afb Market and Innovation Event 2014: Over 70 participants discussed business, innovation and transformation
Focus on the future - success needs new perspectives
On April 3, 2014, afb presented to numerous specialists and executives from the financial services industry at the SkyLounge in Munich under the motto "Business. Innovation. Transformation. New perspectives for the financial world", which highlighted new trends, presented innovative implementation options and provided a suitable platform for stimulating discussions.
Time travel, the Internet of Things and drowning polar bears
In the morning, keynote presentations allowed participants to travel back in time to the innovations of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch, Director of the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and Professor of Information Management at ETH Zurich, presented the "Internet of Things" and its impact on current and future business processes. In his entertaining presentation, he inspired the participants with innovations that have already been implemented, are currently in the test phase and are conceivable in the future. For example, the participants learned that people take shorter showers for psychological reasons when confronted with a display showing a polar bear threatening to drown as water consumption increases.
Innovation put into practice
In the afternoon, the focus was on the practical implementation of innovative solutions. Helmut Lenz, Head of Dealer Wholesale Finance at S-Kreditpartner GmbH, illustrated innovative aspects of credit assessment in wholesale finance.
A highlight of the afb Market and Innovation Event were the interactive sessions of the "Speed Innovation Market". Following the example of "speed dating", participants had the opportunity to visit various themed tables and get to know both the people sitting next to them and the topics in a given time. The topics available were mobile payment, data security, social media, vehicle valuation, computer vision technology, liquidity management and reporting factory in the Back office. Due to the intimate size of the small groups, new trends were discussed in lively discussions, new insights were gained and initial ideas for innovation strategies were generated.
Comments from participants
"Very good introduction in the morning, very interesting topics with lots of discussions in the afternoon."
"Brilliant food for thought presented with humor by Prof. Dr. Fleisch. A pleasure!"
"I particularly liked the roundtable and the relaxed, interesting approach."
"Very informative presentations on innovative topics, interesting audience from different areas."
"Very good organization, great topics, good combination of theory and practice."
These were the speakers and topics
Focus on the future - success needs new perspectives
Gerolf Dienhold, Member of the Board, afb Application Services AG
Business model innovation and IT - How new IT is changing companies and customer relationships
Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch, Director of the Institute for Technology Management, University of St. Gallen Professor of Information Management, ETH Zurich
Innovative aspects of credit assessment in Wholesale finance
Helmut Lenz, Head of Dealer Purchase Financing, S-Kreditpartner GmbH
Focus on the financial world - success needs intelligent solutions
Enrico Moritz, Manager Requirements Management, afb Application Services AG
Opportunity instead of risk - intelligent liquidity management for leeway in Wholesale finance
Dr. Mathias Künlen, Member of the Board, SOFTMARK AG
"Mission possible" - What to do against cyber attacks?
Dr. Christian Scharff, CEO, accuris AG
Mobile payment - will 2014 be the year of mobile payment?
Martin Seufert, Head of Mobile Payment, biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG
Social media - do financial service providers have their own rules of the game?
Dalibor Karacic, Managing Director, Dallorey GmbH
Competitive advantages through standardization in the back office - the reporting factory
Alexander Bommes, Partner and Head of the Finance, Risk & Compliance Team, Capco, The Capital Markets GmbH
How can state-of-the-art computer vision technology revolutionize workflows?
Sarah Cheng, Business Development, Dacuda AG
Risk minimization through accurate vehicle identification and values
Birger Wulf, Key Account Manager, DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH
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