In businesses with an international orientation, communication often occurs across cultural and national borders-- among customers, suppliers and employees. Cross-cultural competence is becoming ever more important in the areas of human resources and employee development. This is just as true when it comes to events.

In both event management and catering, a good portion of Event Company Opitz & Hasil’s regular customers are internationally active companies. Cross-cultural competence, acceptance and tolerance are a part of daily life for the event and catering team. But it takes much more than just knowing the foods and drinks that are served in each country.

For years Austria has played a leading role in the development and implementation of e-government strategies. Within the framework of the government-initiated Digital Austria platform, current ICT standards and trends related to the topic of e-government were presented over the course of two days in early December.