PIP Startup Innovation Award Competition 2023:

Day 1, October 24

This year, 25 startups will pitch solutions and technologies for the parcel and postal sector.

On October 24, Day 1 of Parcel+Post Expo, game-changing technologies and solutions within the postal and parcel sectors will be presented by startups at the PIP Startup Innovation Award Competition. This year, 25 startups will take part in the finals of the competition, pitching their technologies and solutions live at the event.

The annual PIP Startup Innovation Award Competition will bring together innovation and strategy leaders from postal and logistics companies to select the winning startups in the following three categories:

  • First & Last Mile
  • Processes, Digital & Data
  • E-commerce, Retail & Cross-Border

From these three winners, the judges will select one startup as the most outstanding solution or technology. This startup will be announced as the winner of the PIP Startup Innovation Award 2023.

On the evening of October 24, Day 1, the winners will be announced during the Parcel and Postal Technology International Awards ceremony, a special highlight of Parcel+Post Expo.


The agenda

Stage Two Welcome & Introduction
09:30 - 09:50

Moderator

Dr Bernhard Bukovc
Chairman
Postal Innovation Platform
France

Chair of the Judging Panel

Thierry Golliard
Director Open Innovation and Venturing
Swiss Post
Switzerland

Stage Two First, Middle & Last Mile
09:50 - 12:00

End-2-end smart locker

Miha Jagodic
Co-Founder & CEO
Bloq.it

Realtime logistics platform

Magnus Sigurbjornsson
COO
Deed Delivery
Iceland

In-cage delivery

Ismael Meddah
Founder, CEO
Tighd
France

Access and parcels

Ed Klijsen
Chief Parcel Officer
CiPiO
Netherlands

Delivery analytics platform

Miloš Zlatković
Founder & CEO
Mily Technologies
Germany

Break

Smart door

Yolodoor

eDelivery solutions

Ignacio Estellés
CEO
Mooevo
Spain

Next generation delivery platform

Myriam Hirsch
Sales Director Europe
Glow Technology
Sweden

Stackable individual locker-compartments

Rick Voogt
Founder
Belter Box
Netherlands

Dynamic rail coupling

Ishay Erel
Business Development Manager
DirecTrainSystems
Israel

Lunch

Stage Two Processes, Digital & Data
13:20 - 14:50

Secure digital infrastructure

Christian Rasmussen
CEO
Beyon Connect
Bahrain

Smart logistics optimization

Luka Bradeško
CEO
Solvesall

Cloud-based battery monitoring and analytics

Pavel Marek
CEO and Co-Founder
Bamomas
Finland

Vision technology

Dexter

Cloud-based B2B sales marketing

Domonkos Pichovszky
Founder & Strategy Director
Proworx
Hungary

Automation of intralogistics flows

Rémi Guigas
CEO & Co-Founder
ENJOY AUTOMATION
France
Damien Limonne
CTO & Co-Founder
ENJOY AUTOMATION
France

IoT biofuel cells

BeFC

Neutral data integration

Lobster Logistics Cloud

Coffee break & networking

Stage Two eCommerce, Retail & Cross-Border
15:10 - 16:10

Private neighbourhood pick-up points

Mathieu Mazoyer
Co-Founder & COO
Welco

eCommerce connectivity

Jorn Spiertz
COO
Shiptimize
Portugal

Circular waste management

Mattijs Oud
Head of Logistics
Seenons
Netherlands

Reusable packaging

Anne-Sophie Raoult
Co-Founder
Hipli

Fulfillment swarm robotics

Pramod Ghadge
Co-Founder & CEO
Unbox Robotics
India

On the commute packages returns

András Márky
Co-Founder
Tourmix
Hungary

Stage Two Closing Remarks
16:10 - 16:30

Moderator

Dr Bernhard Bukovc
Chairman
Postal Innovation Platform
France

Chair of the Judging Panel

Thierry Golliard
Director Open Innovation and Venturing
Swiss Post
Switzerland

Stage Two Deliberations of the Judges
16:30 - 17:15

Judges

Thierry Golliard
Director Open Innovation and Venturing
Swiss Post
Switzerland
Dr Andreas Thöni
EVP group strategy, digital & innovation
Austria Post AG
Austria
Dr Marco Lommatzsch
Senior Corporate Growth & Innovation Strategy
Austria Post AG
Austria
Marc Sarmiento
Head of research and innovation
Austria Post AG
Austria
Anett Berger Sørli
Investment Director / Senior Vice President
Bring Ventures / Next Studio
Norway
Candice Yuan Tingting
General Manager of Logistics Technology Business
Cainiao Group
China
Peter Tinning
Senior Director, Last Mile & Innovation
DHL
Elmar Toime
Non-executive director
Solution Dynamics Ltd
New Zealand
Christian Oestergaard
Lead visionary/senior group strategist production IT - AI/ML/IOT
PostNord
Denmark
Alexander Collins
Chief Operating Officer
Infinite pl, Saudi Post Group
Saudi Arabia
Marc Sorgeloos
Manager Industrial Automation & New Equipment
bpost
Belgium
Gustavo Damy
Innovation & partnership development manager
Universal Postal Union
Switzerland
Sumesh Rahavendra
Chief Digital & Technology Officer and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
Pos Malaysia
Malaysia
Sophie Desier Biehler
Responsable EUROPE, La Poste & Vice-Présidente Innovation
PostEurop
France
Thomas Roggendorf
CEO
Roggendorf Management Group NV
Curacao
Daniel Bacelic
EMEA, Head of Independent Software Vendors
Amazon Web Services