market in Austria and Europe. Stefan Bruckbauer for many years lectured in economic theory at the University of Linz and at present lectures economics at the University of Vienna. Currently he runs courses for fund and portfolio managers held by the Association of Austrian Mutual Fund Companies (Vereinigung Ös-terreichischer Investmentgesellschaften) and at the Banking Academy and gives talks on various issues. Stefan Bruckbauer has written numerous articles on Austria, CEE, labor market issues, interest rates, forex, economic issues, banking and the euro.

www.bankaustria.at


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Christian FelberWriter, lecturer at the University of Economics ViennaInitiator of the “Economy for the Common Good“ and “Bank for the Common Good“

The current ecological, social and economic crisis requires a bold and strong vision. The ECG movement understands itself as an initiator and inspirational force for far-reaching change. The initiative began in October 2010 and has grown unexpectedly fast. More than 1600 companies officially support the initiative and almost 200 have implemented the “Common Good Balance Sheet“. In over 100 local support groups, the ECG is becoming an international, grassroots movement.

Commit yourself to a concrete alternative! Commit yourself to the Economy for the Common Good!“ Stéphane Hessel

www.christian-felber.at www.ecogood.org

Francisco Mendes PalmaHead of Novo Banco Sectoral ResearchMember of the Board of Novo Banco Cabo Verde

Francisco Mendes Palma graduated in economics from the Portuguese Catholic Univer-sity and has a master’s degree in Economics from Collège d’Europe, Belgium.He is Head of Novo Banco Sectoral Research and Board Member of Novo Banco Cabo Verde (former Banco Espírito Santo Cabo Verde, SA.). He lectured at the Portuguese Catholic University, was an advisor to the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Energy Services Regulatory Authority, as well as a consultant to companies, pro-jects and surveys in areas of industrial economics, regulation and competition, energy and innovation.

He has participated in conferences and debates and was a contributor to various nation-al and international articles and books on economic and sectoral activity, energy, eco-nomic internationalization, industrial economics, innovation and sustainability.The department which he heads, Novo Banco Research Sectoral, monitors and analyses the evolution of selected sectors of the Portuguese and international economies, name-ly within the framework of the international environment, assessing trends, opportuni-ties and potential threats.

www.novobanco.pt


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Martin OhnebergPresident/CEO

Martin Ohneberg was born in Vorarlberg/Bregenz in 1971. He graduated Business & Administration (WU Wien) in Vienna in 1998. He started his career with Ernst & Young in 1995. In 2001 he became CFO and shareholder of Dorotheum. He was responsible of the acquisition of Dorotheum through the privatization in 2001. In 2005 he became CFO of Soravia Group AG and CEO of Soravia Equity GmbH. In 2006 he acquired together with Soravia the number one water bottling producer DEVIN in Sofia/Bulgaria, became Chairman of the company and fulfilled an initial public offering (IPO) at the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. In March 2011 he became CEO and majority shareholder of HENN. Martin Ohneberg is member of the Board of the Federation of Austrian Industries.

www.henn.at

Sergi Aulinas GuillaumesGeneral Manager, Laboratorios Gebro Pharma

Sergi Aulinas Guillaumes was born in Vic (Barcelona) in 1968. He graduated in 1991 with a degree in Biochemistry from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and in 1994 with a Master of Business Administration from ESADE.

Mr. Aulinas was one of the founders of Laboratorios Gebro Pharma Spain in 2002. He has been General Manager of this company since 2007, a position to which he was appointed after serving for 5 years as Corporate Director of Business Development. Linked to the pharmaceutical industry since 1994, and prior to joining Laboratorios Gebro Pharma, Mr. Aulinas held management positions in the areas of Business Devel-opment & Licensing for Laboratorios Almirall and Madaus. Since 1996 he is academic collaborator at ESADE Business School.

www.gebro.es


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Rainer SattlbergerGeneral Manager, Fronius Spain

