Sebastian Deppe was born into a family retail business and worked for over 20 years in a retail and real estate consultancy. - since 2008 as a member of the management board and head of the management consulting division. He is a keynote speaker and moderator at many events and congresses as well as a member of various juries, such as Stores of the Year of the HDE and the Creative Award of the Mittelstandsverbund ZGV. Since April 2022, he has been working at the Munich-based start-up Ariadne Maps GmbH. There he uses his network to support retail, real estate and smart cities with the help of important data "from the real world". Details: www.ariadne.inc