Event

Join us at Bits & Pretzels

Fast-growth startups need the power to adapt. At Bits & Pretzels, experts explain how to build an extraordinary company culture, accelerate growth and embrace the right technology to find new ways of working. Let’s meet up at Bits & Pretzels!

 

 

Interact and learn from our top-level executives.

Bits & Pretzels 2022: What to expect

Get ready for the future at Bits & Pretzels. You’ll hear from our experts on a range of topics around change and agility.

We want to shake up the way you view growth – so expect our sessions to be a little different too.

We’re still finalising our agenda – you can click here and help shape it.

Online Masterclass

How to partner with strategic corporate venture capital groups

16:45–17:15

Learn more about Workday Ventures and how we partner with innovative early to growth-stage companies to shape tomorrow’s technology.

 

 

Barbry McGann, SVP, Managing Director, Workday Ventures

 

Sarah Ospina, Vice President, Ventures Investment, Workday Ventures

 

Eynat Guez, Co-founder and CEO,  Papaya Global

 

Jacob Waern, Founder and CEO, eduMe

Vertical Stage Programme

Welcome

11:00–11:05

Our Managing Director for Germany, Uta Ernst-Diarra, will introduce the day and give you a quick overview of what you can expect from upcoming sessions. We plan to shake things up – so be prepared!


 

Uta Ernst-Diarra, Managing Director Germany, Workday

From start-up to scale-up: Growth story of a $5 billion company

11:05–11:25

We wanted Workday to shake up the enterprise software world – and by asking the right questions and listening to the answers we are. In this session you’ll get insights into our growth, from start-up status, to being a $5 billion company. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions about your own start-up-to-scale-up journey. 

 

Please submit your questions and topic requests ahead of time here.

 

 

Jens Löhmar, CTO Continetal & DACH, Workday

Build a company you want to work for

11:30–12:00

At successful organisations, leaders foster an inclusive and welcoming culture and everyone takes responsibility for it. 

 

This session is an opportunity to sit with Phil Chambers, GM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice and Kimberly Maucher-Lynch, Head of Talent Acquisition Sales DACH, Workday, to explore how mindset and tech are essential to build a great company culture in a changing world. 


Please submit your questions and topic requests ahead of time here.

 

 

Phil Chambers, GM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice

 

Kimberly Maucher-Lynch, Head of Talent Acquisition Sales DACH, Workday

Grow your revenue with agility and speed

12:05–12:25

In this session, Workday expert, Justin Joseph, will show you how to achieve success and agile revenue growth in just three easy steps.

 

Please submit your questions ahead of time here, and we’ll do our best to answer them on the day.

 

 

Justin Joseph, Senior Director, Product Strategy, Workday

Become an outperformer

12:30–13:00

Join our interactive fireside chat with a Workday customer to explore how having an enterprise management cloud system can help your company achieve success. 

 

We’d love your questions on enterprise management clouds – please submit them beforehand here

 

Alex Caprio, SVP, Corporate Controller, Celonis

 

Uta Ernst-Diarra, Managing Director Germany, Workday

Wrap-up

13:00

A few words from Uta Ernst-Diarra, Managing Director Germany, Workday to close the day.

 

 

Uta Ernst-Diarra, Managing Director Germany, Workday

Table Captain Session

Technology and innovation

09:00–09:45 / 10:00–10:45

 

Jens Löhmar, CTO Continetal & DACH, Workday

Successful serial entrepreneurship

09:00–09:45 / 10:00–10:45

 

Phil Chambers, GM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice

 

Speakers

 

Headshot of Alex Caprio

Alex Caprio
SVP, Corporate Controller
Celonis

Headshot of Barbry McGann

Barbry McGann
SVP, Managing Director
Workday Ventures

Headshot of Eynat Guez

Eynat Guez
Co-founder and CEO
Papaya Global

Headshot of Jacob Waern

Jacob Waern
Founder & CEO
eduMe

Headshot of Jens Löhmar

Jens Löhmar
CTO Continental & DACH
Workday

Headshot of Justin Joseph

Justin Joseph
Senior Director, Product Strategy
Workday

Headshot of Kimberly Maucher-Lynch

Kimberly Maucher-Lynch
Head of Talent Acquisition Sales EMEA
Workday

Headshot of Phil Chambers

Phil Chambers
GM
Workday Peakon Employee Voice

Headshot of Sara Ferraris

Sara Ferraris
People and Organizational Development Lead
FlixBus

Headshot of Sarah Ospina

Sarah Ospina
VP, Portfolio Experience Officer
Workday Ventures

Headshot of Uta Ernst-Diarra

Uta Ernst-Diarra
Managing Director Germany
Workday