72nd International Retail Summit
Flow Commerce: How Shifting Boundaries Reshape Retail, 8 – 9 September 2022
Speakers
Ian Goldin
Great Britain
Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford. Formerly, Goldin was Vice President of the World Bank and economic advisor to the South African President Mandela. He has been knighted by the French Government. In his 2014 book "The Butterfly Defect", Goldin predicted that a pandemic was the most likely cause of the next financial crisis.
Walter Robb
USA
Principal, Stonewall Robb Advisors and former co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, which was acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion. Robb has transitioned his leadership focus to mentoring and supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs through the creation of Stonewall Robb Advisors.
Johann Hari
Great Britain
New York Times best-selling author of "Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention". Hari has written for many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Le Monde and The Guardian. He was named ‘National Newspaper Journalist of the Year’ by Amnesty International twice and has won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for political writing.
Giny Boer
Germany
CEO, C&A. Boer launched C&A’s Factory for Innovation in Textiles (FIT) in Mönchengladbach, where denim is produced locally and the opportunities of digitization and a green energy infrastructure are researched. Prior to that, Boer worked at Ikea for over 23 years, her last position being General Manager Retail, responsible for the operations in Southern and Eastern Europe.
Joris Beckers
Netherlands
Co-founder, Picnic. At the Dutch online supermarket, which also operates in Germany and France, groceries can be ordered via app. The goods from local suppliers are collected in logistics centres and delivered to customers by electric delivery vehicle.
Fabris Peruško
Croatia
CEO of the Fortenova Group, which emerged from the Croatian Agrokor corporation. Peruško was instrumental in the restructuring of the group, which was rewarded with the "Turnaround and Transaction Award". The group includes several other retail chains in South Eastern Europe, including Konzum and Mercator.
Bastian Halecker
Germany
Founding Partner, German Deep Tech Institute. Halecker works at the gateway between startups, corporations and science. He wants to shape technology transfer in the DACH region in an entrepreneurial and collaborative way. Additionally, he is professor for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship at XU Exponential University in Potsdam
Tamim Khalfa
Lebanon
Co-founder and CEO, Toters. The Lebanese quick-commerce tech startup is operating in Lebanon and Iraq, with a combined consumer spending of over US$ 100 BN annually. Toters leads its markets with a three-sided marketplace and a series of its own dark grocery stores branded as Toters Fresh.
Richard Hobbs
Hongkong
Founder and CEO, Brand New Vision, the first marketplace for NFTs in the apparel, footwear and accessory industry.
Michel Gruber
Switzerland
Head of the Retail Department and member of the General Management of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives. Before joining Migros, Michel Gruber held various positions at Valora for nine years, most recently as Managing Director of Valora Food Service Switzerland.
Nina Müller
Switzerland
CEO, Jelmoli. Between 2016 and 2020, Müller was CEO of Christ watches and jewellery and responsible for the repositioning of the brand. Previously, she was Retail Marketing Director and General Manager for Swarovski, among others.
Bernhard Schweitzer
Switzerland
Owner and CEO, Interstore / Schweitzer. The company develops and builds retail and shop-in-shop concepts for retailers and brands worldwide. With over 1,000 employees, the company, which was founded in 1927, is one of the global leaders in shopfitting.
Jeff Carvalho
USA
Co-founder, Highsnobiety, a streetwear blog, media brand and production agency that covers trends and news in fashion, art, music, and culture. The company is located in Berlin with additional offices in London and New York.
Anne Scherer
Switzerland
Assistant Professor of Quantitative Marketing at the University of Zurich. Scherer’s research focuses on the intersection of consumer psychology and technology. Her TEDxTalk on how our conversations with machines differ from those with humans has received over 1.7 million views.
Ben Schott
Great Britain
Branding and advertising columnist, Bloomberg Opinion. Schott has written for “The New York Times”, “The Times”, “The Guardian”, and others. – His books have sold some 2.6 million copies in 21 languages. As a strategic consultant, Schott has supplied brand strategy, narrative, and design to a large variety of companies.
Jan Bieser
Switzerland
Dr Jan Bieser is a senior researcher and speaker at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. In his research, he examines the opportunities and risks of digitalisation for society and the environment. He is also a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at University of Zurich, and a fellow of the World Economic Forum‘s Global Future Council on Cities of Tomorrow.
Lukas Jezler
Switzerland
Lukas Jezler, CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for consumption, economic and social studies, Rüschlikon/Zurich.
Moderation
Carolin Roth
Switzerland
Freelance presenter, journalist and reporter for CNBC (London).
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About the International Retail Summit
The International Retail Summit is one of the international community’s leading strategy platforms for decision-makers and thought leaders in the retail and consumer goods industries. Participants are decision-makers from retail and related industries, entrepreneurs, academia and journalists from Swiss and European quality media.
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Simonetta Carbonaro
Consumer psychologist, professor in Humanistic Marketing and Design Management and an internationally recognized thought leader of the consumer goods industry. She is the cofounder of REALISE, a strategic consulting company specialized in brand direction, and strategic design management.
Caroline Drucker
Director of Instagram’s EMEA Strategic Partnerships. At Etsy, she was Global Brand Manager and reshaped the company’s creative operations. She was the first Product Manager at the community-driven music platform SoundCloud. Her career began in publishing playing a key role in establishing VICE magazine in the German market and spearheading the digital strategy behind the re-launch of der Freitag, a left-leaning weekly national newspaper.
Stephan Fetsch
Partner, Deal Advisory-Valuation, EMA Head of Retail at KPMG. Fetsch is responsible for the retail sector at KPMG Germany and KPMG Europe. In this function, his main focus lies on business planning, corporate valuation, intangible assets, joint venture as well as value-based decision making and transaction consulting.
Michel Gruber
Head of the Retail Department and member of the General Management of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives. Before joining Migros, Michel Gruber held various positions at Valora for nine years, most recently as Managing Director of Valora Food Service Switzerland.
Dominique Locher
As an entrepreneur, angel investor, creative promoter and innovator, Dominque Locher accompanies companies such as Edeka, Utkonos, Farmy.ch, Bring! or LuckaBox into the digital world. As a board member of the Swiss Retail Federation, he drives digitalization in Swiss retail. He helped build LeShop.ch, one of the first online supermarkets in the world, and led the company as CEO until 2017.
André Maeder
Group Managing Director at The KaDeWe Group. Maeder looks back on a long and international retail career. His focus has been on premium and luxury brands. At Harrods, he was Chief Operational and Merchandise Officer, at Hugo Boss MOB and Head Global Retail. As Chief Retail Officer, Maeder als worked for Karstadt.
Mariann Wenckheim
Partner and board member of 20.20, a strategic design consultancy for the retail and leisure industries.