Enno Schmidt
Enno Schmidt will speak at BIEN’s Congress from June 27th through the 29th. Schmidt is an activist and co-founder of the Initiative Basic Income in Switzerland and president of the Cultural Impulse Switzerland Foundation. Schmidt is known for his 2008 film “Basic Income – a Cultural Impulse,” which has had a major influence in the basic income debate. The film is in German, but it is available with closed captions in English and in other languages.
Born 1958 in Osnabrück (Germany), he studied painting and art theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt am Main. Schmidt is a recipient of the Frankfurt Art Prize. He became a Managing Director and shareholder of the Enterprise Economy and Art – Extended GmbH and a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. He contributed to creating the Future Foundation Social Life under the umbrella of the Trusteeship Office of the GLS Bank in Bochum, Germanyand held a teaching position at the Institute of Entrepreneurship, University of Karlsruhe. Living in Basel, since 2006 Schmidt has been a spokesperson for the initiative, author, filmmaker and presenter.
More information is available at: https://biencanada.ca/congress/keynote-speakers – enno
