CHAPTER PRESIDENT

Jacob Pesikoff (ETIA 18)
Chapter president since 2026

Vienna Chapter Highlights

PAST ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY VIENNA CHAPTER

2024

  • 15th Vienna Summer Meeting (23 August 2024)
  • DA Tennis Tournament (23 June 2024)
  • Panel on "Ukraine's 10 Point Peace Formula: Power or Powerless?" (11 June 2024)
  • Diplomats for Equality: The DA at the Vienna Rainbow Parade (8 June 2024)
  • Buchpräsentation: "Unbequem für Menschenwürde" (4 June 2024)
  • World Press Freedom Day event on "Challenges for Journalists in Conflict Zones" (30 April 2024)
  • Public lecture on "Evolution of Social and Technological Innovation" (24 April 2024)
  • club.da Documentary Screening: '20 Days in Mariupol' (18 April 2024)
  • Celebrating IWD 2024: Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress (7 March 2024)
  • 3rd club.da After Work Clubbing: New Years Edition (26 January 2024)
  • Book presentation: "Empress Elisabeth - A New Interpretation" (25 January 2024)

2023

  • Alumni Meeting for Parents: ART ADVENT Karlsplatz (8 December 2023)
  • St. Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (30 November 2023)
  • 4. Alumni-Meeting für Beschäftigte in österreichischen Ministerien (26 September 2023)
  • Alumni Meeting for Parents: Enjoying the Autumn Vibes (23 September 2023)
  • Talk by Wendelin Ettmayer on the Future World Order (21 September 2023)
  • ClubDA/RCVMT Panel: "Is the Next Pandemic Already Here?" (2 May 2023)
  • 3. Alumni-Meeting für Beschäftigte in österreichischen Ministerien (25 April 2023)
  • Frauen im Gespräch: Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger (13 April 2023)
  • ClubDA/RCVMT Panel: "The Role of Women in Global Crises" (7 March 2023)
  • 2nd ClubDA After Work Clubbing (3 March 2023)

2022

  • St. Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (1 December 2022)
  • Alumni Meeting for Parents: A Winter Fairy Tale (27 November 2022)
  • Frauen im Gespräch: Hannelore Veit (22 November 2022)
  • Back to School … with Professor Row (10 November 2022)
  • 1st ClubDA After Work Clubbing (16 September 2022)
  • 1. Alumni-Meeting für Beschäftigte in österreichischen Ministerien (13 September 2022)
  • 14th Vienna Summer Meeting (1 September 2022)
  • Alumni Meeting for Parents (4 June 2022)
  • DAperitivo in Vienna #2 (2 June 2022)
  • Talk by Gerhard Wolf: "Sustainability: What’s in store for us?" (23 March 2022)
  • ClubDA/RCVMT Panel: "Women Shaping the Future of Peace and Security" (8 March 2022)
  • Alumni Meeting for Parents (2 February 2022)

2021

  • RCVMT Talk by Monika Fröhler: "Agenda 2030 – Change in the Making" (16 November 2021)
  • #WeAreDA: DAperitivo in Vienna #1 (7 October 2021)
  • RCVMT Talk by Wendelin Ettmayer: "Was the failure in Afghanistan inevitable?" (7 September 2021)
  • 13th Vienna Summer Meeting (2 September 2021)
  • Book presentation with Michael J. Reinprecht: "Ludwig" (27 August 2021)
  • RCVMT Talk by Theodor Thanner: "The value of competition in times of crisis" (15 June 2021)
  • RCVMT Talk by Thomas Greminger: "Cooperative Security and the Role of the OSCE" (1 June 2021)
  • Book presentation with Gerhard Deiss: "Ein Garten zweier Welten" (20 April 2021)

