Hershey's Strategic Futurist Talks Tech and Chocolate on Business as Usual

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English - March 26, 2021 18:14 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Prepare yourself for a sweet conversation as we welcome Dr. Peter Angeline, Strategic Futurist at the Hershey Company, to give us a little taste of the key technology and innovation initiatives at the chocolate giant.

Peter monitors, researches, develops and incubates current emerging technologies to assess their potential impact on and application to Hershey's business. He also manages Hershey's Digital Innovation Lab at the University of Pennsylvania's Pennovation center.

Hershey has investigated Computer Assisted Innovation, Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality, Chatbots, Machine Learning, mobile consumer engagement, Smart Automation, IOT, gamification, nanotechnology, consumer engagement through robotics, Future of Retail, and bleeding-edge technologies.