Episode 1: 18 Years of Peppol: Then, Now and What’s Next
Peppol began in 2008 as a European initiative to make digital procurement and document exchange easier across borders. Eighteen years later, it has become part of the infrastructure supporting digital business exchange across a growing number of markets.
In Episode 1 of Peppol Unplugged by Arratech, Philip Helger joins Hans Berg to reflect on Peppol’s early vision, the milestones and growing pains that shaped its development, and the decisions that may define its next decade.
The conversation will also explore how continuous transaction controls (CTC), VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA), artificial intelligence and Peppol Message Level Status (MLS) could influence the future of the ecosystem.
About Peppol Unplugged
Peppol Unplugged by Arratech is a live conversation series bringing together people with experience and perspectives from across the Peppol ecosystem.
Each episode creates space for an open discussion about how Peppol is developing, the challenges facing the ecosystem and the questions that will shape what comes next.
Meet our guest
Philip Helger
Software Architect, Open-Source Author and Peppol Specialist, Helger IT Consulting GmbH
Philip Helger is a software architect and open-source author specialising in Peppol and electronic invoicing. Working with Peppol since 2008, he helped implement Peppol in Austria and has served as a technical expert at OpenPeppol since 2019. Through Helger IT Consulting GmbH, he advises organisations building and operating Peppol infrastructure and maintains widely used open-source components.
Your host
Hans Berg
Co-Founder and CEO, Arratech
Hans Berg is Co-Founder and CEO of Arratech and has worked extensively with Peppol and e-invoicing infrastructure. He previously co-founded Tickstar, which was acquired by Xero in 2021. From 2017 to 2021, Hans served as the elected leader of Peppol’s eDelivery Community and as a member of its Managing Committee. At Arratech, he focuses on building scalable infrastructure for secure, compliant digital document exchange.