Rainer Sattlberger was born on the 24th of December 1975 in Grieskirchen, Upper Austria. He completed 4 years of elementary school and 4 years of secondary school in Prambachkirchen as well as 1 year of business school in Eferding, Upper Austria.He started his career at Fronius International GmbH in Wels with an apprenticeship as an office administrator. After his final apprenticeship examination he began to work in the Administration of the Repair center from Fronius International.At the age of 21, Mr. Sattlberger took 1 year of alternative civilian service. When he returned to Fronius International in Wels, he started to work in the department of Cus-tomer Order Processing.At the age of 30, Mr. Sattlberger gathered experience as an Expatriate at Fronius USA for 4 months. He returned to Fronius International as an International Process Expert to train new employees and develop internal processes in customs order processing and logistics. Three years later, he changed to the new subsidiary of Fronius Spain in Leganés (Madrid) to support the development of the internal processes in customer order processing and logistics. 4 years ago, Mr. Sattlberger became General Manager of Fronius Spain.

www.fronius.es

Florian MückSpeaker, trainer and author

Florian Mück from Germany, based in Barcelona, worked as a consultant and business development manager for almost a decade for KPMG, the global advisory firm.

Since Florian joined a chapter of Toastmasters International in Barcelona in 2005, public speaking has become his passion. In 2009, he turned his passion into a success-ful profession under the FLORIAN MUECK brand.

A collaborator of IESE Business School Barcelona and author of The Seven Minute Star and PlusPlus, Florian offers charismatic communication seminars, presentation coach-ing, keynote speeches and event moderation in English, German and Spanish mainly to international brands like Accor Hotels, Deutsche Bank, Santander Private Banking, Chupa Chups or King.com

In his interactive workshop “Turning small talk into BIG TALK” Florian will lead you through three steps, which help you make a more lasting impression in typical small talk situations. The first step will capture their attention. The second step will make your point more relatable and memorable. The third step will initiate a professional relationship.

www.florianmueck.com


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Julia CulenManaging Partner at CULEN MAYHOFER PARTNER

Born 1974International Business Administration at University of Vienna The Boston Consulting Group Munich BA-CA Unicredit Austria &CEE Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg ViennaCertified coach and management consultantGuest professor University of Vienna

Christian MayhoferManaging Partner at CULEN MAYHOFER PARTNER

Born 1961 Consultant, Executive Coach, Psychotherapist, Zen MonkErlenhof, Maycon Consulting, Interim Manager, Consultant & Coach for over 25 yearsTrained and educated in diverse Coaching & Consulting Areas in Europe, Asia and US

We are experts in consulting and facilitating organizational transformation. We are Julia Culen, Christian Mayhofer and a diverse network of partners from a variety of territories.

We help our clients to powerfully master their problems and challenges in their own genuine way. Our practice as coaches and consultants is based on many years of experi-ence across topics, regions and clients.

INSTANT TRANSFORMATION®, our consulting approach, enables quick and sustainable results. We design lean processes that focus on key topics. Top Management and Own-ers are challenged to walk the talk.

www.cmpartner.at

Michael ThomsonFounder and Director, Design Connect

Michael Thomson established Design Connect in London in 1995 and since then he has shaped and facilitated delivered design management strategies for international clients including Dyson in the UK, the Tupperware Corporation in the US and Samsung C+T in South Korea. He has worked closely with many leading international design consulting companies on business strategy and growth.

An expert on national design policy, Michael has worked with national and regional design promotion bodies and governments in countries including the UK, Asia, Aus-tria, Iceland, Ireland, Italy and Qatar. As President of The Bureau of European Design Associations, Michael led the lobbying process that saw design included for the first time in the EU’s innovation strategy in 2010. Michael subsequently authored, (with Tapio Koskinen of Aalto University), the European Commission report, Design for Growth and Prosperity, published in 2012.

In February of this year, Michael received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts from the University of Brighton (UK) for his ’significant contribution to design’ and previous-ly, in January 2013, was appointed an Honorary Member of Aalto University. Michael served on the Executive Board of world design body ‘Icsid’ from 2001-2005 and was appointed Inaugural Japan Design Ambassador by the Japan Institute of Design promo-tion in December 2012.

