Last week, we had the pleasure to have Stefan Ruzowitzky here in Oxford. Mr Ruzowitzky is an Austrian film director and screenwriter who won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2008 with his film ‘The Counterfeiters’ (“Die Fälscher”). In an interesting talk he gave insights into the film industry, his role as a director, and his perceptions when watching films produced by other directors.
The Austrian journalist Ingrid Thurnher, moderator of the ORF polit talks ‘Im Zentrum’ and ‘Runder Tisch’, visited us and gave a talk about the challenges of working within public television. She provided us with insights into how her show is arranged and how topics as well as participants are selected. Not to mention the various interesting and amusing stories she shared with us stemming from interviewing people of public interest during her career.
It was a pleasure to have Martin Reiter, a Styrian tech/start-up manager, here in Oxford to give us insights into the hypergrowth stage of emerging startups. Besides talking about the challenges at his current job at Wayfair, a furniture e-commerce, he told us how he was in charge (Head of International Operations) of expanding Airbnb’s business across four continents.
Bringing Austrian Culture to Oxford.
We organise regular social events and host talks by high-profile speakers.