Professional Learning

A diverse workforce gives companies a competitive advantage – but in the practical handling of diversity, HR managers often feel insecure. How companies can approach diversity management successfully, is the topic of the keynote lecture by Doris Tomanek, Board Member of Bank Austria, which was awarded the DiversCity Prize this year.


Mag. Doris Tomanek, Bank Austria's Chief Human Resources Officer (Austria and CEE)

Keynote lecture "Diversity - conflict potential or added value for companies?", on Wednesday, October 19th, 12.45 - 1.30 pm at Practical Forum 2

How do companies find the best employees and how do they manage to retain them? This key question of corporate leadership is addressed in the keynote speech of bestselling author and successful entrepreneur Prof. Dr. Jörg Knoblauch. He reveals what really makes a company attractive for high-quality staff and what it takes to turn employees into co-entrepreneurs.


Prof. Dr. Jörg Knoblauch, Best-selling author and Managing Partner of tempus GmbH

Keynote lecture „How to recruit and retain the best employees“, on Wednesday, October 19th, 4.00-5.00 pm at Practical Forum 3, „presented by German Speakers Association e.V.“

Andrea Waglhuber will show in her keynote speech how knowledge transfer to national and international colleagues, partners and customers can work in a globally operating technology company. Waglhuber, Head of Human Resources Development at Fronius, presents the company’s internal trainer network, where staff from all divisions and business areas is represented.


Mag. Andrea Waglhuber, Head of Human Resources Development, Fronius International GmbH

Keynote lecture „Group-wide transfer of knowledge“, on Thursday, October 20th, 9.30 - 10.30 am at Practical Forum 2

Keynote Speaker Alfred Wiktorin takes his visitors on a journey from the past into the future of HR Management. Wiktorin, internal partner in the field of Human Resources Workforce Management at IBM, explains which strategies may help companies to add value and optimize processes and costs in the area of HR-Management in the future.


Alfred Wiktorin, IBM Workforce Partner CEE / MEA

Keynote lecture „Working beyond Borders - Challenges for HR Management“, on Thursday, October 20th, 3.30-4.30 pm at Practical Forum 1, „presented by WIFI“

Many HR officers will use the interactive exchange of experiences among HR officers and profited from the experiences of other colleagues. Participate also in 2011 in the short workshops!

You are cordially invited if you are responsible for personnel development, recruiting, payroll or humand resource management.

The Practical Forum - Best Practice.

HR decisionmakers invite you to their experience with the adoption of products and services für HR management.

What is more convincing than to learn from examples and experience reports of colleagues and exchange expierences?


New at Forum Best-Practice - "Expert Series"

In the "Expert Series" outstanding personalities and well-known practitioner have the floor.
They cover the experience of everyday's working life and present their own projects.

Official sponsors at the Professional Learning Austria

Professional Learning Austria is the perfect supplement to our HR exhibition Personal Austria which has been running successfully since 2002.

The shared location and internal connections of both events allow a smooth exchange and flow of visitors. While two separate entrances underline the autonomy of each fair, the entrance ticket is valid for the visit of both.

AeLC 2011: Workplace Learning

The Austrian eLearning Conference, short AeLC, is a new e-learning-event for representatives of Austrian companies. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about different forms of virtual learning as well as the digital learning contents of the future, presented by masterminds and visionary leaders of the field. Nonetheless, there will also be examples from every-day practice, presented by entrepreneurs. This makes the event an interesting source of information and inspiration which at the same time provides an excellent platform for professional networking and exchange.

The Conference with top-level speakers on October 19th and 20th 2011, will be embedded into the context of the Professional Learning Austria exhibition which is taking place at the same time. At the 2011 edition of the fair, the AeLC Congress will be part of a new eLearning focus. A clearly identifiable exhibitor cluster at the fair for personnel- and leadership development will reinforce the topic in the immediate surroundings of the conference.