Katrin Forgo

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Katrin Forgó; 1993: Master (field of studies: Business Administration); 1994: Master (field of studies: Economic Pedagogics); 1994: (CEMS) Master in International Management; 1997: Doctorate (PhD) in Social and Economic Science (specialization in European Law and Economics, WTO); studies in Brussels (Belgium), Paris (France, inter alia at HEC Paris) and Vienna (Austria); 1994: internship at the European Commission in Brussels; 01/1996-12/1999 senior assistant to Professor Dr. Stefan Griller, Legal Department, Research Institute for European Affairs at the University of Economics and Business Administration (WU), Vienna (Jean Monnet chair); 10/1996-01/1998 also senior assistant to Professor Dr. Fritz Breuss, Economic Department, Research Institute for European Affairs at WU (Jean Monnet chair); since 01/2000 Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth; 07/2002-03/2008: Head of Unit, International Energy Affairs; since 11/2008 Deputy Head of Department, International Energy Policy; since 1997 lecturer for European Law and Economics at WU; in 2003 visiting professor for European Law, European Integration and European Business Law at WU; various including international functions, e.g. 2004-2005 Chair of the Energy Charter Budget Committee (www.encharter.org); numerous publications, speeches and lectures on EU, WTO and energy matters.