Alexander
Van der Bellen
Alexander Van der Bellen
Federal President, Republic of Austria
Biography
Alexander Van der Bellen (born in 1944) took office as the Federal President of the Republic of Austria on 26 January 2017.
From 1994 to 2012, Alexander Van der Bellen was a member of the Austrian National Assembly, and from 1999 to 2008 Chairman of the Greens’ Parliamentary Group. From 1997 to 2008, he served as Federal Spokesperson for the Austrian Greens.
Apart from being a politician, Van der Bellen also pursued an academic career. From 1980 to 2009, he was appointed as Full Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna, and from 1990 to 1994, Deputy Dean and then Dean of the University of Vienna School of Social and Economic Sciences.
Speaker session
CLOSING PANEL - Reflecting on the Forum’s discussions
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will take stock of the Forum discussions on protecting democracy and civic space, shaping a socially and environmentally sustainable Europe, and ensuring a rights-compliant digital landscape. Panellists will show the role human rights play in shaping our European societies, allowing people to flourish while upholding the values of dignity and equality. The outcome of the human rights tables − guided by the 'citizens' assembly' philosophy − under each thematic strand will feed into the discussion of this panel.
Paul van Tigchelt (video message)
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Paul Van Tigchelt
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and the North Sea
Belgian Federal Government
Biography
Paul Van Tigchelt (50) started his career in 1998 in the Antwerp prosecutor’s office, after which he became deputy chief of staff, head of the Integral Security Cell and spokesperson for the Minister of the Interior (2008-13). From 2014 he served as deputy attorney-general and from 2016 as the director of the Belgian anti-terrorism body. In 2020, he was appointed deputy chief of staff to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, to whom he succeeded in Oct. 2023.
Organisation
Belgian Federal Government
Speaker session
CLOSING PANEL - Reflecting on the Forum’s discussions
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will take stock of the Forum discussions on protecting democracy and civic space, shaping a socially and environmentally sustainable Europe, and ensuring a rights-compliant digital landscape. Panellists will show the role human rights play in shaping our European societies, allowing people to flourish while upholding the values of dignity and equality. The outcome of the human rights tables − guided by the 'citizens' assembly' philosophy − under each thematic strand will feed into the discussion of this panel.
Paul van Tigchelt (video message)
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Filippo Veglio
Head of Social & Environmental Sustainability
UEFA
Biography
Filippo Veglio is Head of Social and Environmental Sustainability at UEFA, European football's governing body. He works in partnership with Europe’s national associations, leagues and clubs to achieve the mission and targets set out in UEFA’s Football Sustainability Strategy 2030.
Country
Speaker session
CLOSING PANEL - Reflecting on the Forum’s discussions
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will take stock of the Forum discussions on protecting democracy and civic space, shaping a socially and environmentally sustainable Europe, and ensuring a rights-compliant digital landscape. Panellists will show the role human rights play in shaping our European societies, allowing people to flourish while upholding the values of dignity and equality. The outcome of the human rights tables − guided by the 'citizens' assembly' philosophy − under each thematic strand will feed into the discussion of this panel.
Paul van Tigchelt (video message)
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau