events, talks & workshops
We don’t just build ventures. We build connections and networks, too.
Elevating Business Game at Biban 23
Creative Dock is gearing up for one of the most critical events for SMEs and entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On March 12 at 17:05, Creative Dock's founder and executive chairman Martin Pejsa will deliver a keynote speech on the topic of, "Corporate Venture Building: Unlock your corporate's assets and create new revenue and profits for your organisation". Throughout the conference, attendees can also visit our booth, in which we will present our most successful projects and corporate venture approach.
Creative Dock's representatives at BIBAN 23:
Asim Alrajhi – CEO of MENA
Lamya Alshammary – Venture Builder
Bassam Alwabel – Chief of MENA Business Development
Nikola Likov – Director of Global Business Development
Martin Pejsa – Founder & Executive Chairman
Disruptive Technologies & Innovation Foresight Minds
Join us at at Hotel Palace Berlin for the leading German-speaking event for innovation, strategy, technology, research, and development with more than 150 industry partners and more than 250 decision-makers across the DACH region. You can look forward to expert keynote lectures, business case presentations, interactive topic rounds, discussions, and networking sessions, including a talk led by Rohrbeck Heger's Philipp Maron on March 7.
Speakers:
Philipp Maron, Senior Foresight Consultant, Rohrbeck Heger by Creative Dock
Carlos Andrés Palacios Valdés, Senior Innovation Lead, Siemens Digital Industries
AI in Finance Executive Get-Together
In an exclusive, invite-only occasion co-hosted with ETH AI Center, we brought together top financial institution executives and leading AI specialists to unveil the transformative power of AI in the financial sphere. Our event uncovered the latest strategies and real-world use cases that showcase its remarkable impact on the industry.
Prof. Dr. Elliot Ash, Core Faculty of ETH AI Center, CEPR Associate
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Petr Zibrid, Director AI Fintech products, Creative Dock
Tomas Kovarik, Head of AI R&D, Creative Dock
An Era of Trust
We will speak at DTIM 2024 with Irina Fiegenbaum from TÜV NORD GROUP, a top European TICCET company. We will reveal their foresight journey and our partnership to reshape trust in humans and technologies. This is crucial for the upcoming changes.
Philipp Maron, Senior Foresight Consultant, Rohrbeck Heger
Dr. Irina Fiegenbaum, Senior Manager, TUV Nord Group
AI Transformation
In 2024, Czech businesses will either stay behind or leap ahead with AI, which offers benefits, efficiency, and revenue. The AI Ignition Transformation conference will reveal a smart and ethical way for companies and enthusiasts to innovate with AI.
Lenka Libanska, Head of Acceleration and AI, Creative Dock
Serge Dupaux, Group CSO and Senior Venture Supervisor, Creative Dock
Web Summit Qatar
We hosted an executive networking reception during Web Summit Qatar, bringing together an exclusive group of 40 top international investors and executives, fostering connections and bridging industry leaders.
World Economic Forum
We co-hosted an executive dinner with Roland Berger, uniting 80 C-suite leaders to explore "Software Supremacy: From Hardware to Software and Beyond." The event underscored a crucial industry shift towards AI and emerging technologies, emphasising their role in steering businesses towards global sustainability trends.
Renata Jungo Brungger, Board Member, Mercedes-Benz
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Thomas Saueressig, Board Member, SAP
Tobias Gutmann, Assistant Professor, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
ChatGPT and GenAI: Quantum Leap or Empty Promise?
This event presented GenAI's possibilities, challenges, and effects. Experts shared their perspectives on GenAI's consequences. Our speakers discussed creating an AI-powered organisation, showing practical examples and Creative Dock's achievements in GenAI change.
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Arnold, Head of DACH Ventures, Creative Dock
Decarbonisation
This event emphasised effective and inclusive solutions and explored economic and ecology trade-offs. The conversation stressed the importance of cooperation and integration for lasting environmental change.
Simon Haller, Strategic Partnership Manager, Climeworks
Dalibor Tomko, Senior Innovation Advisor, Creative Dock
James Purcell, Deputy CSO, Credit Suisse
Joel Wenger, Senior Advisor, Cargo Sous Terrain
Web Summit
The event provided valuable insights into scaling new business approaches, products, and services. The event presented ways to work with new businesses and technology. Attendees learned from real cases of integration and expansion in the dynamic market.
Chris Robbins, Managing Director, Creative Dock
Tanja Kufner, Head of Ventures, Nemetschek Group
Miriam van Straelen, Partner, Roland Berger
Claudia Machado, Senior Partner, Tomorrow Street
Innovation Roundtable Summit
Martin Pejsa shared about "Creating an AI-Obsessed Organisation – Navigating Strategies, Success Factors, and Challenges." Drawing from real-world use cases, he showcased AI's significant impact across industries and actionable strategies to accelerate AI transformation.
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
AI+X Summit
In an event filled with groundbreaking discussions and discoveries, our panel speakers shared exciting insights on the AI landscape. Visitors explored the world of AI at our booth, where our team showcased our latest innovations and solutions.
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Sandra Tobler, Co-founder, Futurae Technologies AG
Raphael von Thiessen, Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Kanton Zürich
Rebecca C. Reisch, Managing Director, Cyber Valley
Future of Work with AI
The "Future of Work with AI" event comprehensively explored AI's influence on the workplace, including discussions on reshaping our professional environments. This gathering was a vital platform for navigating the evolving work landscape driven by AI advancements.
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Marek Schlieper, CSO, WeFox
ETH Industry Days
The "Bridging AI in Industry and Innovation" event at ETH Industry Day, led by Andrej Kulikov and Daniel Naeff, spotlighted AI's role in business through collaborations with the ETH AI Center.
