Innovate to Recalibrate! Solutions for post-pandemic recovery

Modul University Vienna, Falkensteiner Ventures, and Talent Garden Vienna join forces to present:

"Innovate to Recalibrate! Solutions for post-pandemic recovery in Tourism, Hospitality & Gastronomy".

The Covid 19 pandemic has disrupted many sectors. With this event, we would like to analyze two of them that have been strongly affected by this crisis: hotel & hospitality and food & beverage.

Crisis provides an opportunity to rethink one's business, to recalibrate it to new quality standards. One crisis always leads to change, and therefore to innovation and self-improvement.

It will be interesting to understand what the consequences have been for companies in these sectors. And above all, what solutions have been adopted to deal with this unprecedented situation.

We will explore this topic with the help of several experts and great innovation enthusiasts. The event will be entirely in English and will be structured in two parts:

- a panel discussion moderated by Petra Hauser (country manager at Talent Garden Austria) entitled "Industry meets research: perspectives on innovation in Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy to recalibrate in a post-pandemic world" with experts from AblnBev, Falkensteiner Ventures and Modul University.

- a pitch competition, during which several start-ups will compete, exposing their ways of innovating the tourism and food & beverage sectors.

Event Program

3:00-3:15 Introductions & short presentation of the companies (MU, FV, TAG)

Moderator:

Petra Hauser (Talent Garden Vienna)

Panelists:

Francesca Marzano (AblnBev)

Beat Blaser (Falkensteiner Ventures)

Andreas Arquin (Falkensteiner Ventures)

Karl Wöber (Modul University Vienna)

Lidija Lalicic (Modul University Vienna)

Isabel Laczkovich (Sheraton Grand Salzburg & Goldener Hirsch)

3:15-4:00 Panel Discussion

"Industry meets research: perspectives on innovation in Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy to recalibrate in a post-pandemic world."

4:00-4:55 Pitching (panelists as jury)

4.55-5.10 Q&A between startups and participants

5.10-5.30 Jury announcement and event closing

And what about the pitching prize?.... We will provide the winning team with an overnight stay in a Falkensteiner Hotel**** of their choice in South Tyrol!

Takeaways:

- You will receive many insights into current trends in the hotel & hospitality, and food & beverage sectors. What is changing? You will hear the point of view of academics as well as prominent people from the corporate business world.

- You will get lots of inputs on how innovation is perceived by new companies and how you can turn a crisis into an opportunity.

- You will be able to expand your network, meeting new startups, and panelists from different places and contexts.

The startups will be announced in the upcoming days: stay tuned!

How to attend:

1. Book your ticket via Eventbrite

2. Connect to the link you will receive via email

3. Enjoy the online event!