How corporates shape their digital future - Behind the scenes at PALFINGER

On July 6th we'll kick-off our series of events to discuss Business, Design & Technology with industry experts, entrepreneurs and smart people of all kinds who bring diverse minds together to build something outstanding.

For the first session, we've invited Philipp Smole and Albrecht Karlusch from P21st, which is the Corporate Incubator of the global lifting solution market leader PALFINGER.

Philipp (Head of P21st) and Albrecht (MD StrucInspect) will talk about their journey of setting up the PALFINGER P21st Incubator and showcase how in the StrucInspect JV a multi-disciplinary cross corporate team successfully is inventing the bridge inspection solution of tomorrow.

After the talk, Philipp and Albrecht will raise a question to be discussed in breakout groups. With this format we want to encourage exchange between different disciplines and ideas from different perspectives.

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SCHEDULE

16:50
Warm Up & Socializing

17:00
Welcome & Introduction by the meetup organizer

17:10
Talk by P21st - Why we as a global player in lifting solutions scale a disruptive AI venture for a bridge inspection service

17:30
Q&A with Philipp and Albrecht

17:50
Group Discussion

18:15
Summarised presentations of all groups

18:30
Checkout

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SPEAKERS

Philipp Smole:
Philipp holds a PH.D. in physics from the Vienna University of Technology. In his career Philipp has acquired broad experience in research, development and manufacturing of devices for life science applications but also solutions and systems working with TDK EPCOS, Oerlikon Balzers and Philips Healthtech. With his teams Philipp has developed and brought to market sensor solutions, medical products, ventured new consumer devices and digital solutions. His passion is to drive breakthrough innovation, translating consumer needs into product solutions, helping teams to apply and implement new ways to successfully deliver innovation, identify new business models and foster collaboration throughout the value chain.
As Head of the Corporate Incubator P21st Philipp is now living his dream and is helping together with his team to shape the future of the global lifting solution market leader PALFINGER.
Philipp is married, father of a son, he loves good food, wine, books and the sun at the seaside. He enjoys speed cycling, running and skiing.

Albrecht Karlusch:
Mr. Karlusch is currently the Managing Director of PALFINGER Structural Inspection – a joint venture of Palfinger AG, VCE and Angst Group - with a focus on AI technology. Before that, he started at PALFINGER AG as a corporate entrepreneur, where he contributed to the setting up of the corporate incubator (P21st) and systematically assessed potentially disruptive technologies and business models across all corporate divisions. As a consequence, he decided to turn the most promising opportunity into reality and switched to the new venture as its managing director.
Albrecht Karlusch holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in computer science from the Technical University of Vienna and an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management from Danube University Krems. He also completed numerous professional programs from MIT Sloan, TU Munich, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Harvard Business School.
Besides and after his studies, Albrecht Karlusch worked in a couple of roles for more 10 years: as a senior consultant in the consultancy industry, as managing director of a tech-start-up, as a researcher and lecturer at university and as a reviewer for public funding programs.
In his career he achieved top scientific publications, attracted more than EUR 5 Million in public funding and private investments and won many prizes, such as the largest European business plan contest, the Austrian Iceberg Leadership award and nominations for the state award for consulting and innovation.
In his spare leisure time, he loves to spend time with his son and his wife or to do many kinds of sports.