Clarity for complex times.

Workbench Meeting

Your quarterly compass for greater clarity of action

Top management exchange in an agenda-free setting

The Workbench Meeting is a curated virtual quarterly forum where senior decision-makers discuss current trends and future topics in a small, trusted setting, compare diverse perspectives and derive concrete options for action for their own area of responsibility. It is completely agenda-free and outcome-oriented.

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Key facts

Here are the most important details at a glance: compact, clear and to the point.

By personal invitation only

Max. 12 participants

4 sessions per year

Two-hour interactive session with expert impulses

Online meeting

Participation is free of charge

Confidentiality guaranteed

What will I gain from participating?

The Workbench Meeting is a confidential thinking and decision-making format that opens the view beyond your own industry. Two hours in which perspectives are shared, options are weighed and clarity is created together around possible courses of action. Your benefit: a sound basis for decisions, a valuable peer network and practical recommendations for your roadmap.

Think Ahead

Evaluate trends and future topics in your own context.

Connect

Off-the-record exchange at C-level, without a sales agenda.

Anchor

Concrete recommendations you can put into action.

Voices and facts

What participants say …

“Especially valuable to me were the range of topics and the quality of the network participants.”
Oliver Kaltner
CEO Cherry SE and Investor
“The open discussion, external impulses and a current topic at the pulse of the times.”
Matthias Rohrmann
Managing Director AGV MOVE
President EU Social Dialogue Rail
“An opportunity to discuss complex and highly important topics with smart minds from industry and research.”
Gerd-Rainer Pisch
Director IP Services Europe NOKIA
2014

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Next Workbench Meeting | Europe × GCC

When everyone has AI, what still creates competitive advantage?

24 November 2026 · 16:30–18:30 CET · Microsoft Teams · English

Hosted and moderated by Ricardo Miquelino. A confidential exchange for personally invited senior leaders from DACH/Europe and the GCC.

Opening Impulse

Kuntal Malia

Kuntal Malia

AI & Data Leader | Former Chief AI Officer,
Metro Brands

Kuntal brings more than 20 years of experience across Silicon Valley and India.
Now based in Dubai and Mumbai, she was named a Fast Company Middle East Top 50 AI Leader 2025 and a RETHINK Retail AI Leader 2027.

Beyond the Model: Where Competitive Advantage Really Begins

When everyone has access to the same AI models, competitive advantage shifts to how work is redesigned and who owns the outcome. Kuntal will explore how regional approaches shape these choices, who gets a seat at the table and what leaders in DACH/Europe and the GCC can learn from each other.

Expert Impulse

Erik Wirsing

Erik Wirsing

Head of Innovation DPD Germany

Before joining DPD Erik worked more than 26 years for DB Schenker, where he built and led Global Innovation as Vice President. His initiatives included the DB Schenker Lab with Fraunhofer IML and a global venture clienting programme, connecting research, start-ups and operational business to turn new technologies into tangible impact.

When everyone has AI, execution becomes the competitive advantage.

As access to similar AI models and tools becomes widespread, the difference lies in execution: identifying relevant problems, making knowledge and data usable, accelerating decisions and embedding new solutions in the organisation so they can scale.

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