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Anna Susmelj, Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH AI Center
Bogdan Raonic, PhD Student, ETH AI Center
Midsommar Opening
The largest independent corporate venture builder in the EU / MENA has landed in Berlin! An exclusive behind-the-scenes peek at how we build new businesses in times of scarce resources and game-changing generative AI.
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Heinrich Arnold, Lead Partner, Creative Dock
Tobias Heger, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, Creative Dock
Johannes Burgard, CEO, Solytic
MENA InsurTech Rising Summit 2023: The Ultimate Event for InsurTech Enthusiasts
MENA InsurTech Rising Summit 2023 in Doha, Qatar. Connect with industry leaders, startups, and experts, and witness the prestigious awards, competition, and program. Powering innovation and collaboration in the MENA region.
Goran Buvac-Menninger, Executive Board Member, Chief of Corporate Venture Building MENA
Accelerating innovation in enterprise with applied AI and analytics strategies
The 4th edition Middle East Enterprise AI & Analytics Summit aims to bring together AI and data analytics experts and leaders from various industries to discuss the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in this emerging field. The theme of the summit is “Accelerating Innovation in Enterprises with Applied AI and Analytics Strategies”.
Majd Aldeen Masriah, Venture CTO and Enterprise IT Architect
innov8rs Lisbon
Discover the future of innovation at Innov8rs in Lisbon, the ultimate conference for venture building and corporate innovation. Colleagues from Rohrbeck Heger held a workshop on "Future-Proofing Your Innovation Strategy with Strategic Foresight" and unlocked the key to staying ahead in today's dynamic business landscape.
Tobias Heger, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Creative Dock
Sebastian Knab, Director of Foresight & Strategy at Creative Dock
Elevating Business Game at Biban 23
At one of the most popular events for SMEs in Saudi Arabia, we presented our successful projects and delivered a keynote speech on unlocking corporate’s assets.
Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman, Creative Dock
Disruptive Technologies & Innovation Foresight Minds
At the leading event in the DACH region focused on innovation, strategy, and R&D, Rohrbeck Heger’s Philipp Maron spoke about exploring future opportunities in the industry.
Philipp Maron, Sr. Consultant, Rohrbeck Heger
Carlos Andrés Palacios Valdés, Sr. Innovation Lead, Siemens Digital Industries
Cooperation in a fragmented world
How to connect in times of multi-crisis? 80+ guests discussed this at an event organised by Creative Dock and Roland Berger at the margins of the WEF annual meeting in Davos.
Dr. Ulrike Handel, Former Member of the Executive Board, Axel Springer SE
Astrid Hermann, Chief Financial Officer, Biersdorf AG
Michael O'Sullivan, Managing Partner, Harvest Innovation Advisory; author of The Levelling
Sustainability and energy independence
Is energy self-sufficiency a matter for states, private investors, or simply each of us? Social responsibility, the potential of green production, and Europe’s energy storage.
Tomas Budnik, Founder, Thein Investment Group
Michael Fehn, Entrepreneur, Mentor & Strategic Advisor
Martin Herrmann, Angel Investor & Former CEO of Innogy
Jan Juchelka, CEO, Komerční banka
How we built a bank
The birth and demise of Vevlon Internet Bank, a fine-tuned product with more than 100 cloud microservices and 5 years of its development.
Zdenek Cerny, one of Creative Dock CTOs
Is metaverse just a buzzword or should we take it seriously?
Metaverse, web 3.0, decentralized finance, singularity, AI, which seems to be really on the rise. What does this mean for our lives and businesses?
Linda Armbruster, Founder & CEO, Spark Works
Tobias Heger, Founder & Managing Partner, Rohrbeck Heger
Karel Janecek, Mathematician
Dita Maleckova, AI Researcher
Tomas Sedlacek, Economist
How COVID drove us to success
Whose business has been fundamentally changed by COVID-19? What strategies have they created, how have they changed their point of view?
Chadi El-Moussawi, Founder, Terap.io
Miroslav Esser, Co-founder, Creative Dock
Karel Marik, Co-founder, Grason
Zuzana Valentova and Jan Valenta, Food & Travel guides, Taste of Prague
How we wrote our first app in React Native
How to create a mobile app in React Native from scratch? And what did we learn in the process?
Andrej Kurocenko, CTO, Creative Dock
Honza Jerabek, React Developer, Creative Dock
From client wishes to functional design
What if the client can't specify their requirements? How to prepare documents for developers to produce the expected result? Where does a business analyst's work begin and end?
Tomas Lahner, Business Analyst Team Leader, Creative Dock
How to write a marketing fairy tale
To be seen, that's all. A basic rule of marketing since Shakespeare. We discussed different ways to go about it – through story, personality, or humour.
Martin Groman, Historian & Journalist
Anna Maresova, Designer & Founder, Whoop.de.doo
Jan Studnicka, Copywriter, Podcaster, Stand-up Comedian
Innovation brunch with Creative Dock
What are the latest innovation trends? No theory, just real-world examples, use cases, and a complete step-by-step process drawing from Creative Dock’s innovation methodology.
Ines Bamburac, Head of Innovation, Creative Dock
Serge Dupaux, Head of Business Development, Creative Dock
A new era of book industry already?
Czech book business is ripe for disruption. A deep dive into innovative projects from traditional book publishers like Albatros Media to venture builders like Creative Dock.
Veronika Mahdalova, CEO, Pointa
Matyas Ostriz, Project Manager, Creative Dock
Barbora Votavova, Innovations Marketing Manager, Albatros Media