
18.11.20 in Online
Webinar: Are you leading the pack in Customer Loyalty?
As we move into 2021, retaining loyal customers will require an innovative approach by using MACH approach. Learn how Qantas is leading the pack in customer loyalty in creating a world class customer loyalty experience and successfully increasing customer retention. Assess where you sit on loyalty scale - is it time for digital transformation?

29.10.20 in Online
Avoiding Cacophony: Achieving Operational Excellence with a Composable Architecture
In this era of continual digital disruption and unpredictability, the approach to your architecture and infrastructure has never been more important. Ensuring you can quickly adapt is key to making your commerce platform sustainable.This webinar will explore composability by considering what the key aspects of a composable architecture are and what a composable infrastructure needs to include if it is to be successful and achieve operational excellence. Kelly Goetsch, CPO of commercetools and Dom Selvon, CTO of E2X, experts in the field of composability are the speakers of this Webinar.

29.10.20 in Online
Webinar: Fast Forward by Contentful
Fast Forward, a half day program, will help brands update their playbooks – across people, processes and technology -- to thrive in the Digital First Era. Now, it's even more of an imperative for organizations to move faster and get agile to keep up with their customers in today's modern multi-channel world. Ivo Bronsveld, Head of Integrations at commercetools, will be part of the Panel on the Main Stage concerning the Product Insights: Content platform for the digital-first era.

22.10.20 in Online
From Technology Decisions to Business Results
"Headless" is the new buzzword in the enterprise content and commerce solutions marketplace. But why headless and why now? Join us on Oct 22nd at 5pm CEST for a webinar with our partner Bloomreach about headless and how to kickstart your headless commerce.

20.10.20 in Online
Shoptalk Meetup
Shoptalk Meetup is retail’s first digitally native event! It’s a fun, productive way to connect online with the people you know and meet the people you don’t--in a friendly and open environment. It’s like being at Shoptalk, but without going through TSA. Held October 20-22.

19.10.20 in Online
All Things Open 2020
All Things Open is a polyglot technology conference focusing on the tools, processes and people making open source possible. Target audience includes designers, developers, decision makers, entrepreneurs and technologists of all types and skill levels. Held October 19-20.

30.09.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: Modernize how you work with commerce using JAMstack
Ahead of Jamstack Conf 2020, we're holding a webinar where you can learn how JAMstack can help increase performance, security, developer experience and scalability so you can make the most of your commerce platform.

29.09.20 in Online
B2B Next 2020
B2B companies need immediately-useful advice as well as guidance for a changed future. B2B Next 2020 will deliver that and more with exclusive and unrivaled guidance from top-tier analysts, industry-leading B2B ecommerce practitioners and industry experts. Held September 29-30.

24.09.20 in Online
Virtual Scala Meetup Vol. 2
Since the last virtual meetup was a success in bringing multiple European meetup groups together, here comes another one! In this online edition, Adam Fraser will discuss how to transform codes with ZIO Environment using Aspects, and Sahil Anand from commercetools will give an insight into building and maintaining a multi-tenant SaaS product.

15.09.20 in Zurich, Switzerland
Connect – Digital Commerce Conference
After many months we met some of you again personally at the Connect - Digital Commerce Conference at the Xtra in Zurich.

26.08.20 in On Demand
On Demand: Developer Debates
Welcome to our discussion series "Developer Debates"! In cooperation with our partner Amplience, we use this format to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of emerging technologies and best practices in online commerce with developer leaders in the eCommerce environment.

12.08.20 in On Demand
On Demand: Webinar Amplience Summer Summit
The world of retail was already changing before Covid-19, now the need for change is unstoppable. Creating great customer-first experiences is more important than ever. Hosted by Amplience and sponsored by commercetools and Myplanet, we explored the effects of Covid-19 on the retail landscape, delved into customer case studies, explored how to create the best possible customer-first commerce experiences, and how a headless architecture might be the way to do it.

