A full day of insights and digital opportunities by international thought leaders and top executives.
The content and speaker selection is based on the SIME format and existing eco-system of international speakers and local stars.
Stay tuned for the updated agenda.
09.00-09.30 A global journey in digital opportunities
Follow SIME’s Ola Ahlvarsson on a journey through the world of digital entrepreneurship, creativity, explosive business models and crazy ideas
Ola Ahlvarsson, serial entrepreneur and chairman of SIME
Key takeaways:
- What is hot and what is not
- Learning from the fastest growing companies in the world
- That innovation is not only from Silicon Valley
- Mega trends that are just around the corner
09.30-09.45 Introductory Keynote
Petra Jenner, CEO, Microsoft Austria
09.45-10.30 Industry transformers – The future media landscape
All traditional media companies that cannot bend will break and new entrants are changing the media landscape dramatically. Who are the new media giants and how can traditional leaders transform and stay ahead of the pack?
Ralf Hirt, VP International Glam Media, US (and the world’s) largest lifestyle universe online with 192 million monthly users.
Dan Ouchterlony, Head of Strategy, Schibsted, the Norwegian media powerhouse that have become the global envy on how to transform visions to digital business
Patrick Mesterton, Head of Marketing, De Telefoongids B.V. part of the European Directories group.
Heiko Hebig, Head of R&D at the Media Innovation Lab at Hubert Burda Media, the good ol’German magazine house turned digital pioneer
Key takeaways:
- The future business model of the media company
- Embracing change as a strategy
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee break
10.50-11.20 Aiming for the stars – from local to International at Internet speed
Over 90% of all European companies stay in their home markets yet some companies aim for the stars, growing into new territories on their road towards becoming a global leader. What makes these companies different and how to you win on the international arena? In this thought leader session you meet some of the fastest growers in three continents.
Fabian Heilemann, Founder Dailydeal, the largest European challenger to US phenomenon Groupon
Matt Stinchcomb, VP Etsy.com, the category killer and global leader in user generated goods and products
Andries Oudshoorn , Program Director Schibsted Classified Media, the classified superstars behind Le BonCoin.fr, Compraventas.es, Blocket.se, Tutti.ch, Tori.fi to name a few of a growing number of local leaders
Matthias Grundböck, CEO Tiscover, the ultimate travel booking portal for your stay in the Alps
Key takeaways:
- How to go from local to global: from mindset to strategy
- What happens when your growth is on steroids
- International mindset
1120 – 1140 The city of the future – fireside chat with Assaf Biderman, MIT
Assaf Biderman is Associate Director of MIT’s SENSEable City Laboratory at MIT, which specializes in the interactions between humans and technology in cities. With Assaf as a guide we will venture into the cities of the future and understand how un-creative and old fashioned even the craziest science-fiction movies seem when compared to our cities of the future
11.40-12.10 Mobile & Ubiquity
Harald Leitenmüller, Microsoft Austria
Florian Gschwandtner, Runtastic
Maks Giordano, Juumanokudo
12.10 – 12.30 Start-ups making us go wow
Meet two Austrian start-ups in a high energy collage in the 6 minutes, 6 slides elevator pitch format
Anton Schmidbauer, OTRA
Tim Preuster, TPM Games
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 SIME Master class
Going global (or at least international) VENUE: GERSTENBODEN
Context Matters, Living with the Internet – What is driving web behaviorVENUE: HOLZBODEN
Generation CloudVENUE: HEFEBODEN
Next generation:VENUE: HOPFENBODEN
14.15-14.35 Fail fast – super charging innovation through trial and error
Successful digital companies have learned the importance of getting the product out, try and when needed kill their darling fast. The faster you fail the sooner you can start working on what will ultimately work.
David Rowan, is editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine, which won 2009 Launch of the Year at the British Society of Magazine Editors Awards.
Key takeaways
- How failure can be part of the fabric of your success
- Cases: learning to fail from the best
- A mindset for trial and error
14.35-14.50 Game Dynamics – a case study making us go WOW!
Gabriel McIntyre, Head of Innovation Indie Amsterdam
14.50-15.15 Inside the mind of a serial entrepreneur
They have started and sold numerous companies, created wealth for shareholders and themselves and the only thing that is sure is that they are going to start more companies. We take a look inside the minds of some of Europe’s leading serial entrepreneurs
Stefan Glaenzer, Executive Chairman and first investor of Last.fm until it got sold to CBS in 2007 for USD 280M, is one of the most active business angels in Europe’s digital space.
Edward Shenderovich, Managing Director, Kite Ventures, Edward is the Russian American serial entrepreneur turned VC with investments in some of the most interesting entrepreneurial ventures and people
Key takeaways:
- Understanding the itch to create
- The difference between vision and hallucination
- The value chain of entrepreneurial success
- The new new things
15.15-15.30 Companies that make us go WOW, Mattias Miksche, Stardoll
Mattias Miksche is the CEO and co-founder of Stardoll, an international fashion & entertainment community for teen and tween girls that attracts over 15 million unique users every month.
15.30-16.00 Break
16.00-16.30 Digital Money Wonderland
The digital arena started as an information network but has long transformed into the wonderland of financial transactions. Dan Schatt, GM Financial Innovations at PayPal, Thomas Labenbacher, VP Payment Services, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Daniel Mattes, founder and CEO of Jumio.com, a start-up company for online and mobile payments. 2005 he founded the Internet telephony company Jajah.com, that was sold for USD 207M in 2009.
16.30-16.50 Advertising technology
Simone Skoog, CEO Nordic from Criteo, the fast growing French re-targeting leader and Catrin Rubensson, CEO Switzerland, TradeDoubler, a true pioneer in advertising technology gives us some hints on how to make marketing clicks go ka-ching in the new era of e-commerce and online marketing.
16.50-17.20 Hacking Innovation
Pablos Holman, Intellectual Ventures, is a futurist, TED speaker, inventor, security expert, and notorious hacker with a unique view into both breaking and building new technologies.
Key takeaways:
- Why a hacker attitude is great for innovation
- How easy it is to steal your credit card
- Why technology beats malaria
- That curiosity is in the DNA of innovation
17.20-17.40 Party like a pop star: Fireside chat with Ulf Ekberg from pop group Ace of Base with numerous no. 1 hits like “The sign”, “All that she wants” and many more unforgettable pop hits.
Key takeaways:
- The new music industry
- The social media strategy behind Ace of Base’s new album “The Golden Ratio”
- How it feels to sell 24 million albums on a debut album
- Why pop stars and entrepreneurs have a lot in common
