Our Story & The Founders

The 4GAMECHANGERS Festival is a flagship social responsibility initiative of Austria’s leading commercial broadcaster and digital entertainment group, ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4. It was founded in 2016 in Austria’s capital Vienna to establish a platform where to establish a platform where influencers, rebels, visionaries and game-changing personalities – who change the world for the better – meet, connect and discuss trending topics.

Since then, the 4GAMECHANGERS Festival has evolved into the most important conferences about the future – a mix of symposiums, entertainment, music and innovation fairs.

Hundreds of opinion leaders from all industries - technology, economics, media & entertainment, etc. - as well as other outside-the-box thinkers, futurists and hidden champions fascinate and inspire thousands of gamechangers of all ages, each year.

Our Innovation & Entertainment Court offers visitors a diverse array of activities, entertainment, refreshments and special events. Enthusiastic festival visitors have the chance to experience the latest digital gadgets, such as drones, robots and virtual reality equipment at over 100 booths. At the various meet and connect areas, our guests are able to relax, network and even get to know some of the speakers.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the festival was cancelled in 2020, three weeks before the event would have started. As a substitute for the cancelled festival and in response to the uncertain times for events during the pandemic, the 4GAMECHANGERS Studio was launched in April 2021. Ever since, we have been broadcasting our 4GAMECHANGERS TV show weekly on Austrian 24/7 news channel PULS 24 and on the streaming app Joyn. The shows contain the core topics of the festival as well as the game changing topics of our partners.

In 2022 4GAMECHANGERS returned in a focused edition on the big stage for the first time in Austrian media history, with the public service media company ORF as the co-organizer. With combined forces, the new collaboration pursues, in addition to the festival, a joint contribution to a strong media hub in Austria and a maximum output of public-value content for Austrian society.

Markus Breitenecker

Former CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 and since April 2024 CCO of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE has led this company since its establishment in 1998. It is now the No. 1 private TV broadcaster in Austria. Together with Nina Kaiser, he co-founded the 4GAMECHANGERS Festival in 2015. In 2018 he launched the 24/7-news channel “PULS 24” and together with Corinna Milborn, he published the bestseller ‘Change the Game’. Markus made significant investments into new digital formats, such as the award-winning ‘2 Minutes 2 Million – The PULS 4 start-up show’, as well as trailblazing digital platforms / streaming products such as ‘Joyn’. He was awarded ‘Communicator of the Year’ and was ‘Media Manager of the Year’ by the Austrian Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) for several years.

Nina Kaiser

Member of the Management Board of ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 and Co-Founder of the 4GAMECHANGERS Festival graduated from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and began her career in 1996 at the PR agency Scholdan & Company. After six years in key account management for investor relations, she moved to ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4, where she managed the marketing, PR and on-air promotion units for almost 13 years. In 2015 she launched Starwatch Austria, the music and entertainment unit, and co-founded the 4GAMECHANGERS Festival together with Markus. Since then, Nina has been responsible for the 4GAMECHANGERS unit and the annual 4Gamechangers Festival. She owes her success as a trendsetter and innovator in part to her ability to constantly reinvent herself and think outside the box. "We have always done it this way" is not an option for her. The idea for the festival emerged during Nina's maternity leave. With the 4GAMECHANGERS Festival, she wants to encourage the next generation as well as established leaders. The empowerment of young talents and women has always been a concern of hers. She is a member of several initiatives such as Club Alpha, Inspiring 50ties, ÖAG, GASBA, CEOs For Future and many more.