UMPF-Forum
- Wednesday, January 14, 2026
09:00 h Check-in Hand-out of the conference documents 10.00 h Opening Elmar Kühn, General Manager, UNITI e. V.
Jens Stolte, Owner, stolte consult
Moderation
Rainer Wiek, Chief Editor, tankstellenWelt
Frank Braatz, Chief Editor, Source10.10 h UNITI annual survey 2025 – the large industry study for payment and POS systems at petrol stations Jens Stolte, Owner, stolte consult
10.40 h “Everything great!? – Why petrol stations are (having to) change” Achim Bothe, CEO, Aral AG
11.00 h EG Group – developing Retail further Russel Colaco, CEO, EG Group (requested)
11.20 h Coffee Break 11.50 h The CEO Talk: Managing the Transformation Hildegard Müller, President, Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA)
Dr. Christoph Ebert, CEO, EON Drive GmbH
Florian Glattes, Managing Director, Shell Deutschland GmbH
Dr. Thomas Perkmann, CEO, Westfalen AG12.40 h Circle K – Makes Your Day Josefine Meinert, Direktor Market Development, Circle K Deutschland GmbH
13.00 h Lunch 14.10 h Pay with a Smile – Payment, Loyalty and more on the next level with Verifone Biometrics Prasanna Narayan, Executive Vice President, Head of Product, Verifone Inc
14.30 h Panel “The new Convenience” Alexander Burghardt, Managing Director, twenty4U GmbH
Torsten Eichinger, Managing Director, Marketing und Convenience-Shop System
Philipp Pauly, SVP Sales Energy Stations & Convenience Stores, Lekkerland SE
Martin Pfister, Director Carwash, Alfred Kärcher Vertriebs-GmbH15.10 h MB Energy Bridging Tradition, Innovation and New Energy Florian Lückmann, Director Commercial Road Transport, MB Energy Holding GmbH & Co. KG
15.30 h Mobility Panel Melanie Falkenstern, CEO, Head of Shell Fleet Solutions DACH
Monika Loup-Würdemann, Managing Director, B2Mobility GmbH
Dr. Björn Diedrich, CEO, vaylens GmbH
Sebastian Hager, Vice President Strategy & Business Development, DKV Mobility16.10 h 1st workshop run (50 min.) 17.10 h "Coffee on the fly" 17.30 h 2nd workshop run (50 min.) 18.30 h closing 1st day 19.00 h UNITI evening event at Curio House "Soundtrack of Life"
- Thursday, January 15, 2026
7.00 h UNITI morning run Meeting point: conference lobby
9.00 h AUTO BILD Marktbarometer 2026 Stephan Fritz, Director Automotive Marketing, Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH
9.20 h From Risk to ROI: How Smart Checkout Solutions Drive C-Store Success Denis Christesen, CEO, Partner Tech Europe
Hendrik Ohse, CEO, ANKER Group9.40 h Bridging the world of Fuel- and EV Cards Martin Kolisch, CEO, AGES Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
10.00 h Efficiency on the way, Extravagance at the stay: The New Traveler Mindset Agnieszka Spionek, Principal Advisors & Consulting Services, Strategy & Transformation, Mastercard Advisors
10.20 h Same car – new engine: How stablecoins are revolutionising payment Thomas Keller, Founder, ZAP
10.40 h Coffee Break 11.10 h Developments in German payment transactions David Paul, Senior Advisor, Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR)
11.30 h The digital Euro Katharina Paust-Bokrezion, Gouvernement & Public Affairs, Deutsche Bank AG
12.00 h Wero – Current status and next steps Martina Weimert, CEO, EPI Company SE
12.30 h Payment Panel Martina Weimert, CEO, EPI Company SE
Robert Beer, Head of Corporate Development, S-Payment GmbH
Markus Kilb, CEO, TWINT AG13.00 h EVOP – EV Plug-and-Charge Payment – as easy as Uber Payments Dr. Thomas Fromherz, Electric Vehicle Open Payment, G+D Netcetera
13.20 h Unlock the Utility: Turning Loyalty programs into a toolset beyond rewarding and building engagement. Piotr Kozlowski, Vice President Consulting, Loyalty Solutions, Comarch S.A.
Paweł Ciężki, Regional Sales Director DACH,Comarch S.A.13.40 h From Movement to Meaning: Turning Driver Journeys into Actionable Insights Fabian Beste, Co-Founder & CEO, 4.screen GmbH
14.00 h Final statement and closing Frank Braatz, Chief Editor, Source
Rainer Wiek, Chief Editor, tankstellenWelt14.10 h Lunch, Networking & Coffee to Go 15.00 h End of forum