Alice Schmidt

Alice Schmidt is a leading sustainability advisor, business consultant and keynote speaker who helps her clients and collaborators untangle sustainable transformation and regeneration (www.aliceschmidt.at). A bigger-picture thinker, Alice has spent over 25 years addressing social, environmental and economic sustainability in a global context. She has worked with 70 of the world’s best organisations, from the United Nations and the European Commission to NGOs, corporations and small social enterprises in 30+ countries. Alice is a senior lecturer at Vienna University of Economics and Business among others, and she carries the sustainability flag as a member of various sustainability boards. She is passionate about designing for impact and creating tangible, measurable results for people and the planet. Together with Claudia Winkler, Alice wrote “The Sustainability Puzzle". Their second book "Fast Forward: How To Harness the Power of AI for Societal Progress and a Sustainable Future" has just come out.