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Monday 9 Dec Tuesday 10 Dec Monday 9 December 2019 18:30 Registration & Welcome Cocktail 19:30 Welcome & Opening 19:30, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor Speaker: Peter Adelskamp, City of Essen William Stevens, Tech Tour Johannes Velling, NRW Ministry of economy, innovation, digitalization and energy 19:50 Keynote: Surviving 2020 - Entrepreneurship and Investing in the next Decade Some of the Challenges we are facing: • Sustainability? - How can we create responsible and sustainable businesses? • Circular Economies? - Can we think outside the box to create win-win-win solutions? • Singularity and AI? - What makes us uniquely human and what will our role be in the future? • Mass movement of people - As the Sahara grows, do we hoard and hide or seek new ways to collaborate? • Globalization and a Virtual Workforce - We will all be working virtually soon. How to create new possibilities? 19:50, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor Speaker: Rick Salmon, Voiceable 20:15 Partners Pitches 20:15, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor Speaker: Teresa Cunha, Tech Tour Nathalie Debaes, ACTPHAST 4.0 Wilken Engelbracht, Tengelmann Ventures Sebastian Grabert CFA, Euronext Claas Heise, NRW Bank Diana Rucinschi, European Commission EASME 20:45 Final remarks 20:45, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor Speaker: William Stevens, Tech Tour 21:00 Opening Networking Dinner 21:00, Room: 1st Floor 22:30 End of Day 1 Tuesday 10 December 2019 08:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee 09:00 Fireside Chat Raising an ambitious Series A Investment 09:00, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor Speaker: Wilken Engelbracht, Tengelmann Ventures Moderator: Rick Salmon, Voiceable 09:15 The Investors' jury Future Forward ambitions Elevator pitches by the 18 heads of the jury 09:15, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor 09:45 Break to change rooms 10:00 Start of One2One Meetings 10:00, Room: 1st Floor Company Presentation Session I Healthtech - Medtech 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 10:00, Room: Room A - 2nd Floor Moderator: Simone Zanolo, Indaco Venture Partners Industry Expert: Daniel Auriel, EIT Digital Barbara Castellano, Panakès Partners Natalia Mühlemann, Nestlé Health Science Tomaso Zambelli, Techwald Holding S.p.A. Danchen Zhao, MTIP Presenter: Eliot Booth, Sterisafe ApS Gaurasundar Marc Conley, Annaida Technologies SARL Samuel Jellard, Mane Biotech UG Tommi Kaasalainen, Nukute Ltd. Holger Lubatschowski, ROWIAK GmbH Tuomas Neuvonen, Sooma Medical Burak Özkösem, Pera Labs Visa Sippola, Surgify Emmanuel Vincent, Aenitis Technologies Company Presentation Session II Sustainability - Circular Economy 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 10:00, Room: Room B - 2nd Floor Moderator: Michael Jean Nettersheim, BASF Venture Capital GmbH Industry Expert: Patrick Claessen, Brightlands Venture Partners Stephan Decher, Zaz Ventures Ikarus Janzen, Wi Venture Dennis Kirpensteijn, Faraday Venture Partners Willi Mannheims, eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS AG Markus Moor, Emerald Technology Ventures AG Jörg Nowak, A2C Capital GmbH Anna Sargsyan Belorde, Future Matters Venture Capital Margus Uudam, karma.vc Alexander van Os, Venture IQ B.V. Presenter: Bert Bult, PMC International B.V. Cecile Dekeuwer, WeCo Aurelien Demaurex, ecoRobotix Janne Heikkinen, SpinDrive Frank Kensy, b.fab GmbH Jan Pannenbäcker, Schrott24 GmbH Dimitrios Terzis, MeduSoil Casper Toft Sorensen, BioCover A/S Company Presentation Session III Digital Tech - Photonics 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 10:00, Room: Room C - 2nd Floor Industry Expert: Willem Bulthuis, WBX Ventures Oliver Kahl, MIG Verwaltungs AG Marek Kotelnicki, VIGO Ventures Johannes Noerpel, Fluxunit - OSRAM Ventures Katerina Pramatari, Uni.Fund Zhigang Qian, Wuxi Capital Diana Rucinschi, European Commission EASME Presenter: Kim De Nolf, QustomDot Boudewijn Docter, EFFECT Photonics Mark Evans, Adaptix Ltd Claude Florin, Fastree3D SA Denis Kiselev, Plair SA Betsy Lindsey, Aircision B.V. Darran Milne, VividQ Teja Philipp, Mr Beam Lasers GmbH Company Presentation Session IV Digital Tech - Softwares 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 10:00, Room: Room 1 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Ulrich Schmidt, Scala Ventures SA Industry Expert: Philip Green, VividQ Christian Knott, Capnamic Ventures Julian Krick, Occident Clément Mengue, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Patrick Polak, Newion Partners BV Fabrice Ramarojaona, Private capacity Alain Rodermann, Expon Capital Ulrich Schmitt, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management Presenter: Goeran Almgren, Enigio Time AB Sergej Dechand, Code Intelligence GmbH Andreas Fiacco, spotilike GmbH Felix Gorbatsevich, PaleBlue Benedikt Kirchgaessler, CyanoGuard AG Henri Ploom, RebelRoam Simon Schwall, OKO Finance Ltd Georg Tschare, Sign Time Katy Wareing, OMKO LTD Company Presentation Session V Healthtech - Digital Health 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 10:00, Room: Room 2 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Patrik Sobocki, Industrifonden Industry Expert: Katrin Geyskens, Capricorn Partners Sebastian Grabert CFA, Euronext Joao Martins, Pathena Jeffrey Williams, Brightlands Venture Partners Presenter: Jordina Arcal, MJN Neuroserveis Theis Jensen, Sani Nudge Francesco Mazzotta, Pilloxa Aida Nazarikhorram, LuxAI Alessandra Nicolosi, M2TEST SRL Keren Raiten, Vectorious Medical Technologies Rune Ørndrup, CathVision ApS Company Presentation Session VI Healthtech - Biotech 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 10:00, Room: Room 3 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Thomas Grotkjaer, Novo Holdings Industry Expert: Klaus Pellengahr, Novozymes Berlin GmbH Alessandro Piga, TechWald Holding SpA Frank Siebke, 4e capital GmbH Mark Wilson, Strategic Technology Bioconsulting Presenter: Daniel Blessing, HAYA Therapeutics Rui Brito, BSIM Therapeutics Antonio Chiesi, Exosomics SpA Shay Hershcovich, Betalin Therapeutics Niklas Lahti, LS CancerDiag Kamilla Rolsted, Isanans Pharma IVS Vivienne Williams, CELLIX LIMITED Daniel Winkler, atEM 11:30 Networking Lunch 11:30, Room: 1st Floor 13:00 Company Presentation Session VII Healthtech - Medtech 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 13:00, Room: Room A - 2nd Floor Moderator: Barbara Castellano, Panakès Partners Industry Expert: Marcus Ademola, investor Frank Bulens, Imec.xpand Anton Freda, Indaco Venture Partners Jan Louagie, NeuroPath Aleksander Mokrecki, StarFinder Capital Fund Tomaso Zambelli, Techwald Holding S.p.A. Simone Zanolo, Indaco Venture Partners Danchen Zhao, MTIP Presenter: Franz Bozsak, Sensome Laureen Ferchaud, 3D-SHAPER Mathieu Frechin, Nanolive SA Valentine Gesche, PerAGraft GmbH i.G. Utku Gülan, Hi-D Imaging AG Michalis Papadakis, Brainomix Antti Roine, Antti Roine Colin Story, OxSonics Therapeutics Paul van den Biggelaar, Sensius Company Presentation Session VIII Sustainability - Smart Manufacturing 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 13:00, Room: Room B - 2nd Floor Moderator: Boris Lesjean, Veolia Germany Industry Expert: