650 bicycle experts undergo further training at Infotech
The InfoTech participants did not travel by private jet, but by cargo e-bike. Like the German speaker and "Velonaut" Gunnar Fehlau, who even traveled from Göppingen in Germany on an e-cargo bike despite the rain, wind and snow. He was one of 119 speakers who offered 299 seminar hours. The highlight of the event was the forum on Monday evening. In the packed auditorium of the Guido Zäch Institute, Dr. Klaus Abberger from ETH Zurich spoke about the current economic situation. However, the economic researcher did not paint the gloomy picture of crisis and inflation that has been haunting the media for months and depressing the mood. Using facts and data, he showed the silver lining on the horizon that only a country with a strong franc and its own monetary policy has.
The three industry trendsetters Beat Zaugg (CEO and co-owner of Scott), Matthias Klopfenstein (Market Leader Specialized) and Urs Keller (CEO D-A-CH Trek) then took center stage. Moderator Christian Rocha also discussed sensitive topics such as "direct retail" (whereby the aforementioned bike companies take over local bike stores in order to address customers directly). Zaugg, fully in the role of patron, managed to amuse the audience several times with a lot of wit and sharp-tongued humor.In the end, the organizers were also able to draw a positive balance. After a purely digital InfoTech 2021 and a break in 2022, the first hybrid event - some of the seminars can be streamed on demand in the InfoTech Web Academy - was able to attract around 650 cycling experts again straight away. 150 of them were even present on both days.velosuisse.ch/infotech-2023
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