Summary
The platform economy is expected to expand to nearly one third of all global commerce by 2025. Business Platforms are the engine to innovation and competitive growth.
During this virtual roundtable you will hear how to build your platform journey by creating new business values together with your ecosystem. You will hear how Minehub has approached their platform journey, and IBM will share how to make a decision between joining or building your own platform. You will hear about client’s learnings, values and things to think about when embarking on a business platform. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to share learnings with peers and take with you how to make a business platform a success for your organization.
Speakers:
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Edward H.B. Giesen, European Growth Leader Enterprise Strategy Center of Competence, Global Partner IBM Global Business Services
Edward is a leader in IBMs Global Enterprise Strategy CoC with a focus on Digital Strategy / Reinvention, business modeling, innovation, operating models, value management and management governance. He has over 20 years experience helping companies across sectors and governments shape innovative business/digital strategies to deliver breakthrough performance. He is the European Growth Leader for the Enterprise Strategy practice. |
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Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO, Minehub
Arnoud Star Busmann is one of the pioneers and innovators in the intersection of commodities, finance and blockchain technology. Prior to joining Minehub, he was the Innovation lead for Commodities at ING Bank. He led the defining cross-industry initiative ‘Easy Trading Connect”, which spawned groundbreaking projects like VAKT and komgo, and he was an early supporter of the Minehub project. Arnoud is an all-round executive with tech DNA, and has over 20 years experience in strategy execution, enterprise transformation, innovation and “blue chip” startups. After obtaining a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Netherlands, he lived and worked across Europe, Asia and Oceania |
Agenda
| Wednesday 30th June | |
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| 2:00pm CET | Welcome and Introductions |
| 2:05pm CET | Driving Value through Business Platforms Why do platforms matter to you? Platforms already have a multitrillion-dollar business effect, making it critical for business leaders to weigh the implications, consequences, and benefits, and fully explore the questions they should be asking. Based on his white paper "capturing rewards of platform business models", Edward Giesen will address in this slot these key questions including how do you want to create value with the platform? Who are the key players and how do you engage these in your platform ecosystem? How do you set up the platform? He will also share critical lessons learned how to turn the platform into a success, plus two practical platform examples. Speaker: Edward H.B. Giesen, European Growth Leader Enterprise Strategy Center of Competence, Global Partner IBM Global Business Services |
| 2:25pm CET | Minehub Presentation Minehub is a technology company which is looking to transform and create efficiencies in mining & metals supply chains by streamlining information exchange on one platform, shared by the participants involved in the supply chain transactions. The company believes that innovating to create efficiencies in large enterprises, including those in the mining industry, often comes down to better access to accurate, real-time information. Hear from Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO of Minehub, how they leveraged business platforms to drive value. Speaker: Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO, Minehub |
| 2:40pm CET | Interactive Discussion |
| 3:30pm CET | Closing Remarks |