29.07.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: Headless ecommerce explained
Learn how to design a digital estate that generates ROI in months not years using headless architecture for your ecommerce. Talk directly to our partners, digital agency Profound, and enterprise architects Gradient Edge, during the third and final webinar of our headless ecommerce professional development programme. Add 11:00am to 12:00pm BST, Wednesday 29 July to your diary.
Our interactive session focuses on back-end enterprise architecture and the role of APIs in modern commerce. Learn how to accelerate deployment timelines – ROI – and create more powerful, revenue-generating digital experiences by going headless.

09.07.20 in Online Webinar
Virtual Roundtable: Are you in need for speed?
Join commercetools and Mindcurv at a live virtual roundtable talk on the key for rapid business model transformation and overcoming a new digital divide.
Speed is a driving factor more than ever now. Before COVID-19, the split of online / offline was 10 / 90, however, during COVID-19 it changed to 80 / 20 or more for many industries.
Together with Carrefour and REWE Digital, our experts will discuss about the effects of being a late adopter, and what is leading the strong divide between leaders and those falling behind.
09.07.2020 | 11 am CEST

01.07.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: The Art of Possible - How to elevate your customer experience with modern commerce technology
In this 45-minute webinar, join experts from Mastek and commercetools for a firsthand look at enterprise companies who are innovating new commerce experiences with a modern microservices approach.

01.07.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: Masterclass headless ecommerce - Migrating to Microservices
Learn how microservices can help you deliver digital innovation faster and to take a phased approach when migrating to a microservices architecture. It is flexible and fast to implement and will differentiate your customer experience.
Together with our partner Profound we are hosting the second webinar of our headless ecommerce professional development programme.
01.07.2020 | 11 am - 12 pm BST

02/07/2020 in Virtuel K5
K5 Digital - Stronger together: A dealer network reaches more customers
How a dealer network reaches more customers by developing a common B2B e-commerce platform is not just a platitudinous marketing phrase. On the contrary, it can give small businesses a huge boost when they start a successful e-business and increase their reach. Mirco Gatz (dotSource GmbH) and Manuel Szmula (tim tools-in-motion GmbH, PRECITOOL partner) show how this can work, using the example of our customer PRECITOOL.
02.07.2020 | 10am CEST

25.06.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: Frictionless Convenience | NEW RETAIL 2020
Retailers and brands understand that by relieving consumers of time consuming and interfering tasks through tailored micro services, they can offer them one of today’s greatest luxuries: time. In our joint webinar according to the NEW RETAIL 2020 with our partner diconium you gain insights into challenges and the respective solutions enriched by vivid real case examples.
25.06.2020 | 5pm CEST

28.05.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: Modernize your commerce workflow with JAMstack
JAMstack is composed of JavaScript, APIs and Markup (JAM), a trio that makes up the core of building most of today's modern web. JAMstack is a smart and sensible way to enhance your workflow when building a modern commerce experience. Using JAMstack, you can increase performance, security, developer experience and scalability to make the most of your commerce platform.

27.05.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: In 28 Days to a Future-Proof E-Commerce Platform
Together with the digital consultancy Etribes and the frontend-as-a-service company FRONTASTIC, this free roundtable examined the central question: how can you make tangible use of the opportunities of e-commerce in the Covid-19 situation?

26.05.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: Popping the Hood on Modern Commerce
Never has a true omnichannel shopping experience been more relevant than today. Brands and retailers must be able to not just reach customers on all devices (desktop, tablet, mobile, and so on) but also intelligently customize that experience - through both content and commerce - to reflect changing customer and business needs. In this webinar, learn from experts at Contentstack and commercetools how using a modern, MACH architecture allows retailers the agility in their content and commerce platforms to deliver engaging digital experiences everywhere.

26.05.20 in Virtual Booth
Virtual Event: K5 goes Digital - Our Digital Booth
K5, THE reunion of the commerce scene – CANCELLED
Stunning product demos, exciting customer cases – NOT THIS YEAR
Keynotes, Masterclasses, Parties – FORGET IT
That's what you thought. But if you know us, you know we think differently. We still built a booth, our very own virtual K5 booth.
You have missed it? No need to worry. Our virtual booth will come back as a showroom soon.

07.05.20 in Online Webinar
Headless architecture and microservices in eCommerce platforms
Together with our partner divante, in this webinar we will look into the most common eCommerce business problems and then take a look at some powerful, actionable solutions. Microservices and a headless approach will be an essential part of our discussion.

