

Disruption Forum Berlin 2022
Digital transformation brought about change. Digital acceleration lets you own it.
Increase market share with critical insights on:
- What digital acceleration means in terms of speed, competitive advantage and resilience
- How to keep pace with consumer-led innovation
- Why a continuous discovery and delivery mindset reduces uncertainty
- How and where to source ideas to prepare for what’s next
- How to win the tech talent war and scale your teams against shortage
Key talking points
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Digital acceleration. Fast decision-making and accelerated delivery for rapid time-to-value
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Continuous discovery and delivery. Making the most of the modern product mindset for meaningful innovation
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Tech talent shortage. Strategies for scaling teams amid the global war for tech talent
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Sourcing innovation. Tapping into trends with ventures, M&As, partnerships and innovation labs
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We’re living in a paradise for innovators. From the user standpoint, we’ve never been so eager to try out new things. You want to tap into this as a business if you want to remain relevant. You NEED TO tap into this, if you want to lead.
Marek Talarczyk
CEO at Netguru
Disruption Forum Speakers
Andreas Wixler
CTO & Co-Founder at FINNManjuri Sinha
Global Director of Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding & Onboarding at OLX GroupSérgio Laranjeira
Director of Engineering at Delivery HeroSabine Häussermann
CEO & Founder at VisionHealthRashmi D'Souza
Product Lead at N26Ingmar Krusch
Chief Information Officer at SolarisSarah Schappert
Director Europe at URBAN-X (MINI)Staale Nerboe
Chief Technology Officer at RatepayKuba Niechciał
Director of Engineering at IntercomUlli Spankowski
Chief Digital Officer at Börse StuttgartYash Piplani
Director of Product at NubankPatrizio Carlucci
Head of Innovation Lab at ECCO Shoes
Disruption Forum Berlin: Agenda
Contents
Grab a Brew and Have a Chat - Registration and Networking
5:30 PM – 6:00 PMTake some time to look around
Welcome Speech
6:00 PM – 6:15 PMBy Marek Talarczyk, CEO at Netguru.
Digital Acceleration
6:15 PM - 6:45 PMIs digital transformation enough? How to digitalize faster to create a competitive
advantage, and build resilience against a post-pandemic market downturn.
Speakers:
- Andreas Wixler, CTO & Co-Founder at FINN
- Sabine Häussermann, CEO & Founder at VisionHealth
- Ingmar Krusch, Chief Information Officer at Solaris
Moderated by Marek Talarczyk, CEO at Netguru
Modern Product Mindset. How to Build the Right Product with Consumer-Led Innovation
6:50 PM - 7:30 PMAdopting a continuous delivery & discovery mindset to reduce uncertainty
and build the right product for the right audience. Strategies, benefits, rituals.
Speakers:
- Kuba Niechciał, Director of Engineering at Intercom
- Rashmi D'Souza, Product Lead at N26
- Ulli Spankowski, Chief Digital Officer at Börse Stuttgart
- Yash Piplani, Director of Product at Nubank
Moderated by Mateusz Krawczyński, Product Management Practice Lead at Netguru
Longer networking break
7:30 PM – 8:00 PMEnjoy the perks of a fully offline event. Meet new people and build your network.
Tech Talent Struggle
8:00 PM - 8:30 PMHow to scale (hire and retain) tech teams against talent shortage. Strategies for
filling specific skills gaps, finite projects, budgets or fluctuating needs.
Speakers:
- Manjuri Sinha, Global Director of Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding & Onboarding at OLX Group
- Sérgio Laranjeira, Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero
- Staale Nerboe, Chief Technology Officer at Ratepay
Moderated by Katarzyna Rój, Head of Talent Acquisition at Netguru
Sourcing innovation I Sensing disruption
8:35 PM - 9:05 PMHow and where to source ideas to prepare for what's next. How to take advantage of new trends, business models, and consumer needs through ventures, M&A, partnerships, and innovation labs.
Speakers:
- Sarah Schappert, Director Europe at URBAN-X (BMW Group)
- Patrizio Carlucci, Head of Innovation Lab at ECCO Shoes
Moderated by Jinder Kang, Innovation Consultancy Lead at Netguru
Networking
9:05 PM – 10:00 PMMingle with speakers and other attendees, exchange thoughts on the topics discussed.
An event for all innovators
- Innovation decision-makers at startups, scaleups and corporates
- Engineering/IT executives and digital products experts
- Teams responsible for strategy and digital transformation
- Product owners and tech leads
- Managers and practitioners from Innovation Labs



Disruption Forum Berlin 2022
Couldn't join on time? Let's meet in Berlin in March 2023.