The Company of the Future Under the Spotlight for National Economy Day Conference

The question of what the companies of the future will look like is up for scrutiny on Economy Day 2017 on 2 March at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, for a joint conference hosted by the Chamber, the Ministry of Commerce and Luxembourg's industrial federation, FEDIL. 

As disruptive technologies, innovative enterprises, constant digital animation and the "uberisation" of established industries up end traditional relationships and understandings so that large organisations are finding themselves being undercut or turned on their heads by small, even very small enterprises, the question is no longer which classic enterprises will be impacted by the ruptures but when, this day aims to take a look at whether there is a limit to the changes, and what models with the companies of the future follow. 

Today, the disruptions run across every level of business. Whether it's designing, manufacturing and marketing products, creating and delivering services or recruiting and retaining the right talent, constant change is no longer the exception but the norm. Innovation is no longer just about the product but about the company as a whole.

Taking a look at how companies will be able to transform their business models in order to stand out and perform in the future, with whom they should collaborate, and how do they keep innovative, Arun Sundararajan, among others will tackle the questions from a number of angles. 

Arun Sundararajan is an American expert on the sharing economy, who will explain the transition to what he describes as "crowd-based capitalism" - a new way of organising economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporate-centred model.

Moderated by Serge Allegrezza, director with STATEC, and François Mousel, associated with PwC Luxembourg, the programme is in French. 

Programme: 

09:00 - 09:30 Welcome Coffee and registration 

09:30 - 09:45 Welcome talk, Carlo Thelen, director general, Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce

09:45 - 10:15  What will the company of the future look like, Patrice Geoffron, professor of economics at the University of Paris Dauphine and member of the Circle of Economists

10:15 - 10:30 Open Innovation, a proven method for remaining competitive, Martin Guérin, CEO, nyuko 

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 - 11:00  What vision do managers have of the future, John Parkhouse, CEO, PwC Luxembourg 

11:00 - 11:45 The sharing economy is participatory capitalism -- how does digital transform enterprise, public politics and society? Arun Sundararajan, Professeur and the Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow, New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business  

11:45 - 12:00 Report on the Third Industrial Revolution of Jeremy Rifkin -- a paradigm change in the service of an illuminated country, Etienne Schneider, Vice-Prime Minister, Ministre de l'Economie 

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch   

14:00 - 15:30 Parallel sessions

15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 - 16:30 Review of the parallel sessions 

Moderated by Susan Coleman, Managing Director, PwC Luxembourg 

16:30 - 16:40 Closing comments, Serge Allegrezza, director, STATEC  

From 16:40 Cocktail