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War for AI Talent

The hub's flagship event on the AI labour market: 200+ attendees at the JKU LIT Open Innovation Center, with speakers from Google Austria, Microsoft Austria, AWS Austria, NXAI, Dynatrace, McKinsey, PwC, Impact AI, Syntactiq and Nineteen Twenty-One.

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200+
attendees
10
speaking organisations

The question

Who actually gets hired into AI roles in Austria, what those employers screen for, and what that means for students deciding what to build now.

Who spoke

Big tech (Google Austria, Microsoft Austria, AWS Austria), research and deep tech (NXAI, with Sepp Hochreiter), industry (Dynatrace, Impact AI, Syntactiq, Nineteen Twenty-One) and consulting (McKinsey, PwC) — deliberately across the hiring spectrum rather than one segment.

Why it is a flagship

It is the format where the hub's three jobs meet: connecting Linz talent to the employer side, building a realistic picture of the market, and representing the youth position in that conversation.

On stage & involved

  • Opening keynote
    Sebastian Eckler
    Country Manager · Amazon Web Services
  • Panel · Europe's AI turning point
    Maimuna Mosser
    Country Director · Google Austria
  • Panel · Europe's AI turning point
    Hermann Erlach
    General Manager · Microsoft Austria
  • Panel · Europe's AI turning point
    Christoph Knogler
    CEO; Chairman of AI Task Force IV · KEBA Group
  • Panel · Europe's AI turning point
    Sepp Hochreiter
    Chief Scientist; Head of the LIT AI Lab · NXAI
  • Panel · Europe's AI turning point
    Fredrik Debong
    Venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur
  • Second keynote
    Lukas Schuster
    Co-Founder and CEO · Syntactiq
  • Panel · The AI skills revolution
    Patrick Wollner
    Associate Partner · McKinsey Austria
  • Panel · The AI skills revolution
    Anna Maria Brunnhofer-Pedemonte
    Co-Founder and CEO · Impact AI
  • Panel · The AI skills revolution
    Andreas Hladky
    Partner, Digital Consulting Lead · PwC Austria
  • Panel · The AI skills revolution
    Gordon Meyer
    Director of AI Product Innovation · Dynatrace
  • Panel · The AI skills revolution
    Barbara Krumay
    Partner · EDIH AI5production
  • Moderation
    Michael Zehenter

200+ attendees

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