Event
Forum Succession.
9. October 2025
2:30 pm
-6:00 pm
O'clockVienna International Airport, Airport Tower
1300
Schwechat
The event format FORUM SUCCESSION is focused to connect owners and executives of family businesses, investors, representatives of single and multi-family offices, as well as prominent participants from business and politics. The purpose is to encourage exchange in a focused and exclusive setting and to discuss topics such as business succession, leadership, innovation, investment strategies in times of geopolitical disruption, and the economic and political outlook for Europe.
PROGRAM
02:30 PM | Registration
03:00 PM | Welcome Words
Aleksandar & Daniel Gros, Managing Directors Grimex Consult
Christoph Schmidt, Head of Business Development and Innovation at Vienna Airport,
Managing Director of General Aviation & VIP Services and the Vienna Airport Conference & Innovation Center
Thomas Haneder, Partner TPA Group
Fritz Kaltenegger, CEO cafe+co International, Chairman SEEBDN
Horst Mathä, Senior Vice President, Country Head Austria Lazard Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH (Frankfurt)
03:20 PM | Fireside Chat
Benjamin H. Dietrich, Director, Head of Global Fixed Income Lazard Asset Management
Moderation Nadja Bernhard, Journalist / Anchorwoman ORF
03:40 PM | Keynote Speech
Walter Lutschinger, Manager and Co-Founder Desert Flower Foundation
03:45 PM | PANEL | Global Investment Strategies for European Family Offices in a
disruptive global era
Iris Burgstaller, Partner TPA Group
Marshela Joti-Vlahovic, Head of Family Office IGMJ Fin AG
Grigor Joti, Founder and Owner Investment Joti
Ognjen Doskovic, Senior Manager Itochu Corporation, Board Member Japanese Business
Alliance
Moderation Nadja Bernhard, Journalist / Anchorwoman ORF
04:30 PM | PANEL | Succession planning and strategic positioning for family businesses
Harald Friedrich, Deputy CEO Liechtensteinische Landesbank Österreich AG (LLB Austria)
Stephan Reif, CEO and Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board at TUPACK Verpackungen
Niki Fellner, CEO Mediengruppe Österreich
Johann Breiteneder, CEO Breiteneder Immobilien Parking AG
David A. Pieper, CEO Skyland Family
Moderation Nadja Bernhard, Journalist / Anchorwoman ORF
05:15 PM | Reception & Networking
