Josef Lentsch is Managing Partner of the Innovation in Politics Institute Germany. Until December 2018, he was Founding Director of NEOS Lab, the think and do tank of NEOS, a political party in Austria. In 2012, he was a founding board member of NEOS. Prior to that, he was the Director International for the Royal Society of Arts in London.
In 2018, Springer published his book “Political Entrepreneurship – How to Build Successful Centrist Political Start-ups”, which was reviewed in the Financial Times.
Lentsch holds an MSc in Psychology from the University of Vienna, and an MPA in Public Administration from Harvard University.
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More than 200 mayors, heads of international organisations, municipal leaders, young innovators, and sustainability experts gathered in the Austrian capital on 5-6 May 2025 for the ACT NOW Mayors' Conference — a major highlight of Vienna’s role as this year’s European Capital of Democracy — where the Vienna Declaration on local climate action and democratic transformation was adopted.
The 7th edition of the ACT NOW Mayors’ Conference takes place on 5–6 May in Vienna. This year’s theme—Just Transition: Local Action for a Sustainable Future—highlights how communities can drive inclusive and climate-resilient change in their cities.
