Premier Business Event · Berlin Germany 2026

Conference Operational Excellence, Process Improvement & Business Transformation Berlin 2026

25–27 November 2026 Berlin, Germany 1200+ Business Leaders
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What You Will Learn

Lead Transformation

Align strategy, culture, and leadership for unstoppable momentum.

Sustainable OpEx Culture

Embed continuous improvement into your organization's DNA.

Leverage AI & Automation

Cut through the hype. Learn where AI drives real efficiency.

Full Conference Agenda

Day One

25th November 2026
08:00-09:00
☕ Break
Registration & Morning Coffee
09:00-09:30
Keynote
The New Rules of Operational Excellence
  • How OpEx is evolving in 2026
  • From efficiency to business value
  • Where most organizations fall behind
SA
Serkan Atlas
Head of Operational Excellence, OFI
09:30-10:00
Session
Automating the Right Processes First
  • Identifying high-impact automation opportunities
  • Quick ROI vs long-term bets
  • Avoiding automation waste
KH
Kirsten Hawle
Director Business Improvement, Vestas
10:00-10:30
Session
Embedding a Continuous Improvement Culture
  • Moving beyond one-off projects
  • Leadership behaviors that sustain change
  • Practical culture-shift levers
RF
Roland Flaig
Managing Director, ANEO Sweden
10:30-11:00
🤝 Break
Networking Break
11:00-11:30
Session
Using Data to Drive Process Decisions
  • Turning dashboards into action
  • Leading vs lagging indicators
  • Building decision discipline
JK
Jaroslaw Kulik
Head Data & Analytics, Philip Morris International
11:30-12:00
Session
Customer-Centric Process Design
  • Designing from the outside-in
  • Journey mapping essentials
  • Linking CX to operational KPIs
AS
Anthony Savell
Head of Business Optimisation, Close Brothers
12:00-13:00
🍽️ Lunch
Lunch Break
13:00-13:30
Session
Lean Transformation in Complex Organizations
  • Why Lean stalls at scale
  • Breaking functional silos
  • Proven scaling approaches
DJ
Daniel Jenkinson
Former Senior Continuous Improvement Expert, Amazon
13:30-14:00
Session
Change Management That Actually Works
  • Why transformations lose momentum
  • Stakeholder alignment tactics
  • Communication rhythms that stick
ES
Eimantas Sinkevicius
Operational Excellence and Transformation Director, Yara International
14:00-14:30
🤝 Break
Networking Break
14:30-15:00
Session
Operationalizing Customer-Centricity: From Principle to Daily Decisions
RS
Ruchi Shah
VP of Operational Excellence and Strategic Growth, AVIV Group
15:00-15:30
Session
Making Strategy Actionable Through Operational Systems and Behaviors
YG
Yr Gunnarsdottir
Head of Business Transformation, TRESOIS

Day Two

26th November 2026
08:30-09:00
☕ Coffee
Morning Coffee
09:00-09:30
Keynote
Digital Transformation Without the Hype
  • Business-first tech strategy
  • Lessons from failed programs
  • Where to focus in the next 12 months
SS
Sachin Sankpal
Vice President of Group Excellence and Digitalization, Vynova Group
09:30-10:00
Session
Why Employees Often Struggle to Improve Digital Processes — Do We Really Enable Them to Do the Magic?
MS
Matthias Schrepfer
Process Excellence Lead, BESTSECRET Group
10:00-10:30
Session
Topic to Be Announced
MM
Miguel Macias
Global Business Services – Performance Management & Transformation, Bilfinger
10:30-11:00
🤝 Break
Networking Break
11:00-11:30
Session
Building Agile Operating Models
  • Transforming ways-of-working and building continuous improvement culture
  • Strategy deployment to connect all employees with must-win battles
  • Organizational design for cross-functional liquid teams
  • Agile leadership behaviors that remove fear of failure
  • Building trust, feedback, and growth mindsets
KN
Kevin Neirynck
Senior Principal Scientist – Operational Excellence, BASF
11:30-12:00
Session
How to Start & Strengthen the Implementation of Your Operational (Digital) Excellence Program
P&G's operational excellence capabilities have transformed employee engagement and digitalization, delivering continuous improvements in cost efficiency, inventory, service levels, productivity, and satisfaction. This presentation highlights the leadership actions required to build and sustain such high performance.
MW
Marc Winkelman
Global Director Manufacturing Innovation Capability, Procter & Gamble
12:00-13:00
🍽️ Lunch
Lunch Break
13:00-13:30
Session
Operational Excellence Starts with Culture: Enabling People to Drive Improvement
CS
Clym Stock-Williams
Head of Operational Excellence, Vattenfall
13:30-14:00
Session
Topic to Be Announced
AS
Azeeza Sunmonu
Global Head of Commercial Excellence, Mundipharma
14:00-14:30
🤝 Break
Networking Break
14:30-15:00
Session
Driving Change That Delivers Results
SJ
Stephane Jeanmart
Site Manager, Syngenta
15:00-16:00
Workshop
How Do You Create Real Transformation with Your Operational Excellence Journey?
CJ
Cristina Jackson
Operational Excellence Leader, AAK

