Get the latest news in your inbox Menu Meet the speakers of the Amazon Academy Supporting SMBs across Europe Search EN Policy Join our next virtual Amazon Academy on empowering SMEs across Europe Register for the next Amazon Academy 2021 on ‘Helping European SMEs thrive’ on December 7 at 4PM CET. By Public Relations Team on November 17, 2021 Facebook Share Linked In Share Twitter Share Email Share On December 7, we will meet again for our next Amazon Academy. The event will be held in Brussels, although we are inviting everyone to join us through a livestream from wherever you are. The focus of this year’s event will be the growth of European SMEs and how they have been thriving through online business. Click here to register for the event Click here to read the full bios of the speakers participating in the 9th Amazon Academy. Mark Boris Andrijanič, Minister for Digital Transformation of the Republic of Slovenia, will present a keynote speech on the European industrial strategy and its role in the transition towards a digital economy. The speech will be followed by a fireside chat from Xavier Flamand, VP EU Seller Services at Amazon, who will shed a light on what Amazon and AWS are doing to empower SMEs and support them with digital skills. Roberta Metsola, Member of European Parliament (Malta), Group of the European People's Party (Partit Nazzjonalista) will be joined by Ivan Štefanec, Member of European Parliament (Slovakia), Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), Paul Hofheinz, President and Co-Founder of the Lisbon Council, Antje Gerstein, Managing Director for European Policy/Sustainability, German Retail Federation (HDE), along with Lucia Cusmano, Deputy Head of Unit for SME and Entrepreneurship at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship in a panel discussion on how digitization leads to business recovery. This will be followed by a session dedicated to our European selling partners, who have developed their business before and during the pandemic. Sophie Laporte, Co-Founder & CEO, Un Air d'Antan (France); Richard Badal, Founder & CEO, Pentagon Sports (Germany); Christian Krömer, Managing Director & CEO, Spielwaren Krömer (Germany); David Martínez, Co-Founder & CEO, Sangría Republic (Spain) will share their experiences and describe how they have expanded their businesses while recovering from the pandemic. Guests present at the event's venue in Brussels will afterwards be invited to a short networking opportunity and to meet sellers at their dedicated stands. See here the sellers who will be present. Don't miss out, register for the event here. The link to connect to the livestream will be sent to all registered participants via email. Learn more about Amazon’s dedicated programs to support Small and Medium Business across Europe here. Follow us on Twitter on @AmazonNewsEU for real-time updates and news. PolicyAmazon Academy How did you like this story? Facebook Share Linked In Share Twitter Share Email Share Working at Amazon What's it like to interview at Amazon? Discover our peculiar interview ways, what to expect, and how to prepare. CONTINUE READING Innovation Introducing Amazon Salon Launching in London, Amazon’s new hair salon will be a place where customers can experience some of the leading technology, products and services in hair care and styling. CONTINUE READING Working at Amazon Breaking gender rules through Flamenco Rubén Heras is an Amazon associate that combines his job at the Barcelona logistics center with his project Flamenco Queer. In the pursuit of his dream of being a flamenco dancer, he has broken down many gender barriers and has become an LGTBIQ+ rights advocate. He is one of the winners of the Amazon Stars initiative, which promotes the talents among the company’s employees. CONTINUE READING POPULAR TODAY Amazon’s first operational wind farm in Europe delivers clean energy to Sweden Small and medium-sized businesses' success on Amazon – more than 1.8 billion products from SMBs sold across Europe in 2020 Amazon Prime is now in Sweden What is a ‘Bar Raiser’ at Amazon? How Amazon Web Services is supporting people and organizations in their response to COVID-19 SHOP AMAZON.DE WORK HERE Working at Amazon Job creation and investment OUR BUSINESS Innovation Supporting small businesses Policy OUR COMMUNITIES Community engagement OUR COMPANY Newsletter EU Press Releases Investor Relations Privacy About Amazon Amazon.jobs Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice | Cookies Notice | Interest-Based Ads Notice © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates We use cookies to enhance your visit to our site. ACCEPT & CLOSE