Expert Gatherings of Industry Leaders with CD and Corporate Innovators in Milan
Uniting Industrial Manufacturing Experts in Berlin
As we sifted through decarbonisation trends for our upcoming report titled Top 15 Trends in Green Manufacturing,? we invited industry professionals to convene in Berlin for our in-house event “Future Atelier: Green Manufacturing”. Hosted by our foresight team at Rohrbeck Heger in our sunny penthouse office, Prof. Dr. Heinrich Arnold , Lead Partner Creative Dock , spearheaded the event and engaged industry leaders in an exclusive round-table, group setting.?
An afternoon filled with highly stimulating conversions and engaging talks, the event kick-started with Philipp Maron , Industrial Foresight Manager, Rohrbeck Heger introducing our attendees to the world of strategic foresight. He took our guests through the current state of the manufacturing industry, and provided them with an exclusive first-time access to our unreleased report.
What did we take away from this gathering? Primarily, we understand that managing complexity and reducing it wherever possible, is key. To make the transition to a more green and sustainable way of industrial practices, many complex players within the carbon chain will need to work together. We also learned that data quality, transparency, and security as well as information sharing will have a strong positive impact, and need support from governmental or public IT systems to shift. They would require to move to digital platforms and offer resilient alternatives to global players.
We thank our esteemed speakers and guests for their valuable contributions and insightful conversations: Ernst Stoeckl-Pukall , Head of Unit Digitisation and Industrie 4.0, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy – Henning Banthien , Managing Director at ifok – Peter Metzger , Managing Director at Starteam GmbH – Daniel Krupka , Managing Director at Gesellschaft für Informatik – Jonas Rothe , Chief Sales Officer and Head of Programs at Material.one – Mira Grünhaupt, Head of Customer Success at Pailot GmbH – Klaus Wiesen , Head of Sustainable Supply Chain at VERSO – Mathias Kaldenhoff , Partner Innovation & Sustainability Management - SAP.
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Driving the Future of Decarbonization at Innov8rs Milan 2024
In mid-June, we flew down to Milan to attend the largest gathering of corporate innovation professionals at this year’s Innov8rs Conference . Surrounded by a group of 250 corporate innovators, with an opportunity to take part in 30+ sessions, our colleagues from Rohrbeck Heger took part in a 2-day corporate innovation intensive, filled with in-depth conversations, relevant connection opportunities and high-quality content.
On Day 2, our foresight experts Dominik Krabbe and Bram Roosen s conducted a foresight-driven innovation workshop on “Decarbonisation Scenarios: Building Future Resilience with Strategic Foresight”, discussing the concrete decarbonisation strategies and action steps for businesses to stay competitive using our proven foresight methodology.
A few takeaways from our interactions with fellow innovators included:?
Want to learn more about how to move from insights to concrete action? Download our Decarbonisation foresight study to learn more.
Leading the Future of Energy Transition?
Last month, Creative Dock brought together industry experts in the energy sector for an engaging discussion during our webinar "Accelerating Energy Transition: Key Transformations and Net-Zero Innovation". Moderated by Dominik Krabbe, the Director of Foresight at Rohrbeck Heger by Creative Dock , we explored the current challenges, opportunities and action points for the energy industry to transition to clean, renewable energy.?
Elvin Ibishli, Manager Foresight Intelligence, Rohrbeck Heger, led the talk by giving an Impulse Speech, highlighting the ‘very attractive opportunity for businesses’ where billions of dollars worth of investments are being made in Energy Transition today. He emphasised that renewable energy is poised to dominate as the primary energy source of the future.
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James Primrose, Energy Transition Strategy Executive, ex bp and JRK Primrose Consulting Ltd, states that transitioning a huge sector can be daunting due to its scale, adding "We still have a huge gap to bridge in the necessary investment in low carbon energy to be on track to achieve the 1.5C pathway. It's crucial to maintain investment momentum. It is not just about carbon reduction, it's also about energy security and ensuring affordable energy - the energy trilemma.”
While Dominika Cimpova , Decarbonisation Manager, ?EZ ESCO, explained the potential of energy transition and how investment in renewables is crucial, Gunnar Sanner , Technology Trend Advisor, Equinor, shared his curiosity to learn how how (and if) cities and regions will set up the power independently and individually in the future, in order to become more self-sufficient. Last but not least, Petr Horak , Green Energy Project Lead at Creative Dock, debated the prevalent lack of education about the benefits of renewable energy and investment opportunities for individual consumers, stressing the importance of governments and companies taking proactive measures to share knowledge and engage the public.
Shoutout to our expert speakers for their valuable insights, leading to an invigorating session with some intelligent discussions.?
Curious to learn more about strategic foresight and how it can help with Energy Transition? Download our report now and dive deeper.
AI Transformation: Here and Now
As busy as it gets in our Prague office, we hosted an insightful event this past month focusing on AI integration within companies. In collaboration with the Czech AI Association and Bytegarden , this micro-conference brought industry leaders and AI enthusiasts under one roof to explore the practical experiences with AI implementation across various sectors. The goal was to showcase AI as a significant opportunity and discuss strategies for successful AI integration, providing attendees with actionable insights and inspiring future strategic decisions.
While Viktor ?ohájek from Bytegarden highlighted a crucial factor for AI project success discovered during the implementation of a profit-maximising algorithm for an e-commerce platform, Adam Hanka from our team at Creative Dock shared strategic tips on managing AI transformation, emphasising the importance of defining goals, i.e. mapping the company's current state and envisioning the transformed company. He stressed making AI a top priority and fostering a mindset shift.?
Our panel discussion speakers – featuring Kate?ina Lesch , EmbedIT, Hana Wallenfelsová, Partners Banka, Lenka Libánská , Creative Dock, and Ilja Volf, Bytegarden – joined in, sharing their experiences with AI transformation, discussing company readiness, future AI development, its societal impacts, and the importance of developing human competencies that AI can not replace. Together, we explored whether AI development is becoming a commodity, and if companies and people are ready to collaborate with AI.
Wondering what your first step towards AI integration would entail? Get inspired by our Creative Dock case study highlighting our successful AI Transformation journey.
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Gabriela Teissing
Creative Dock Group CEO
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