did his A-Levels in Communication Sciences and Electronics and studied then German Philology & Communication Sciences at the University of Vienna.
From 1995-1998 he was Lecturer in the German Department at the University of Hull in GB, where he also studied for a post-graduate diploma in ‘Applied Language and New Technologies’ focussing on Internet, New Technologies and e-Learning.
Christian Maurer has many years of experience in e-Tourism and e-Commerce, multi-media and Internet technology. He is a lecturer for e-Tourism, Tourism Product Development and Project Management in the Department of Tourism Management and Leisure Industry at the IMC University of Applied Sciences in Krems (www.fh-krems.ac.at) and is also Senior Project Manager at the Krems Research Center(www.kremsresearch.at).
From 2000 to 2004 he worked for the Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO) in Vienna, culminating in the position of head of ‘Information Management’, and was responsible for strategic planning and e-Marketing, the ANTO’s Internet portal, and the holiday service center austria.info. In addition he represented the ANTO within the ETC's New Media Group as vice chair and took part in the ETC’s European Internet portal project.
For ENTER 2008 and 2005, Christian Maurer was Chair of the eSolutions track and for ENTER 2004 he was Co-Chair of the eSolutions track.
Christian Maurer has frequently given presentations at international conferences in e-Tourism and e-Marketing.

 Change his institution to IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, as he does not work with Krems Research anymore

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