02:00 PM
Registration
Registration
03:00 PM

Opening:
'State
of
the
Nation'
-
Building
Competitive
Strength
Opening:
'State
of
the
Nation'
-
Building
Competitive
Strength
Amanda Birkenholz, UVC Partners – Principal
Johanna Bronisch, UnternehmerTUM – Head of Energy Innovation
Herbert Diess, The Mobility House – Executive Chairman
Stefan Drüssler, UnternehmerTUM – Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Philipp Herkelmann, EU Inc. – Co-initiator
Jennifer Kaiser-Steiner, UnternehmerTUM – Head of Learning & Exchange Center
Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf, FamilienUnternehmerTUM – Co-Founder
Marisa Schneider, UnternehmerTUM – Lead International Partnerships
Helmut Schönenberger, UnternehmerTUM – Co-Founder & CEO
Opening:
Intro-Impuls
1
Opening:
Intro-Impuls
1
Johanna Bronisch, UnternehmerTUM – Head of Energy Innovation
Herbert Diess, The Mobility House – Executive Chairman
Opening:
Intro-Impuls
2
Opening:
Intro-Impuls
2
Philipp Herkelmann, EU Inc. – Co-initiator
Marisa Schneider, UnternehmerTUM – Lead International Partnerships
Opening:
Intro-Impuls
3
Opening:
Intro-Impuls
3
Amanda Birkenholz, UVC Partners – Principal
Opening:
State
of
the
Nation
Opening:
State
of
the
Nation
Stefan Drüssler, UnternehmerTUM – Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Helmut Schönenberger, UnternehmerTUM – Co-Founder & CEO
03:45 PM
Break
Break
04:00 PM

Measuring
Impact:
Building
Successful
Start-up
Ecosystems
Measuring
Impact:
Building
Successful
Start-up
Ecosystems
Andrea Frank, Stifterverband – Deputy Secretary General & Member of the Executive Board
Oliver Hunke, Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK) – Head of Unit
Dorothea Ringe, Joachim Herz Foundation – Director Entrepreneurship Cluster
Maximilian Uebel, Boston Consulting Group – Manager & Head of Strategic Partnerships
Jennifer Kaiser-Steiner, UnternehmerTUM – Head of Learning & Exchange Center

Retrofits
and
Raw
Materials:
The
Circular
Economy
Opportunity
in
Delivering
the
Energy
Transition
Retrofits
and
Raw
Materials:
The
Circular
Economy
Opportunity
in
Delivering
the
Energy
Transition
David Bender, Heraeus Remloy – Co-Head
Niclas-Alexander Mauß, CIRCULAR REPUBLIC by UnternehmerTUM – Co-Founder
Georg Weber, Wilo SE – CTO & Executive Board Member
Benedikt Franke, Munich Security Conference – Vice Chairman & CEO

Social
Impact
Republic:
How
Social
Impact
Ventures
Can
Change
Our
World
and
Society
Social
Impact
Republic:
How
Social
Impact
Ventures
Can
Change
Our
World
and
Society
Zahra Bruhn, Federal Ministry of Education and Research – Social Impact Founder & Commissioner for Social Innovation
Nina Mülhens, DigitalSchoolStory – CEO & Co-Founder
Jana Petry, UVC Partners – Investment Manager
04:40 PM
Break
Break
04:50 PM

Electrifying
the
Nation
Electrifying
the
Nation
Herbert Diess, The Mobility House – Executive Chairman
Bastian Gierull, Octopus Energy Germany – CEO
Werner Götz, TransnetBW – CEO
Sabine Nallinger, Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft – Board

From
Boardrooms
to
Dinner
Tables:
Why
the
AgriFood
System
is
Everyone's
Business
From
Boardrooms
to
Dinner
Tables:
Why
the
AgriFood
System
is
Everyone's
Business
Deniz Ficicioglu, BettaF!sh – Co-Founder & CEO
Olaf Koch, ZINTINUS – Partner
Andreea Lang, Givaudan – Business Development Strategic Partnerships
Nikola Baumschlager, UnternehmerTUM – Venture Consultant for Food & AgriTech Start-ups
Benjamin Subei, Boston Consulting Group – Partner & Co-Lead Agriculture Europe
Roman Werner

Unlocking
Europe’s
Gold:
An
Ecosystem
Approach
to
Funding
Unlocking
Europe’s
Gold:
An
Ecosystem
Approach
to
Funding
Francesca Bria, Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, London – Professor of Innovation, RAI – Executive Board Member
Jean-Michel Dalle, Rise Europe – Member, Agoranov – Managing Director
Benjamin Erhart, UVC Partners – General Partner
Philipp Herkelmann, EU Inc. – Co-initiator
Miriam Partington, Sifted – Senior Reporter
05:30 PM
Break
Break
05:45 PM

Closing:
Challenge
Accepted
-
Building
Competitive
Strength
Closing:
Challenge
Accepted
-
Building
Competitive
Strength
Johanna Bronisch, UnternehmerTUM – Head of Energy Innovation
Jennifer Kaiser-Steiner, UnternehmerTUM – Head of Learning & Exchange Center
Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf, FamilienUnternehmerTUM – Co-Founder
06:30 PM
Get-Together
Get-Together
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