Isabella Mader BA MMSc
CEO
Isabella Mader is the Executive Director of Excellence Research and university lecturer on IT-strategy, knowledge management, and business psychology/organizational behavior. Since 2024 she also works as a program lead for Global Leadership & Digital at the Austrian School of Government.
2013 she was awarded “Top CIO of the Year“ (A).
Before her current position she acted as the CEO of a software company and as a Task Force Group Leader at the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO/United Nations) in the field of methodology development for On-Site Inspection.
Isabella Mader is an information scientist (MSc) with a BA in Business Administration (Regensburg/Germany). She also holds a Master of Science in Business Psychology from Middlesex University London.
Most recent research (3/2021-11/2022): Mental Health and the post Covid Workplace (publication).
Executive Advisor of the Global Peter Drucker Forum
Member of the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria
Member of the Expert Advisory Board on Digital Transformation of the Austrian Parliament
Member of the UNIDO AIM Global Alliance on AI
Member of the Expert Advisory Board on Digital Transformation of the Austrian Parliament
Vice President, International Forum on Business Communication (IFWK)
Publisher, xBN Executive Business News
Royal Society of the Arts Fellow
List of publications on ORCID.
Books: https://www.amazon.de/stores/Isabella-Mader/author/B00D1V5V22
Contact me also via LinkedIn & Twitter (or Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok).
Talks, keynotes, events
Talk at the UNIDO Multilateral Industrial Policy Forum 2024
Talk at the 7th Global Peter Drucker Forum:
Her keynote at the E-Day of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (in German) on 12 April 2017:
Meet me 2023
21 March 2023: IFWK Pressestunde, Wiener Börse
29/30 March 2023: CIO Summit und CIO Award Gala
27 April 2023: European Cities Conference. Keynote: Culture, Strategy & Breakfast.
2 May 2023: Business Talk, Wien Holding @ W24 TV
5 July 2023: Global Peter Drucker Forum on Artificial Intelligence: Panelist on Societal and Business Implications of AI
27-29 September 2023: KGSt Forum, Hamburg. Panel: Intranet – from Information Platform to Corporate Living Room
12 October 2023: WdF Leadership Forum, Mozart Haus Vienna. Keynote: Business Strategy for AI.
25-27 October 2023: Major Cities of Europe Conference, Prato/Florence. Keynote: A Loom With a View.
12 October 2023: Leadership Forum WdF. Keynote: Practical Business Applications of AI.
15 November 2023: Business Talk Wien Holding @ W24 TV.
16 November 2023: Opening of the WKO Campus, Vienna. Keynote “The Future of Learning".
27 November 2023: move.ON Young Leaders. Keynote: The New Hybrid – Humans & AI.
29 November 2023: Workshop with Stanford Professor Behnam Tabrizi. Host for the Global Peter Drucker Forum.
30 November/1 Dezember 2023: Global Peter Drucker Forum
1 December 2023: Workshop The Future of Learning with AI, with Curtis Carlson, Dir.em. Stanford Research Institute.
4 December 2023: Fireside Chat & Book Presentation @ PwC & IFWK: Making knowledge work productive.
7 December 2023: Culture Trends Conference, Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce, Vienna. Speaker: “Culture Hacks"
Meet me 2022
25 February 2022: Wien Holding Business Talk
1 April 2022: CIO Award Ceremony
16 May 2022: IFWK Green Investing & Green Washing, Podiumsdiskussion, Wiener Börse
9 June 2022: Wien Holding Business Talk
20 June 2022: AK Unternehmenskultur: Wissen & Kollaboration (Vortrag), Wirtschaftskammer Wien
14 September 2022: Vienna Center for Management Innovation, Wien
19 October 2022: Digital Days, Panel
18 November 2022: Global Peter Drucker Forum, Panel “Passion & Purpose”
Meet me 2021 as a speaker or host at these events
23 March 2021 Digital Salon Vienna “Digital Public Services"
30 June 2021 “A Day of Drucker" by the Global Peter Drucker Forum, speaker Post Scriptum Session
2 September 2021 European Forum Alpbach, Panel: ‘Evidence-based policy: Kaizen in the policy making process’
20-21 September 2021 European Public Administration Congress, Keynote
13-15 October 2021 Major Cities of Europe Conference, Keynote
17-19 November 2021 Global Peter Drucker Forum
Meet me 2020 as a speaker or host at these events:
26 May 2020 IFWK Press Event “China’s Delight, Europe’s Fright"
15 June 2020 Digital Salon Vienna, “The digital Museum"
27 July 2020 Digital Salon Vienna, “Hedy Lamarr Award"
31 August 2020 IFWK: Regionalization, Globalization, Digitalization – The Post-Covid World Economy
11 October 2020 Zukunft Personal, Keynote Stage with Dave Ulrich
13 October 2020 Zukunft Personal: Panel “Leadership, operations & services in times of crisis"
15 September 2020 Drucker Forum Virtual Round Table “Future of the Office"
21 September 2020 Digital Salon Vienna “Corona and the Classical Music Revolution"
19 October 2020 Digital Salon Vienna, Expert Talk
22 October 2020 Innovate 2020 – Public Sector Innovation Management Conference
29-30 October 2020 Global Peter Drucker Forum
20 November 2020 eLearning SUMMIT Barcamp
Meet me 2019 as a speaker or host at these events
3-4 April 2019 CIO Summit, Vienna
28 May 2019 Ivy Club Breakfast by emergn. London. Co-host for Global Peter Drucker Forum.
7 June 2019 Business Talk Wien Holding at Ronacher Theater. Host.
11 June 2019 IFWK Panel on Darknet. Speaker. Speakeasy Club,Vienna.
3-14 June 2019 Major Cities of Europe Conference, Venice
18 September 2019 Zukunft Personal, Speaker.
20-22 November 2019 Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna
Meet me 2018 as a speaker or host at these events:
12 February 2018: Brexit, Trump and Fake News – IFWK Panel with Michael Hayman MBE, Ingrid Brodnig, Katharina Schell, Isabella Mader. Moderation: Kerry Skyring. Austria Press Agency, Vienna.
21 February 2018: manager lounge Panel (Manager Magazine), Vienna
15 March 2018: Panelist, ShareTech Summit, European Commission, Bratislava
23 March 2018: Next Act 2020, Cologne
16 April 2018: Panel Smart Living 2030, Wiener Zeitung
23 April 2018: Unternehmenskultur in der Praxis: Buchpräsentation mit Co-AutorInnen, Wifi Wien
24 April 2018: Keynote, Strategie 2028, Wiener Linien Event Center
29 May 2018: Major Cities of Europe, Leipzig, Germany “Success Factors of Participation Projects"
13 June 2018: SAP Education Forum Vienna – talk on collaboration, knowledge and learning today
22 June 2018: DataSea EU Project Final Conference, Valencia, Spain, Talk on Open Data, Open Research Data – international perspectives
10 July 2018: “Verhalten gestalten" Leadership Workshop, ThinkPort, Vienna
23-28 July 2018: Writing Retreat somewhere in the Austrian Alps
3 Sept. 2018: The DNA of the excellent enterprise, Drucker Dialogue, WdF, Federation of Industries, Vienna
12 Sept. 2018: Executive Round Table, Zukunft Personal & Global Peter Drucker Forum, Köln
17 Sept. 2018: Panel “Digital Human & Innovation as a Societal Responsibility", Munich, Advantage Austria/Austrian Federal Economic Chamber & Global Peter Drucker Forum
16 Oct. 2018: Risk Management Kongress, Cologne. Talk on “Risk Machine or Risk Human?"
18 Oct. 2018 Future of Management, IFWK & Global Peter Drucker Forum & HP & AgileExperts @ Presseclub Concordia
14 Nov. 2018: Keynote, Zukunft Personal Austria: “If the Boss is an Algorithm"
28 Nov. 2018: Innovation Leadership Summit, pre-conference, Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna
29-30 Nov. 2018: Global Peter Drucker Forum, Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna
Once a month: Digital Salon, Co-Host. Wieden Salons, Vienna
Meet me 2017
7 March 2017: European Cities Conference; Keynote “Sharing Economy". Vienna, Ares Tower.
22 March 2017: Ring Lecture “The New Democracy", Graz University
30 March 2017: CIO Summit 2017, Panel Future Challenges. Schönbrunn, Vienna.
4 April 2017: Logistics Club; Impuls Qualification in Network Society. Vienna.
12 April 2017: E-Day Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; Keynote. Austria Center Vienna.
18 May 2017: Digitalize Conference, Keynote. Florido Tower, Wien.
30 May 2017: XEROX Future of Work Global Tour, Impulse. biz zwei, Vienna.
1-3 June 2017: Alpbach ReThink, Linz.
8 June 2017: “When the gig economy meets professional services"; internal Conference London Business School, London.
12-14 June 2017: Major Cities of Europe Conference, Session Keynote “Government Innovation", Zagreb.
22 (internal)-23 (public) June 2017: Progressive Economy Symposium, introductory Keynote 22 June, MAK, Vienna.
14 September 2017: Forum Green Logistics, Keynote “Digitalization", Wien.
1-2 October 2017: Toblach Talks, Panel Sharing Economy, Toblach, Italy.
17-18 November 2017: Session Chair, Global Peter Drucker Forum, Aula der Wissenschaften, Vienna.
Every last Monday of the month: Digital Salon, Co-Host. Wieden Salons.
References (excerpt)
Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (D)
CTBTO – Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation
UNIDO AIM Global Alliance
Austrian Federal Chancellery
Austrian Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service & Sport
Vienna City Administration
Government of Upper Austria
Austrian Ministry of Finance
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Austrian Railways (ÖBB)
Otto Group
Leitz Austria
Wien-Holding GmbH
Vienna Utilities
Wiener Linien
ÖBB Holding (Austrian Railways)
DEG Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft
Mozarthaus Vienna
Nagra – National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Switzerland
SOS Kinderdorf International
Royal Thai Embassy & Permanent Mission to the United Nations
Vienna Tourist Board