Jörgen Bodin, Almi Invest Eduardo Bundyra, Essex Innovation Robert Guenther, Henkel Ventures Claas Heise, NRW Bank Shuntaro Hiroya, Mitsui & Co. Deutschland Christian Mueller-Elschner, Deutsche Ventures Katleen Vandersmissen, L.R.M. Gunter Voerkel, Elmos Semiconductor AG Jan Westerhues, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH Presenter: Marc Banaszak, mecorad GmbH Sahin Caglayan, Reengen Yevgen Erik, SolarGaps Gueven Eryilmaz, Sonovia Emmanuel Garcia de la Pena, KoalaLifter Thomas Goette, GreenPocket GmbH Bernard Gouverneur, Heyday Integrated Circuits Carlo Loderer, Zippsafe AG Alex Mardapittas, EMSc (UK) Ltd Csaba Singer, Hybrid-Airplane Technologies GmbH Company Presentation Session IX Digital Tech - Hardware & Wearables 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 13:00, Room: Room C - 2nd Floor Moderator: Ralf Knoll, KNOLL - Engineering & Consulting Industry Expert: Clemens Henle, Magmatic Ventures Adrian Hristov, NX3 VENTURE PARTNERS Alain le Loux, Cottonwood Technology Fund Christian Schütte, Christian Schütte Vadim Tarasov, Bright Capital Diana Yawari, Mitsui & Co. Deutschland Presenter: Hassan Aboushady, Seamless Waves Simon Graw, Robidia GmbH Philippe Lambinet, Cogito Instruments Raycho Raychev, EnduroSat Antonio Sainz, Qampo Lasse Staal, AddiFab Company Presentation Session X Digital Tech - Platforms 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 13:00, Room: Room 1 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Martyn Macpherson, Stella EOC Industry Expert: Nicolas Biet, The Faktory Christophe Bodin, CBO Consulting Christian Miele, e.ventures Wolfgang Nestel, Evonik Venture Capital Francisco Aivado Nunes, Sonae IM Max Rowoldt, Tengelmann Ventures Hans-Georg Schulze, White & Case Rudi Severijns, KBC Focus Fund Presenter: Gilberto Enkerlin, EVVA Finanzas Ingo Ernst, Fourstop GmbH (4Stop) Philipp Istas, GrapeCheck GmbH Conor Lyden, Trustap Andres Rasse, Immofred Avishai Trabelsi, Quicargo Adrien Treccani, METACO SA Company Presentation Session XI Healthtech - Digital Health 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 13:00, Room: Room 2 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Steve Seuntjens, PHS Fund Industry Expert: Alexander Ehlgen, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund Yaroslav Krempovych, Rubicon Partners Rana Lonnen, Novartis Ilya Sloutsky, Medme Group B.V. Amsterdam Perry van Rijsingen, 21st Century Business Growth Advisors Presenter: Linus Bosaeus, NuvoAir Giordano Bottà, Allelica Daniele Conti, SynDiag s.r.l. Anna Dimitrova, Scailyte AG Anna-Maria Henell, Disior Pierre-François Migeotte, HeartKinetics Jama Nateqi, Symptoma Maria Nerobeieva, Cardiolyse LTD Mikko Savola, Monidor Benoit Tas, NeuroPath Company Presentation Session XII Sustainability - Foodtech 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 13:00, Room: Room 3 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Rob Beudeker, DSM Venturing B.V. Industry Expert: Casper Bruens, Chemelot Ventures Management Anuj Dhariwal, Novozymes A/S Yvette Go, Capricorn Partners Helen Han, German Accelerator Hans Bernhard Meyer, COFIMORE Holdings S.p.r.l Florian Schlehuber, Zaz Ventures Annick Verween, EIT Food Presenter: Berit Bjugan Aam, BioCHOS AS Jan Bernholz, eseidon GmbH Olga Dubey, AgroSustain Bertrand Giorgi, Tebrito AB Lisa Larkin, Durrow Mills Ltd. Glenn Mathijssen, Alberts Gianpaolo Rando, SwissDeCode Gerit Tolborg, Chromologics Daniel Vollmer, Flowtify GmbH 14:30 Coffee Break 14:30, Room: 1st Floor 15:00 Company Presentation Session XIII Healthtech - Biotech 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 15:00, Room: Room A - 2nd Floor Moderator: