WORLDCHANGERS IN TECH

With Björn Wind, founder and CEO of voiio.

How is childcare organized today, how can digital solutions help and how far can digital childcare go in the future? And what about immediate help in times of COVID-19?

In this live episode we talk to Björn Wind, the founder and CEO of voiio, about technology in childcare and in which way digital childcare can benefit parents and children alike.  If we take a look at the past decades, fortunately, there has been some development when it comes to the compatibility of children and career plans, mostly thanks to professional childcare. Services in childcare have been growing and developing ever since and, as for GERMANTECH, it always gets exciting when technology comes into play.

Voiio is on its mission to make companies more family-friendly through digitized and individualized childcare services. Due to recent events and the need for childcare on a much larger scale Voiio additionally is offering emergency services for childcare and virtual events for children. We look forward to talking to Björn to better understand the current needs, how technology in childcare can work, and where digital childcare can or can not go in the future.

Where does the “MADE IN GERMANY” brand stand now and where can it and should it go in the future? What about in times of a crisis? In this live episode we talk to Prof. Dr. Achim Kempker, Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen Uni, about the importance of engineering in today’s world and how “Engineers Saving the World / Ingenieure Retten die Welt” is on a mission to revive makers for a better world.

Historically MADE IN GERMANY was first introduced as a label of origin & warning, which, opposed to its purpose, quickly turned into the best-known trademark for quality, precision and specialization. Germany quickly became known for its prime engineering and having created the highest density of global market leaders. However, keeping and upholding a known tradition has created barriers, such as a slow speed of digital adoption and keeping up with foreign competitors that are embracing modern and agile methods.  We look forward to talking to Achim to better understand where MADE IN GERMANY is, where it can go and how his network “Engineers Saving the World / Ingenieure Retten die Welt” can revamp the engineering industry.

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure

SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

SDG 13: Climate Action

Most people will tell you that communication is the key to success in any relationship and in fact, that’s not far from the truth if not the truth, for businesses also. Public relations and outward communication is key in acquiring customers and prospects, sustains your stakeholders with up-to-date news and can let your inner story shine. So we wonder, what can WORLDCHANGERS IN TECH DO and NOT DO in their PR strategies and, particularly, how should you behave during an unprecedented global crisis?

We welcome one of  GERMANTECH’s great mentors Tilo Bonow to take the stage and guide us through why PR is Queen, especially in tech companies and times when it’s most needed.  Tilo leads one of Europes’s finest PR agencies, PIABO (customers include N26, Stripe, GitHub, Silicon Valley Bank, Shopify), and since 2009, the agency has been committed to companies that have a positive societal impact through new technologies and business models. PIABO has recently also launched a focused portfolio - its Greentech & Sustainability Practice. 

SDG  8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

GERMANTECH & New Work-Life - Parents, Employers and Remote Work  In times of COVID-19 we’re being tested on how digital/modern/agile/ & fast we really can be. GERMANTECH’s own Managing Director Maria Gross and Anna Yukiko Bickenbach, Mom & Event & Program Manager, converse about the drastic measures and advantages they’ve encountered in the last week. Plus, how GERMANTECH is moving forward positively by its own principles of: Inspire, Build and Grow to facilitate and support new working/life situations in these times of CORONA.

As the COVID-19 virus began taking a grip on Europe, Germany’s federal government decided to enact a hackathon that would define oncoming challenges, enable a platform for bright minds to come together and create a collective bottom-up approach in fighting the virus before it could take anchor. This came together in the form of the We vs. Virus Hackathon. One weekend that broke the world record in digital hackathons: bringing together 42968 participants, 1924 Innovators, and 2922 mentors. We get to speak to one of the organizers from this marvelous initiative, Anna Hupperth from Tech4Germany. She will tell us how they managed to successfully build and set up the hack, what happened after and which initiatives are making real-life impact and waves in the fight against COVID-19. Be part of this inspiring talk on how one nation and its collaborators discovered digital opportunities to win against the virus. 

Guest: Anna Hupperth from Work4Germany & Tech4Germany

SDG 3: Health and Wellbeing SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

COVID-19 might be invisible to the eye, but we surely can visualize those who are actively fighting this pandemic with digital grit! Vincent Zimmer, Managing Director of ICME Invest & Shareholder, and his team are actively aiming to flatten the curve and lessen the burden on medical systems by digitizing the patient journey. We look forward to deep diving into how Vincent and his team are managing this difficult time and what impacts health digitalization is making on flattening the curve!  Vincent is experienced in building successful start-ups across different industries such as digital education and digital health with a passion for solving complex problems. He co-founded Kiron, a highly successful higher education platform for refugees, and supported several digital health ventures in business development including ADA Health. He has also received several awards and mentions for his accomplishments including Young Global Leader from the Westerwelle Foundation in 2015, Responsible Leader from the BMW Stiftung in 2015 and appeared on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2015.

GERMANTECH & New Work-Life - Parents, Employers and Remote Work  In times of COVID-19 we’re being tested on how digital/modern/agile/ & fast we really can be. GERMANTECH’s own Managing Director Maria Gross and Anna Yukiko Bickenbach, Mom & Event & Program Manager, converse about the drastic measures and advantages they’ve encountered in the last week. Plus, how GERMANTECH is moving forward positively by its own principles of: Inspire, Build and Grow to facilitate and support new working/life situations in these times of CORONA.

We are all waiting for a, if not “the”, CoVid-19 cure. Hopefully a long-standing one in the form of a vaccine, but what sounds like the obvious solution in developed countries is far from the truth in third world countries where getting basic medical care is even a challenge. Julia, CEO of COOLAR, and her team from Berlin want to change just that with their electricity-independent medical refrigerators.

Around 1.2 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity, another 1 billion receive as little as 2 hours a day. Kerosene, battery, and fossil fuel-powered technologies are outdated, costly and energy inefficient. Consistency and reliability of the cold chain, refrigeration, are essential to safely store vaccines and medicines anywhere in the world!

Listen to this exciting Episode with HelloBetter's CEO Hannes Klöpper - and how we can psychologically stay strong in times of stress and social anxieties. Hannes and his team are currently looking at creating a CORONA specific offer addressing the different aspects of stress, fear, anxiety and depression related to all of the changes we are experiencing right now.  The SDG 3 - Health and Wellbeing have never been more important and we will be able to address how Hannes has taken upon that challenge. 

We deep dive to find out how HelloBetter is supporting souls and minds with their scientifically proven psychological online training and online psychotherapy classes.  Hannes Klöpper is not only a global leader in the digital mental health care space, but also an internationally recognized expert in the field of online learning. To that extend, Hannes will be able to tell us how he also transitioned from a university online class provider to switching into health care.

GERMANTECH & New Work-Life - Parents, Employers and Remote Work  In times of COVID-19 we’re being tested on how digital/modern/agile/ & fast we really can be. GERMANTECH’s own Managing Director Maria Gross and Anna Yukiko Bickenbach, Mom & Event & Program Manager, converse about the drastic measures and advantages they’ve encountered in the last week. Plus, how GERMANTECH is moving forward positively by its own principles of: Inspire, Build and Grow to facilitate and support new working/life situations in these times of CORONA.