Speakers

Suyogi Gessner’s passion is to help and inspire people for improving their health and wellbeing. I am a crazy learner and researcher to find the essence of improving body, mind and emotions. As an ayurvedic expert and pulse reader in the Siddha Veda lineage, I am dedicating my life to the service of others.

Jan has worked as a developer for several Internet startups, e.g. Zalando, Flaconi, Platinnetz, and an eGovernment company before he became a freelancer. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science at Technische Universität München (TUM) and holds an MBA from Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL). Besides freelancing as coder, he teaches students about Web Development at DCI Berlin.

Yannis Salavopoulos, MBA, MSc, Founder and Managing Director, CAPITALS Circle Group GmbH Advisory (www.capitalscirclegroup.com), University Lecturer (Berlin) He is parallel Managing Director, Global Sustain GmbH & Country Manager Germany, Viva Wallet. He is Serial Entrepreneur, C Level Executive & Business Angel. He is forner Economic Diplomat.

His company, CAPITALS Circle Group (CCG) GmbH (Berlin-Athens-Brussels-London, (www.capitalscirclegroup.com) is Berlin based but international active Market Driven & Metrics Driven Advisory & Market Intelligence Provider for the Tech Industry and for Digital Economy topics.
It offers specialised Public Relations/Investor Relations / Investors Tools, Growth Strategy, Governance Risk & Compliance Services with a focus on digital economy, tech industry, financial sector, policy. It has cooperated so far with established brands and institutions (corporates, banks, investors, public sector entities).

Rona van der Zander is a 2 x Startup founder, university lecturer and TEDx speaker. She has worked in 8 different countries and cooperates worldwide with large companies, NGOs and international organisations (such as the UN) in the field of innovation and communication. Rona has co-founded si:cross, a B2B SaaS solution for podcasting in the enterprise sector. si:cross offers a platform for company internal podcasts to turn employees into active storytellers and on-the-go learners.

At si:cross, we support enterprises in solving communication issues that originate from hierarchical and fixed structures by democratizing internal information. We bring the concept of podcasting into enterprises by building a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to produce and consume podcasts company internal, supported by workflows and analytics. Thereby employees become active storytellers and on-the- go learners, fostering an open and creative culture, while increasing communication efficiency at the same time.

Mario Facchinetti is a qualified electrician with a BSc in Facility Management and MSc in Business Administration. As initiator and leader of the innovation network SwissPropTech, he builds bridges between young and established companies as well as private persons from the real estate industry.

As an innovation network, SwissPropTech adds value to the Swiss real estate industry. By bringing together young property technology companies with investors and established companies, the innovative power of the real estate industry will be sustainably strengthened over the entire life cycle. In addition to the national network, SwissPropTech promotes Switzerland’s innovative image abroad and represents it in the global PropTech scene.

While the way how employees work has changed, office buildings have remained largely unchanged. It is time for a change. At Locatee, we believe that connecting employees with their office buildings through technology enables organisations to strive.

Georg Nebehay is a Head of Development at Locatee AG