Mittwoch

15:00

Admission

and

Reception

Arrival, check-in and informal networking

15:00 – Duration: 1h

16:00

Opening

Remarks

Eric Beißwenger, Bavarian State Ministry – Bavarian State Minister for European and International Affairs

Welcome speech and framing of the day 

16:00 – Duration: 10min

16:10

Fireside

Chat:

Europe's

Moment

to

Rise

Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commission – EU Commissioner Startups, Research and Innovation

Teresa Czerwińska, European Investment Bank – Vice-President

Stefan Druessler, UnternehmerTUM – COO & Managing Director

A visionary perspective on Europe's potential to lead in innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic autonomy

16:10 – Duration: 25min

16:35

Rise

Europe's

mission

to

make

Europe

the

best

place

to

start

and

scale

businesses

Insights on the European startup landscape and opportunities and concrete initiatives to scale 
Action Plan: to strengthen Europe’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

16:35 – Duration: 25min

17:00

Panel

1:

European

Ecosystems:

Strengthening

collaboration

across

borders

to

scale

Ann Mettler, Columbia University – Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy

András G. Inotai, European Commission – Acting Head of Taskforce on Startups and Scaleups, DG Research & Innovation

Lisa Ericsson, KTH Innovation & KTH Ventures – Director & CEO

Clark Parsons, European Startup Network – CEO

Maksym Plakhotnyuk, ATLANT 3D – Founder & CEO, Board Member

17:00 – Duration: 25min

17:25

Break

&

Networking

17:25 – Duration: 10min

17:35

Keynote:

Why

scaleups

matter

Eva Maydell, European Parliament – Member of the European Parliament (EPP Group)

Europe's path to competitiveness

17:35 – Duration: 10min

17:45

Panel

2:

Mobilizing

private

&

institutional

capital

to

bridge

the

growth

gap

Gunter Fischer, European Investment Bank Institute – Principal Advisor

Mikkel Skovborg, Novo Nordisk Foundation – Vice President, Innovation

Isidro Laso Ballesteros, European Innovation Council – Senior Official

Luca de Angelis, Tech Europe Foundation – CEO

Roberto Zuccaro, UniCredit – M&A and Corporate Development | Group Strategy & ESG

The vital role of Family Offices, Foundations, Banks and Institutional Investors in unlocking Europe’s Scaleup potential

17:45 – Duration: 25min

18:10

Founder

Success

Story

Stina Ehrensvard, Yubico & SIROS Foundation – Founder

Europe is growing to a Deep Tech Champion: 
Stina Ehrensvärd, founder of Yubico, has taken her cybersecurity innovation the YubiKey from idea to global scale. Her journey highlights how visionary founders are driving Europe’s rise as a leader in deep tech and strengthening its competitive future.

18:10 – Duration: 10min

18:20

Break

&

Networking

18:20 – Duration: 10min

18:30

Panel

3:

Europe’s

Exit

Imperative:

Scaling,

merging,

and

listing

without

leaving

Robin Wauters, European Startup Network – COO & Board Member

Joachim Faber, Deutsche Börse AG – Ex-Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Adam Kostyál, Nasdaq Stockholm – President

Merete Clausen, European Investment Fund – Deputy Chief Executive

Constantin Coussios, OrganOx – Co-Founder & CTO

What it takes to attract investment, boost IPOs and mergers, and keep innovation rooted in Europe

18:30 – Duration: 25min

18:55

Fireside

Chat:

Accelerating

Europe's

Deep

Tech

Future

Jean-David Malo, European Commission – Acting Director for ERA and Innovation in DG Research and Innovation

Michiel Scheffer, European Innovation Council – President of the Board

Tobias Henz, McKinsey & Company – Partner

How the EIC empowers startups to scale across Europe

18:55 – Duration: 20min

19:15

Closing:

Summary

&

Next

Steps

with

concrete

call

to

action

19:15 – Duration: 15min

19:30

Networking

with

flying

buffet

19:30 – Duration: 1h 30min

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