At this year’s ESMT Annual Forum, renowned business representatives and academics come together at ESMT Berlin to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and impacts of technology in business. International opinion leaders such as Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Jack Cheng, founder and chief executive officer, NIO and XPT, Baba Kalyani, managing director, Bharat Forge Limited, Carsten Spohr, chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer, Lufthansa Group; and Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of management, Daimler; head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, are among the speakers.
Program overview
10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Opening remarks and keynotes
Dieter Zetsche (Daimler), Carsten Spohr (Lufthansa Group), Baba Kalyani (Bharat Forge Limited), Tom Enders (Airbus), Jörg Rocholl (ESMT Berlin)
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Morning panel – Bringing technology to market
Ayla Busch (BUSCH SE), Jack Cheng (NIO; XPT), Don Gao (Positec Group), Olaf Plötner (ESMT Berlin), Frank Stieler (KraussMaffei Group)
Moderator: Julia Bauer, television and event presenter
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Beyond bitcoin: The business case for blockchain, Christoph Burger (ESMT Berlin)
Managing complexity in the age of the machine, Francis de Vericourt (ESMT Berlin)
N=1: Targeting the individual customer, Johannes Habel (ESMT Berlin)
Nothing is for free – data-driven optimization of (freemium) business models, Stefan Wagner (ESMT Berlin)
Starting out with the right questions as success factor of digital transformation, Claire Cizaire (Mazars), Patrick Oelze (Mazars)
4:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Keynote
Edzard Overbeek (HERE Technologies)
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Afternoon Panel – Driving Innovation with Data Analytics
Katrin König (Deutsche Post DHL Group), Edzard Overbeek (HERE Technologies), Nicolas Miailhe (The AI Initiative, The Future Society), Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze (ESMT Berlin), Yang Tao (Huawei Technologies Deutschland)
Moderator: Ali Aslan, journalist and television host
5:30 – 5:50 p.m.
Keynote
Peter Altmaier (Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany)
6:00 p.m.
Reception
Please find the complete program information online at https://annualforum.esmt.org/program-2018.
If you wish to register for the ESMT Annual Forum please send an email to press@esmt.org or use our registration link https://registration.esmt.org/form/?sf_mid=a04w000000SyeIS.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
06/07/2018 10:00 - 06/07/2018
Event venue:
ESMT Berlin
Schlossplatz 1
10178 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Business and commerce, Journalists
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Economics / business administration
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
05/29/2018
Sender/author:
Martha Ihlbrock
Department:
Corporate Communications and Marketing
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event60641
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