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Georg WagnerManaging Partner Strategic Design

Georg Wagner founded the strategic design company Spirit Design in 1993 together with Daniel Huber. As Managing Partner he heads the Strategic Consulting business area. He and his team develop and implement sustainable innovation and brand strategies for customers in the mobility, ICT, energy, industrial and consumer sectors. In this way high-value products, services and brands are created which safeguard the future via-bility and long-term success of Spirit Design customers on the basis of pro-active cor-porate social responsibility and efficiency.

www.spiritdesign.com

Jose Carlos Garcia de Quevedo RuizExecutive Director for Invest in Spain in ICEX

Jose Carlos Garcia de Quevedo Ruiz has a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Complutense University of Madrid. He is member, by Public Exami-nation, of the Qualified Trade Experts and State Economists and has completed the PhD Course on International Economy.

Since May 2012 is the Executive Director for Invest in Spain in ICEX, Spain Trade and Investments, a public company chaired by the Secretary of State for Trade of the Min-istry of Economy and Competitiveness. It aims to promote and to attract foreign direct investment into Spain and to obtain foreign funding for new investments in Spain.

Between 2010 and 2012 he was Director General for Trade and Investment in the Secre-tary of State of Trade. Before that (2004–2010) he was Head Economic and Trade Coun-sellor at Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU, chairing the Spanish Presidency of the UE on Trade Policy Committee. He was also General Director for Insurance and Pension Funds where he worked between 1997 to 2004 in the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

He has been Member of the Board of Directors of several companies: CESCE; ICO; Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros (Chair); Compañía Seguros de Crédito y Caución, Repsol Gas.. He is also active in professional and academic forums.

www.investinspain.es


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Joan Martí EstévezDirector of Cluster Development at ACCIÓ

My current occupation is Director of Cluster Development at ACCIÓ, which stands for the Catalan Agency for Competitiveness (Catalonia Government). I’m involved in 25 different clusters, for instance, the gourmet food, fashion, optics, medical devices or water. I’ve an experience of 17 years being involved in innovation policy, having worked with around 2.000 companies.

As a cluster practitioner I’m member of TCI network, and I’ve been a speaker in their International Congresses in Lyon (2006), Portland (2007), Cape Town (2008), Chihuahua (2008), Jyväskylä (2009), Delhi (2010), Auckland (2011), Euskadi (2012) and Denmark (2013). I’ve been also a speaker in cluster conferences in Brasil, Turkey, Mexico and Croatia.

I am a part-time teacher of clusters and business strategy.Book author “Cluster winning strategies and teamwork (2013).Twitter:@JMartiClusters

www.acc10.cat

Gerlinde GahleitnerDirector Southern Europe

Gerlinde Gahleitner studied International Business in Linz (Austria) and in Rome (Italy). She has over 18 years of professional experience in marketing and tourism which she gained from working for Autogrill Austria, Accor Germany and in the hospitality indus-try in Italy and Austria. Since 2014 she is responsable for the Southern Europe Division at Austrian Business Agency – Invest in Austria.

www.investinaustria.at


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Isabel CaetanoProject Director at COTEC Portugal

Isabel Caetano is the Projects Director at COTEC Portugal, a business association pro-moting innovation in Portugal, under the high patronage of the President of the Repub-lic. She has held positions as Head of International Affairs at the Portuguese Innovation Agency and as Head of Programmes Management at INESC, a private R&D organisation. Invited Professor at ISCTE – INDEG Business School and coordinator of the new edition of the Executive Master on Innovation Management. She holds an MsC in International Affairs and her main research interest is Innovation Metrics and Indicators, subject for her PhD research (on going). She is coordinating a Community of Practice on Knowl-edge Management, aggregating more than 60 companies. Previously she launched the first Portuguese Innovative SME Network and a set of business innovation management tools as the innovation self-assessment tool, innovation scoring (www.innovationscor-ing.org), now used by more than 600 companies.

www.cotec.pt

AUSTRIA CONNECT

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Invest in Catalonia, is a unit of ACCIÓ, the Agency of Com-petitiveness for Companies in Catalonia. ACCIÓ’s different programmes promote Innovation, Internationalization, and Investment in Catalonia and through the world. In terms of foreign investment, our services come with the guarantee of over 25 years’ experience helping not only international companies planning first-time investment or aiming to expand their European area of operations, but also those already established in Catalonia with expansion plans or new projects. Our multidisciplinary and pro-busi-ness team works free of charge and totally confidentially to attract and maintain business investments, and our success lies in offering tailor-made solutions that help you implement your investment in Catalonia.

