Day 3: Thursday, October 24
Dr Bernhard BukovcFounderPostal Innovation Platform (PIP) & connect2posts
France
Charles BrewerGroup CEOPos Malaysia
Malaysia
What the audience will learn
What are the relevant investment criteria? How can an investor contribute to the success of a startup? What are the long-term versus short-term investment arguments? Should the focus only be on startups with relevant solutions for the postal and parcel company and its business, or should it be broader?
What role can venture activities play within a corporate? How can they contribute to successfully driving innovation and the development of new solutions, products, or services?
Thierry GolliardDirector open innovation and venturingSwiss Post
Switzerland
Oskari TinkanenVP innovation and venturingPosti Group Oyj
Finland
Moderator:
Amanda Martinez, independent consultant, , Germany
Startup Pitches and Discussion with Smarcel - Innovative Robot Delivery, Papaya, VanOnGo, Enigmatos, LOXO, The ZeroNet
Are suppliers (startups and others) aware of the long sales cycles in large organizations such as postal and parcel companies? How can we shorten the path toward a PoC and implementation? How can we manage the problem of long sales cycles versus the survival of the startup (and its solution)? What governance and funding pools should be created to enable rapid decision-making and not kill the startups?
Jesper Bang-OlsenHead of venture developmentBeam
Germany
Marc SorgeloosSenior technology advisorbpost
Belgium
Nadja KurbanovaSolutions consultant, logisticsAvery Dennison
Germany
Moderator:
André Pharand, CEO, Pharand Advisors, USA
Startup Pitches and Discussion with Mobietrain, Shiptimize, GoWizi, Clearquote, iCustoms
Meet with the other participants - postal and parcel companies, startups, industry partners, postal venture funds, supply chain accelerators etc.
How do you find the real problems that need solving, e.g. during a corporate innovation challenge? Driving internal innovation, how do you match the people with business issues with those people knowledgeable about the technologies that could help to fix them? How can you drive employee engagement during corporate innovation programs, and what can make it more accessible and improve the chances of success? How do you find the balance between business pull and tech push? How do you measure innovation?
Christian OestergaardLead visionary/senior group strategist of IT production - IoT/AIPostNord
Sweden
Dr Marco LommatzschSenior corporate growth and innovation strategyAustria Post AG
Austria
Moderator:
Thomas Roggendorf, founder and CEO, Roggendorf Management Group (RMG), Curacao
Startup Pitches and Discussion with Transmetrics, Glow, Tradler, OmniOpti, PixoAnalytics, Honeycomb Maps
Sophie Desier BiehlerVice-chair innovation, PostEurop and head of EuropeLa Poste Groupe
France
What the audience will learn
Meet with the other participants - postal and parcel companies, startups, industry partners, postal venture funds, supply chain accelerators etc.