28
September 2023
29
September 2023
The summit is directed at senior executives and decision makers; however, due to the success of the summit last year in Annecy, where we hosted over 300 outdoor industry leaders, and with the inclusion of other senior level directors, such as CSR, sustainability and marketing, we plan to continue to promote content to diversify attendees to the event.
This year the EOS will take place on the 28th –29th September in Berlin. The agenda is being developed under the heading: ‘The New Era - Business and Beyond’ – it will be a two day programme of presentations, networking and social events exploring the latest (and future) developments in the specific context of the outdoor industry that stimulate debate and discussion in a non-competitive environment, with the ultimate aim to improve business practices and promote sustainable growth and innovation.
In addition, the EOS will form part of the ‘Week of Sports’ a group of conferences which starts on Tuesday 26th September with the Sport Handels Kongress by SAZsport, followed by the BSI Assembly on Wednesday 27th September and culminating on Thursday and Friday with the European Outdoor Summit (EOS)
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08:15 - 09:00 Registration, coffee and networking
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome to the European Outdoor Summit 2023
09:15 - 10:15 Transformative change
10:15 - 10:45 How to unlock innovation within your organisation through a regenerative people plan
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break and networking
11:15 - 11:20 State of Trade
11:20 - 11:40 Exploring the trends of the outdoor and sporting retail landscape
11:40 - 12:05 How to square what's circular: How to connect circularity to your sustainability strategy and measure it right
12:05 - 12:50 ‘No data, no compliance, no business’
12:50 - 13:50 Lunch and networking
13:50 - 14:50 Workshop: ‘Understand how EU legislation will impact your business’ (optional, sign up required)
13:50 - 14:35 Panel Discussion: Opening Up The Outdoors: Fuelling diversity in the outdoors today
14:35 - 14:50 Digitize the Planet: Creating a responsible relationship between our natural environment and the people, through standardised and internationally digitized nature conservation information
14:50 - 15:15 What makes outdoor brands score higher in service and product quality among consumers? Results of an AI based analysis for 30.000 outdoor products
15:15 - 15:35 The Outdoor Sector – An Important Solution Provider
15:35 - 16:05 Coffee and networking
16:05 - 16:40 What should the outdoor industry know about sustainable packaging?
16:40 - 17:10 Recommerce – learnings from the fashion industry: A snapshot from a European perspective
17:10 - 17:30 Business and beyond: What could be beyond?
17:30 - 17:45 Day 1 learnings and wrap up
17:45 - 22:00 Networking Evening
08:15 - 09:00 Coffee and networking
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome to the European Outdoor Summit 2023 Day 2
09:10 - 09:40 Carbon Removal – How it is a crucial part of the race to zero!
09:40 - 10:05 Breaking Borders: The Power and resilience of Omnichannel
10:05 - 10:50 Minimalism: Towards more sustainable and more inclusive outdoor experiences
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee and networking
11:20 - 12:10 Session in collaboration with the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) 'Learning from the Luxury Sector: A deep dive into biodiversity strategy’
12:10 - 12:25 Pushing the boundaries on climate
12:25 - 13:00 Durability from different angles
13:00 - 13:10 Introduction to the European Outdoor Summit 2024
13:10 - 13:25 European Outdoor Summit 2023 closing session
13:25 - 14:25 Lunch and networking
Germany's capital is a vibrant and bustling modern city, serving as a continental hub for transport and high tech businesses. While being a great location for business and easy to access from anywhere in Europe is important, outdoor activity is still high on the agenda. With over 30% of the city being green spaces, rivers or lakes there is plenty of opportunity to enjoy outdoor activity at the end of a busy day. Close to this years' venue is the Treptower Park and extensive green spaces, tracks and trails along the River Spree.
The venue for this year’s summit is Festaal Kreuzberg, an eclectic events and concert venue which is located in the Treptow-Köpenick district, the largest and greenest neighbourhood of Berlin. Situated on the banks of the river Spree, it is surrounded by history being just across the river from the East Side Gallery Memorial, the permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall. With good train, bus and underground connections, this venue is under 20 minutes from Berlin’s centre.
Airport: The airport Berlin Brandenburg "Willy Brandt" (IATA code BER) is the central airport for Berlin.
Trains: Berlin has several train stations, with the two main ones being Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Central Station) and Berlin Ostbahnhof (Berlin East Station). The city is well-connected by rail to other cities in Germany and Europe.
Buses: Berlin has a central bus station called Berlin ZOB, which serves as a hub for many national and international bus lines.
For the 2023 summit we are extremely pleased to be working in conjunction with EOG partner association, BSI. The Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry eV is the business association of German sporting goods manufacturers, wholesalers and importers founded in 1910. More than 150 companies with a total of well over 200 brands belong to it. Among them are international market leaders from various branches of sport.
The BSI has thus been the most important voice for German sporting goods manufacturers in society and politics for decades, committed to safeguarding and implementing the interests of the industry at national, European and international level and is also a member of the Association of European Sporting Goods Manufacturers FESI , based in Brussels.
"The summit really was excellent, without a doubt it's been the best industry event that I've been to in my 19 years. The presentations, panel discussions and speakers were so engaging and I really appreciated that nothing was sugar coated for the audience."
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"Sharing the thoughts together with colleagues about the future of Outdoor has been extremely inspiring. At the same time networking and seeing each other face to face has been TOP."
