Join the new Start-up Community in Burgenland!
16.05.2019
Vienna Region – big in the cities … and their surrounding areas … with a new network for start-ups from and around Burgenland!
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Blockchain needs to solve problems
13.05.2019
In order to be recognized as an important tool in the Vienna Region, blockchain technology should generate visible value.
Interview. Next to artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of things (IoT), blockchain is one of digitization's prevalent buzzwords. We invited Johanna Konrad (CSO) and Russell E. Perry (founder and CEO) from "kompany" – the Viennese RegTech start-up founded in 2012 which provides commercial register data of millions of international companies worldwide in real-time – as well as blockchain and cryptocurrency expert Robert Schwertner to discuss the Vienna Region's performance in the blockchain sector and the necessary steps to evolve into a blockchain hotspot.
Apply for your start-up lab workspaces in Vienna!
09.05.2019
As of December 2019, start-ups for young researchers will make a total of 70 laboratory workstations and 30 office desks available to life science start-ups in the Campus Vienna BioCenter.
Digitization is decided by the user's competence
30.04.2019
While the Austrian government announced 2019 as the Year of Digitalisation, the 5G broadband network expansion will be launched soon. Ideal conditions for the Vienna Region to turn into a digitalisation hot spot.
Interview. Peter Parycek, amongst other positions Head of the Department for E-Governance and Administration at the Danube University Krems, discusses the challenges of digitalisation with Andreas Tschas, Head of the Digitalisation Agency of the Federal Government.
International Aerospace Hot Spot: Wiener Neustadt
16.04.2019
Self-flying helicopters, smart aircrafts and propulsion systems for mini satellites: Wiener Neustadt as a global aerospace leader!
Among the driving forces of innovation are Diamond Aircraft, Schiebel Elektronik, ENPULSION and the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (FHWN). In the field of aerospace engineering, Wiener Neustadt has become an internationally recognised competence centre with great potential for growth and a dense network of players in business, research and education. Some 200 talents and experts are currently engaged in a series of ambitious showcase projects.
Life Sciences come into the Spotlight
10.04.2019
Interview. Boehringer Ingelheim's current 700 million Euro investment in the Vienna Region is only one instance of the potent development of life sciences at this location, indicating the promising future seen by international companies in this sector.
In this issue of Vienna Region Talk, Dr. Eva Maria Binder, Chief Research Officer and Director of Executive Board of ERBER Group, Michaela Fritz, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at the MedUni Vienna, and Inge Homolka of Boehringer Ingelheim discuss the development of the life sciences sector.
EVENT OULU, FINLAND: Expand to the Vienna Region
05.04.2019
Event. Are you considering expanding your activities to the DACH Region or Central and Eastern Europe? If this is the case, the Vienna Region is your place to start.
"Entrepreneurs and skilled personnel will find all the ingredients needed for a perfect environment!"
18.03.2019
Interview. Gabriele Tatzberger of the Vienna Business Agency, Martin Fassl of ecoplus, the Business Agency of Lower Austria, and Raphaela Graf of Wirtschaft Burgenland are the joint managers of VIENNA REGION Marketing. Here, they discuss how they are planning to strengthen the region as a business location.
Vienna is the most liveable city in the world for the tenth time in a row
13.03.2019
Highest quality of living: Vienna is the international leader in political stability, healthcare as well as cultural and recreational opportunities, as the consulting firm Mercer ascertained.
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Settlement record in the Vienna Region: 259 new businesses in 2018
12.03.2019
The Vienna Region business location continues its course of success. The number of international business settlements increased for the eighth time in a row.
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