30.04.20 in Online Webinar
Virtual Roundtable: Is DevOps the hidden champion for your digital business?
Join commercetools and Mindcurv at a live virtual roundtable talk on professional operations on digital platforms. As markets and demands change quickly, companies have taken it upon themselves to adapt their agility to these market dynamics. A company’s agility though is not only defined by technology, but also through its people and structures. Together with Bidfood and Vorwerk, our experts will discuss whether we underestimate the meaning of professional operations, who is aware of the state of the Ops requirement.

15.04.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar Series: From Shoptalk to Desktop
A Modern Commerce Webinar Series for Retailers, Brands and Manufacturers from commercetools.
Multiple dates in March through July 2020

29.03.20 in Nürburgring, Germany
CAR DIGITAL 2020
Accompanied by Norbert Hauk, former head of motor sports at Mercedes Benz, selected industry experts spoke about digitalization in the automotive sector. Our team was able to offer the participants exciting insights into Audi's digital strategy and present our etron.

25.03.20 in Online Webinar
Webinar: Headless content and commerce for retailers
In this webinar, learn how retailers can benefit by migrating to a headless commerce solution. Presented by Amplience and commercetools.

17.03.20 in Online Webinar
GraphQL Webinar: Get Ahead in Modern Commerce with GraphQL
GraphQL is a valuable, new addition to the digital revolution that empowers APIs by letting developers retrieve the exact data they want from any source. This enables brands to become more agile than ever and build experiences faster.
Join our new GraphQL webinar hosted by Kelly Goetsch, Chief Product Officer of commercetools and author of our brand new booklet GraphQL for Modern Commerce.

12.03.20 in Victoria, Australia
NORA 2020
Thanks NORA! Thank you Australia!
We can celebrate our first event in Australia as a successful start. With a lot of great participants and in a relaxed atmosphere we talked about the topic: FROM MONOLITH TO MACH1 - WHY COMPANIES ARE MOVING THEIR COMMERCE INFRASTRUCTURE TO A BEST OF BREED APPROACH
You missed it, or would like to know more? Our team is looking forward to your email: apac@commercetools.com

12.02.2020 in London, United Kingdom
DIGITAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE 2020
The first edition of the Digital Food and Beverage Event 2020 in London was a complete success.
At the only conference for Heads of Digital & eCommerce from Europe's innovative food and beverage brands and retailers, we took the opportunity to share our industry knowledge with the participants.
With his presentation "Smooth retail: Far-fetched vision or feasible reality?" Salah Zayakh, REWE digital, was able to inspire many participants to think about what digital actually means.
There was also a lot to learn in the master class on "Commerce Technology Demystified - Food Industry Special" by Mitsch Reichmann, commercetools.
After the positive feedback we are looking forward to the second edition on 09 and 10 February 2021 in London.

12.01.20 in Manhattan, NY
Headless Over Hell's Kitchen
If you're wondering whether a headless platform is right for you, or if you want to talk about an upcoming eCommerce initiative, join commercetools for MACH-tails and Cocktails, January 12-13th in Hell's Kitchen. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to network with industry experts and peers while enjoying hors d'oeuvres and cocktails in a beautiful rooftop suite overlooking the Manhattan Skyline.

26.11.19 in London, UK
Google Cloud Commerce Roadshow
Don't be "cloud-washed"! If you want things like fast time-to-market, automatic scaling, zero downtime, and continuous updates, you don't need cloud commerce. You need cloud-native commerce!
Unfortunately you missed our event this time? Then look forward to the next stop of our roadshow. New dates and venues can be found on our events page.

12.-13.11.2019 in Berlin, Germany
B2B E-Commerce & E-Business 2019
Digital sales channels, marketplaces & business models
Online sales in B2B are growing strongly, as recent studies confirm. Nevertheless, the requirements for a successful and sustainable e-business strategy in B2B remain much more complex than in the B2C market. At the strategy summit you will gain insight into the strategies of more than 20 manufacturers, retailers and pioneers of B2B e-commerce. Expand your network and advance your e-business!
Book you personal appointment with Melanie Wollnitza, Sales Manager commercetools, and our partner mindcurv to take the next step in your e-commerce project.