Albert Martínez Boronat International Promotion Consultant

Acció - Invest in CataloniaT: + 34 93 551 74 28E: [email protected]: www.investincatalonia.com Barcelona, Spain

Montserrat CasasInvestment Promotion Director

T: + 34 93 551 74 28W: www.investincatalonia.comBarcelona, Spain

ACI Servicios de Asesoría Europea SL (ACI) is a service company, specialized in outsourcing, company advisory, tax advisory and pay roll services. All members of the staff speak fluent German English and Spanish, whereas some also speak French. Our core business is providing advisory services to small and medium sized companies. The mixture of highly experienced people and recent graduates gives a good mixture for providing a highly ef-fective service. All our clients are treated as number one level clients. We are trying to give every client a special tailor-made solution for their needs.

Peter HoudeletPartner ACI Servicios de Asesoria Europea, S.L.

T: + 34 91 576 59 42E: [email protected]: www.acint.esMadrid, Spain

We offer legal services in German, English, French, Spanish and Catalan. We focus our expertise on the inter-national market. Our main areas of activity are business law; trademarks, patents and competition; ITC and litiga-tion/arbitration.

Ana FloresLawyer

Ana Flores - Law FirmT: + 34 93 362 16 97E: [email protected]: www.anaflores.euBarcelona, Spain

We offer our expertise in Spanish tax law, financial ac-counting and payroll services to foreign companies. Our firm offers all the necessary services in order to cre-ate a business in Spain or to expand the activities.All of our services can be offered in German, English, Spanish, or French.

Lubomír PomplManaging Director

Aranda International Assistance S.L.T: + 34 91 577 15 32E: [email protected]: www.arintass.esMadrid, Spain

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La Carolina (Jaén) is a city which has welcomed not only Spanish companies, but also European, including all the industry sectors (wood, plastic, metallurgical, automo-bile, electronics, renewal energies...). These companies have discovered the excellent conditions that our city offers for their projects: excellent location, public incen-tives, local support, qualified labour market, auxiliary industry, and so forth.

Francisco José Gallarí PérezMayor, Carolina

Ayuntamiento de la CarolinaT: + 34 95 366 00 34E: [email protected]: www.lacarolinaaquiyahora.esLa Carolina, Jaén, Spain

BCCL was established in 1999 in centre Portugal to pro-vide accounting and tax services for small and medium size businesses and corporations. In Portuguese and German language we offer:Accounting services / BookkeepingCorporate tax returnPayroll servicesAnalysis and review of monthly and annual financial results.

Margareta BehringerAccountant

Behringer Consultoria e Contabilidade, Lda.T: + 351 234 601 727E: [email protected] - Águeda, Portugal

Commerzbank serves its clients in Spain since 1953 with branches in Madrid and Barcelona. In Austria we are present since 1999 with a branch in Vienna and therefore well positioned to serve Austrian corporates in their cross border business. In both countries we offer a full range of banking products to subsidiaries of international and large domestic corporates.

Jorge De SedanoHead of Corporate Banking Spain

Commerzbank, AG T: + 34 91 572 47 00E: [email protected]: www.commerzbank.comMadrid, Spain

Peter KremerDirector

Commerzbank, AG Branch Office BarcelonaT: + 34 93 496 10 10E: [email protected]: www.commerzbank.comBarcelona, Spain

The Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC) is a low tax zone created within the framework of the Canary Islands Economic and Tax Regime (REF) for the promotion of the economic and social development of the Islands and to diversify their production structure.ZEC was authorized by the European Commission in Jan-uary 2000 and it will be extended next year 2015 by Brus-sels with new advantages that will make this tax benefit more attractive for investors. According to this new reg-ulation Canary Special Zone will initially remain in force until 31 December 2030.

María Delia Domínguez MontenegroAdvisor

Consorcio de la Zona Especial Canaria (ZEC)T: + 34 92 849 05 82E: [email protected]: www.zec.orgLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

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Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira is a leading law firm in Spain and Portugal, with approximately 950 lawyers. It ad-vises on strategic transactions and foreign investments in the Iberian market, through its 14 local and 11 internation-al offices. The firm advises on all areas of business law.

