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AGENDA

Get ready for a full day of groundbreaking keynotes, inspiring panels, and hands-on masterclasses designed to spark new ideas and real impact. From industry leaders to next-gen disruptors, our agenda is packed with insights, strategies, and connections to fuel your business, investments, and innovations.

HINTERLAND STAGE
FOUNDERS STAGE
MASTERCLASSES
ALLIANCE ARENA

HINTERLAND STAGE

Opening //

céline flores
willers

the people branding gmbh

keynote //

dominik
gross

founders foundation

PANEL //

Rewriting the People Playbook:
Leading HR Through the AI Era

ALEXANDRA
HARTUNG

WORKDAY

DR. ANNIKA
VON MUTIUS

EMPION

IMPULS //

From Turnaround to Resilience:
Building a Future-Proof
Industrial Leader

stefan
klebert

GEA

PANEL //

Family Business, Startup Mindset:
A New Playbook for Innovation

Kevin
Jostmeyer-Zelles

dr. wolff

rainer
berak

A11

PANEL //

Behind the Scenes: What Makes
AI Adoption Actually Work?

eduard
dörrenberg

dr. wolff

Tobias
kemkes

langdock

dennis
cutraro

unfuture

fireside chat //

Titel

thomas
rabe

bertelsmann

PANEL //

Behind the Scenes: What Makes
AI Adoption Actually Work?

eduard
dörrenberg

dr. wolff

Tobias
kemkes

langdock

dennis
cutraro

unfuture

keynote //

Key Elements of European
Sovereignty

rené
obermann

warburg pincus

BREAK //

PANEL //

The Growth Agenda: Aligning
Government, Industry, and Capital

thomas
Jarzombek

Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation

Romy
Schnelle

HTGF

PANEL //

The Next AI Frontier:
Why Europe Still Has a Shot

Christian
Miele

Headline

PANEL //

The European Opportunity:
Reinventing Growth Through
Startup–Corporate Partnerships

Bastian
Freitag

Rothschild

Florian
Nöll

pwc

PANEL //

Bridging Systems: Education,
Business and Partnerships
as One Ecosystem

Dr. Brigitte
Mohn

Berterlsmann stiftung

Nicole
Löser

futuring alliance

PANEL //

The Next Chapter: Navigating
Business Succession

Pia
Albers

ELA Container

Dr. Albert
Geiger

AlphaZirkel

HOST

PANEL //

DeepTech Breakthroughs:
Rebuilding the Physical
Foundations of Industries

Maximilian
Oligschläger

ERC System

Kevin
Berghoff

Quantum Diamonds

Matthias
Lehna

Quantum Systems

PANEL //

Where Capital Flows Next:
Europe’s Emerging Tech
Frontiers

Florian
Heinemann

Project A

Janna
Ensthaler

Quantum Diamonds

Daria
Saharova

Worldfund

BREAK //

fireside chat //

Titel

ulrich
prediger

jobrad

anja
müller

handelsblatt

fireside chat //

Driving Growth Together:
Startups, Sales and the
Mittelstand

carsten
maschmeyer

maschmeyer group

ootb.Nrw Awards//

pitches

andré
christ

sap Leanix

sherin
mahrun

loosh gmbh

HOST

ootb.Nrw Awards//

Winner Announcement &
price announcement

mona
neubaur

Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate protection and energy for North-Rhine Westphalia

sherin
mahrun

loosh gmbh

HOST

CLOSING//

FOUNDERS STAGE

DOORS OPEN //

DOORS OPEN

OOTB.NRW AWARD //

OPENING

SVEN
GRABBE

FOUNDERS FOUNDATION

SHERIN
MARUHN

LOOSH

HOST

OOTB.NRW AWARD //

PITCHES

OOTB.NRW AWARD //

VOTING

KEYNOTE //

Titel

TOBIAS
KEMKES

LANGDOCK

DENNIS
CUTRARO

UNFUTURE

PANEL //

Energy Resilience: Who Powers
the Next Decade?

MIKKO
PREUSS

TERRALAYR

MAXIMILIAN
DEKORSY

ECOPLANET

AGATE
FREIMANE

NORRSKEN VC

HOST

PANEL //

State of physical ai

MATTHIAS
AUF DER MAUER

JUNA.AI

LUKAS
LEITNER

DRUMBEAT CAPITAL

HOST

BREAK //

PANEL //

Titel

MATTHIAS
AUF DER MAUER

JUNA.AI

PANEL //

Selling Software in 2026:
Are We Doing It Right?

CHARLOTTE
ROTHERT

DOINSTRUCT

OLIVER
MANOJLOVIC

DASH0

JULIUS
GÖLLNER

ARRTIST

HOST

FIRESIDE CHAT //

tba

DR. OLIVER
MERKEL

BLOCKS

LUCA
CARACCIOLO

T3N

HOST

PANEL //

cybersecurity in the age of ai

VINIT
PATEL

AIKIDO

JULIAN
KAPPUS

HELIAD

HOST

FIRESIDE CHAT //

tba

TUSHAR
AHLUWALIA

GENERAL MIND

JOHANN
NORDHUS WESTARP

LUCID CAPITAL

HOST

PANEL //

996 - European founders
with global ambitions

DANIEL
DRABO

PEEC AI

HENRIC
MEINHARDT

COMSTRUCT

DR. CHRISTOPH
KLINK

ANTLER

HOST

PANEL //

The Outlier Playbook:
Founders Who Don’t Fit
the Pattern

DR. MARKUS
GICK

XDECK

enrico
mellis

founder

keynote //

The Outlier Playbook:
Founders Who Don’t Fit
the Pattern

FRANZ
FAERBER

EVEREST

CLOSING //

MASTERCLASSES

MASTERCLASS ROOM 1

AI in Everyday Work: What We’ve Learned and Changed at OMR

LEADS: ROBERT TUSCH, SARAH BRUNSWIG

LANGUAGE: GERMAN

From Concept to Implementation: How Even Young Companies Are Successfully Using AI

LEADS: Johann strauss

LANGUAGE: GERMAN

Reinvent or Retire: Why German Mittelstand must reboot its innovation & R&D operating system now, and how a systematic blueprint could look”

LEADS: ROKSANA SIEWIOREK & ALEXANDER RÖSCH

LANGUAGE: GERMAN

Hunter or Hunted? Succeeding in the Age of AI: Systems, Processes, and Value Creation in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.

LEADS: FRANK BÖHMER & NILS HENNING

LANGUAGE: GERMAN

Winning the Moment: Why the Most Important Business Decisions Still Happen Unsupported

LEADS: HENRIK SCHÖPFER & ALEXANDER NOWROTH

LANGUAGE: GERMAN

What We've Learned from Over 100 AI Rollouts: How to Successfully Implement AI in a Company, Achieve a 90% Adoption Rate, and Ensure Deep Integration with ERP Systems

LEADS: JAN STRÄTER & MARC THORMANN

LANGUAGE: GERMAN

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