Austrian Minister of Finance, Dr. Hannes Androsch, second from right, with Dr. Hans Koechler, right, during the European Forum Alpbach at Hotel Böglerhof, Alpbach, Tyrol. Left: Mr. Hans-Ulrich Evers and Dr. Christine Eldib, founding members of the I.P.O. (August 1975).

The President of the I.P.O. acted as member of the Executive Board of the Austrian College Society, the organizer of the annual European Forum Alpbach, and helped, in this capacity, to relaunch this major European gathering of intellectuals, politicians and entrepreneurs during the seventies.