07.11.2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Modern Commerce Day 2019
Microservices, APIs, Headless and Cloud
Consumer behaviour is changing rapidly. Mobile commerce is growing, social media becomes more relevant, new channels like voice and IoT reach critical mass. To stay competitive, brands and retailers need modern IT infrastructure to remain innovative and agile on all these channels. The Modern Commerce Day was all about state-of-the-art commerce technology such as headless or cloud. Renowned brands and retailers talked about their journey towards becoming tech-driven commerce companies who manage to embrace those changes.
The first edition of this event was a great success and the impressive kick-off to a new event series.

06.-07.11.2019 in Böblingen, Germany
B2B Digital Masters 2019
Digital is the new normal
The hype about B2B Digital Commerce is over. The wild, fast disruption scenarios have not (yet) occurred. Is this why the topic is flattening out again in companies? Absolutely not! All companies that are digitally successful today, successfully defend or even expand their market shares in the digital world have already integrated "Digital" into their strategies and everyday working life. At the B2B Digital Masters Convention, many examples were presented to clarify how established companies manage to implement their strategies in the digital world and how start-ups are working to ensure that "digital" continues to become the standard in B2B were presented.

31.10.19 in Cologne, Germany
ECOMMERCE FUTURE 2019
We look back to a day where lateral and forward thinkers reported on groundbreaking new approaches, influencers presented their successful models and took a look at mobile shopping concepts and innovation potentials for the digital trade.

29.-30.10.19 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bloomreach Connect Amsterdam
Digital experience is about connection. Connecting every stage in the customer journey, connecting your technology and data, connecting the entire experience - seamlessly.
Bloomreach Connect showed their attendees, through innovative customer stories and idea-sharing among the community, how to navigate the world of connected experiences and start evolving their company.

22.-23.10.19 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Partner Summit 2019
Our Partner Summit 2019 is took place on the 22-23 October in Amsterdam. Besides presenting the vision for commercetools, we had a look at customer case presentations and hosted tech workshops about the latest developments in GraphQL, AI, Machine Learning and SDKs. We we celebrated our collaborations by bringing together leading minds in eCommerce under the theme Embrace the Uncertainty!

01.10.19 in New York City, New York
2019 Headless Summit NYC
commercetools together with our partners Amplience, Mobify and EPAM gathered headless commerce practitioners, analysts and major brands like Under Armor, Tiffany, J.Crew and Tom Ford at the fabulous Manhattan Penthouse for our second edition of The Headless Summit in NYC. The first edition took place in London earlier this year.
The Summit featured guest speaker Forrester Senior Analyst Joe Cicman, Under Armor’s Senior Product Manager Patrick Grissinger, and an engaging visual workshop by ImageThink. The one-day event was aimed at defining headless commerce and giving attendees perspectives from key components of the ecosystem including CMS, front-end PWA, and commerce as well as practical approaches to implementation.

25.-26.09.19 in Warsaw, Poland
Kongres e-commerce
The third edition of the Kongres e-commerce in Warsaw presented detailed insights into the trends and development of eCommerce. The congress possessed the perfect opportunity for experts and interested people to come together and talk about difficulties, prospects and solutions in modern online retail.

20.-22.09.19 in Gdansk, Poland
EPAM SEC 2019
The annual Software Engineering Conference (SEC) was EPAM’s largest technology conference that brought together thousands of EPAMers, customers and partners from all over the world to share ideas, building engineering expertise and showcase their skills. CONNECTED represented EPAM’s ambition to grow and evolve as a global, transformational company and their broader mission to help the world navigate technological change. Our CEO Dirk Hörig hold a presentation on 'How We Build and Run the Leading API Commerce Platform' at the Connected World Track.

19.09.19 in Utrecht, Netherlands
shopping today
Over the last few years, more and more new technologies have been added that seem to make the gap between online and offline even smaller and smaller. This naturally means new opportunities, but perhaps also new threats. Not only must the organization be ready for new initiatives, but technology must also be able to cope with this. Which technologies and trends are worthwhile, how do you get the innovation high on the agenda and what steps are needed to become successful in the omnichannel world of today and tomorrow?
Meet Ivo Bronsveld, Head of Integrations at commercetools, who will present the first outcome of our paper about headless and omnichannel.

