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Hendrik Blijdenstein is CCO at Digitec Galaxus, the largest online retailer in Switzerland. In an interview ahead of the GDI Retail Summit in September, at which he is due to speak, he reveals how to keep up with Amazon and Alibaba, and how important drone delivery is to him.

Artificial intelligence can recognise and anticipate our feelings and moods with increasing accuracy. For algorithms, we have become an open book. No psychiatrist could sketch as precise a picture of our minds as this technology.

Demna Gvasalia is a fashion icon. The designer once founded the hip label Vetements together with his brother. Today, among other things, he is creative director of the luxury brand Balenciaga. At the GDI Retail Summit, he will be interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Here Obrist explains Gvasalia’s influence.

Cooking series or SciFi adventures – Netflix knows what we want to watch. And Michelle Ufford knows which intelligent algorithms help make predictions and how they work. In an interview with the GDI, the former data manager of the streaming portal talks about Netflix, binge-watching and why we could be more creative than ever in a predictable world.

The Power of Predictions Conference

We have seen a very significant surge of interest in AI recently, says Ajay Agrawal, Professor at the University of Toronto. In a video interview, conducted at the GDI conference "The Power of Predictions", he names three reasons for this phenomenon and points out the rising importance of human judgement when working with AI.

Of black swans and warning goats: at the conference "The Power of Predictions", internationally recognised experts discussed the opportunities and risks of AI predictions. A summary.

Reality or fiction? In terms of consumption, this question will soon be irrelevant. We are in the midst of a fundamental change in which the physical components of consumption are increasingly combined with virtual ones: "Entanglement" and “Vireality.”

The predictability boom is about to change the business models of the insurance industry. No need to panic, says Amelia Lorenzo, Head of Market Dynamics & Opportunities at Swiss Re – as long as there are risks in society, there’ll be need for cover.

9 million app users, 18,000 participating businesses in Europe, 11 countries: the "Too Good To Go" success story is second to none. CEO Mette Lykke reveals her secret of success at the GDI Retail Summit from 5 to 6 September 2019 and in this interview.