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: Olga Ongsiek (Bertelsmann) & Pia Otto (RWTH Aachen)
Speakers: Prof. Stephan Stubner (HHL) & Prof. Malte Brettel (RWTH Aachen)
14:45
Workshop Presentation & Transfer
15:00
Workshops & more
16:00
Coffee Break & Open Networking
16:30
Fireside Chat
17:00
Workshop Presentation & Transfer
17:15
Workshops & more
18:15
Break, Snacks & Open Networking
19:00
Panel
19:30
Closing Remarks
19:45
Open Networking & Dinner (Fingerfood & Flying Buffet)
Speakers & Moderators
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 SectorPi
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"
moderator
Sophie Rowe
Brand, PR and Comms at Atlantic Labs
moderator
Elisheva Marcus
VP Communications
speaker
Klaus Löckel
CEO DACH, Siemens Digital Industries Software
speaker
Sofía Benjumea
Head of EMEA, Google for Startups
speaker
Diana zur Löwen
Content Creator, Founder of Melationship & Rawr Ventures and Business Angel
moderator
Daniel Kob
Senior VP Portfolio Growth, RTL Deutschland