13.-15.10.19 in Raleigh, NC
All Things Open 2019
All Things Open is the largest technology event on the East Coast. Join commercetools and more than 5,000 technologists, decision makers and community members in exploring open source, open tech, and the open web in the enterprise. This year we are also leading two sessions that you don't want to miss: "How Developers Self-sabotage Their Learning (and what to do instead)" by Developer Evangelist, Tori Hall, and "Blueprint for Serverless Microservices" by Solution Architect, James Luterek. October 13-15th | Raleigh, NC | Booth #81

09.-11.09.19 in San Diego, CA
Digital Transformation Connect 2019
Digital Transformation Connect is an invite-only event for B2B leaders in manufacturing and distribution; who come together to benchmark, network and share digital transformation strategies. Along with commercetools, there will be 75 of the most senior level executives from North America's most successful organizations. You'll be shaking hands with Chief Digital Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, VPs/Heads/Directors of Digital Transformation, eCommerce, UX, Personalization and many more.

28.08.19 in Stockholm, Sweden
Scandinavian MAN Live!
Join us together with Tieto celebrating the launch of Scandinavian MAN's eCommerce platform at their new event series 'Scandinavian MAN Live!'. Starting with a two-hour panel event about fashion, retail, eCommerce & tech, moderated by Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief at Scandinavian MAN. – Followed by fashion show and after party.

24.-25.07.19 in Sydney, Australia
Online Retailer 2019
Online Retailer Conference & Expo is Australias leading eCommerce event highlighting disruptive and innovative retail models. Join us at our commercetools booth number B129, where we will be exhibiting with our partner foryourandyourcustomers. With real life examples, like a AR demo, you can convince yourself on how commerce will look like in future.

27.06.19 in Berlin, Germany
GraphQL Webinar: How to build a lightning fast frontend with GraphQL endpoints
Is your frontend struggling to fetch and process thousands of JSON lines on every request, even though you only end up using a couple of fields? Our commerce API is powerful and generic, but when used via our REST API, that may come with the price of long responses and data that requires some processing. This is particularly harmful for frontends in small devices such as smartphones. In this webinar we’ll explain the benefits of our GraphQL endpoint and how to build a lightning fast frontend powered by commercetools.

26.-27.06.19 in Singapore
Seamless Asia 2019
The future of commerce. Technology is fundamentally changing the finance and commerce ecosystem. As consumers, businesses and governments adapt to a digital world, the desire for tech enabled solutions that improve traditional transaction methods, online business and financial services is growing rapidly. 60 of Asia’s payments leaders are coming together at this exclusive event to discuss and debate the future of payments in Asia. The Seamless Summit was attended by 350 industry leaders from banking and financial institutions, governments and technology companies.

20.-21.06.19 in Berlin, Germany
GraphQL Conf
GraphQL is a non-profit conference with speakers from around the world. Learn more about GraphQL best practices from industry experts and become part of the thriving GraphQL community. Also commercetools was on site and had their booth.

06.-07.06.19 in Graz, Austria
Fifteen Seconds Festival 2019
At the beginning of the summer, the Fifteen Seconds Festival brought together 300 speakers from global successful companies and organizations in Austria and stimulated over the 48 hours inspiration, knowledge transfer and networking to achieve individual growth. Eight stages and six different talk formats in the area of tension between business, science and mobility and Technology offered the opportunity to be one of the world's best in the domain to learn and to develop. 15.000m² interactive Expo Area with many partners offered you innovation to attack. This year commercetools was there with an own booth!

04.-05.06.19 in Berlin, Germany
K5: FUTURE RETAIL CONFERENCE 2019
Concerning the digital retailing sector the K5 Conference 2019 is the event for everyone to attend who want to create the future retail. The K5 established itself as the flagship event of the German-speaking region. Every year it unites and combines the best and most relevant service providers with first-hand insights, fails and learnings of the industry and an innovative networking program. commercetools was on site again this year with an own booth together with our Partners Mindcurv, Shopmacher, Arithnea, Magnolia, Bloomreach and Valtech!

