October 30-31, 2024
Line-Up & Schedule
We are creative minds, engineers, builders, designers, dreamers and innovation seekers. We push the boundaries on the theoretically and physically possible. We explore the edges and just walk over them. We define what lies beyond, then find it and explore a new beyond.
Schedule
October 30
An Awakening (Invite Only)
October 31
Stage Two
14:00
Door Opening & Registration
14:30
Welcome Speech
Moderated by: Olga Ongsiek (Bertelsmann) & Pia Otto (RWTH Aachen University)
Speakers: Pamela Taylor (Bertelsmann), Prof. Stephan Stubner (HHL) & Prof. Malte Brettel (RWTH Aachen University)
14:45
Workshop Presentation & Transfer
15:00
Workshops & more
Workshops given by Arvato Systems, Orrick, EMBRACE, Siemens and a roundtable for our academic representatives.
16:00
Coffee Break & Open Networking
16:30
VC Fireside Chat
Speaker: Alina Bassi (Ananda) & Iris ten Have (Tomorrow)
17:00
Workshop Presentation & Transfer
17:15
Workshops & more
Workshops given by BMWK, Start 2, Bertelsmann Investments and our VCs will have the opportunitiy to participate in our speeddating.
18:15
Break, Snacks & Open Networking
19:00
Panel
Commercializing Tech out of universities
Participants: TBA
19:30
Closing Remarks
19:45
Open Networking & Dinner (Fingerfood & Flying Buffet)
Speakers & Moderators
moderator
Dan Ram
Event MC, 5X TEDx Speaker, Executive Coach
speaker
Anna Christmann
Commissioner of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection for the digital economy and start-ups
speaker
Tobias Henz
Partner at McKinsey
speaker
Gianna Lengyel
Head of Business Development, Mistral AI
moderator
Tom Nugent
Reporter at Sifted
moderator
Victoria Hoffmann
Founder at Stealth
speaker
Alina Bassi
Investment Manager at Ananda Impact Ventures
speaker
Sven Przywarra
CEO and Founder, LiveEO
speaker
Iris ten Have
Founding Principal at Tomorrow
speaker
Philipp Klöckner
Investor, Advisor and Podcast Host "Doppelgänger Tech Talk"
speaker
Insa Schniedermeier
Founder, Impact F, Top Tech Journalist 2023