2020

  • Katharina Kassubeck: Goal Setting and Leadership Workshop (12 November 2020)
  • 13th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Mariazell (18-20 September 2020)
  • 12th Vienna Summer Meeting (27 August 2020)
  • Diplomacy Q&A: Professor Anton Pelinka (22 April 2020)
  • Project kick-off "Rotary Club Vienna Maria Theresia" (29 January 2020)
  • Guided tour of the House of Austrian History hdgö (23 January 2020)

2019

  • Project follow-up "Rotary Club Vienna Maria Theresia" (12 December 2019)
  • 11th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (6 December 2019)
  • Exklusive Orgelführung im Wiener Stephansdom (23 November 2019)
  • Panel discussion on Intercultural Dialogue (29 October 2019)
  • Project presentation "Rotary Club Vienna Maria Theresia" (22 October 2019)
  • Back to School ... with Professor Neudeck (10 October 2019)
  • Weinlese / Grape harvest at Poysdorf (6 October 2019)
  • 11th Summer Meeting at Schweizerhaus (4 September 2019)
  • EU-UN: 40 Years Together in Vienna (24 June 2019)
  • 12th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Alpannonia trail (29 May-1 June 2019)
  • Ernst Sucharipa Memorial Lecture: "Multilateralism in Crisis" (27 May 2019)
  • Running for Europe @ Vienna UNIRUN (23 May 2019)
  • International Relations Pub Quiz (9 May 2019)
  • Running for Europe @ Vienna City Marathon (7 April 2019)
  • Back to School ... with Professor Row (27 February 2019)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2019 (22 February 2019)

2018

  • 8th Alumni-Stammtisch in Vienna (20 December 2018)
  • 10th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (7 December 2018)
  • Guided tour of "Fascination Japan" at Bank Austria Kunstforum (20 November 2018)
  • 10th Summer Meeting at Schweizerhaus (3 September 2018)
  • 7th Alumni-Stammtisch (26 July 2018)
  • 11th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Danube Bike Trail (31 May-2 June 2018)
  • 6th Alumni-Stammtisch, Keynote by Ambassador Wrabetz (19 April 2018)
  • "Frauen im Gespräch" mit Pamela Rendi-Wagner (20 March 2018)
  • 12th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: "Transatlantische Beziehungen" (5 March 2018)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2018 (26 February 2018)

2017

  • 9th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (1 December 2017)
  • Concert of the Transylvanian State Philharmonic Orchestra (30 November 2017)
  • 5th Alumni-Stammtisch, Keynote by Ambassador Wölfer (23 November 2017)
  • Guided tour on and inside the roof of St. Stephen's Cathedral (17 October 2017)
  • 9th Summer Meeting at Schweizerhaus (24 August 2017)
  • 10th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Semmering (25-27 May 2017)
  • 4th Alumni-Stammtisch (23 March 2017)
  • 11th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: "Krieg und Frieden - gestern, heute, morgen" (2 March 2017)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2017 (14 February 2017)
  • "Frauen im Gespräch" mit Margit Fischer (16 January 2017)

2016

  • 8th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (5 December 2016)
  • "Frauen im Gespräch" mit Jutta Stefan-Bastl (7 November 2016)
  • Weinlese / Grape harvest at Röschitz (22 October 2016)
  • 3rd Alumni-Stammtisch (20 October 2016)
  • 8th Summer Meeting at Schweizerhaus (23 August 2016)
  • 9th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Cycling at Weinviertel (26-28 May 2016)
  • 2nd Alumni-Stammtisch (28 April 2016)
  • 10th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Discussion on Globalisation (9 March 2016)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2016 (9 February 2016)
  • 1st Alumni-Stammtisch (4 February 2016)

2015

  • 2nd DA-at-the-VIC Gathering (4 December 2015)
  • 7th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (3 December 2015)
  • "Frauen im Gespräch" mit Gabriele Matzner (1 December 2015)
  • "Landraub": Filmvorführung und Diskussion (25 November 2015)
  • 1st DA-at-the-VIC Gathering (1 October 2015)
  • 7th Summer Meeting at Zur Alten Kaisermühle (26 August 2015)
  • 9th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (18 June 2015)
  • 7th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Hiking at Wachau (14-16 May 2015)
  • ETIA Student & Alumni Meeting on Climate Change (7 May 2015)
  • "Frauen im Gespräch" mit Sophie Karmasin (5 May 2015)
  • 8th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Discussion on Ukraine (19 February 2015)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2015 (17 February 2015)