29.-30.05.19 in Milano, Italy
Netcomm Forum - The Digital commerce Retail Event
Netcomm Forum is Italy’s leading event for e-commerce, digital retail and digital transformation enterprise stimulated by the new digital scenario. Each year this event attracts more than 15.000 participants and features over 90 workshops and conferences. The event is open to anyone looking to widen their knowledge of e-commerce and digital retail. Netcomm Forum is a unique opportunity for the digital business community to come together in an exhibition space for more than 160 businesses and to get involved in a range of networking initiatives throughout the entire event. This year commercetools was also on site!

29.05.19 in United States
WEBINAR: Success in B2B eCommerce
A customer story and key research from B&S and guest Forrester. B2C has changed the B2B landscape. Business customers now expect a shopping experience that mirrors the leading B2C companies and is convenient, seamless and always available. With 83% of B2B buyers selecting a supplier based on their eCommerce and customer portal capabilities, it is a financial imperative that B2B companies evolve. VP and Research Director, Allen Bonde, shared rare insights into the latest trends in B2B Commerce and how distributors and manufacturers can future proof themselves to ensure their survival. Rene van Gelderen, IT Director, from B2B company B&S joined us for an interactive Q&A discussion. He covered the challenges B&S has faced, the steps they are taking to build a next generation B2B experience and the technology they've chosen to help them get there.

20.-21.05.19 in Berlin, Germany
Strategiegipfel: B2B E-Commerce & E-Business
Digitisation has now arrived in B2B sales. Most companies are aware that e-commerce has become an important part of their overall business alongside field sales and direct sales. For this reason, it's now necessary to develop an e-business strategy that is tailored to customers and products. In the first step it's a challenge, because this process can reveal new possibilities to present the own products and to extend services. How other companies solve this was demonstrated at the Strategiegipfel at the Titanic Chaussee Hotel Berlin.

20.-21.05.19 in Barcelona, Spain
E-commerce Summit 2019
The E-commerce Summit was an exclusive, invitation-only conference for retailers and brands. In the relaxed ambience of the five-star Pullman Barcelona Hotel, retailers and brands were sharing their knowledge and network with peers. Their unique business model enabled retailers and brands to join for free and ensured a completely independent conference program. Focusing on the European market and the following three verticals- Fashion & Lifestyle, Home & Living and Food & Care, the top trending topics on E-commerce had been widely addressed. This year commercetools was also on site!

16.05.19 in United States
WEBINAR: Who’s Minding the Digital Store? How to align teams when technology is in charge
As technology takes center stage in digital commerce, retailers and brands are trying to rebalance their internal organizations so that the technology, marketing and merchandizing teams have an equal share in driving business results. Alex Shiferman, VP of Technology at Nuts.com explained how the company went from a small family business to a multimillion-dollar online retailer by modernizing not just its technology, but the entire organization. The KEY TOPICS were: how to redefine the IT team so it's not just about IT, how the right technology can make everyone more nimble, and how to upgrade your technology without breaking the business.

03.-04.04.19 in Cologne, Germany
IFH: ECC Forum 2019
Once again the ECC-FORUM offered top-class content from top speakers from the industry, brand-new customer and market insights, new impulses from innovative startups and networking at eye level - and for the first time on two days! While exciting concepts from B2C practice were presented on 3 April 2019, on 4 April, the focus was on B2B trade. The following companies were present and live on stage: OTTO | BabyOne | Accell | TAKKT | thyssenkrupp | Wucato and much more.

04.-05.04.19 in Berlin, Germany
code.talks commerce 2019
code.talks commerce special: e-commerce enthusiasts could experience a maximum of practical experience and know-how. This year we were represented with our own booth and some speakers: Kelly Goetsch, CPO of commercetools, talked about the new 5G and how it could affect the retail industry in the future. Furthermore, our industry analyst, Roman Zenner, moderated together with his shoptechblog colleague Martin Möllmann and Co., the panel about the daily ToDos and projects from the practice of CTOs and IT team leaders.

