Envision Forum 2020
Digital platform to realize your potential
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Virtual summit
There are situations when trends, challenges and opportunities come all at once and almost overlap. Year 2020 is one of such moments and ENVISION FORUM was all about this. A unique virtual summit for all those who want to stay in the game and fully harness the potential of their business.
In this virtual conference world’s top business leaders talked about the possibilities of future development. A unique panel discussion MS Talks: SuperTalk presented by Nora Fridrichová offered a debate of business leaders with the respected economist Tomáš Sedláček about the present situation as well as about the latest trends in innovation.
In the second part you can virtually join Filip Horký to look at some examples of digital transformation in finance, retail, manufacturing, and state administration. And presented inspiring insights into digital business, factory of the future, and a digital office. Brett King, a renowned financier and futurist, guided guests through smart financial services demo.
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Virtual summit
Foundation Partners:

Microsoft
Microsoft.cz
Accenture
Accenture.comWhat you will see in the videos:

Inspiring presentations of world-renowned speakers who will show you how to face the current challenges.

Discussion panel with leaders on digital transformation in the context of the present situation.

Presentation of the latest technologies and innovations through industry demos.
Keynote Speakers

Rudolf Urbánek
General Manager, Microsoft Czech Republic and Slovakia
Rudolf got a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity as the leader of Microsoft Czech Republic & Slovakia – a first-hand experience of a full transformation of a company’s business model. Based on his experience, Rudolf shared his views on what the current pace of changes requires and will give you advice on how to use that to your advantage. You will also learn how to make the most of your own effort in digital transformation and how to use the current challenges for growth.

Roberto Libonati
Regional Managing Director, Accenture for Danubia (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania)
During his career at Accenture, Roberto has seen a lot. Since 1986 he had worked practically everywhere, from Greece to Poland. In a region spanning from Balkan to the Baltic Sea he witnessed the transformation to democracy and free market, as well as the recent acceleration of technological progress and its impacts on financial services and business solutions. It is this experience that gives him a unique insight into the functioning of domestic companies in comparison to foreign ones, and allows him to see where their greatest potential lies.

Aleš Holeček
Corporate Vice President at Microsoft
When it comes to deep understanding of technologies and business needs of companies, you would hardly find a better expert than Aleš. From research work at the Czech Technical University, through responsibility for a development of the Windows and Microsoft Teams universal platform, to the position of a vice-president of Microsoft. Aleš closely collaborates with the company’s CEO Satya Nadella and understands technologies through and through. In his presentation he will show you everything that you need to know about the emerging technological trends and about the directions in which they will evolve in business.

Cedric Dumont
Adventure-preneur (adventurer & entrepreneur)
As a sportsman and performance psychologist, Cedric Dumont teaches people how to overcome routine and take the shortcut to success. Through mental coaching he had helped top managers find the way and shift to a higher gear on the way to big and successful things. Cedric will show you how to develop your personal potential and with it also the performance of your company. Who else should present willpower than the man who eats his own limits for breakfast?

Emma McGuigan
Intelligent Platform Services Lead and the member of Global Management Committee, Accenture
Emma is an expert in transforming your company through smart solutions. She joined Accenture more than 20 years ago and now she shares her deep technological and functional knowledge across industries and platforms. In her presentation she will show you that Cloud solutions represent a great opportunity in the current business environment, and that implementing them requires determination to change. She will share Accenture’s view of some specific challenges faced by companies nowadays and will mention several successful projects that could be an inspiration for businesses in Central Europe.

Philippe Rogge
Microsoft Central & Eastern Europe, President
Philippe, as a president of Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe, has a good experience with the Czech and Slovak market, as well as with the entire region. He will join Cedric in his talk and speak about the present challenges faced by Central and Eastern Europe in these days, and about the opportunities he is seeing for growth thanks to digital transformation.
MS Talks: Supertalk

MS Talks Supertalk logo
Our panel discussion MS Talks: Supertalk brought together business leaders and industry personas who shared their experiences with innovations and digital transformation in the context of present challenges and offered their personal perspectives on developing business potential. The panel was moderated by Nora Fridrichová and the panelists were:

Tomáš Sedláček
Economist

Rudolf Urbánek
General Manager, Microsoft Czech Republic and Slovakia

David Gawlowski
Telco, Media and High-tech Industry Lead for Central Europe, Accenture

Juraj Bóna
Chief Executive Officer at T-Mobile Czech Republic

Nora Fridrichová
Moderator & dramaturg
Tune in Omnichannel

Factory Of The Future
It was never the role of robots to fully replace human workers. Smart technologies minimize the risk of injury at workplaces, facilitate and speed up communication between technicians and headquarters, enable simulations through digital twins, and indicate the threat of potential failure of machines or instruments. In our demo you can look at how technologies, such as HoloLens, make up this kind of a factory and transform the future of production.

Store Of The Future
Our behaviour is changing under the influence of technologies and with it changes also our public space. Imagine a store. How could it utilize information technologies? At a reasonable cost, of course. Thanks to artificial intelligence and data analysis we know much more now. For instance, who wouldn’t like coming to a store where everything was brand new but at the same time perfectly familiar? How could anything like that be possible? Easily. Filip Horký will show you that personalization of shopping is not just an issue of virtual space anymore, and that it is making its way to our everyday reality.

Intelligent Financial Services
With modern technologies, financial services too can be simple, safe, and efficient. Thanks to integrated environment, personalization, and data analysis they can offer maximum customer experience without tedious series of administrative actions. In our demonstration of intelligent financial services, Brett King, a visionary and fintech guru, will guide you through different scenarios to show you how innovation changes the future of financial services and the customer experiences of their clients.

Digital office
The sphere of public services needs to move forward too. Through e-government, digital transformation can improve the experience of citizens and companies, and at the same time simplify the work of civil servants. To find out what such a digital government and authority of the future could look like, Filip Horký talked to Václav Koudele from Microsoft, government agent for digitization Vladimír Dzurilla, and Roman Vrba, director of eGovernment department of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic, and Ivan Bartoš, chairman of Czech Pirate Party.

Keynotes, Ms Talks: SuperTalk |
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Opening speech by Rudolf Urbánek & Roberto Libonati "We enable every company to realize its potential" moderated by Cedric Dumont |
Keynote Transforming for the New Future of Work by Aleš Holeček (Microsoft) Work today has undergone a seismic shift. Thriving in this new environment requires business leaders and their organizations to transform technically and culturally. In this keynote, learn the role of digital transformation in addressing the new world of remote work, the pillars of Microsoft’s digital transformation journey and how this approach is helping engage customers, transform services and empower employees. |
Keynote Accelerate your business through cloud-first by Emma McGuigan (Accenture) Digital transformation means cloud at scale and post-COVID market leadership requires every business to become a ‘cloud first’ business. Hear Emma McGuigan, Intelligent Platform Services Lead from Accenture, talk about transformational journeys we’re taking our clients on with Microsoft. She will share Accenture point-of-view on specific client business opportunities and share success stories that every company in Central Europe can take inspiration from. |
Keynote Dare to Jump by Cedric Dumont (RedBull) & Philippe Rogge (Microsoft) Excellence begins beyond your comfort zone |
MS Talks: Supertalk panel discussion with Tomáš Sedláček and representatives from Microsoft, Accenture and T-Mobile moderated by Nora Fridrichová |
Industry Insights - Tune in Omnichanel |
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Factory of the Future |
Store of the Future |
Government of the Future |
Intelligent Financial Services |

Gold Partner:
T-Mobile

Media Partner:
Economia.cz

Data Partner:
Forrester.com
Silver Partners of the Factory of the Future & Store of the Future Experience






































