AI - New Opportunities and Value Creation Models

Please join Anne Olderog, Senior Partner at Vivaldi, and Dovran Amanov, CEO of NeuronSpike, for a thought-provoking discussion on how AI is changing not just technology - but business models, not just how work is done - but what becomes possible, and not just replacing humans - but opening new horizons.

• In the AI landscape, where is value created, and where is it lost?
• Where is investment going, and what opportunities are under the radar?
• What new possibilities does AI offer, and what are its limitations?
• What challenges are inherent, and how can these be addressed?

Learn and discuss how AI creates a sea change:

• Market intelligence: From insights scarping to dynamic demand surfacing (example: Salesforce)
• Customer Journey: from 360 views to impact lever identification (example: Iberdrola)
• Customer Service: from service agents to demand anticipation (example: Ford)
• Innovation: from rapid prototyping to predictive behavior modeling (example: Nestle)
• Market Activation: from endless content to dynamic campaigns (example: Ally)

• 6:00 pm Registration and networking
• 6:30 pm Presentation
• 7:00 pm Q&A
• 7:15 - 8:00 pm Networking reception on a terrace

As a three-time winner of the International Physics Olympiad, Dovran Amanov earned a degree in Physics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He later began his PhD program at Harvard University, focusing on brain-inspired computing, where he published a highly cited paper in bio-inspired computing and received a US patent for collaborative work with Samsung Research. After earning his master's degree, Dovran founded Neuronspike, a company developing bio-inspired chips for highly efficient AI computing. Neuronspike has raised over $6.5 million to date and will release its first product in early 2025.

As Senior Partner at Vivaldi, Anne Olderog works on shaping AI strategy for her clients and identifying opportunities that others don't. Her work is mostly focused on new digital business models and the way AI is not just changing the value chain but transforming entire industries. Her strategy work received the Best of Consulting Wirtschaftswoche award in Germany; her thought leadership work with McGraw Hill on Education for All, defining a new framework for Equity in Education, received the Hermes award. She received the Most Innovative Consultancy Senior Partner Award in 2023. A frequent guest on podcasts and guest writer in esteemed publications, she also facilitated numerous management leadership meetings and strategy retreats.

Her background in strategy (at McKinsey & Co and the Boston Consulting Group) enables her to combine the rigor of an analytical approach with creative insights and out-of-the box thinking. She also brings experience in leading organizations through change gained on the client side, as Senior Director of Strategy & Corporate Development at Bertelsmann, one of the world's largest media companies. She started her career in the mergers & acquisitions/corporate finance group at Goldman Sachs.

Anne has extensive experience working with cultural, educational and non-profit institutions such as LIFT, Hour Children, the HIV Law Project, Per Scholas in the areas of healthcare and education equity, access to jobs, and workforce development.

Anne taught integrated brand communications at Columbia University and a core management class at Wharton.

Anne holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, an M.A. in International Studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an M.Phil in Management from Cambridge University, Gonville & Caius College. She is fluent in 6 languages and has consulted major corporations in the U.S., LATAM, U.K., France, Germany and Italy.

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