01.-05.04.19 in Lugano (Ticino), Switzerland
Fashion Innovation Week 2019
Innovate or die - fashion brands face the challenge of offering their customers an extended, omnipresent shopping experience. There is a wealth of promising technologies, but which one really ensures the best ROI? Fashion Innovation Week 2019 provided an opportunity to learn about the latest digital innovations, discuss them with leading industry experts and shape the future of Swiss fashion technology together. Additionally, Laura Mehler from Highsnobiety also talked about how the successful Fashion & Lifestyle blog became an inspiring commerce platform.

28.03.19 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Handelskraft 2019 »The Digital Experience Base«
Take Part. Connect. Level Up. The Handelskraft Conference 2019 provided information and discussed AI, clouds, platforms - and all the other "building materials" that companies use to implement intelligent digital architectures nowadays. In talks, roundtable formats and workshops, inspirational practical insights and great visions were exchanged among industry representatives and e-commerce experts. Our commercetools Head of Partner Management Dirk Weckerlei held a workshop about our vendor-neutral tool to generate modern RFPs.

28.03.19 in Berlin and Munich, Germany
Girls' Day at commercetools office in Berlin and Munich
What a successful Girls' Day: Once again this year commercetools took part in Girl's Day, an initiative of the Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit e.V. to win girls for a career in STEM. We believe that it is important to break through the typical cliches and give the girls the confidence they leck to get into IT. That's why we invited a group of 28 girls aged 10-14 to our Munich and Berlin offices to give them an insight into programming and immerse themselves in the world of online commerce.

26.-27.03.19 in Frankfurt, Germany
World Class Digital Transformation & Innovation 2019
The World Class Digital Transformation & Innovation 2019 - the leading event for big players and companies! The conference invited participants for sharing best practices and the latest trends in Big Data & Analytics, Digital Transformation and Corporate Innovation in Europe. Matthias Spanic, Managing Director of scrappel, also gave an interesting presentation on the digital transformation of the German metal market. Afterwards, he held a round table discussion about how to follow the digital market with the help of microservice-tools.

14.03.19 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Kruso Seminar: Stay Ahead With True Headless Commerce
At the seminar 'Stay Ahead With True Headless Commerce' of our new partner Kruso, our participants experienced how Bang & Olufsen and the Salling Group made their commerce systems future-proof with the help of commercetools. Our Head of Partner Management, Dirk Weckerlei and CTO Niels Brinkø from Kruso gave a deep insight on why working with Microservices and SPA's (Single Page Applications) gives you full agility, true scalability and fast time to market in developing even comprehensive commerce platforms. Afterwards the speakers had the opportunity to ask all relevant questions in the Q&A panel.

03.-06.03.19 in Las Vegas, NV
commercetools presents: Innovation LIVE! at Shoptalk 2019
Shoptalk is where the entire retail ecosystem comes together to create the future of retail based on the latest trends, technologies and business models, including changes in consumer expectations. commercetools has sponsored Shoptalk every year since the show’s inception, highlighting incredibly innovative possibilities for next generation commerce. And 2019 was bigger, more exciting and more innovative than ever! We showed you live examples of retailers and brands that have moved off of big, slow commerce platforms and embraced technology to help them transform.

14.02.19 in Hamburg, Germany
diconium: I HEART DIGITAL
For all creative, innovative and curious digital natives and strategists, our partner diconium created a new IT community event. On Valentine's Day, webshop experts as well as Structure Sensor 3D scanners and Co. followed the AR showcase with the Meta 2, an AR app for personalized 3D avatars was jointly developed. Moreover, our industry analyst Dr. Roman Zenner gave a keynote speech on the topic of headless commerce and dealt with the following questions: How can the headless approach can size new touchpoints? What exactly is the advantage if front-end and back-end functionality are separated and how does a headless e-commerce platform score?

23. - 24.01.19 in Utrecht, Netherlands
WEBWINKEL VAKDAGEN
At WEBWINKEL VAKDAGEN, Pascal Lagarde, Director Commerce of our partner Valtech NL, presented the challenges of re-platforming from different perspectives and described how a successful re-platform strategy could look like. The question was not only how to get from A to B, but also how this can provide a way of thinking to achieve C and D in the future. commercetools was also present at the event with Steven Fockema, our Head of Sales Western Europe.