Kai Christian FischerPartner

Cuatrecasas, Goncalves PereiraT: + 34 93 312 95 29E: [email protected]: www.cuatrecasas.comBarcelona, Spain

Gregor ErlebachLawyer

Cuatrecasas, Goncalves PereiraT: + 34 93 312 95 29E: [email protected]: www.cuatrecasas.comBarcelona, Spain

Elite Services GmbH was founded in 2005 in St. Johann Austria. Its core business is Direct Marketing and the development of customer loyalty systems. Elites’ latest venture is into providing payment services to accommo-date a variety of individual loyalty needs.

Ulrich WagnerManaging Director

Elite Service, GmbHT: + 43 6412 419 530E: [email protected]: www.elite-service.atSt. Johann im Pongau, Austria

Marc Rodriguez PieraAssistent

Elite Service, GmbHT: + 49 6232 810 319E: [email protected]: www.elite-service.atSt. Johann im Pongau, Austria

Since 1949, EVG has been devoloping, designing and building machinery for the production of welded wire mesh and for processing rebar. The name EVG is synony-mous with quality and efficiency. From the very beginning, our developments were set to define the industrial-scale manufacture of mesh and reinforcing elements. Many of the techniques which are taken for granted nowadays originate from EVG’s innova-tions. The fundamentals of our success are close cooperation with our customers, a highly-qualified staff and continu-ous innovation.

Manfred SujerArea Sales Manager Spain

EVG Entwicklungs- und Verwer-tungsges.m.b.H.T. + 34 618 629 259E. [email protected]. www.evg.comRaaba - Graz, Austria

Andrés Sterba is Managing Director at Exea, the Family Office and Holding of the Puig Group, a leading fami-ly-owned group with headquarters in Barcelona. The Puig Group is a worldwide leader in fragrances, fashion and skincare, with a consolidated turnover of € 1.8 billion. Before joining Exea, Andrés worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. and Granville Baird in the areas of M&A and corpo-rate finance.

Andrés Sterba Managing Director

Corporación Exea EmpresarialT: +34 93 445 78 00 E: [email protected]: www.puig.comBarcelona, Spain

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As a complete solution provider for the tourism and hos-pitality industry, feratel media technologies AG with 180 team members and offices in Austria, Germany, Switzer-land, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, the USA and Japan focuses on three core areas: telecommunications, informa-tion and reservation systems and media.

Michael LercherManaging Director

Feratel Espana, S.L.T: +34 620 840 321E: [email protected]: www.feratel.atTarragona, Spain

Fröhlingsdorf Abogados Asociados, S.l., was founded in 1988. The Firm provides legal advice basically in the practice areas of business law, commercial at corporate law, contractual law, insolvency law, real estate law and employment law and offers its clients advisory servic-es and support in conflicts resolution through litigation, mediation or arbitration. Due to the experience acquired through many years in a wide variety of economical ac-tivities, the firm is ready to offer practical, specific and timely advising at reasonable costs in order to resolve the questions facing a company in its daily activity.

Josef FröhlingsdorfLawyer

Fröhlingsdorf Abogados Asociados, S.L.T: + 34 91 562 16 64E: [email protected]: www.froehlingsdorfabogados.esMadrid, Spain

IDEPA is a public body that integrates the commitment of the regional Government and social and economic agents with the sustainable development of Asturias. It is the hub of a complete infrastructure of instruments for pro-motion that aims at both the improvement of competitive-ness of Asturian companies and also the recruitment of new investments to revitalize and introduce new activities in the regional business environment.

Inés SeijoProject Adviser

IDEPA-Instituto de Desarrollo Económico del Principado de AsturiasT: + 34 98 598 00 20E: [email protected]: www.idepa.esLlanera - Asturias, Spain

“A leading consulting and technology multinational firm, providing real time, smart, efficient solutions and ser-vices to clients all around the world in the sectors of Transport and Traffic, Energy and Industry, Public Admin-istration and Healthcare, Financial Services, Security and Defence and Telecom and Media”.

Antonio Salvador Muniesa MartínezBusiness Development Manager

Indra Sistemas, S.A.T: + 34 91 480 50 00E: [email protected]: www.indracompany.comMadrid, Spain

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Invest in Andalucía is an initiative promoted by the region-al government of Andalucía, the most southern region of Spain. The objective is the attraction of foreign investors to the region. The international multidisciplinary team provides tailor-made services and practical assistance to foreign companies looking for a specific location for their investment projects (greenfield, acquisition, R&D and ex-pansion projects) in Andalusia’s autonomous community.

