VÖSI SOFTWARE DAY focuses on sustainability – 2024-02-21 21:30:04

The Association of Austrian Software Innovations (VÖSI) invites you to the 7th Software Day at the Austrian Chamber of Commerce on March 14th.

Vienna (OTS) – Think Tech. Create Future. Inspiring solutions for sustainable business – this is the motto under which VÖSI is organizing the traditional Software Day on March 14th, which this year is all about sustainability and resilience. Software Day brings together the local software industry and its customers. On the one hand, it is aimed at all members of VÖSI, but also at CIOs, employees in IT departments, software engineers, project managers, researchers and industry stakeholders.

“It’s about an exchange at eye level and a discourse on the topics of technologies, software and innovation. Because the technologies are developing rapidly, the more difficult it is to actually develop sustainable software solutions,” emphasizes VÖSI President Klaus Veselko. The question therefore arises: How is it possible today to actually implement software solutions and IT projects that can be used by companies in the long term and support companies in their business?

“Software development used to lag behind the ever-increasing expectations of business. That has changed: Software can now do things that business cannot even imagine in its wildest expectations. At the same time, the requirements for high-performance software have increased to such an extent that it is necessary to create a sustainable, scalable IT architecture and to pay attention to long-term use and a good user experience, but also to IT security,” says VÖSI Vice President and software entrepreneur Peter Lieber (Sparx Systems), who will take over the opening together with Alfred Harl (chairman of the UBIT trade association) and VÖSI Vice President Doris Lippert (Microsoft).

Mix of specialist keynotes and panel discussions

As always, the Software Day program offers a large line-up of top-class speakers. Jaqueline Wild, CIO at the MM Group, Peter Reichstädter, CIO in Parliament, Hermann Erlach, General Manager at Microsoft Austria and Monika Herbstrith-Lappe, Managing Director of Impuls & Effect and award-winning international keynote speaker and top trainer were recruited for the keynotes become. A huge topic is digitalization in the health sector – sustainability plays a crucial role here, and very careful handling of health data is absolutely necessary. On the topic of “Opportunities and hurdles of digitalization in the healthcare system”, visitors can expect a panel on the morning of Software Day with Florian Schlechtleitner (CIO PremiQaMed Group), Cornelia Schneider (Head of VÖSI Press Information 2/3 February 21, 2024 Inst.f. Informatik, FH Wiener Neustadt), Mona Dür (CEO Duervation), Manfred Pascher (Managing Director MP2 IT Solutions) and Bettina Resl (Head Public Affairs Novartis), moderated by Christine Wahlmüller-Schiller (AIT Center for Technology Experience & VÖSI press spokesperson).

CIO round and talk on digital humanism

In the CIOS round, Susanne Ebm (CIO Vienna Airport), Susanne Tischmann (CTO at ÖAMTC), Manuel Stecher (CDO Verbund) and Alexander Hochmeier (VP IT & Security at FACC) will be led by journalist Michael Dvorak (it&tbusiness & CIDO Guide) on the topic of “Sustainable business and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from an IT perspective”. In addition, Georg Krause (CEO msg plaut), Univ.-Prof. Manfred Tscheligi (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology & University of Salzburg) and Michael Heinisch (Chairman of the Vinzenz Group) will contribute their perspectives on the topic of “Digital Humanism” in a talk. The team of moderators is also top-class: VÖSI Vice President Armin Skoff and WOMEninICT Ambassador Julia Katovsky (ETC Enterprise Training Center) as well as the journalists Martin Szelgrad (Report Verlag) and Rudolf Felser (New Business Verlag) will lead the day.

Startup Pitch: Software innovations on the test bench

As was the case at the last Software Day, a startup pitch will take place in the afternoon, where five software startups will have the opportunity to compete in three minutes. The jury led by Kambis Kohansal-Vajargah, (Head of Startup Services and Deputy Head of Gründerservice WKO) will choose the winners. In addition, the VÖSI Special Interest Groups WOMENinICT and Accessibility in ICT will each organize an impulse breakout session. In addition to the extensive conference program, there will also be an exhibition area. Exhibitors and partners of Software Day 2024 are ACP, DB Concepts and InfraSoft, as well as Capgemini, CBS Consulting, Cosmo Consult, Deep Instinct, functn ETC, Expleo, Insight, Microsoft, msg Plaut and Sparx Systems.

7th VÖSI Software Day on March 14, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m, WKÖ, Wiedner Hautpstraße 63, 1040 Vienna. Ticket: 99 euros. Program and information: www.softwareday.at

Questions & Contact:

VÖSI Association of the Austrian Software Industry
VÖSI General Secretary Dr. Max Höfferer
+43 (0)650 4457695
office@voesi.or.at
www.voesi.or.at