22.01.19 in London, UK
Retail Week: Innovation Masterclass 2019
At the Retail Week Masterclass, our CPO Kelly Goetsch, along with speakers from Lego and Wunderman Commerce, uncovered why innovation should be core to your entire strategy to succeed in 2019. Our Head of Sales Western Europe Steven Fockema was also there.

13.12.18 in Munich, Germany
Reason ML Dojo Session
Reason is a JS-flavored syntax on top of OCaml, a strongly statically typed multi-paradigm programming language with a
strong focus on pragmatic functional programming.
In the mob programming session on December 13th, 6.30 - 8.30pm at our commercetools office, you learned to code on your first Reason & ReasonReact (Reason with ReactJS) web application.

15.11.18 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Connect - the BloomReach user conference - is back
True agility and digital transformation comes from collaboration and breaking down silos. BloomReach Connect brings together a large and diverse community of digital experience professionals and BloomReach users, this year for its 5th year in Amsterdam. The day connects marketing and IT and helps you becoming a leader in the digital experience revolution.

08.11.2018 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
43rd Business Breakfast at foryouandyourcustomers Amsterdam
Meet our customer Geberit at the Business Breakfast hosted by our partner foryouandyourcustomers Amsterdam. Geberit explained how they became faster and more efficient as an organization, using API driven commerce to structure data and channels which has created long-term cost reduction solution within their Digital Supply Chain.
Steven Fockema Andreae, BD Benelux, Nordics & UK and Siawash Shibani, Solution Engineer from the Dutch commercetools team were there.

23. - 24.10.2018 in Bonn, Germany
Event for eCommerce und multichannel trade
The range of topics at NEOCOM 2018 covers the areas of "Technology", "Data" and "Logistics", "Platforms & Marketplaces", "Commerce anywhere & anytime" and "Mega trends for the digital industry trade". We were there at our booth together with our parent company REWE digital.

22. - 23.10.18 in Berlin, Germany
Successful e-commerce in the B2B sector
Sustainable e-business strategies are gaining in importance in the B2B context. Above all, it is a matter of integrating e-commerce meaningfully into sales structures and to anchor digital transformation in the company. We presented successful approaches for implementation at the event of Project Networks in Berlin.

11.10.18 in San Francisco, USA
Connect - the BloomReach user conference - is back
True agility and digital transformation comes from collaboration and breaking down silos. BloomReach Connect brings together a large and diverse community of digital experience professionals and BloomReach users, this year in San Francisco. The day CONNECTs marketing and IT, BloomReach users and digital visionaries, and helps you on your way to becoming a leader in the digital experience revolution.

02. - 03.10.2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark
eTail Nordic: The Conference For Scandinavian eCommerce & Multi-Channel Retail Innovators
eTail Nordic 2018 brings together the eCommerce leaders and innovators and disruptors who challenge convention and share their proven experience in delivering the truly “seamless retail” experience your customers now expect.

27.09.18 in Cologne, Germany
B2B e-Commerce in the platform age
Which B2B business models and concepts can successfully keep up with top dogs like Amazon and Co.? How can platform vendors and manufacturers benefit? Our customer Scrappel revealed the approaches they have taken to the task.

12. - 13.09.18 in Cologne, Germany
DMEXCO: Meeting place for all important decision-makers
As a central meeting place for all important decision-makers from the digital world, DMEXCO brings together industry leaders and technology and innovation drivers. For us at commercetools, this is an important place for driving e-commerce forward together with innovators

12. - 14.09.18 in San Diego, CA
Digital Transformation Connect 2018
This exclusive networking forum is for connecting with senior-level digital executives to benchmark, share ideas, find business solutions and build lasting relationships.

10.09.18 in Stockholm, Sweden
Creating business value in CX: Deepdive to microservices
Speed up innovation and generate new business concepts: commercetools' CPO Kelly Goetsch tells you, how your company can benefit from microservices.
This is our 2 hours seminar with our partner Tieto.

15.-17.08.18 in San Diego, CA
Evolve18: Adobe Digital Marketing Community
Evolve18 is a community-driven conference hosted by 3lSHARE that is focused on the Adobe digital marketing community. This year we brought guest speaker Brendan Gualdoni, the Director of Engineering, eCommerce at Express, to share how commercetools helped enable their digital transformation.