2014

  • 6th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (27 November 2014)
  • "Frauen im Gespräch" mit Johanna Rachinger (25 November 2014)
  • Talk by DA Alumnus Gregor Kofler on Climate Change (4 November 2014)
  • Talk by DA Alumnus Babacar Ndiaye on Security in West Africa (8 October 2014)
  • Weinlese / Grape harvest at Donnerskirchen (27 September 2014)
  • 6th Summer Meeting at Zur Alten Kaisermühle (2 September 2014)
  • 6th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Hiking at Hochschwab (29-31 May 2014)
  • "Frauen im Gespräch" mit Bettina Glatz-Kremsner (12 May 2014)
  • 7th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Wendelin Ettmayer (10 March 2014)
  • Regard historique sur la diplomatie féminine (6 March 2014)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2014 (29 January 2014)

2013

  • 5th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (28 November 2013)
  • 5th Summer Meeting at Zur Alten Kaisermühle (22 August 2013)
  • 4th ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Hiking at Naturpark Ötscher (9-11 May 2013)
  • Talk by Bernhard Seyringer on "Science Diplomacy" (18 April 2013)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2013 (28 February 2013)
  • 6th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: W. Ettmayer & G. Matzner (14 February 2013)

2012

  • 4th St Nicholas Party & Meet and Greet (5 December 2012)
  • Traditional Martinigansl Dinner (14 November 2012)
  • 4th Summer Meeting at Silberwirt (12 September 2012)
  • Wiener Festwochen: "Three Kingdoms" (14 June 2012)
  • 3rd ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Cycling around Neusiedler See (17-19 May 2012)
  • Jüdischer Friedhof Währing (22 April 2012)
  • 5th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Wendelin Ettmayer (20 March 2012)
  • Wiener Eistraum 2012 (21 February 2012)

2011

  • 3rd ClubDA meets DA's Freshmen (1 December 2011)
  • Traditionelles Martinigansl-Essen (14 November 2011)
  • 4th Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Peter Moser (14 November 2011)
  • 3rd Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Michael Reinprecht (19 October 2011)
  • 3rd Summer Meeting at Schweizerhaus (24 August 2011)
  • 2nd ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Hiking at Nationalpark Thayatal (2-4 June 2011)
  • Talk by Wolfgang Rosam (26 April 2011)
  • 2nd Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Georgios Poukamissas (24 February 2011)

2010

  • Frida Kahlo Exhibition (3 December 2010)
  • 2nd ClubDA meets DA's Freshmen (2 December 2010)
  • Weinlese / Grape harvest in the Weinviertel (9 October 2010)
  • 2nd Summer Meeting at Schweizerhaus (25 August 2010)
  • ClubDA Scholarship Golf Tournament (2 July 2010)
  • 1st Alumni Hall of Fame Talk: Celso L.N. Amorim (21 June 2010)
  • 1st ClubDA Outdoor Weekend: Pilgrimage to Mariazell (12-16 May 2010)
  • Lecture by Barbara van Melle (22 April 2010)
  • Wine Tasting with Josef Schuller (21 January 2010)

2009

  • 1st ClubDA meets DA's Freshmen (12 October 2009)
  • Excursion to Lower Austria's State Exhibition (19 September 2009)
  • Vienna Chapter Inaugural and 1st Summer Meeting (27 August 2009)

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REGION

Austria

Established

27 August 2009

Former Presidents

Oliver Kitz (2009-16)
Finja Draxler (2016-17)
Jasmin Ploner (2016-17)
David Lansky (2017-26)
Oliver Authried (2018-26)