Discover the Best of GBTEC: Process Days and GRC Day 2024 Recap!

Between April 25th and May 2nd, GBTEC's flagships events, Process Days and GRC Day, took the virtual stage, attracting international interest and delivering invaluable insights. Both events served as pivotal platforms for business professionals across industries to explore the latest in Business Process Management (BPM) and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), while also discovering cutting-edge solutions from GBTEC’s extensive product portfolio.??

Missed out? Then join us in this newsletter for a quick rundown of the highlights!?

Process Days 2024?

This year's Process Days, featuring GBTEC’s exciting new AI assistant, Arty, wowed attendees with its spotlight on digital transformation and artificial intelligence. The online event was packed with exhilarating presentations, an inspiring keynote, and exclusive insights from customers, making the 19th Process Days a huge success. Quizmaster Arty added a fun element, and for the first time ever, we introduced interactive expert panels.?

Unlocking the Future of BPM – Insights and AI Innovations?

Broadcasted live from GBTEC’s HQ in Bochum, Germany, the Process Days 2024 as "The World's Finest BPM & BPA Event That Will Change the Way You Work" attracted thousands of process management enthusiasts worldwide.??

GBTEC's founder and CEO, Gregor Greinke, along with his expert team, shared their deep knowledge and hands-on experience through engaging presentations while attendees dove into vital topics like BPM, Digital Transformation, and AI through interactive expert panels.?

AI-Powered Transformation – Key Insights from Industry Leaders?

Our experts showcased the BIC Platform BPM Suite, demonstrating how to achieve comprehensive transformation with AI, especially through our innovative new development, Arty. Renowned customers like Horizon Power, in-tech, ETL, and Arvato Systems joined us, providing live insights into their projects with BIC products and inspiring participants with their innovative approaches.?

A standout moment was the keynote speech by author and AI expert Karl-Heinz Land on "Earth 5.0." Land's inspiring talk highlighted the vast potential of AI and its transformative impact on digitalization. He described AI as the "steam engine moment of digitalization" and discussed its significant implications for businesses. Following the keynote, we delved into new opportunities AI offers in the BPM landscape, exploring its intersection with sustainability and technology while carefully considering the human factor.?

Unveiling Arty and the Future of AI-Driven Workflow Transformation?

With the introduction of our new AI assistant, Arty, this year’s event marked a new era of digital transformation. Co-founder Marc Stromberg delivered a live presentation on the latest capabilities of the BIC platform, highlighting how AI-driven process transformation can significantly boost workflow efficiency as well as drive meaningful social and sustainable changes for the future.?

But Process Days 2024 weren’t just about inspiring presentations – they also offered a vibrant platform for exchanging innovative ideas.??

Attendees walked away with valuable insights and practical strategies for holistic BPM transformation and effective AI utilization. The overwhelmingly positive feedback, such as "A very exciting and informative day with a lot of insights," and "The format is really very professional, as are the people involved" left everyone involved feeling content.?

GRC Day 2024?

Kicked off by Samuel Brandst?tter (Head of Product Line GRC & Managing Director) and Philipp Strokosch (Head of Sales GRC), GBTEC’s GRC Day began with an overview of the latest GRC market trends and the advantages of our comprehensive GRC platform, which offers fully integrated solutions for a wide range of use cases.?

The Future Is Shaped by ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)?

In the race for the “GRC Word of the Year”, ESG is likely leading the pack. Starting next year, many large companies will have to comply with the new EU rules for sustainability reporting. In his keynote speech, Kaspar Kühl from greenfield Consulting offered an excellent overview of the evolving legal landscape and how companies can confidently prepare for it.??

The practical side took center stage when Sandra Blaha (Solution Architect) and Ronald Prahs (Head of Presales) demonstrated how effortlessly companies can manage their sustainability with BIC GRC – covering everything from conducting double materiality analyses to generating sustainability reports in line with CSRD requirements.?

Individual Solutions Are Good, Integrated Solutions Are Better?

BIC GRC consolidates Enterprise and Security GRC realms (ERM, ICS, ISMS, DPMS, Internal Audit, ...) onto a unified platform, allowing seamless interconnection and featuring an integrated Monte Carlo simulation for quantified risk and opportunity assessments for up to 5 years. Solution Architects Sandra Blaha, Marcin Fija?kowski, and Martin Tanzer demonstrated BIC GRC’s capabilities through engaging live demos.?

Success Story: DEW21 Trusts BIC GRC for Information Security and Business Continuity?

We’re always honored when esteemed clients come to share their experiences at our events. Jens Feistel, CISO at Dortmund’s Energy and Water Supplier, illustrated how BIC GRC empowered his company to establish a top-tier management system. Since 2016, DEW21 has undertaken significant projects, consolidating compliance, information security, and data protection into a unified department, and achieving ISO certification in information security.?

“In the past, managing all our individual systems was extremely time-consuming, inefficient, and unsatisfactory. But everything changed when we adopted the integrated, workflow-based BIC GRC software, which turned out to be the perfect solution for us.”?

This year, DEW21 completed its BCMS (Business Continuity Management System) implementation and is already planning the integration of more GRC systems to enhance the company’s maturity level further.?

High-Profile Expert Panel as Farewell Round?

The event concluded with an expert panel featuring Samuel Brandst?tter, Kaspar Kühl, Philipp Strokosch, and Christian Buechler.??

To wrap up, the panel reflected on thematic highlights and explored facets of building successful and sustainable business strategies, offering actionable insights to the audience.?

Missed out? Due to high interest, we are offering recordings of the events on our website!??

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Process Days 2024 & GRC Day 2024!?