Future of sectors and markets

How do you, as a bank or as an investor, ensure that you remain relevant in the approaching future? The sector is at the center of a social debate about its place and role in society. For banks, asset managers, insurers and investors, going back to the core means connecting with purpose and playing the role of facilitator of progress and evolution. For all stakeholders, within the limits of the planet.

COVID-19 has permanently debunked the myth of perpetual returns and stability of the real estate market. How will the market evolve when the emphasis is increasingly on real estate that supports the vital functions in society? Fewer offices and stores, more locations where we provide small-scale care and can learn. Affordable and sustainable living, independent and safe, preferably for as long as possible. Where are the opportunities and how do you make use of them?

Smart industry for earning capacity and employment use digitalization in the best possible ways. Use a smart approach to link up products, machines, and people. But what are the very latest production technologies? Digitising and robotising factories is the first essential step towards automation. It is also an essential step towards making manufacturing companies’ own production lines more flexible. It will also ensure that value chains will be able to digitise, while enabling the companies within these chains to connect with each other.

This unique inspirement is all about the most innovative manufacturing technologies, 3D printing, digitization and network centric solutions. The keynote or workshop can be customized to one or more of the eight transformations that manufacturing companies must implement te become future fit: Flexible Manufactoring, Smart Products, Servitization, Digital Factory, Connected Factories, Sustainable Factory, Smart Working and Advanced Manufacturing.

The Global Consumes Insights Survey is kristal clear:”Consumers have clear expectations about their shopping, and retail has to fulfil them”. So there are three priorities that apply to shopping, whether it’s online or at the corner shop: shopping needs to be quick, with prompt delivery, and take account of sustainability criterial.

Physical stores will continue to be key to customer loyalty in the retail sector. But they will change into social meeting places and showrooms.It’s crucial for retailers to create a unique portfolio of services to exploit the opportunities of digitalisation and differentiate themselves from competitors.

How can retailers meet consumer requirements? Combining new technologies and innovative business models can help retailers meet rising consumer expectations. To offer digital services such as same-day delivery, retailers must have robust and fast IT systems with high-quality data. Without real-time inventory information, for example, retailers cannot state how quickly an order can be fulfilled. Innovative technologies offer retailers the opportunity to keep pace with customers’ constantly rising expectations.

During this exiting expedition to the future of retail and shopping the four principles for successful retailing will be revealed and discussed: Create space for investment, Stick to your strengths, Build up digital touchpoints and Work closely with partners. This inspirement will help you to survive the Retail Apocalypse.

The future of media & entertainment will offer a world of opportunities, but the transformation will require substantial steps and boldness. The industry needs to be open to new insights instead of being mentally closed by existing ones.

The future landscape of media and entertainment is likely to be dominated by human-centered design, with systems seamlessly integrating within individual consumers’ tech ecosystems – mobile, voice and augmented/virtual reality. Application programming interfaces (APIs) and the platform economy will grow increasingly important as adjacent companies collaborate to anticipate and exceed customer expectations. The use of AI will become commonplace, and will be used to improve customer interaction and manage resources for a seamless and self-service system completely in tune with each individual user. Trust is becoming a serious issue. Deep fakes, hoaxes, misinformation and propaganda are increasingly impacting people’s perception of media and the messages shared. Technology provides the best cures for these kinds of ailments, too.

Consumers will no longer tolerate an intrusion into their lives. They’ll expect personalized content on every device, at every moment of the day. And when they want a little thrill, they’ll switch on ”surprise mode,” and their devices will instantly forget all their historical data and preferences, and offer something entirely new and unexpected. But whether highly personalized or endlessly surprising, the consumer will completely control media content. The result? An interconnected media experience that combines data, AI and human-centered design to create a fully immersive and personalized media offering. So Quinn can score like Ronaldo, play lead guitar in his favorite band, and create an Oscar-worthy movie ending, all on a lazy Saturday afternoon.