PROGRAM BRAND GLOBAL SUMMIT 2024

Brands for Life

October 22, 2024

Location: UNIDO Headquarters - Vienna International Centre 

Format: Hybrid and in person 

Language: English

9.30 - 10.30 Security Check - in / Registration                                                        
   Boardroom CR3 -  C Building 7th floor
10.30 - 10.45 WELCOME & OPENING BGS 2024
  Moderation: Jacqueline Knollmayr
  Gerhard Hrebicek, President European Brand Institute
  Ciyong Zou, Deputy Director General and Managing Director, UNIDO 
10.45 - 11.20 BRANDS FOR LIFE - Challenges & Opportunities for B2C & B2B Brands                              
  Best Practice Examples
  Moderation: Gerhard Hrebicek, President European Brand Institute
   
  Stefan Krenn, Member of the Board of Novomatic AG
  Why we focus on Innovation and Sustainability
  Jörg Spreitzer, CEO Great Place to work
  Insights on how the work place contributes to Brands for Life 
  Astrid Rompolt, Head of Public Relations and Communications Wiener Wasser
  "Wiener Wasser 2050 - Strategy for the future"
   
11.20 - 12.10 BRANDS FOR LIFE - Challenges & Opportunities for Regional Brands 
  Case Studies
  Moderation: Farrukh Alimdjanov, Industrial Development Officer, UNIDO
   
  Vienna
  Alexander Biach, General Director SVS (social security for the self - employed)  
  Health- conscious Strategies in Vienna contributing to be the most liveable city in the world 
  Saudi Arabia
  H.E. Sulaiman Bin Abdullah Al-Humaidan, Commercial Attaché at KSA Embassy in Berlin
  Venezuela
  Franco Silva, Venezuela Country Programme Coordinatior, UNIDO
  Remote and rural areas revitalization via modernization & branding in the panela sector 
  Indonesia
  Luhur Pradjarto, International Cooperation expert Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs
 

“MyNyale” Lombok’s Collective Brand:

uniting MSMEs value chain ecosystem for more resilient regional economic growth 

   China and Uzbekistan
  Farrukh Alimdjanov, Industrial Development Officer, UNIDO
  Best practice UNIDO Regional Brand Projects in Central and South-Eastern Asia
12.10 - 13.00 BRANDS FOR LIFE -  Financial Inclusion & ESG                            
  Moderation: Gerhard Hrebicek, President European Brand Institute
   
  Keynote: Brands for Financial Inclusion
  Baybars Altuntas, Chairman World Business Angel Investment Forum 
  How Brands and the cooperation with EBI contribute to financial inclusion
   
 

Stephan Unger, Professor Department of Economics and Business,

Saint Anselm College, Boston USA 

  How can ESG contribute to Brand Value
  Herbert Kovar, Managing Partner Tax & Legal Deloitte Österreich
  Brands are cash generating units for sustainability
  Ayşegül Gökçe Baykal, Deputy Director Schoellerbank
  ESG related investment products enhance the bank's brand value
  Oliver Breiteneder, CEO BCB Business Consulting
  Sustainability and ESG needed for SMEs
   
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Break 

BRANDS FOR LIFE & Sustainability

14.00 - 14.45 Women Leadership driving Brands for Life & Sustainability 
  Panel Discussion
  Moderation & Impulse: Gabriela Straka, Member of the Board, RespACT 
   
  Barbara Bleier - Serentschy, Marketing & Communications Expert 
  Daniela Gruber, Managing Director LP - Impact Personalmanagement
  Bibusa Wißemann, Managing Director Africa GreenTec
  Carmen Schuber, UNIDO Gender Expert 
   
14.45 - 15.30 AI & Technology driving Brands for Life & Sustainability
   
  Moderation & Impulse: André Felker, Co - Founder & CEO of backbone.one
  Bernd Zimmermann, Go to Market Lead Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 
  Anna Büchel, Associate at LGP
  Anja Abicht, CEO tomorrow academy
  Julia Kniha, Belarus National Project Coordinator UNIDO 
   
15.30 - 16.00 Closing

Program subject to change 

October 22, 2024

 VIENNA BRAND GALA - 20 Years Celebration!

Cocktail Reception hosted by the Mayor and Governor of Vienna Dr. Michael Ludwig

Location: Vienna City Hall - Festsaal

7.00 pm - 11.00 pm

Invitation only!

 

Program subject to change 


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