Martin Groß-Albenhausen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of bevh, has been responsible for marketing, innovation and business-to-business suppliers at the E-Commerce Association since December 2011. He also leads bevh's activities with regard to education and training in e-commerce and the bevh roundtable "Research and Teaching". At the Digital Business School Jena, he teaches e-commerce and digital strategy. At bevh, Martin Groß-Albenhausen advises interactive retailers on e-commerce and multichannel strategy.

Jutta Kleinschmidt is a racing driver, physicist and book author. She is one of the world's most successful women in motorsport and is so far the first and only woman to have won the world's toughest rally - the Dakar Rally - in the overall car classification. Extremes are her passion. Jutta is currently a racer in Extreme E, a racing series for all-electric SUVs that takes place in extreme regions of the world. The goal of the series is to use new technologies to draw attention to climate change. As President of the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) Cross Country Rally Commission, she developed strategic visions and introduced new, environmentally friendly technologies to the sport, among other things. In 2018, Jutta received the "World Sports Legends Awards" - the Oscar for athletes.

Oliver Leisse has been a trend and futurologist since 1998. Before that, he was a strategy consultant for 20 years at international advertising agencies such as DDB, TBWA, BBDO and Springer & Jacoby before founding the online market research company EARSandEYES GmbH in 1997. This was followed in 2008 by SEE MORE. The Institute for the Future and Innovative Strategies with employees in 50 metropolitan areas researches current consumer insights based on qualitative ethnographic research and advises clients such as Deutsche Bank, TUI, Henkel and Schwarzkopf, Microsoft, Deutsche Post, Google, Freenet, REWE, Burda, AON or Goldwell. In 2012, his book: "Be prepared: 30 Trends für das Business von morgen" was published by Haufe Verlag. At the end of 2020, his book "So geht Zukunft" was published by Edel Verlag.

Dominique Tascioglu is an absolute car guy and technology freak. In marketing and business since 2005 - first for his family's companies, then as a one-man agency and since 2011 for Porsche AG in various marketing functions. Since 2021 as Manager Sales & Loyalty Communications. Dominique's personal highlight, in addition to all the digital product management and portfolio roles, is his time as Manager of Motorsport Marketing. Passion and job in one. Now he's working with a wonderful team at Porsche on a program of performance-driven marketing in a global omni-channel approach to support the modern luxury brand. The goal: to be where the customers are and delight them at every stage.

Stefan Pokinskyj has been Managing Director of EFALOCK Professional Tools GmbH, the brand distributed throughout Europe in the salon equipment and accessories sector, since 2017. With more than 25 years of experience in the hairdressing industry - management positions in marketing and sales at Wella, Sally Beauty and Euro-Friwa/EFALOCK, among others - he is not only a proven expert, but is now one of the trend scouts for salon professionals on three continents. Not only does he track down new trends, he is also a keen observer of developments in the European retail landscape in the salon beauty business. His expertise in import, supply chains, transport routes and finding new sourcing regions complete his profile. Stefan Pokinskyj is a happy husband, family man of two boys as well as a basketball fanatic.

Isabel Haas has always been fascinated by the world of media. She started her professional life with an apprenticeship as a digital & print media clerk with an additional qualification at the Klett Group and then studied business administration / media management & advertising psychology at Pforzheim University. While gaining experience in brand management at Robert Bosch Power Tools during her studies, she started her professional life in the furniture trade. First in classic marketing - but soon her focus shifted to the online sector. Since December 2021, Isabel has taken over the management of e-commerce and online marketing at Hofmeister - the development of a strong online team as well as the creation of a sustainable business unit are the focus here.

Marcel Bewersdorf is Managing Partner of HELMES BEWERSDORF GmbH, a dynamic management consultancy focusing on digital transformation, marketing, sales and leadership. Business field development, customer experience, digital performance and process optimization are at the forefront of his activities as a consultant in business and commerce. His tireless commitment in his honorary posts and professional activities distinguish him as a pioneer of e-commerce and marketing in Germany. He is particularly active and effective in the retail sector, explicitly in the furniture industry. In addition, he is a thought leader and valued contact person in all industries, which alone is confirmed by his board function since 2021 in the DMV (German Marketing Association).

Paul Schmid is a business IT specialist and has been responsible for IT at Arnulf Betzold GmbH for over 25 years. Until two years ago, Schmid also managed Betzold's advertising division in addition to IT. Due to challenges in the areas of digitalization, cloud and mobile working, he decided to focus entirely on IT. Thanks to his 23 years of experience in the advertising sector, he is still very familiar with advertising topics. Therefore, Schmid accompanied the evaluation of a DAM system from the very beginning and continues to be involved in the DAM project.

Andreas Michalski is a serial founder and marketing automation expert from the very beginning. He has been working with Adobe products or InDesign 1.5 for 20 years and has helped companies automate their marketing from the very beginning. With iBrams, he built a company based on the success of Adobe InDesign servers. He has defined what remote publishing and web-to-print do for global enterprises. In 2017, he sold the company he founded, iBrams GmbH & Co KG, to the French company DAM Shop. With iBrams, he delivered marketing automation solutions for international companies such as Deutsche Bahn, Fresenius, BMW, Continental, Estee Lauder and Apple. Together with his team, he is now redefining how marketing automation will work in the future. CI HUB is designed to fit into existing solutions and not to be added as a new solution to the company's marketing landscape. Andreas lives with his son in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Norbert Weckerle, Managing Director at Meyle+Müller GmbH+Co. KG and CEO at apollon GmbH+Co. KG, has strategic and operational responsibility at apollon. Since 1995, Weckerle has been involved with IT solutions in the media environment. He completed an apprenticeship as a Publishing House Clerk and worked as a Consultant and Project Manager after his studies of economics, before he became and works in 2006 as Deputy Division Manager, Authorized Signatory and later as Managing Director at Meyle+Müller GmbH+Co. KG.

Tobias Marks, CCO, studied business administration in Stuttgart, Berlin and Brasilia and gained experience in several companies in the IT sector during this time. After graduating in 2012, he held various positions at Meyle+Müller and at apollon, most recently as Director Sales. Today Tobias Marks is CCO (Chief Customer Officer) as well as managing partner and responsible for sales and marketing at apollon.