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Matthias Gutzmann Founder
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“ I don’ t know what the future of events will look like, maybe we’ ll have avatars on stage and won’ t need to source 150 speakers anymore, and we can focus our time on connections in the expo area. The world is changing drastically, and events will change a lot too.”
For now, Matthias leaves procurement leaders with his thoughts on organisations moving from just being curious about AI to executing AI – to getting it done.
“ We are beyond the hype cycle, I believe, and there are now great stories and concrete lessons learned from companies that have actually succeeded with some of these AI initiatives. My hope is that people go away experimenting, taking risks and sometimes it’ s okay to fail,” reflects Matthias.
Ultimately, Matthias hopes that his events will allow attendees to make connections, leave with a few more friends and get inspired, in order to fundamentally reimagine how procurement can be done.
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