Top Program on 3 Stages

01:30 PM

REGISTRATION

01:30 PMDuration: 1h

Location: REGISTRATION

02:30 PM

​​Setting

the

Stage:

Europe`s

Strategic

Growth

Agenda

Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space

Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts

Susanne Klatten, Entrepreneur, ALTANA and BMWMember of the Supervisory Boards, UnternehmerTUMFounder

Julia Jäkel, dpaMember of the Supervisory Board, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and Munich ReNon-Executive Director Advisory Boards

Helmut Schönenberger, UnternehmerTUMCo-Founder & CEO

Jennifer Kaiser-Steiner, UnternehmerTUMHead of Learning & Exchange Center, Moderator

Christine Klein, ESAActing Director of Controlling, Finance & Operational Procurement

Hans Koenigsmann, Aerospace Engineer & early SpaceX Manager

Walther Pelzer, German Space Agency at the DLRDirector General

Sven Przywarra, LiveEOCo-Founder

Inga vom Holtz, UnternehmerTUMDirector Startups & Investments, Moderator

Francesco Sciortino, Proxima FusionCo-Founder & CEO

Benjamin Erhart, UVC PartnersGeneral Partner, Moderator

02:30 PMDuration: 1h 35min

Location: Foyer & Auditorium

04:05 PM

Break

&

Networking

04:05 PMDuration: 25min

Location: NETWORKING & MATCHMAKING AREA

04:30 PM

From

Germany

to

New

Orbits

Maria Birlem, YuriCo-Founder, CEO

Florian Doetzer, TUM Venture LabsManaging Director, Moderator

Robert Hook, Marble ImagingCEO

Jord Janssen, ISP TechFounders Associate

Victor Maier, The Exploration CompanyLead Germany and Central Europe Business

Mika Mänz, AcitofluxFounder & CEO, Moderator

Kristina Nikolaus, Okapi OrbitsCEO & Co-Founder

Bettine Schmitz, AUXXO CapitalManaging Director, General Partner

Sergey Sukhanov, Flypix AICEO & Co-Founder

Ossi Tianinen, NGP CapitalPartner

How is value created in New Space? Leading ESA Business Accelerator Germany (ESA BAG) scaleups demonstrate how deep-tech innovations across the value chain—from upstream infrastructure to downstream applications—become scalable, market-ready businesses.

04:30 PMDuration: 40min

Location: FOYER Stage

Shaping

Europe’s

AI

Way:

Insights

from

AI

Leaders

Frederic Boesel, Black Forest LabsFounding Member

Moritz Gräter, IPAICEO

Jan Mittendorf, TU MunichManaging Director, Software/AI Venture Lab, Moderator

Eva Spannagl, Open AIDirector

Europe’s AI “advantages” are often cited but rarely unpacked. In this panel, builders from the AI Triangle (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland) go beyond slogans and share where we really stand in turning leading research, talent, and industrial know-how into competitive AI solutions - plus what the AI Ecosystem in Europe must do now to keep up.

04:30 PMDuration: 40min

Location: ARENA Stage

Strategy

under

pressure:

Leading

through

Geopolitics

&

Uncertainty

Sebastian Borek, HTGFManaging Director

Moritz Förster, UnternehmerTUMManaging Partner, Moderator

Martin Merz, SAP SEPresident Sovereign Cloud

Sebastian Koch, DATEVMember of the Executive Board, Chief Business Development Officer

Alexander Wottrich, Truma GroupCo-CEO

Geopolitics is now a core business variable. Trade conflicts, technological sovereignty and energy dependencies shape strategic decisions. This panel brings together investors and infrastructure leaders to discuss how companies can stay in control in a fragmented world — and turn geopolitical risk into competitive advantage.

