WSA Team

Anastasia Konstantinova
Project Manager
Anastasia Konstantinova, originally from Moscow, Russia, started working for EUROPRIX/ICNM in June 2001. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from University Mozarteum, Salzburg and a MAS in Arts and Media Management from the International Centre for Culture and Management Salzburg / Johannes Kepler University Linz. Anastasia has more than 10 years of professional experience in international project management. Worked a.o. for the German Embassy, Moscow, Russia; Foundation Villa Musica, Mainz, Germany; ICCM Salzburg, Austria. Before joining the ICNM, she led the Salzburg International Summer Academy for Arts Management (ISAC). Anastasia has been working for the World Summit Award since the very beginning in March 2003. In the position of Project Manager, she is involved in all operational and strategic processes.

Karin Gilberd
Event & Community Manager
Karin studied Tourism Management and Leisure Industry at the International Management Centre (a technical college) in Krems, Austria and the Universite d'Angers, France. Before joining the ICNM, Karin worked for Oxford Innovation, where she was the administrator for the Business Angel Networks. At Liberty International, Austria, she organised regular bus tours as well as tours for special interest groups and incentive trips. Before that, Karin was employed by the events department of the National Association of Pension Funds in London and interned at Austrian Airlines and the Association of Recognised English Language Schools. As a member of the WSA project team, Karin is responsible for sponsorship contacts, event organisation and partnerships.

Predrag Micakovic
Networking Support
Predrag originally from Serbia holds a master in English studies from the University of Salzburg and has been working in the computer service and support business since 1999. Predrag joined the ICNM in February 2005, supporting various projects organisationally and technically. In the framework of the WSA, he is in charge of all communication processes regarding the WSA national contests in 168 countries. Predrag is also responsible for organisational support, as well as for technical support of all events.

Angelika Spraider
Project Assistant
Angelika holds a BA in Communication Sciences and is now working on her MAS in this field of study as well as in European Union Studies at the University of Salzburg. Practical experiences she gained so far mainly in the journalism sector by writing for several local newspapers as well as for the Austrian Press Agency. With an internship at the International Center for New Media in summer 2007 she finally entered the PR/Event Management branch and is now Project Assistant for WSA, responsible for global networking and organisational support, and Project Coordinator of the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA), a global “Youth for Youth” initiative for selecting and promoting best practice in e-Content, demonstrating young people’s potential to contribute to meeting the challenges of the UN MDGs.

Cecilia Thurner

Project Assistant
Raised bilingually Cecilia is both German and Polish speaking and emerges from a multicultural background due to her Canadian birthplace. Before joining the WSA she interned at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber documenting IT-projects and spent a year in Gabon, Africa volunteering as a teacher for Music & Arts in a Don Bosco school. Cecilia has been a freelancing team member of the ICNM since 2000 and has previously worked for the WSA in 2005. She rejoined the WSA team again in December 2007 after returning from her maternity leave. Cecilia is responsible for the Road Show Management and organizes National Contests. Alongside working for the WSA Cecilia is currently studying Corporate Governance & IT-Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg, Austria.