Ben Gesing is a global innovation leader with 7+ years of experience developing technical solutions in the logistics, telecommunications, and consumer electronics industries. Today he leads the Global Trend Research activities at DHL, based in the DHL Innovation Center near Bonn, Germany. He is author of the company’s industry trend report on Artificial Intelligence in Logistics published in 2018. Together with his team, he is responsible for shaping the innovation agenda at Deutsche Post DHL Group, from publishing industry research to piloting and scaling cutting-edge solutions in the areas of artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics in live logistics operations together with startups, customers, and operators.