events, talks & workshops

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2024
May 22, 2024

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

2024
March 4, 2024

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

2024
March 4, 2024

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

2024
February 28, 2024

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.

2024
January 18, 2024

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

2023
December 14, 2023

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

2023
November 22, 2023

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

2023
November 14, 2023

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

2023
November 7, 2023

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

2023
October 13, 2023

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

2023
October 3, 2023

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

2023
September 18, 2023

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

2023
June 26, 2023

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

2023
May 21, 2023

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 

2023
May 11, 2023

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

2023
May 2, 2023

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

2023
March 9, 2023

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

2023
March 3, 2023

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

2023
January 18, 2023

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

2022
June 15, 2022

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

2022
April 17, 2022

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

2022
February 17, 2022

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

2021
December 2, 2021

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

2020
December 8, 2020

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

2020
April 29, 2020

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

2020
April 29, 2020

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

2019
June 13, 2019

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

2019
April 29, 2019

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

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