Brand & Retail Expo
February 2, 2022
Virtual Event
An insightful EXPO filled with leading corporate partners and startups changing the scene globally in the Brand & Retail industry.
Focus Areas
Customer Centricity
Focus Area 1
Why?
Providing the best experience at every stage of the customer journey remains at the core as well as adding new services.
Future of Grocery
Focus Area 2
Why?
The QCommerce business model has shaped the way customers shop significantly. New models around this convenience driven approach are being developed. Grocery has changed and convenience has become a key criteria for shopping. Lollipop allows to do the big shop in little time.
Employee Training
Focus Area 3
Why?
It's not only about training the skills, but also the personalities of employees in a sustainable manner. Successful solutions create important pillars in the daily work to boost productivity as well as prepare peers for the best career path.
Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery
Focus Area 4
Why?
The future is green and we need to reduce the footprint of last mile delivery - eCargo Bikes and smart network models are good alternatives to create a sustainable delivery experience for shoppers.
Cybersecurity
Focus Area 5
Why?
By 2025, cybercrime will cost the world more than $10 trillion annually. Therefore, new solutions are more needed than ever and we will present two best in class ones at our Summit.
What I learned from Osper, Curve and Monzobank and how Lollipop will transform grocery retail
Keynote
Tom is a serial entrepreneur who has become a key player in the startup ecosystem. He helped scale Monzo bank to 4 million customers as COO while building their multi-award-winning customer support service. He also co-founded Curve, an all-in-one card aggregator and was Founding COO of early London FinTech, Osper, a banking app for children. He is now applying his accumulated knowledge to his new company Lollipop.ai, which we are proud to be invested in, and will share his vision on the future of grocery retail and why customer centricity is core in any industry. Tom is also an advocate for more diversity in the ecosystem and we are really excited to have him a part of the Plug and Play family.
Pilot Showcases
Schwarz Gruppe & Cognigy
They will announce the rollout of the Cognigy technology in the Schwarz Gruppe. They started with their first pilot in Batch 5 of our Brand & Retail program and we are excited about this success.
MediaMarktSaturn
MediaMarktSaturn puts sustainability and customer centricity first and has managed to combine both with their sustainable last mile delivery pilots. Across multiple regions & countries, they have worked with 3 startups to deliver goods emission free and keep our cities clean. Sabrina Titz will tell us more about the learnings, outcomes and findings from the pilots and ONOmotion will showcase the startup perspective.
Brand & Retail Speakers
Tom Foster-Carter
Founder, Lollipopai.com
Günter Pecher
CEO, Stark Gruppe
Christian Wuttke
Manager of the digital voice assistant at Schwarz Gruppe
Bernd Wertz
Senior Sales Representative at Cognigy
Sabrina Titz
Manager Innovation Projects & Culture, MediaMarktSaturn
Carolin Wais
Director of Brand & Retail, Plug and Play
Johannes Wiesholler
Venture Associate, Plug and Play
Daria Pelini
Venture Analyst, Plug and Play
Brand & Retail Startups
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UserlaneUserlaneUserlane provides a user-centric approach to digital adoption. From software rollouts to onboarding, ongoing employee training, and customer support, Userlane helps enterprises increase software acceptance and simplify and automate processes.
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DatazeitDatazeitDatazeit empowers companies to take fact-based decisions by harnessing the value of consumer and product data.
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WritesonicWritesonicWritesonic is an AI-powered copywriting tool that generates unique and engaging marketing content for any business in seconds.
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SimplesuranceSimplesuranceSimplesurance creates a platform for simple access to insurance to combine traditional insurance industries with digital business.
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Digital ShadowsDigital ShadowsDigital Shadows is a developer of cyber threat protection platform designed to minimize digital risk and improve cyber situational awareness.
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SeonSeonSeon is a developer of fraud detection software designed to detect and stop fraud in real-time through transactional data analysis.
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