Beatriz FeichtenbergerInternational Promotion Consultant

Invest in AndalucíaT: + 34 95 428 02 27E: [email protected]: www.investinandalucia.esSevilla, Spain

Mechanical Engineer and specialist in Heating, Venti-lation, Air Conditioning and Fire Fighting Systems, vast experience in Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East countries.

Consulting services in energy efficiency, energy value en-gineering, assistance in technical due diligence, report-ing and measurements, evaluation of and consultancy in construction of public and private sector projects, project management for gasification plants based on biomass and household waste.

Ladislaus FixlManaging Director

lfk-services e.UT: + 43 699 12 78 58 48E: [email protected]: www.lfk-services.euVienna, Austria

Founded in 2005 in Valencia by Dr. B. Löber and F. Lozano, L&L has become a renown law firm in German-speaking countries. L&L is mainly specialized in providing top qual-ity legal and tax advice to businesses and individuals. Key areas: commercial and corporate law, real estate, finan-cial accounting, tax law and litigation.

Aurora Sánchez MoladaLawyer / Fiscal advisor

Loeber & Lozano, S.L.P.T: + 34 96 328 77 93E: [email protected]: www.loeberlozano.comValencia, Spain

Fernando Lozano GiménezLawyer / Fiscal advisor

Loeber & Lozano, S.L.P.T: + 34 96 328 77 93E: [email protected]: www.loeberlozano.comValencia, Spain

COPA-DATA is the technological leader for ergonomic and highly-dynamic process solutions. The company, founded in 1987, develops the software zenon for HMI/SCADA, Dynamic Production Reporting and integrated Program-mable Logic Controller (PLC) systems at its headquarters in Austria. It was with this software that the company brought to the market the first graphic visualization sys-tem that ran entirely under Microsoft Windows.

Bernhard EbertInternational Sales Manager

Ing. Punzenberger COPA-DATA, GmbHT: + 43 662 43 10 02 0E: [email protected]: www.copadata.comSalzburg, Austria

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Martin Baur, S.a is a subsidiary company of the well-known Austrian company BAUR Prüf- und Messtechnik GmbH, leader of testing and measurement technology for cable testing and fault location, diagnosis and evaluation of reliability of cable systems and dielectric insulation material tests.

Alberto FerreresGeneral Manager

Martin Baur, S.A.T: + 34 93 204 68 15E: [email protected]: www.martinbaur.esSant Joan Despí - Barcelona, Spain

Med Trust is an Austrian manufacturer of innovative and comprehensive products for diabetics under the brand Wellion which are currently available in more than 60 countries worldwide. Med Trust offers innovative con-cepts for interested distributors to establish a mutual successful business in a new market.

Sylvia WeissenbacherHead International Sales

Med Trust Handelsges.m.b.H.T: + 43 2626 641 90E: [email protected]: www.medtrust.atMarz - Burgenland, Austria

NEWAYS is an international company with 25 years of ex-perience of operative management of sales and business development. Our main activity consists in facilitation of possible exportations to 35 countries. We offer investors and opportunities to companies in their process of inter-nationalization.

Alfred GangelbergerGeneral Manager

Neways GroupT: + 34 691 83 68 73E: [email protected]: www.neways-group.comBarcelona, Spain

The Moneris Group is the leading firm in Portugal in the accounting and consulting arena. Our presence in Mozambique and the partnership with MSI Global Alliance (international independent network) allows us to have a strong international presence in over 100 countries. Moneris has a wide-ranging service platform in the areas of Financial Accounting and Reporting, Tax Consulting, Human Resources, Corporate Finance, Insurance Man-agement and Training.

