Anett Berger Sørli is an Investment Director at Bring Ventures, as well as Senior Vice President of Next Studio, both part of Posten Bring AS, a Nordic postal and logistics group. She leads a team focused on corporate innovation and generating new revenue streams for Posten Bring AS. She actively seeks out, evaluates, and invests in start-ups that are relevant to the company. With over 13 years of experience, she effectively combines strategic vision with operational feasibility to drive results.

Thierry is Director of Open Innovation and Venturing of Swiss Post. In this role, he has been developing open innovation initiatives with external partners as start-ups, universities and accelerators in Switzerland, Germany, France, China and US. These innovation ecosystems enabled disruptive projects as, amongst others, the use of exoskeletons, the dynamic deliveries and the autonomous shuttles. Furthermore, he is managing the strategic venture capital funds of Swiss Post. Thierry holds several Masters in Economics and Technology from the University of Fribourg, EPFL and UC Berkeley.

Michael Andrae is head of central innovation in the group strategy of Austrian Post. He has been active in the field of innovation in corporates for over 20 years and is himself founder of several startups. He holds a degree in business administration and a doctorate in physics.

Christian Ostergaard is lead visionary & senior group strategist focusing on innovating PostNord’s IT-production including IoT, AI, ML. With more than 35 years of working in the postal and logistics sector, Christian has extensive experience in creating value for business with the help of technology. Christian was previously head of logistic in Post Denmark and program director reengineering the logistic business in bpost, Belgium. Over the last years, he has focused on introducing new tech into the operations of PostNord.

Elmar Toime is a senior advisor in the postal and logistics sector. Elmar has held positions as chief executive of New Zealand Post Limited, executive deputy chairman of Royal Mail, chairman of GLS, and a member of the Deutsche Post DHL supervisory board. He is currently a non-executive director of Qatar Post and of Solutions Dynamics Ltd., a New Zealand listed communications technology company. He lives in London and has received a lifetime achievement award for leadership in the postal industry.

Leading a team of professionals who are working on parcel and mail automation, innovative technologies and equipment with the objective of bringing innovative new technologies to the bpost operational environment. His team’s mission is to support bpost’s mail and parcel operations to help reach its objectives by introducing new and innovative technologies and equipment.

Carlos is Head of Innovation Management at CTT Portugal Post, being also Chairman of the Innovation Forum of PostEurop. He has several years of work experience in Innovation Management and Strategy, in the fields of Telecommunications & Technology, Digital Economy, FMCG, Energy, Logistics and in the Construction sector. Carlos has several scientific papers published in international peer reviewed journals and has lectured at University of Lisbon. Carlos holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico of University of Lisbon, and an INSEAD General Management Program for Executives.

Co-founder and CEO Ursa Major Associates and Founder PostalVision 2020, Former VP DHL Global Mail, SVP Purolator, President TNT Skypak, VP Marketing DHL Express, Founder and CEO Calico Air Courier