Eberhard Schrempf is a creative industries expert, cultural manager and design aficionado from Graz, Austria. He is the director of the network "Creative Industries Styria" and in this function developed the festival "Design Month Graz" and was responsible for Graz's successful application to become a UNESCO City of Design as well as developing many innovative projects and formats. He was Vice-Intendant and Managing Director of Graz 2003 European Capital of Culture and advises numerous companies and institutions in the areas of creativity, design and management. He is a lecturer at the FH Joanneum - University of applied sciences, a lateral thinker and guest speaker at international conferences.