Paulo NarcisoAdministrador / Manager

Moneris Paseco Serviços de Gestão, Lda.T: + 351 217 121 040E: [email protected]: www.moneris.ptLisbon, Portugal

Margarida MadeiraAccountant

Moneris Paseco Serviços de Gestão, Lda.T: + 351 217 121 040E: [email protected]: www.moneris.ptLisbon, Portugal

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Connecting you to markets - not only a slogan, but also a programme. We understand ourselves as a platform for the interchange of information and requirements be-tween Spanish-speaking and German-speaking business partners, offering consulting and services for all kind of commercial relationships: starting with export consulting and market analysis, including translation and interpret-ing, up to the point of searching for distribution partners and checking the oficial channels, among others. Our customers are austrian companies willing to connect to Spanish-speaking markets – and vice versa.

Mathias MandlManaging Director

Plataforma Consult e.U.T: + 43 664 964 80 89E: [email protected]: www.plataforma-consult.comBirkfeld - Steiermark, Austria

Prinsamed is a Portuguese company owned by VAMED Engineering GmbH & CO KG, an Austrian group which in turn is owned by the German multinational FRESENIUS. Fresenius accounts vast experience in terms of planning, construction and scientific research in prevention, emer-gency medicine, rehabilitation and health care services. Through interlinking and integration of these competenc-es and specializations, VAMED provides sustainable mod-els in the health area. VAMED carries out international projects in all areas of health care activities which are characterized by high complexity and extensive amounts of investment. Throughout their business activities, VAMED has already supported more than 600 hospitals with know-how and administrative competence.

Cristina TeixeiraGeneral Manager

Prinsamed Projectos Internacionais de SaúdeT: + 351 217 501 109E: [email protected]: www.vamed.comLisbon, Portugal

Pro Sustainability is a small Austrian company in the business consulting sector. We work in environmental management and sustainability systems since 2005. The main points of action are the implementation of programs for the reduction of emissions and waste in production and services enterprises, as well as applica-tions of management systems, environmental education, European projects and development of renewable tech-nologies and learning methods for awareness. We have experiences using Cleaner Technologies, as well as in implementing International Standard Systems of manage-ment (EMAS, ISO 14001), Corporate Social Responsibility and Economy for the Common Good Balance.

Ana MorenoManaging Director

Pro SustainabilityT: + 43 316 25 88 88E: [email protected]: www.prosustainability.comGraz, Austria

Raiffeisen Bank International AG is the largest financial institution listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, being a leading corporate and investment bank for Austria´s top companies and for Western Europe commercial Custom-ers. Raiffeisen Bank International is a leading universal banking group with the largest network in the region of any western banking group.

Claudio NowackChief Representative

Raiffeisen Bank International AGT: + 43 1 262 16 0 E: [email protected]: www.rbinternational.comVienna, Austria

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SCWP Schindhelm is one of Austria’s leading multination-al law firms. Our focus is to provide comprehensive legal advice in all relevant fields of domestic and international business and commercial law through our specialized teams of lawyers. We provide expert legal advice from our own network that currently comprises 18 offices in 11 jurisdictions. Our mission is to deliver creative and prag-matic legal solutions. Our Partner Dr Michael M Pachinger is member of the “Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valen-cia” and vice-president of the Austrian-Spanish Associa-tion of Lawyers (ÖSJV/ Asociación Hispano-Austriaca de Juristas). Thus we also especially focus on the bilateral context between Spain and Austria and vice versa.

Michael PachingerPartner

SCWP Schindhelm, Saxinger Chalupsky & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbHT: + 43 7242 652 90 311 E: [email protected]: www.scwp.comWels, Austria

riocom – competence on rivers.We are consulting engineers based in Vienna, Austria. 15 experts provide profound experience in river resto-ration, flood control, risk management and emergency management. Innovative methods in communication and stakeholder involvement secure our project’s success.

Albert SchwingshandlCEO and Owner

riocom - Consulting EngineersT: + 43 1 494 16 87 0E: [email protected]: www.riocom.atVienna, Austria

SESUR Semilla y Exportación is a technical service com-pany situated in the south of Spain. Our principal product is the potato, in which we are specialized in the develop-ment of varieties in the Mediterranean zone together with the principal European seed houses. SESUR realizes commercial and strategic projects in the potato sector and organizes and controls the supply of potatoes from Spain, Portugal and France for specific customer defined programs. SESUR is also providing other products and services located specially in Southern Spain and Portugal.