04:30 PMDuration: 40min

Location: STUDIO Stage,

In German

05:10 PM

Break

&

Networking

05:10 PMDuration: 20min

Location: NETWORKING & MATCHMAKING AREA

05:30 PM

EUROPE's

Deep

Tech

Startup

Ecosystem

Stefan Drüssler, UnternehmerTUMManaging Director & Chief Operating Officer

Francesco Billari, Bocconi University (Milan)Rector

Maurizio Tamagnini, FSICEO & Founder

Michael Marthaler, HQS Quantum SimulationsCEO

Andrea Rocchetto, EphosCEO & Co-Founder

Luca de Angelis, Tech Europe Foundation (TEF)CEO, Moderator

I. BUILDING EUROPE'S NEXT DEEP TECH HUB (15 mins - Billari & Tamagnini). What it takes to build such infrastructure and how TEF is doing it from Milan, together with universities, investors, and the next generation of founders. II. BUILT IN EUROPE (25 mins - Marthaler & Rocchetto): TWO PATHS THROUGH THE QUANTUM STACK. 2 founders, 2 different journeys, this conversation explores both, while mapping where the European quantum market stands and why.

05:30 PMDuration: 40min

Location: FOYER Stage

Modernizing

Public

Administration

with

Agentic

AI

Startups

Amanda Birkenholz, UVC PartnersPrincipal

Flora Geske, SummAICo-Founder, CEO

Nina Böhm, City of MunichAI Strategist

Thomas Jarzombek, Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State ModernizationParliamentary State Secretary

Ralf Junge-Pearl, DigitalService, Inhouse Unit for the Federal Government of GermanySenior Tranformation Manager

Boris Paal, TU MunichChair for Law and Regulation of the Digital Transformation, Of Counsel & Business Mediator

Thomas Zeller, UnternehmerTUMChief Digital Officer & Managing Director, Moderator

How can AI agents and startups make government services measurably faster, more citizen-centric, and more efficient? We’ll discuss specific applications, success factors (data, processes, regulation), and how government and the ecosystem can scale up together.

05:30 PMDuration: 40min

Location: ARENA Stage

Succession

between

Change

and

Continuity

(Panel

in

German)

Hanna Hottenrott, TU MunichInnovation Economics, Leibniz-ZentrumHead "Innovationsökonomik & Unternehmensdynamik"

Sabrina Koch, UnternehmerTUMSenior Manager, Moderator

Lisa Stuhler, Tilia NachfolgekapitalFounder & Managing Director

Johanna von Eben-Worlée, E.H. Worlée GroupMember of Executive Board

Business succession is more than a handover process: it is a strategic imperative for Germany’s future. The panel explores the structural, financial, and cultural hurdles that shape succession and brings together perspectives from research with first-hand insights from both internal and external succession. One thing is clear: there is no one-size-fits-all model.

05:30 PMDuration: 40min

Location: STUDIO Stage,

In German

06:10 PM

Break

&

Networking

06:10 PMDuration: 20min

Location: NETWORKING & MATCHMAKING AREA

06:30 PM

CLOSING

Nina Heine, Shit2PowerCEO & Co-Founder, GSA Finalist “Gründerin des Jahres 2026”

Ksenija Milicevic Neumann, tozeroCEO & Co-Founder, GSA Finalist “Newcomerin des Jahres 2026”

Lena-Marie Pätzmann, Sitegeist RoboticsCEO & Co-Founder, GSA Finalist “Newcomerin des Jahres 2026”

Felix Pörnbacher, DeepDrive Co-CEO & Co-Founder, GSA Finalist “Gründer des Jahres 2026”

Stefan Drüssler, UnternehmerTUMManaging Director & Chief Operating Officer

Francesco Sciortino, Proxima FusionCo-Founder & CEO

Inga vom Holtz, UnternehmerTUMDirector Startups & Investments, Moderator

06:30 PMDuration: 15min

Location: Foyer & Auditorium

06:45 PM

GET-TOGETHER

06:45 PMDuration: 3h 15min

Location: NETWORKING & MATCHMAKING AREA

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