Bernhard Bergmair
Senior Manager - Sustainability for Electronics-Based Systems
Silicon Austria Labs
Linz, Austria
I am interested in how EU policies (environmental and geostrategic) enable innovation. I initiate strategic cross-company projects to find out.
My organisation
About me
Bernhard Bergmair is Senior Manager – Sustainability of Electronics‑Based Systems at Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) since 2024, coordinating sustainability research in electronics, and leading strategic industry collaborations on policy-enabled innovation. Prior to joining SAL, from 2022 to early 2024 he worked at the strategic interface between sustainability and technology consulting at a global IT services provider. Before he was an interdisciplinary researcher, conducting cross-industry foresight projects with large enterprises. He studied physics at the Vienna University of Technology, earning an M.Sc. in technical physics in 2008 and completing a Sc.D. (Ph.D.) in engineering sciences in 2013.
Skills
- Policy-Enabled Innovation
- circular economy
- DPP
- EU Regulations
- sustainable electronics
- interdisciplinarity
- foresight
Interests
- Innovation strategies enabled by regulations
Speaker sessions (1)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
15:30 - 17:40
Sustainability & Circular Economy in Power Electronics
- Sustainability & Circular Economy in Power Electronics
This is a session on Sustainability & Circular Economy in Power Electronics, 1 keynote, 3 additional talks and a panel discussion (sequence is subject to change, click for details)