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Start-ups

The Start-up BW Summit presents more than 200 exhibiting start-ups from 20 different international start-up ecosystems from the clusters Artificial Intelligence, Energy & Environment, E-Services & FinTech, Life Sciences & MedTech, Manufacturing & Mobility, Social Innovation & GovTech, Software & IT Security.

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Investors & Corporates

Many corporates, SMEs, and venture capitalists have already joined our selected high-performance network and are taking start-up financing and professional support to a level of international excellence. Various businesses looking for mentorship or partnership opportunities, venture capitalists seeking new investment prospects, and more than 200 innovative start-ups will come together to network, exchange ideas and share finance strategies.

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Start-up Ecosystems and AI-Initiatives

AI-Initiatives

Start-up Ecosystems

  • Regional Ecosystems

    • Heilbronn-Franken
    • Bodensee (Lake Constance)
    • Ulm-Biberach
    • Startup ecosystem northern Black Forest
    • Trinational Upper Rhine Area (Offenburg – Freiburg – Mulhouse – Basel)
    • Neckar-Alb
    • City & Region of Stuttgart
    • Gründerallianz Karlsruhe
    • Heidelberg
    • NEXT Mannheim
    • Start-up Region Ostwürttemberg
    • Industrie- und Handelskammer Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg
    • InnoWert Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Walldorf Stiftung GmbH

  • Federal Ecosystems

    • German Accelerator
    • EXIST Program
    • Digital Hub Initiative

  • Foreign Ecosystem

    • Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport

  • Start-up Networks

    • STEYG/Pioniergiest
    • bwcon
    • Gründermotor

Start-up BW Accelerators

Program

Start-up BW Stage

09:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Networking Breakfast

Performance by Neykid

10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Opening ceremony

Winfried Kretschmann (video opening speech)
Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

Presenter: Angela Wandenpohl

10:10 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.
Opening Speech

Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg

10:30 a.m. - 10:54 a.m.
Israel and UK meet THE LÄND

Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg

Simon Kendall
HM Consul General

A Representative of the Consulate General of Israel

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Keynote: How to become an investor

Diana zur Löwen
Business Angel

11:30 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
Break

Music by Neykid

01:00 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.
Panel: The next Unicorn of THE LÄND

Philipp Engelkamp
INERATEC GmbH

David Reger
NEURA Robotics GmbH

Alec Rauschenbusch
GRAZIA EQUITY

Bernd Schuhmacher
Inspekto GmbH

01:35 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Keynote: Another Life - New chance

Kristina Vogel
Track cycling world champion & Olympic champion

02:00 p.m. - 03:30 p.m.
Opening Event of the Women & Economy Days Baden-Württemberg

ENTREE: Pies of truth
Katja Berlin
Author, podcaster, columnist and specialist for odd graphics

Future-Talk: What has AI to do with us?
Prof. Dr. Nicola Marsden
Research Professorship Socioinformatics, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences

Lisa Hanstein
Senior Expert, EAF Berlin. Diversity in Leadership

Dr. Katja von der Bey
Member of the Board and Managing Director of WeiberWirtschaft eG

WOMEN.STARTUP.FUTURE: Women & Economy Days Baden-Württemberg 2022
Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg

Future-Talk: Female start-ups in conversation with Minister Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut
Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg

Verena Ziegler
CEO, BEAWEAR, OpenDress GmbH

Marion Riedel
Business psychologist (M.Sc.) and co-founder of improveMID UG

RESUMEE: Closing remarks
Prof. Peter Schäfer
Head of Unit Start-ups and Business Transfer, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg

03:30 p.m. - 05:15 p.m.
Final Start-up BW Local

State Final Start-up BW Local – Competition of start-up friendly municipalities

Pitches cities:
Freudenstadt, Heidelberg, Horb(Neckar)

Pitches districts:
Biberach, Böblingen, Calw

Afterwards audience vote/public voting

Panel discussion: Experiences of start-ups with municipalities
Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg

Carola Epple, Esslingen
Founder of Lab E GmbH

Benito Campos, Mannheim Founder of VAVisual Abstract GmbH

05:15 p.m. - 05:45 p.m.
Panel: Success stories made in Baden-Württemberg

Christian Wiens
Getsafe GmbH

Lei Shen
SAX Power GmbH

Dr. Joachim Diepstraten
BAUTA GmbH

Johannes Heinloth
L-Bank

05:45 p.m. - 06:15 p.m.
Break
06:15 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Award ceremony

Top 7 Start-ups
The most start-up friendly municipality (Start-up BW local)

07:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.

