Christian Bauer is an ICT specialist focusing on Digital Social Networks, Social Media, Future Internet (FIRE-related projects), Cloud Computing, and Emerging Technologies. He was a pioneer in 3D Online Communities, Shared Virtual Worlds, Computer Simulation, Virtual Reality, and Web3D/VRML technologies, and he organized the first-ever 3D Online Community in 1993 at the “Virtual Reality Vienna ‘93” conference.

Christian is also an author and has collaborated with many well-known organizations in the technology domain, including NASA Ames Research Center (Intelligent Mechanisms Group), Harvard University (Graduate School of Design), the Media Lab (MIT), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), several Fraunhofer Institutes, and companies like Silicon Graphics, Cosmo Software, Sense8, IBM Germany, Ars Electronica Center, among others.

From 1996 to 2005, Christian served as a member of SIGGRAPH’s International Committee, contributing to the world’s largest event on Computer Graphics, held in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Antonio, and San Diego. He chaired VRML’99 (Paderborn, Germany), co-chaired VRML’98 (Monterey), both ACM-sponsored conferences, served on the Advisory Board for the Virtual Reality Universe '97 (Santa Clara), co-organized the Virtual Reality World '95 (Stuttgart, Germany), and initiated the Virtual Reality Vienna ‘93 (Vienna, Austria). He also collaborates with the World Summit Award, an initiative within the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society.

Since 1996, Christian Bauer has worked as a technology expert, evaluator, and reviewer for the European Commission (Framework Programmes 4 to 7), focusing recently on “Future Internet” and “Future Emerging Technologies.” He has worked in Brussels, Luxembourg, London, Glasgow, Paris, Angoulême, and other locations. He holds a "Recognition of Service Award" from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), based in New York.

Christian’s areas of expertise also include:

• Creative Industries: Christian is the CEO of Atlans GmbH, a creative agency that combines arts and culture with technology, serving organizations such as Red Bull, Swarovski, Bertelsmann, the Danish VELUX Group, the City of Vienna, the Government of Germany, the Government of Bhutan, and others.

• Renewable Energies: Christian was the initiator, master planner, and shareholder of Austria’s largest photovoltaic power plant and is a frequent speaker on renewable energy topics.