Anton Freda, Indaco Venture Partners Industry Expert: Klaus Pellengahr, Novozymes Berlin GmbH Alessandro Piga, TechWald Holding SpA Mark Wilson, Strategic Technology Bioconsulting Presenter: Terence Beghyn, APTEEUS Slim Chiha, ProSion Darren Cunningham, Inflection Biosciences Ltd Carmen Plasencia, AROMICS Sara Raccovelli, Transactiva Srl Enrique Tabares, ImmunoBiology Company Presentation Session XIV Sustainability - New Materials & Batteries 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 15:00, Room: Room B - 2nd Floor Moderator: Peter van Gelderen, Icos Capital Industry Expert: Michael Blank, investiere | Verve Capital Partners AG Jamie Butterworth, Circularity Capital LLP Roel Callebaut, Finindus NV Thomas York Goetz, Thomas Y Goetz - Intellectual Capital on Demand Henrieke Hoftijzer, Eneco Holding N.V. Tan Kutluoglu, JSP International GmbH Thomas Labryga, innogy Ventures GmbH Stefan Sommeregger, Constantia New Business GmbH Alexey Yerpylov, United Metallurgical Company (AO OMK) Presenter: Gilles Aubagnac, Demeta David Brown, BroadBit Batteries Martin Ebner, Battrion AG Max Heuer, SUMTEQ GmbH Laurent Hubard, Tiamat Akshay Patel, Simreka Albert Schnieders, CNM Technologies GmbH Company Presentation Session XV Sustainability - Bioeconomy 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 15:00, Room: Room C - 2nd Floor Moderator: Michael Krel, Sofinnova Partners Industry Expert: Lars Böhnisch, Evonik Venture Capital Thomas Grotkjaer, Novo Holdings Dirk Noordegraaf, SABIC Ventures B.V. Rob van der Meij, Capricorn Partners Yoichi Yoshizawa, Mitsui & Co. Deutschland Presenter: Remy Buser, Bloom Biorenewables Kristian Ebbensgaard, BioPhero Christian Kjølby, NatuRem Bioscience ApS Vince Murphy, EnginZyme AB Ramkumar Nair, Mycorena Anders Permin, ASQARI Carrol Plummer, Vivent SARL Christophe Vasseur, inalve Company Presentation Session XVI Digital Tech - Artificial Intelligence 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 15:00, Room: Room 1 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Pavel Bogdanov, Almaz Capital Industry Expert: Marcos Azeredo, Bright Pixel Rodolfo Condessa, Armilar Venture Partners SGFCR Wilken Engelbracht, Tengelmann Ventures Maike Haase, Project A Ventures Iva Rakocevic, NX3 VENTURE PARTNERS Oskar Stachowiak, the Untitled ventures Ruslan Titov, Rusnano Duc Quyen Tran, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures Sophie Tribius, Nauta Capital Presenter: Doron Chema, L7 Defense Luxembourg Sarl Pedro Esmeriz, ShopAI Allan Larsen, Vertikal AI ApS Alexey Popov, Spitch AG Werner Stapf, billyard GmbH Company Presentation Session XVII Healthtech - Digital Health 8 to 10 presenting companies: 5 minutes pitch & 3 minutes Q&A session 15:00, Room: Room 2 - 3rd Floor Moderator: Sarah Fisher, Johnson & Johnson Innovation Industry Expert: Christian Arndt, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management Klaus Berding, Breslin AG Alessia de Marinis, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. Winfried Weigel, Clean Tech Capital Presenter: Matteo Cornaglia, Nagi Bioscience SA Senan Doyle, Pixyl Shabnam Fahimi-Weber, dubidoc Fabian Oertel, Jommi - Healthy Life. Simply Done. Juhana Ojala, VideoVisit Ltd Pablo Prieto, Skin Coach Florian Reinaud, Concilio André Santos, Nutrium Daniela Seixas, Tonic App 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30, Room: 1st Floor 17:00 Finalist Pitch Battle 17:00, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor 17:45 Drinks waiting for the winners (Jury Meeting) 17:45, Room: 1st Floor 18:15 Award Ceremony 18:15, Room: Plenary - 1st Floor 18:30 Closing Drinks 18:30, Room: 1st Floor 19:30 End of the Final