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Campus for Marketing 2024

Navigating Sustainability: Market-Driven Strategies for Profitable Impact

Welcome to the annual event of the Center for Market-Oriented Management (ZMU), the Campus for Marketing! This year's theme is: "Navigating Sustainability: Market-Driven Strategies for Sustainable Impact".

Date: November 21, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 17:00 p.m.
WHU Campus Düsseldorf

Please note that the event will be held in German.

What you can expect

The Campus for Marketing from the Center for Market-Oriented Management (ZMU) is aimed at professionals, managers and executives from companies of all sizes and in all sectors. Our event offers the perfect opportunity to: 

  • bring yourself and your company up to date with the latest research,
  • gain exclusive insights, best practices and experience,
  • expand your network and
  • drive sustainability in marketing and in your company.
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Expand your knowledge

Be inspired by the lessons learned from science and practice and take advantage of the unique opportunity to learn about the latest scientific findings and concepts at first hand.

Make contacts

Discuss with leading experts from science and practice and make valuable new contacts.

Integrating sustainability

Discuss strategies and measures to integrate sustainability into your company, business model, brands and products while ensuring profitable growth.

Shaping the future

Play an active role in shaping future research and experience how solutions to your current challenges can be developed in practical research projects.

Save your ticket now!

Buy your ticket by October 31, 2024 and benefit from an early bird discount.

Your hosts

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz
Juniorprofessor for Marketing and Director of the Henkel Center for Consumer Goods (HCCG)
Prof. Dr. Martin Fassnacht
Prof. Dr. Martin Fassnacht
Academic Director of the ZMU and Director of the Chair of Strategy and Marketing

Agenda

Please note that all sessions will be held in German.

09:30 – 10:00Arrival & Coffee 
10:00 – 10:15WelcomeJun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz
10:15 – 11:00

Keynote 1

Unleashing green growth: How to activate and drive sustainable consumption in a targeted way

Inspiration through best practices, founded concepts and scientific findings.

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz

Prof. Dr. Martin Fassnacht

11:00 – 12:00

Keynote 2

Sustainability meets profitability: Innovative price management for your business model

Exclusive insights from the authors of the 5th edition of the standard work “Price management”.

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz

Prof. Dr. Martin Fassnacht

12:00 – 13:15Lunch & Networking 
13:15 – 14:30

The Legal Base of Green Claims

Panel Discussion with Dr. Nicolas A. Rücker (Head of Legal @FreeNow)

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz

Dr. Nicolas A. Rücker

14:30 – 15:15

Science meets Practice: The latest research results for your sustainable success

Get your finger on the pulse of research and benefit from the latest scientific findings. 
Learn

  • how to integrate sustainability into your brand portfolio,
  • when it pays to approach sustainability as a first mover,
  • how to reduce Scope 3 emissions in the use phase of your products,
  • how to encourage consumers to adopt sustainable consumption and behavior, and
  • how to communicate sustainability on your products most effectively.

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz

 

ZMU Doctoral Students:

Katharina Göring-Lensing-Hebben

Florian Platzek

Lukas Schnabl

15:15 – 16:30

Poster session with drinks & snacks: Experience research processes up close

Be inspired by our ongoing research projects and take the opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss the following topics:

  • Brand and CEO activism
  • Effects of sustainable line extensions
  • Managerial strategies to deal with sustainability trade-offs
  • The Influence of CSR-activities on brand management
  • The Sustainability Paradox: Consumers’ Perception of Price

ZMU Doctoral Students:

Oona Fiebig

Annika Hagen

Conrad Homm

Peter Liebens

Emily Waltermann

16:30 – 17:00Closing & OutlookJun.-Prof. Dr. Anna-Karina Schmitz

 

 

 

 

Our Event Location

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
WHU Campus Düsseldorf
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Erkrather Straße 224a
40233 Düsseldorf
WHU Campus Düsseldorf

Your contact person

Emily Waltermann
Emily Waltermann
Research Assistant / Doctoral Candidate Center for Market-Oriented Corporate Management (ZMU)
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