2018 European Business Forum in Odense, Denmark

European Business Forum

The second annual European Business Forum was held in Odense, Denmark on 25-26 September. EBF is the premier meeting for business leaders in Europe. It brings together the continent’s top business people with the world’s leading management gurus at “the Davos of business thinking.”

Don Tapscott kicked off day one with a “moonshot” speech calling for “a declaration of interdependence” and a “new social contract for the digital society.” Roger Martin gave this year’s European Business Lecture on day two, calling for a “scientific revolution” in business thinking, with a dramatic shift to organisations as systems, strategy as execution, and projects as the norm.

Read The Event News Releases

Press Release: Day 1

Press Release: Day 2

Speakers at this year’s European Business Forum included:

Don Tapscott, author of Blockchain Revolution, the world’s #2 business guru
Roger Martin, author of Creating Great Choices, the world’s #1 business guru
Alex Osterwalder, co-author of Business Model Generation, and #7 business guru
Matt Brittin, President of Google EMEA, one of Europe’s top business leaders
Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman of AP Moller-Maersk, and Siemens AG
Mikael Trolle, CEO of Volleyball Denmark, co-author of Dreams & Details with Jim Snabe.
Martin Lindstrøm, Brand futurist, one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in the word
Whitney Johnson, Harvard expert on personal disruption, author of Build an A-team.
Chris Zook, Bain & Co partner, author of The Founders Mentality
Johanna Mair, Social innovation expert, editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review
Alexandra Christina, co-author of the The Sincerity Edge at Stanford University Press
Tania de Jong, Founder and CEO Creative Universe
Jimmy Maymann-Holler, Previously CEO of Huff Post and EVP of AOL, chairman of TV2
Javier Goyeneche, President & Founder of EcoAlf
Sasja Beslik, Head of Sustainable Finance at Nordea
Andrew Shipilov, INSEAD professor, author of Network Advantage
Esben Østergaard, founder and CTO of Universal Robots
Andrew McCarthy, IE Business school, expert in Design, Creativity & Innovation
Tanyer Sonmezer, CEO at Management Centre Türkiye (MCT)
Peter Fisk, forum host, innovation and growth expert, author of Gamechangers
Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, Thinkers50 founders, curating the best ideas

 

Selected Images From The Event

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