Founder and CEO of Europe’s first Political Tech Summit. A political entrepreneur and book author, Josef has been working to innovate politics and democracy for over 20 years. From 2008 to 2012, he worked at the Royal Society of Arts in London as Head of Fellowship Services and then as Director International. In 2012, he co-founded the Austrian political party NEOS. After its successful entry into the Austrian Parliament, Josef worked 2014-2018 as the founding director of its think and do tank, NEOS Lab. In 2019, he published his book "Political Entrepreneurship - How to Build Successful Centrist Political Startups". From January 2019 to January 2024, he was Managing Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at the non-partisan and independent The Innovation in Politics Institute. Josef holds a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Vienna and a Master's degree in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. A native of Austria, Josef lives in Berlin.