Dr. Daniel André Langer

Founder and CEO
Équité

Dr. Daniel André Langer is one of the world's most renowned experts on luxury brand building and extreme value creation in a digitally disrupted world and with Millennials and Gen Z, named one of global "Top Five Luxury Key Opinion Leader to Watch" by Netbase Quid. He is the Executive Professor of Luxury Strategy and Disruption at Pepperdine University in Malibu; California, and he also teaches luxury at NYU in New York. He consults some of the world's most admired and iconic luxury and lifestyle brands and is an advisor to top-managers in the luxury industry. Équité evolved to one of the leading luxury strategy and creative firms worldwide combining brand positioning with creative implementation. Daniel also holds luxury master classes around the world and is a frequent keynote speaker. His education includes Harvard Business School, and he holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in Luxury Management.

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Gaurav Pant

Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer
Incisiv

Gaurav Pant, Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer at Incisiv, is a leading digital transformation expert focused on the consumer industries of retail, consumer products, lodging and restaurants. He brings a unique global perspective to digital transformation by combining customer experience expertise with a strong focus on operational excellence. He is also a frequent speaker at industry forums such as NRF, FMI, Convenience Retailing University and RIS News. Gaurav’s prior experience includes founding EKN Research and driving transformation programs at large global retailers during his time leading Retail & Consumer Products practice for Tata Consultancy Services. Gaurav is based in New York and is an active advisor and investor in early-stage consumer industry start-ups.

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Julie Hoffmann

Global Director, Industry Strategy - Travel, Hospitality & Dining

Adobe

Julie is an entrepreneurial executive with over 25 years of experience defining strategy, creating categories, accelerating, and achieving hyper-growth objectives backed by data driven insights for Fortune 500 brands in both Travel and Retail/CPG. In 2013, she pioneered one of the first micro services architecture creating a headless approach on how services are delivered to customers. This improved both topline growth and operational efficiency delivering speed to market focused on automation. She was recruited in 2016 to serve as a global executive advisor to Travel, Hospitality & Dining brands informing C-level executives, senior leadership, and their board of directors with thought leadership inspiring and supporting brands on their digital transformation around the world for Adobe.

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