Klaus HOECKNER

CEO at Hilfsgemeinschaft - Austrian Association supporting the Blind and Visually Impaired

Klaus Höckner is CEO of the Hilfsgemeinschaft, the leading privately funded organisation helping visually impaired persons in Austria. He is a member of the Austrian Disability Forum board, in IAAP’s Global Leadership Council and on diverse conference boards. He works together with Access Israel and is a Zero Project Ambassador. Klaus has over 15 years’ experience in ICT and standardisation at a European and inter/national level. Since 2018 he is on the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on AI. Year of this biography: 2020