Georg KolmhoferCEO

Sesur Semilla y Exportación, S.L.T: + 34 95 461 00 12E: [email protected]: www.sesur.netSevilla, Spain

Luis GarcíaHead of Sales and Operations Catalunya

Skidata Ibérica, S.L.T: + 34 93 378 97 24E: [email protected]: www.skidata.comSant Just Desvern - Barcelona, Spain

SKIDATA is a global leader in access solutions and their management. With more than 7,500 installations world-wide, provides ski resorts, shopping malls, airports, sports stadiums, trade shows, etc. with secure and re-liable access solutions for people and vehicles. Is also member of the Swiss Kudelski Group.

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As quality, technology and market leader in ropeway en-gineering, Doppelmayr/Garaventa operates production plants as well as sales and service centers in over 35 countries worldwide. To date, the Group has built more than 14,500 installations for customers in over 88 na-tions. Flexibility, know-how and a pioneering spirit make the Group ideally equipped to meet all the challenges of traditional and new markets. Doppelmayr Subsidiary Transportes por Cable S.A is located in Zaragoza where we have the main office, warehouse and workshop.Working since 1982 in the most important ski resorts in the Country, as well as in urban ropeways like Funicular de Vallvidrera, Teleférico Rosales…

Patricia Chabbey SánchezDeputy Director General

Transportes por cable, S.A.T: + 34 97 627 43 82E: [email protected]: www.doppelmayr.com/esCuarte de Huerva - Zaragoza, Spain

Tüv Austria Iberia, a partner of Tüv Austria, is an inter-national certification and inspection body that enjoys an excellent international reputation in the areas of quality, safety, environment, services and technology.Tüv Austria is accredited for a variety of management systems (ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, ISO 50001), person and product certifications including CE marking (EN 1090-1). In addition, we constantly work on the development of new certifications, so as to give a better support for our customers.

Alexandre PereiraQuality Engineer

TUV Áustria Ibéria / QTEC - Qualynspect. Lda.T: + 351 229 028 902E: [email protected]: www.qtec.ptLeça do Balio, Portugal

TMS Turnkey Manufacturing Solutions GmbH, a member of the Canadian based VALIANT Group of Companies, is a leader in innovative manufacturing solutions for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide.As a full service supplier of turnkey automotive Body-in-White assembly systems, conveyor systems and indus-trial cleaning technologies, TMS offers its customers a comprehensive portfolio of core competency throughout Europe and Asia-Pacific. In cooperation with VALIANT, global customer programs are managed through an in-ternational network of technology centers with full ser-vice responsibility.

Peter KöpplBranch Manager

Valiant - TMS Barcelona, S.L.T: + 34 93 599 88 05E: [email protected]: www.tms.es.comViladecans - Barcelona, Spain

He has spent almost 20 years working as a project man-ager and organizational consultant and since 2009 active as trainer and coach. Basis of his work is the system the-ory, neurophysiology and Buddhist psychology. His clients learn about the functioning of the mind and thus achieve sustainable improvements on topics like communication, collaboration, selfmanagement and leadership.

Harald EberlingManaging Director

Tiba España Project Management ConsultingT: + 34 93 517 82 81E: [email protected]: www.tiba-es.esBarcelona, Spain

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WNT is a multinational company member of the world-wide operating group CERATIZIT-Plansee Group with sales of 1,200 Million Euro and 6,000 employees.Plansee Group manufactures products that are based on the high-technology materials molybdenum and tungsten.CERATIZIT develops and produces hard material solu-tions for cutting tools, and includes the brands WNT, Günther Wirth, CB-CERATIZIT and PROMAX Tools.WNT is the international sales network for the cutting tools industry, operates in 18 countries through 11 sales subsidiaries and provides precision tools to small and medium sized cutting customers

Ramiro BengocheaManaging Director

WNT Ibérica, S.L.T: + 34 91 352 54 73E: [email protected]: www.wnt.comMadrid, Spain

Law firm in Barcelona, founded 1998, specialized on corporate law, land law, distributorship law, employment law, insolvency, litigation and law of succession. We provide in German and English language Spanish legal advice.

Carlos WienbergOwner

Wienberg AbogadosT: + 34 93 241 97 20E: [email protected]: www.wienberg.esBarcelona, Spain

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4th of October at 11am.

Tour starts at the K+K Hotel Picasso.

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