Top Program on 3 Stages

01:30 PM

REGISTRATION

01:30 PM – Duration: 1h

02:30 PM

​​Setting

the

Stage:

Europe`s

Strategic

Growth

Agenda

Helmut Schönenberger , UnternehmerTUM – Co-Founder & CEO

Susanne Klatten , Entrepreneur, ALTANA and BMW – Member of the Supervisory Boards, UnternehmerTUM – Founder

Julia Jäkel , dpa – Member of the Supervisory Board, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and Munich Re – Non-Executive Director Advisory Boards

Benjamin Erhart , UVC Partners – General Partner

Christine Klein , ESA – Acting Director of Controlling, Finance & Operational Procurement

Hans Königsmann , Aerospace Engineer & early SpaceX Manager

Sven Przywarra , LiveEO – Co-Founder

Francesco Sciortino , Proxima Fusion – Co-Founder & CEO

Inga vom Holtz , UnternehmerTUM – Director Investments, Moderator

02:30 PM – Duration: 1h 35min

Location: Foyer & Auditorium

04:05 PM

Break

&

Networking

04:05 PM – Duration: 25min

04:30 PM

NEW

SPACE:

From

Germany

to

New

Orbits

Maria Birlem , Yuri – Co-Founder

Florian Doetzer , TUM Venture Labs – Managing Director, Moderator

Robert Hook , Marble Imaging – CEO

Victor Maier , The Exploration Company – Lead Germany and Central Europe Business

Mika Mänz , Acitoflux – Founder & CEO

Kristina Nikolaus , Okapi Orbits – CEO & CO-Founder

Sergey Sukhanov , Flypix AI – Co-Founder

Ossi Tiainen , NGP Capital – Partner

Lukas Werling , ISP Tech – CEO & Co-Founder

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 PM – Duration: 40min

Location: FOYER Stage

​​AI

TRIANGLE:

Shaping

Europe’s

AI

Way:

Insights

from

AI

Leaders

Frederic Boesel , Black Forest Labs – Founding Member

Moritz Gräter , IPAI – CEO

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 PM – Duration: 40min

Location: ARENA Stage

​​GEOECONOMICS:

Strategy

under

pressure:

Leading

through

Geopolitics

&

Uncertainty

(Panel

in

German)

Sebastian Borek , HTGF – Managing Director

Martin Merz , SAP SE – President Sovereign Cloud

Sebastian Koch , DATEV – Chief Business Development Officer

Sebastian Kuss , EMH Partners – Co-Founder & Managing Partner

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 PM – Duration: 40min

Location: STUDIO Stage,

In German

05:10 PM

Break

&

Networking

05:10 PM – Duration: 20min

05:35 PM

Part

1

–

EU

TECH

STARTUPS:

From

Lab

to

Venture:

Closing

Europe’s

Deep

Tech

Venture

Gap

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

Francesco Billari , University Bocconi – Rector

Ferruccio Resta , Polytechnic, Nuclitalia – President

Maurizio Tamagnini , FSI – CEO & Managing Partner

Europe has the scientists, the research, and the breakthroughs. What it lacks is the infrastructure to turn them into deep tech innovation at the speed the world demands. Tech Europe Foundation in Milan does fill this gap, from the ground up. The example of Quantum makes it clear what it really takes to start a business in Europe today.

05:35 PM – Duration: 20min

Location: FOYER Stage

​GOVTECH:

Modernizing

Public

Administration

with

Agentic

AI

Startups

Amanda Birkenholz , UVC Partners – Principal

Nina Böhm , City of Munich – Digitalization Strategist

Flora Geske , SummAI – Co-Founder

Thomas Jarzombek , Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernization – Parliamentary State Secretary

Ralf Junge-Pearl , DigitalService, Inhouse Unit for the Federal Government of Germany – Senior Tranformation Manager

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

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.

05:35 PM – Duration: 40min

Location: ARENA Stage

​​BUSINESS

SUCCESSION:

Succession

Between

Change

and

Continuity

(Panel

in

German)

Hanna Hottenrott , TU Munich – Innovation Economics, Leibniz-Zentrum – Head "Innovationsökonomik & Unternehmensdynamik"

Lisa Stuhler , Tilia Nachfolgekapital – Founder & Managing Director

Johanna von Eben-Worlée , E.H. Worlée Group – Member 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.

05:35 PM – Duration: 40min

Location: STUDIO Stage,

In German

05:55 PM

Part

2

–

EU

TECH

STARTUPS:

From

Lab

to

Venture:

Closing

Europe’s

Deep

Tech

Venture

Gap

Michael Marthaler , HQS Quantum Simulations – CEO

Andrea Rocchetto , Ephos – CEO & Co-Founder

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

Europe has the scientists, the research, and the breakthroughs. What it lacks is the infrastructure to turn them into deep tech innovation at the speed the world demands. Tech Europe Foundation in Milan does fill this gap, from the ground up. The example of Quantum makes it clear what it really takes to start a business in Europe today.

05:55 PM – Duration: 20min

Location: FOYER Stage

06:15 PM

Break

&

Networking

06:15 PM – Duration: 15min

06:30 PM

CLOSING

Nina Heine , Shit2Power – CEO & Co-Founder, GSA Finalist “Gründerin des Jahres 2026”

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

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

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

Inga vom Holtz , UnternehmerTUM – Director Investments, Moderator

06:30 PM – Duration: 15min

Location: Foyer & Auditorium

06:45 PM

GET-TOGETHER

06:45 PM – Duration: 3h 15min

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