Study Tours Wednesday, 8 September 2010 (to be booked separately)
with Umdasch Shop-Concept AG
14.00 - 21.00
Hot Store Tour 1
Cutting-edge openings in Zurich (g/e)
Hot Store Tour 2
“im Viadukt”: The longest shopping mall in Zurich, opened 2010 (g/e)
Conference Day 1: Thursday, 9 September 2010, 10.00 – 18.30
From 09.30
Welcome coffee
Simplicity: Economy, Society, Retail and Technology
10.00
Opening Speech
David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
Simplicity in the new business and social environment
CEO Insights
Franz Julen, Intersport International Corp.
Simple, sustainable, consistent – enabling the success of Intersport in the constantly changing retail environment of the last 42 years
Expert Talk
Joanne Denney-Finch, IGD / David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
Retail outlook 2010-2012 – formats, structures, winners & losers
Global Outlook
Norbert Walter, Walter und Töchter Consultant
Economic outlook 2010 – 2012: Are swans all black by now, especially in Europe?
12.20
Lunch
Retail and Innovation
13.45
Keynote
Göran Roos
How to manage retail innovation.
Navigating between design, technology and new business models
Fashion in the Age of Simplicity
Keynote
Jose Luis Duran, Devanlay-Lacoste
How to keep a strong brand simple and smart
CEO Insights
Philippe Gaydoul, Gaydoul Group
- From Food to Fashion, from mass to class
- New positioning, new target group
André Maeder, Charles Vögele
Gaining the middle ground – new positioning of Charles Vögele
16.00
Break
Simplicity, Efficiency, Sustainability – and Lifestyle
16.30
Keynote
Jill Dumain, Patagonia
Reducing complexity in times of doubt -
transparency as a competitive advantage.
Efficiency, Simplicity, Emotionality
Executive Panel
Peter Bamert, Denner
Christoph Clavadetscher, Formerly Dohle
Thomas Vollmoeller, Valora
The Changing Landscape – New Models, New Products, New Services
Innovation
Dieter Berninghaus, Migros
What innovations are needed to make the retail trade fit for the future?
Summary 1st Day
David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
18.30
Networking & Lounge
Meet interesting people to talk to and treat yourself to some culinary surprises
From 20.00
Shuttle transfer
to the hotels and Thalwil station
Conference Day 2: Friday, 10 September 2010, 09.00 – 15.30
Surviving the Digital World
09.00
Keynote
Douglas Rushkoff, bestselling author
People, places, and things: how real world retail will redefine itself for the digital lifestyle
Retail Outlook
Keynote
Alain Caparros, Rewe Group
Emotion vs. efficiency in retail - can the circle be squared?
10.30
Break
Hot concepts on Stage
11.00
Executive Practice
Christian Gries, Depot
Depot - building up a chain of stores
Roberto Chieppa, Prenatal Group Marketing
Make it simple: with customer obsession!
Beyond Efficiency – The Role of Creativity
12.00
Executive Panel
Theo Henselijn, retail expert
Bertrand Jungo, Manor
Paul Bringmann, La Place
Has the retail trade become too complex?
What are the roles of creativity and innovation in shaping the future?
12.30
Lunch
Simple Transactions - The Future of Payment
14.00
Hot Innovation
Christian Lanng, Tradeshift
The future of payment: simple, smooth and cheap. A Danish start-up wants to disrupt how banks and credit card companies process payments.
The Art of Simplicity
Interview
Sam Keller, Fondation Beyeler
Art, design, added values – how to give meaning to simple things
Executive Summary
Outlook
Herbert Bolliger, Migros
Key learnings
15.20
Closing
David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
From 15.30
Shuttle transfer to Thalwil station
Presenter
Jürgen Müller
Jürgen Müller writes for over 20 years for the editorial of TextilWirtschaft. He has been working as editor, correspondent, managing editor and since 2006 he is editor in chief. TextilWirtschaft is Europe's leading trade magazine for the textile industry, featuring topics from fashion and management, plus the latest news from the industry and the trade.

Co-Presenter, David Bosshart
CEO of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, one of Europe‘s leading think tanks for business and society. The focuses of David Bosshart‘s work are trade, consumption, management and social change.
Conference languages
German / English (simultaneous translation)