Day Three

27th November 2026
08:30-09:00
☕ Coffee
Morning Coffee
09:00-09:30
Keynote
Future-Proofing Your Operating Model
  • Know your business deeply enough to know when data and logic are wrong
  • Fall in love with the problem, not the technology
  • Embrace conflict — the best ideas don't come from harmony
MT
Maurizio Tessarotto
Head of Operations, Generali Engagement Solutions GmbH
09:30-10:00
Session
The Human in the Loop! Leading a Human-Centric AI Revolution
  • The AI Fluency Blueprint
  • Value-Driven Strategic Selection
  • The Human-in-the-Loop Safety Net
  • Cultivating Psychological Safety and Adoption
  • Measuring ROI and Time Reclaimed
VF
Vasileia Formozi
Change Enablement Director, Pfizer
10:00-10:30
Session
Digital Transformation Doesn't Fail in Strategy... It Fails on the Shopfloor
Digital transformation often falls short not because of technology, but because organizations struggle to translate strategy into daily behavior on the shopfloor. This session explores why many initiatives fail to scale and highlights practical ways to connect strategy with execution by enabling people to effectively use data and drive real impact.
HH
Hugo David Herrmann
Operational Excellence, Smart Factory & Continuous Improvement, Inteva Products
10:30-11:00
🤝 Break
Networking Break
11:00-11:30
Session
How Continuous Improvement Process Can Drive Profitable Growth
  • From Data Management to Data Analytics
  • The human component of Continuous Improvement
  • Simplicity as fundamental pillar of CI
MD
Marco Danzini
Group Quality Executive, Schindler
11:30-12:00
Session
Governance That Enables Speed: How to Design Decision Models That Accelerate Transformation Instead of Blocking It
The session will focus on how governance, decision rights, and prioritization models can either enable or unintentionally slow down operational excellence and transformation initiatives — drawing on practical experience from multi-stakeholder, cross-functional transformation programs.
HA
Hamza Arif
Process Excellence Manager, Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH
12:00-13:00
🍽️ Lunch
Lunch Break
13:00-13:30
Session
Embedding AI into Continuous Improvement: Lessons from Process Intelligence at Bayer
This session explores how AI is being embedded into continuous improvement through process intelligence, based on practical experience at Bayer. It highlights key learnings, early results, and what it takes to successfully apply AI in process design to drive customer value.
NT
Nicolas Tzouanos
Operational Excellence & Business Transformation, Bayer
13:30-14:00
Session
Under the Bonnet of OpEx: Souping Up the Engine with Organisational Culture
  • Operational Excellence: journey or destination?
  • Organisational culture as a powerful and invisible force
  • Knowledge, questioning attitude and integrity as cultural characteristics
FS
Fabio Scaringella
Chief Operating Officer, AXA MPS Financial DAC
14:00-14:30
🤝 Break
Networking Break
14:30-15:00
Session
Measuring What Matters in OpEx
  • Skills for modern emotionally intelligent OpEx leaders
  • Structuring the inspired OpEx function
  • Talent development priorities
NK
Naveed Khawaja
Principal Solution Architect, SAMI Advanced Electronics
15:00
🏁 Closing
Closing Remarks & End of Forum

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Berlin, Germany • November 25-27, 2026

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