Performance by La Diri

08:00 p.m. - 09:30 p.m.

DJ SUMO

09:30 p.m.

End

Innovation stage     |     Pitching stage

12:00 p.m. - 12:05 p.m.

Opening

12:05 p.m. - 02:10 p.m.

Pitches Cluster Energy & Environment

02:20 p.m. - 03:20 p.m.

Pitches Cluster E-Service & FinTech

03:30 p.m. - 04:10 p.m.

Pitches Cluster Social Innovation & GovTech

04:20 p.m. - 06:05 p.m.

Partner pitches of Ecosystems and Initiatives

Transformation stage     |     Pitching stage

12:00 p.m. - 12:05 p.m.

Opening

12:05 p.m. - 02:10 p.m.

Pitches Cluster Life Sciences & MedTech

02:20 p.m. - 03:20 p.m.

Pitches Cluster Manufacturing & Mobility

03:30 p.m. - 04:10 p.m.

Pitches Cluster Software & IT Security

AI Pitching Stage

12:00 p.m. - 12:05 p.m.

Opening

12:05 p.m. - 04:45 p.m.

Pitches Cluster Artificial Intelligence

Sciencepreneur F AI R Stage

01:00 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.
Introduction & Keynote: From fundamental research to real-world impact: Deep Learning with structured representations

Thomas Kipf PhD
Google Research, Brain Team

01:30 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Round table: How to Sciencepreneurship?

Alex Diehl
Senior Advisor, Cyber Valley

Dr. Alexander Ilic
Co-founder and Executive Director, ETH AI Center

Thomas Langkabel
National Technology Officer, Microsoft Deutschland

02:00 p.m. - 02:20 p.m.
5 Key Factors That Can Attract Investors to an AI company

Sheila Beladinejad
President of Women in AI and Robotics e.V. and Founder/CEO OCanada Tech

02:20 p.m. - 02:30 p.m.
Bias in AI: Who is on the Playing Field?

Anna-Maria Meck
Delegate Ambassador for Women in Voice and PhD Candidate at LMU München

02:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m.
Round table: Diversity & Success

Sheila Beladinejad
President of Women in AI and Robotics e.V. and Founder/CEO OCanada Tech

Anna-Maria Meck
Delegate Ambassador for Women in Voice and PhD Candidate at LMU München

Lioba Suchenwirth
DLR and Women in AI and Robotics

Dr. Jan S. Zipp
Tübingen AI Center, National AI Breakthrough Task Force

03:00 p.m. - 03:20 p.m.
Keynote: AI Strategy

Dr. Anna Christmann
Commissioner for the Digital Industry and Start-ups of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action

03:20 p.m. - 04:00 p.m.
Coffee Break and Interaction

featuring the Tübingen AI robot Spot

04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.
The future of work - impulse and discussion

Jens Beyer
CTO Lavrio.solutions GmbH from the KARL network

Dr. Norbert Huchler
Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung e.V. München

04:30 p.m. - 04:45 p.m.
From AI Research to Practice: Technology Transfer at the KI-Fortschrittszentrum

Prof. Dr. Marco Huber
Head KI-Fortschrittszentrum, Fraunhofer IPA

04:45 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.
Aiming for European Sovereignty in AI

by Jonas Andrulis
CEO, Aleph Alpha GmbH

05:00 p.m. - 05:15 p.m.
An Innovation Ecosystem for Government and Administration: The AI for Government Programme at the GovTech Campus Baden-Württemberg

Lars Zimmermann
GovTech Campus Deutschland e.V.

05:15 p.m. - 05:45 p.m.
Start-Up Spotlights

ai-omatic solutions

eye2you

Maddox AI

05:45 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Sciencepreneurship @ ELLIS

KI macht Schule et al.

06:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Building AI Ecosystems for Sciencepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Matthias Bethge
Co-founder Maddox AI and co-founder ELLIS

Rebecca C. Reisch
Managing Director, Cyber Valley

Jan Seifert
Head of InnoLab_bw

06:30 p.m. - 06:40 p.m.
Wrap-up
06:40 p.m. - 09:00 p.m.
Get-together and Party

Premiere of “Diffuse me!”, an interactive AI art installation by Lunar Ring

Side Events

Going International-Opportunities in the UK, Switzerland, Argentina & Mexico

  • 11.30am - 12.15pm United Kingdom
  • 1.30pm - 2.15pm Switzerland
  • 2.30pm - 3.15pm Argentina
  • 4.00pm - 4.45pm Mexico
  • Language: English

Organizer

https://www.bw-i.de/veranstaltungen

Contact

ines.banhardt@bw-i.de,  +49 711 22787 59

FINTECH The German - Hungarian Ecosystem: Fintechs, Blockchain, Venture Capital & More from Hungary and Germany

  • 1pm - 6pm
  • Language: English

Organizer

https://fintechdayhungary.rsvpify.com/

Contact

trade.stu@mfa.gov.hu,  +49 151 6 1338971

j.marek@jmarek-consult.de,  +49 711 50092990

AI Investment Carousel by KI-Garage

  • 11am - 12am (digital) & 1pm to 2pm (on-site)
  • Language: English

Organizer

https://www.ki-garage.de/

Contact

michael.feygelman@heidelberg.de,  +49 152 09338212

Business Angel Kongress Baden-Württemberg

  • 1pm - 5pm
  • Language: English
  • Notes: Invited guests only

Organizer

https://www.business-angels-region-stuttgart.de/

gründerspot: FeMale – Der Mehrwert von gemischten Start-up-Teams

  • 11.30am – 1.45pm
  • Language: German

Organizer

https://www.bio-pro.de/veranstaltungen/gruenderspot-female

Contact

gruendung@bio-pro.de,  +49 711 218185 17

KI-Einsatz im Mittelstand: Mythen, Methoden, Möglichkeiten

  • 12.00pm – 4.00pm
  • Language: German

Organizer

https://www.mittelstand-digital.de/ki-workshop

Contact

c.maerkel@wik.org,  +49 224 9225 67

Design Thinking Games

  • 4.00pm – 5.30pm
  • Language: German

Organizer

www.eventbrite.de/design-thinking-games-start-up-bw-summit-2022-tickets

Contact

britta.herrmann@code-n.org,  +49 711 219 505 91

Sino-German Innovation Ecosystem: Sino-German Round Table for Start-up Financing and international protection of intellectual property

  • 09.00am - 12.00pm Berlin
  • 3.00pm - 6.00pm Beijing
  • Language: English

Contact

Ulrike Hudelmaier,  0172 731 6205
Janet Qin, Steinbeis China

Info & Services

Start-Up Applications done!

150 to 200 selected technology-oriented start-ups from the B-to-B sector are given the opportunity to present their start-up with an exhibition stand at this summit.

Take the chance, become part of THE start-up LÄND at this year’s Start-up BW Summit and apply for an exhibition stand in the following industry and technology fields:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Energy & Environment
  • E-Services & FinTech
  • Life Sciences & MedTech
  • Manufacturing & Mobility
  • Social Innovation & GovTech
  • Software & IT Security
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Unfortunately, the application phase for start-ups is over. Thank you for your interest!

Registration Ecosystems and Initiatives

We reserved some special limited places for ecosystems and AI initiatives from all over the world. The costs for the stand depend on the stand type. You can choose between a small and a large exhibition package.

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Booths for ecosystems and initiatives are sold out. Thank you for your interest!

Registration Investors and Corporates

We have reserved a special area for the matchmaking between investors, corporates and start-ups. The Investor and Corporate Lounge is a quiet area with seating and meeting corners for short meetings.

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Interested? Become part of the Investor and Corporate Lounge

We are looking forward to meeting you in person at this year’s start-up BW SUMMIT!

We have reserved a special area for the matchmaking between investors, corporates and start-ups. The Investor and Corporate Lounge is a quiet area with seating and meeting corners for short meetings.

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