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TIME
TITLE
SPEAKER
2:00 - 2:10 pm
Introduction and background
Carola Schulz,
empirica GmbH
2:10 – 2:20 pm
European policy background
André Richier,
European Commission DG GROW
2:20 – 2:40 pm
Online Platform Markets 2021 – An opportunity for SMEs?
Fabian Stephany,
Lead Researcher in Computational Social Science at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
2:40 – 3:00 pm
SmartFactory – an example for a networked cross-border factory of the future and the skills needed (Belgium)
Dirk Torfs,
Director, Flanders Make
3:00 – 3:20 pm
KMU.Digital – supporting the digital uptake, transformation and service orientation of SMEs (Austria)
Success story: Rubble Master Group
Gerhard Laga,
Head of E-Center, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Gerald Hanisch
CEO and Founder, Rubble Master Group
Harald Kussegg
Parts Manager, Rubble Master Group
3:20 – 3:30 pm
COFFEE BREAK
3:30-3:50 pm
Transfer initiative for SMEs for service innovation and digitalisation (Germany)
Walter Ganz,
Head of Service and Human Resources, Fraunhofer IAO
3:50 – 4:10 pm
Platform economy and SMEs – lessons from the US (USA)
Jim Spohrer
Director, Cognitive OpenTech, IBM
Expert discussion
Moderated by:
Jim Spohrer, IBM
Gerhard Gudergan, ISSIP
Laurent Probst, PwC
Werner B. Korte, empirica
Carola Schulz: carola.schulz@empirica(dot)com
Tobias Hüsing: tobias.huesing@empirica(dot)com
Werner B. Korte: werner.korte@empirica(dot)com
tel.: +49 228 98530-0