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    The Institute for Strategic Innovation and Technology Management is the competence center for innovation and strategy. Research focuses on Strategic Transformation, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Startups, Ambidextrie, Agility and Digitalization.

    Strategic Management Perspectives Dialog (SMP)

    Since 2006, SMP Dialog has been bringing together business leaders to exchange experiences across industries. In the exclusive setting of the Walter Storms Gallery in Munich, a small group of personally invited participants from large corporations, medium-sized businesses, and growth companies engage in discussion. The focus is on professional and personal exchange among peers, stimulated by outstanding speakers. Strict adherence to the Chatham House Rules ensures a trustworthy environment.

    The theme of Strategic Management Perspectives 2024

    A nuanced look at how companies can successfully position themselves amid profound global and economic structural change:

    A new beginning and a period of founding – Successfully shaping global and economic change through entrepreneurial innovation

    The speakers at Strategic Management Perspectives 2024

    • Anna Maria Braun, partner and CEO of B. Braun, shares her views on Germany as a business location and her strategies for remaining globally competitive from here.
       
    • Prof. Dr. Henrik Müller, TU Dortmund University, takes a look at overall economic developments and, as a columnist and former deputy editor-in-chief of manager magazin, offers a pointed assessment of the expected economic and global political developments for discussion.
       
    • Dr. Alexander von Frankenberg, As managing director of High-Tech Gründerfonds, the largest early-stage venture capital fund, Dr. Alexander von Frankenberg highlights the increasingly strategic role of technology start-ups in the successful transformation of our industrial landscape.
       
    • Silvia Reischer, first female director of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and most recently the BND president's representative for sustainability and technology, shares her insights on economic and security-related technological competition.

    Following tradition, further exchanges will be accompanied by our Flying Art Dinner at around 6 p.m. in the rooms of the Walter Storms Gallery.

    • More about the Strategic Management Perspectives Dialogue (SMP Dialogue) ...

      The SMP dialogue event focuses on professional and personal exchange among peers. Strict adherence to the Chatham House Rules provides the trustworthy framework necessary for this open dialogue. On the third Thursday of November each year, we put current strategic topics up for discussion.

      The SMP Dialogue is supported in its organization and orientation by  H&Z Management Consulting, a founding member of the CoPS user research group at the  IST Institute for Strategic Innovation & Transformation at the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz.

    • Speakers in recent years have included:
      • Sabine Bendiek, CEO Microsoft Germany
      • Hans-Christian Boos, CEO arago GmbH
      • Peter Borchers, CEO Allianz X
      • Prof. Dr. Ralf Bufe, CEO Pfleiderer AG
      • Klaus Burmeister, CEO foresightlab Berlin
      • Jacqueline Fechner, CEO Xerox Germany
      • Dr. Reiner Feurer, SVP Corporate Investments BMW Group
      • Benedikt Franke, CEO Munich Security Conference
      • Andreas Gerstenmayer, CEO AT&S
      • Matthias Horx, Founder Zukunftsinstitut Frankfurt/Vienna
      • Klaus Klosa, CEO LEGIC Identsystems
      • Prof. Dr. Stefan Kooths, Head of Forecasting Kiel Institute for the World Economy
      • Herbert Merz, CEO Optical Networks Nokia Siemens Networks
      • Prof. Dr. Michael Mirow, Supervisory Board Siemens AG
      • Elke Müller, COO Fujitsu Technology Solutions
      • Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, CTO Laundry & Home Care Henkel
      • Prof. Dr. Heribert Prantl, Editor-in-Chief & Columnist Süddeutsche Zeitung
      • Markus Reithwiesner, CEO Haufe Group
      • Laura Rudas, EVP Strategy Palantir
      • Christin Schäfer, CEO acs plus
      • Prof. Dr. Joachim Scheide, Head of Forecasting Kiel Institute for the World Economy
      • Peter Schiefer, CEO Automotive Division Infineon AG
      • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Monika Schnitzer, Chairwoman of the Economic Advisory Council
      • Ursula Schwarzenbart, GM Talent Development & Global Diversity, Daimler AG
      • Dr. Michael von der Horst, MD CyberSecurity D Cisco Systems Inc.
      • Dr. Christian Vogt, CDO ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG
      • Dirk Weigel, CEO Aviation Industry Services IBM
      • Jörg Wuttke, Chief Representative BASF China & President EU Chamber of Commerce China
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