Flavors of the Future 2019

Explore the future of retail


It is an exciting time in the world of retail and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you. This year, together with our partners and leaders in the industry, we are going to share with you the latest technology and trends in the food and large retail sector.

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Monday 8 - Tuesday 9 April 2019
Eindhoven, Netherlands

Theme: Future of Retail


Together with our partners and leaders in the industry we’re organizing an interactive program including first class speaker sessions, inspirational demos and flavorful catering and dinner.

Get inspired by our speakers  

Jeroen Van Dinther

Jeroen van Dinther

Retail Consulting Director
Diebold Nixdorf

Presentation: A flavor of store business intelligence
Presenter Profile
Sonja Moosburger

Sonja Moosburger

Chief Operating Officer (COO)
MediaMarktSaturn N3XT
Presentation: Future customer experience in retail
Presenter Profile
Pedro Roman

Pedro Roman

Retail Solutions Sales Lead EMEA
Zebra Technologies

Presentation: Innovations for personal shopping
Presenter Profile
Bob Hutten

Bob Hutten

General Director
Hutten


Presentation: No waste


 
Presenter Profile
Drs. Jochem Wolthuis

Drs. Jochem Wolthuis

Executive Director
The Fresh Institute


Presentation: Fresh connections with German retail to grow the fresh produce category together
Presenter Profile

Jeroen van Dinther 

 
Jeroen has been active in IT and the consultancy domain since 1990 when he started at Capgemini. He joined Wincor Nixdorf in 2010 and is currently active as Retail Consulting Director at Diebold Nixdorf. Jeroen is mainly active as a trusted advisor for retail customers that need and want to innovate. As a technology expert he is bridging the gap between business and technology by developing new solutions that address real business issues that use proven, as well as emerging, technologies. As a strong believer in open innovation, he leverages his creativity, professional network and passion for innovation to push the boundaries and achieve results beyond expectations.

Sonja Moosburger

 
Sonja Moosburger is COO of MediaMarktSaturn N3XT GmbH, a subsidiary of the biggest consumer electronics retailer in Europe with brands like Media Markt and Saturn. Since 2014, Sonja is testing new technologies such as robots and instore navigation with her team. She is also involved in the digitization of business models and processes as well as the related opportunities for the MediaMarktSaturn Group. Sonja worked in digitization and retail even before joining the MediaMarktSaturn Group. A graduate in business administration specializing in retail, her previous positions include management consultant at IBM Germany, where she focused on strategy consulting.

Pedro Roman

 
Leading and managing the business development and solutions sales teams across EMEA. Proving solutions to retailers to deliver a better shopping experience while optimizing and improving their efficiencies and productivities in operations.

Bob Hutten

 
Bob Hutten is General Director of culinary and hospitality service provider Hutten. With 2000 employees, Hutten is active in party catering, business catering, hospitality services, food service and food care. Hutten wants to be of significance. For each other and today's society, but certainly tomorrow’s too. Significant entrepreneurship goes without saying to Bob Hutten. He is the initiator of De Verspillingsfabriek (The Surplus Food Factory) where they produce tasty products like soups and sauces with residual flows of vegetables. Hutten also endeavours to offer people with a distance to the labor market a workplace. In his presentation he will show you that The Surplus Food Factory is one answer to show the world that it’s possible to reduce food waste. But is it the solution?

Drs. Jochem Wolthuis

 
Being the Initiator and Head of the Fresh Education Program for LEHManagement and suppliers of quality products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Wolthuis is a veteran in German-speaking cooperation consultation for retail. He has been reporting on the Dutch food market in German trade media for almost 20 years and has developed successful B2B and B2C campaigns for a large number of Dutch and German customers.

Program

Monday, 8 April 2019
11:30 - 12:00
Arrival and coffee
12:00 – 12:10
Official opening and welcome
12:10 – 12:40
A flavor of store business intelligence by Jeroen van Dinther - Diebold Nixdorf
12:50 – 13:35
Lunch
13:45 - 14:05
*Parallel sessions round 1
14:10 - 14:30
*Parallel sessions round 2
14:40 - 15:10
Future customer experience in retail by Sonja Moosburger - MediaMarktSaturn N3XT
15:15 - 15:35
*Parallel sessions round 3
15:40 - 16:00
*Parallel sessions round 4
16:10 - 16:40
Innovations for personal shopping by Pedro Roman- Zebra Technologies
18:00 - 18:45
Jumbo Foodmarkt Veghel store visit by Stephan Thijssen, Jumbo Formula management
19:00 - 21:30
Dinner
22:00
Hotel check in
*Parallel sessions:
Demonstration on how shopper convenience & engagement are enhanced with location based-marketing by Re-vision 
Demonstration on how to flexibly design your store to created continuous impressive experiences 
Demonstration on lighting design for retail experience 
Demonstration on how staff & store efficiency are maximized by Diebold Nixdorf (featuring Zebra hardware)
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
08:45
Opening & welcome
09:00 - 09:30
''No waste'' presentation by Bob Hutten – Hutten
09:35 - 10:05
*Parallel sessions round 1
10:10 - 10:40
*Parallel sessions round 2
10:40 - 11:00
Refreshments
11:00 – 11:30
Fresh connections with German retail to grow the fresh produce category together by Drs. Jochem Wolthuis - The Fresh Institute
11:35 - 12:05
*Parallel sessions round 3
12:10 - 12:40
*Parallel sessions round 4
12:50 - 14:00
Lunch and official closing
*Parallel sessions:
Demonstration on how lighting allows optimal fresh food presentation & preservation 
Demonstration on how stores are optimized with headquarters dashboard & analytics 
Demonstration on Lifi 
Tour through the Surplus Factory