Jasmin Wölke moderates panel discussions in Vienna, in English and in German. The moderator with a corporate background prepares every panel with individual calls, asks questions along the real lines of conflict and keeps time and audience in view.
Vienna panels are rarely homogeneous
Vienna puts people on one stage who rarely sit together elsewhere: the board member of a corporation, a representative of an association, a voice from an international organisation, plus academia or politics. On topics like the energy transition, capital markets, technology or Europe, people debate who work in completely different logics. That is exactly what makes a panel strong, provided the moderation uses the differences instead of smoothing them over. In advance, Jasmin looks for the points where the positions genuinely diverge and builds her questions there. A discussion in which everyone agrees has not found its question yet.
Preparation decides the evening
Before the panel, Jasmin holds a short individual call with each guest: what do they want to land, where is their red line, which point never gets asked? From these calls she builds a dramaturgy with an opening, an escalation and an ending that goes beyond pleasantries. On stage she watches the balance: nobody lectures for five minutes, nobody disappears. At the International Business Summit, a corporate reference with over 400 participants and 15 sessions across two days, she showed how discussion rounds keep their own character inside a dense programme. She involves audience questions deliberately, but moderates them: bundled, sharpened and directed at the right person.
German, English or both on one stage
In Vienna, an English-speaking guest often sits between German-speaking panellists, for instance from a CEE company or from the environment of the international organisations. Jasmin then moderates bilingually: questions in the language of the person answering, summaries for the room. How a panel comes together is described in preparing a panel discussion, and sample questions are collected in questions for panel discussions. The hub panel discussion moderation gives an overview of the format.
Enquire about your panel in Vienna
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