Opening Ceremony (Dr. Marc-André Schauwecker, Mr. Martin Naville, Mr. Cristian Manganiello)

Dr. Marc-André Schauwecker, President, SAMBA

Mr. Martin Naville, CEO, AMCHAM

Mr. Cristian Manganiello, Partner for Risk and Compliance Management Services, PwC Switzerland

Panel 1: Digital Leadership - transform, energize, grow (Tanya Koenig)

Saint-Gobain, Group CFO, Sreedhar Natarajan 

BAT, CIO & CDO, Marina Bellini 

Swisscom Directories, CEO, Stefano Santinelli 

Salt, CEO, Pascal Grieder 

Axpo Holding AG, COO, Henriette Wendt 

Session: Playing the piano using only your mind

Dr. Christian Blakely, Head of AI and Real-Time Analytics, PwC Switzerland

Workshop I (Salt, Comparis, Cardano, Sygnum)

Workshop 1

Title: Road to 5G

Speaker: Mr. Pascal Grieder, CEO, SALT

Short Description:  There is a lot of hype around 5G on both sides of the isle. This short introduction to 5G is intended to get some facts straight and separate myth from reality. It will put 5G into context of the overall mobile evolution and outline some of the opportunities it unlocks, as well as some of the challenges we are facing in the rollout of this new technology.

Workshop 2

Title: Personalization at scale – building THE Swiss consumer empowerment platform

Speaker: Mr. Steven Neubauer, CEO & Mr. Markus Barmettler, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Comparis

Short Description: At Comparis, we strive to help Swiss consumers to take better decisions and simplify their lives. To achieve this, we are building a deep and comprehensive understanding of our users and their needs. This understanding combined with the capability to personalize user interactions in all channels and across all our products will allow us to increase the relevance of our offerings for our users and to make them more convenient to use. In the workshop we will share our approach and an overview of the technological platform we are building.

Workshop 3

Title: Cardano - The future financial and social operating system

Speaker: Mr. Frederik Gregaard, CEO, Cardano
 

Short Description: Cardano is an open platform that seeks to provide economic identity to the billions who lack it by providing decentralized applications to manage identity, value and governance. In this workshop we will look deeper in the WHY and explore the WHAT. 
 

Workshop 4

Title: Tokenization of Assets: First experience under the new “DLT Law”

Speaker: Mr. Gino Wirthensohn, Head Legal, Compliance & RegTech, Sygnum

Short Description: The updated provisions of the Code of Obligations entered into force on 1st February 2021 serve as a robust legal basis for native security tokens. This workshop will give you an overview of the legal aspects and considerations regarding the new ledger-based security.

Break

Panel 2: Fintech & Blockchain - trustworthy technology (Dr. Marc-André Schauwecker)

Crypto Finance, Board, Marc P. Bernegger

Modum and Trust Square, Co-Founder, Marc Degen

Cardano Foundation, CEO, Frederik Gregaard 

Blockchain Valley Ventures, GP, Dr. Heinrich Zetlmayer

Sygnum Bank, Head Legal, Compliance & RegTech, Gino Wirthensohn

Lunch Break

Keynote Speech by CEO, PwC Switzerland

Mr. Andreas Staubli

Panel 3: The success factors of leading in digital times (Christina Kuenzle)

Industrie- und Finanzkontor Ets., Executive Chairman, H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

Interdiscount/Microspot, CEO, Pierre Wenger

Zühlke, CEO, Nicolas Durville

Comparis, CEO, Steven Neubauer

Vienna Insurance Group, CFO, Liane Hirner

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, CIO, Martin Kolbe
 

Break

Workshop II (PwC, SGE, Ringier)

Workshop 5

Title: Digital Ethics: Orientation, Values and Attitudes for a Digital World

Speaker: Mr. Ralf Hofstetter, Leader Trust & Transparency Solutions, PwC Switzerland & Ms. Daniela Hanauer, Partner of the Risk Consulting practice with a professional focus on governance, risk and compliance for both national and international clients, PwC Germany

Short Description: Digitization is taking a major role in decision making processes. Until 2024 almost 70% of all tasks covered by managers will be automated. At the same time trust & ethics in technology are becoming one of the main issues - requested by internal (e.g. employees) and external stakeholders (e.g. customers, investors) and as well amplified by the regulators. Companies are needed to respond to new areas like digital wellbeing and privacy challenges. Therefore, digital ethics needs to be addressed today.

Workshop 6

Title: Rethink your International Value Chain in Digital Times

Speaker: Ms. Martina Gmuer, Head of Export Promotion, Switzerland Global Enterprise

Short description: The Covid 19 pandemic has tested the resilience of global trade and confronted most industries with numerous challenges. Furthermore, macroeconomic uncertainties, changing customer needs, and promising new technologies force companies to rethink their international value chain. We have identified three fields of action to keep ahead of global competition. In this session we will explore these fields and share customers and S-GE’s own experiences on how to successfully rethink international value chains. 

Workshop 7

Title: Transformation of a Publishing house and the role of Tech & Data

Speaker: Dr. Kilian Kämpfen, Chief Technology & Data Officer (CTDO), Ringier Group

Short Description: "The family business Ringier has been going through strong transformations in the last 15 years from being a traditional print publisher house towards becoming a tech driven international Media and Marketplace player. We look at this transformation from a Tech & Data oriented perspective."

Break

Panel 4: Robotics & AI - the next tech disruption (Dr. Julien Weissenberg)

ABB, Country Managing Director, Robert Itschner

ETH Zurich, SNSF Professor, Dr. Olga Fink

ANYbotics, Axpo, Board, Dr. Hanspeter Fässler

digitalswitzerland, Managing Director, Nicolas Bürer

Microsoft Switzerland, National Technology Officer, Dr. Marc Holitscher

Sujeet Desai, Music Performance (Break)

Sujeet Desai, Ambassador for Down Syndrome International - Self Advocate, Musician and Motivational Speaker 

Panel 5: Employability - how to future-proof your career (Roland Bernhard)

Zurich International, CEO, Peter Huber

Ringier AG, CFO, Dr. Annabella Bassler

Egon Zehnder, Consultant, Dr. Nina Ranke

Accenture UK, Partner, Oluchi Ikechi

Nokia, Country Manager Switzerland, Werner Koss

Korn Ferry, Country Chairman of Austria and Switzerland, Stefan Steger

Logitech, CEO, Bracken Darrell

Closing Ceremony (Dr. Marc-André Schauwecker, Mr. Cristian Manganiello)

Dr. Marc-André Schauwecker, President, SAMBA

Mr. Cristian Manganiello, Partner for Risk and Compliance Management Services, PwC Switzerland