Welcome to the UnConference

Name: BOLD Community
Price range: $

Where BOLD Minds come together to work on the innovations of tomorrow.

A convergence  of participation, collaboration and interaction.

The BOLD UnConference is the annual invite-only flagship event of the BOLD Community, organised by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. It serves as a homecoming for selected BOLD Minds from all over the globe.

4 days, 3 regions &  50+ BOLD Minds.

Over four immersive days, 50+ selected BOLD Minds meet in different regions of Austria, to collaborate with local innovation companies and co-create innovative solutions for today's challenges.

Bold Minds

Meet the UnConference participants 2025

AUT

Viktoria Ilger Founder Sustainable Transformers

AUT/USA

Kevin-Christian Garzon Galindo Aeronautical Research Engineer San Jose State University Research Foundation

NGA/ZAF

Lovelyn Nwadeyi Founder & Director LN Advisors

Catherine Mulligan Enhetschef Smart Automation and Cyber Resilience Research Institutes of Sweden

POL

Hubert Gross Chairman Innspace

AUT

Wolfgang Nasari-Fargel Director Innovation & Digital Product Development MAM Health & Innovation

EGY

Youssef Nader AI researcher Vesuvius Challenge

AUT

Jeannette Gorzala CEO ACT AI NOW

FRA/USA

Justine Sass Chief, Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

PRY/AUT/ESP

Gabriella Chihan Stanley CO-Founder & CCO vrisch multimediaproduction

ITA

Tommaso Gecchelin CEO NExT Modular Vehicles

CAN/GER

Mark Fingerhuth Co-Founder and Chief R&D Officer ProteinQure

BEL

Pedro Fardim Professor and President KU Leuven and EPNOE Association

NLD

Max Boender CEO & Co-Founder Myneral Labs

AUT/SVN

Karin Stana Kleinschek Univ. Prof. Dr. Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Biobased Systems IBioSys, University of Technology Graz, Austria

SGP/UK

Kay Vasey Director of Student and Educator Programming OceanX

GER

Rico Herzog Lead Modelling, Simulation, AI and Machine Learning City Science Lab at HafenCity University Hamburg

ITA/ARE

Antonio Guadagnino Chairman Paradigma

AUT/UK

Michaela Stephen Co-Founder MATR

USA/GER

David Bennett CEO Mimic Productions

FIN

Kalle Nieminen Director, Innovations Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

USA/GER

Kimberly Maucher-Lynch HR Advisor Confidential

NIG

Motunrayo Opayinka Founder & CEO Womenovate

USA/ISR

Rinat Sherzer Faculty, Parsons School of Design PhD Candidate, RMIT

KEN

Michael Rasugu Head of Technology in Kenya United Nations World Food Programme

IND/ARE

Afzal Ibrahim Artist & Creative Coder Uncode

Afua Basoah Co-Founder & General Partner Fern Capital Group

GHA

Akua Gyekye Director, Government Affairs for Africa Microsoft

AUT/GER

Dominic Franz Media Informatics Specialist Bavarian State Criminal Police Office

KOR

Ryan Lee Co-Founder The Pinkfong Company

USA

Nazli Parvizi President, Advisor Museum of Food and Drink NYC, Cork Collective

AUT/USA

Lina Graf Co-Founder doc2me

ARG/IRL

Guido Giunti Chief Data Officer St. James's Hospital Dublin

CHE

Désirée Dosch Owner & Managing Partner Alvicus

Doogie Black CEO (Founding Director) Climate Sense

BRA

Vilma Regina Martins CEO Aljava Biotech

ISL

Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir CEO Iceland Tourism Cluster

ISL

Sara Lind Guðbergsdóttir Country Director Iceland Climeworks

GBR

Sarah Ticho Director Hatsumi

ESP/CHE

Pablo Garcia Tello Head Section CERN EU Office CERN

AUT

Barbara Sladek CEO & Mitbegründerin Biome Diagnostics

IND/UK

Aditi Rajagopal Head of Experience Design Atlantic Studios

SGP

Daniel Lim Head of Public Policy Meta

JOR

Diana Athamneh Energy Consultant World Bank Group

GER/ITA

Gabriele Semino Co-Founder & CEO Neoways (Hyperloop)

IDN/ITA

Giulia Ajmone Marsan Head of Startups and Inclusion ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia)

GER/AUT

Christian Rebernik Founder & Chancellor Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences

IRL

Julie Garland Founder & CEO Avtrain

NLD

Jasper Udink ten Cate Artist Creative Chef Studio

USA/MEX

Ramses Alcaide CEO & Neuroscientist Neurable

CHE

Caroline Lustenberger ETH Zurich Head of Sleep Lab

AUT/AUS

Christopher Krainer Co-Founder, Innovation Director RK Collective

2024 Recap

Watch the highlights of the 2024 BOLD UnConference in our recap video

What the UnConference looks like

Take a look at last year's impressions.

The UnConference 2025 is coming to Vienna, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg.