October 28-30, 2025
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 29
An Awakening (Invite Only)
October 30
Stage Two
14:00
Door Opening & Registration @Bertelsmann (Unter den Linden 1)
14:30
Welcome Speech
Moderated by: Niki Kalkanova (Bertelsmann)
Speakers: Prof. Stephan Stubner (HHL) & Prof. Malte Brettel (RWTH Aachen)
14:45
Workshop Presentation & Transfer
15:00
Workshops & more
Orrick, Bertelsmann Investments, Riverty "Future of Software development: How AI is changing the way we work with 40 million lines of code", Siemens, European Investment Bank (EIB) "Academic Roundtabel"
16:00
Coffee Break & Open Networking
16:30
Workshop Presentation & Transfer
16:45
Workshops & more
BMWE, Arvato Systems, Stage Two Q&A, hub:raum, Atlantic Labs & Dealroom
17:45
Break, Snacks & Open Networking
18:00
Panel
Scaling across Europe - What to expect from different Stakeholders
Heinrich Arnold (EIT), Jean-Michel Dalle (Agoranov)
18:30
Closing Remarks
18:45
Open Networking & Dinner (Fingerfood & Flying Buffet)
Speakers & Moderators
moderator
Ramon Vullings
MC & Event Host
speaker
Ekaterina Zaharieva
EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
speaker
Sofia Ehlde
Executive Vice President Innovation at Oatly
moderator
Victoria Hoffmann
Founder at SectorPi
speaker
Tobias Henz
Partner at McKinsey
moderator
Sophie Rowe
Communications at Atlantic Labs
moderator
Max Holthaus
Managing Director at True Growth Capital
speaker
Pamela Taylor
SVP Corporate Employer Branding at Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
moderator
Elisheva Marcus
VP Communications at Earlybird
speaker
Heinrich Arnold
European Institute of Innovation & Technology, Governing Board
speaker
Paméla Grondin
Investor & Advisor at EIB's European Innovation Council Equity Fund
moderator
Tanja Bloser
Director at Gateway Factory
speaker
Jean-Michel Dalle
Manging Director, Agoranov, Chairman of the "Pôles Universitaires d'Innovation"