{"id":52422,"date":"2021-09-21T09:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/speaker\/norbert-hillinger-en\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:53:06","slug":"norbert-hillinger","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/norbert-hillinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Norbert Hillinger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Norbert Hillinger studied journalism and corporate communications at FH Joanneum in Graz, but shortly after graduating, he realized that he wanted to pursue his passion for asking questions and questioning statements not in a professional career as a journalist, but in the world of trend and future research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating, the Austrian native worked for seven years in various roles for the trend research company TrendONE in Hamburg and Berlin. During this time, he gave numerous international keynotes and moderated workshops on a wide range of topics with clients from all over Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, he started his own business as an innovation consultant. He supports his clients from the retail, FMCG, financial services, and entertainment industries in the areas of trend scouting, strategic foresight, and innovation management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-norbert-hillinger-lecture-topics\">Norbert Hillinger Lecture Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Retail &amp; AI: \u201cAI can. AI wants to. AI is allowed to. AI must!?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embodied AI and robotics in retail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Future Retail &#8211; Theses and Trends on the Future of Retail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retail Reimagined: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Value Chain in Retail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rethink Entertainment &#8211; Drivers for the Entertainment of the Future<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Putting AI in Banking \u2013 How AI is transforming the financial world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does the new come into the world? 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Under his leadership, more than ten masterclasses were created on topics such as \u201cThe Future of Software Development \u2013 LowCode \/ NoCode,\u201d \u201cEthical AI,\u201d \u201cBlockchain Fundamentals,\u201d \u201cWeb3, Smart Contracts, and NFTS,\u201d \u201cQuantum Computing,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in 2022, Hillinger was appointed to the Future Panel of the Future Academy of Upper Austria. This think tank of the Upper Austrian state government includes 31 experts from various fields. They advise the Future Academy and provide impetus for a wide range of policy areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For various futurology companies, Norbert Hillinger has been organizing international learning journeys to Silicon Valley for around 20 years. He has worked as Head of Foresight and, in this context, has led the creation of various futurology studies and strategic consulting projects for the creation of visions of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his work in corporate foresight, Norbert Hillinger is currently primarily involved in the education sector, with a focus on reskilling and upskilling in the field of AI\/GenAI. From 2021 to 2024, he supported the edtech scale-ups ThePowerMBA and Ironhack in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since summer 2024, he has been working for Retail.ai GmbH, a corporate start-up of the Markant Group. 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