Welcome & Opening
Patrick Sagmeister, Deputy Director General, Advantage Austria, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Engines of growth for Central and Eastern Europe – Market-creating innovations, agile organizations and motivated people
Arnold Schuh, Director, Competence Center for Emerging Markets & CEE, WU Vienna
Introduction Session 1 – Market-creating innovations
Arnold Schuh, Director, Competence Center for Emerging Markets & CEE, WU Vienna
TWISTO - How buy now pay later disrupts traditional lending models
Pavel Prucek, Head of Product, Twisto, Prague
Discussion / Q&A
Maria Derler, Deputy Commercial Counsellor/AC Prague; Konstantin Bekos, Commercial Counsellor/AC Warsaw
Introduction Session 2 – Agile organizations and skilled & motivated people
Moderation: Manfred F. Berger
CODECOOL - We bridge the tech talent gap in Europe
Sigrid Hantusch-Taferner, Country Manager, Codecool, Austria
VIAR – Digital transformation with video work instructions
Blaž Zafošnik, Co-Founder, Viar, Celje
Cultural Transformation – The future key to top performance
Gaby Deussen, Vice President Financial, Henkel Eastern Europe, Vienna
wecanbeheroes.io – How to match startups and talents
Maria Baumgartner, Founder, Speedinvest Heroes, Vienna
Discussion/Q&A
Wilhelm Nest, Commercial Counsellor/AC Ljubljana; Jürgen Schreder, Commercial Counsellor/AC Budapest
Session 3 – Bringing innovations, people and learning together
Rudolf Dömötör, Director, Entrepreneurship Center, WU Vienna; Andreas Nemeth, CEO & Managing Partner, UNIQA Ventures, Vienna; Günther Tengel, Managing Partner & Owner, Amrop Jenewein, Vienna