Agenda Ruhr­Summit 2019

Oliver Weimann (Co-Founder & CEO, 360 Online Performance Group)

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"Speed Matters"

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Kerstin Eichmann (Managing Director, Innogy Innovation)
Prof. Dr. Norbert Pohlmann (Direktor, IfIS)
Dr. Axel Schulte (Abteilungsleiter Einkauf & Finanzen, Fraunhofer IML)
Dr. Michael Henke (Inhaber Lehrstuhl für Unternehmenslogistik, Fraunhofer IML)
Mirko Mollik (Co-Founder, TrustCerts)
Dr. Patrik Pohl (Head Trends Advisory, Deutsche Bank)

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Tilman Kreuder (Co-Founder & CEO, das boep)
Merle Munkel (Head of Marketing, das boep)
"Bootstrapping a “real”-product Start-Up"

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Philipp Westermeyer (Co-Founder, OMR)
Sven Schmidt (Investor, Maschinensucher)

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"Growth may hurt! Growth can hurt!"

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„Connecting the dots“

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Sebastian Borek (Co-Founder & CEO, Founders Foundation)
Christian Lütdke (Gründerkoordinator Ruhr, Gründerallianz Ruhr)
Maja Brkljacic (Business Development Manager, Algebra LAB)
Dr. Bernd Rolinck (Leiter Expertenteams Zukunftsbranchen und Startup-Coverage Deutschland, Deutsche Bank)

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"Mit Smart Materials zur Technologieplattform – Durch Grundlagenforschung zum globalen Technologieführer"

Dr. Burkhard Maaß (Co-Founder & CEO)
Dr. Christian Großmann (Co-Founder & CEO)

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"Online Education. How to conquer the billion dollar business."

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Sergei Anikin (Pipedrive)
Indrek Oolup (Cleveron)
Marily Hendrikson (Startup Estonia)

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Dr. Reinhold Achatz (CTO, ThyssenKrupp)
Marc Weimer-Hablitzel (Lead, DataHub.ruhr and Principal Data Innovation, etventure)
Dr. Fritz Rettberg (CIO, Stadt Dortmund)
Christian Werling (Head of Central Europe, ThoughtSpot)

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"Wie sich die einfache Reiselust in eine starke Tourismus-Marke verwandelte – Einblicke in die Geschichte von Urlaubsguru"

Daniel Marx (Co-Founder, Urlaubsguru)

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Nicole Langrock (CEO, KI-Kompetenzzentrum NRW)
Martina Yazgan (Head of Marketing, Cognigy)
Priv. Doz. Dr. med. Felix Nensa (Leiter KI, Uniklinikum Essen)
Peter Deeskow (Head of Product Development, Steag)

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Christian Winter (CEO, Tengelman Ventures)
Dirk Opalka (CEO, Initiativkreis Ruhr)
Oliver Weimann (Founder & CEO, 360 Online Performance Group)
Wulf-Christian Ehrich (Stellv. Hauptgeschäftsführer, IHK zu Dortmund)

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Nils Beckmann (Co-Founder, pitch and grow)

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Stefan Dörpinghaus (Projektmanager Team Business Angels, NRW.BANK)

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Heiner Vogelsang (Leiterin der Landesvertretung in NRW, Techniker Krankenkasse)

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Bettina Stoob (Founder & CEO, Leading2Innovation)

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Marcel Baldt (CEO & Co-Founder, Marcel Baldt | Digital Sales & Marketing Consulting)

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Lisa Hinzmann (Marketing Manager, Myster)
Andrés Risse (Co-Founder, Immofred)

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Nicole Langrock (CEO, Fraunhofer IAIS)
Gökhan Akkamis (Co-Founder, Juracus)
Martina Yazgan (Head of Marketing, Cognigy)
Priv. Doz. Dr. med. Felix Nensa (Leiter KI, Uniklinikum Essen)
Dr. Florian Kruse (Co-Founder & CEO, Point8)

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Christian Werling (Head of Central Europe, ThoughtSpot)
Dr. Felix Friemann (CEO & Co-Founder, Logarithmo)
Dr. Florian Kruse (CEO & Co-Founder, Point8) n.n.
Philip Vospeter (Head of Sales, Westphalia DataLab)

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Prof. Dr. Michael Henke (Inhaber Lehrstuhl für Unternehmenslogistik, Fraunhofer IML)
Prof. Dr. Axel T. Schulte (Abteilungsleiter Einkauf und Finanzen im SCM, Fraunhofer IML)
Philipp Sprenger (Co-Founder, Ledger Engeneers)
Mirko Mollik (Co-Founder, TrustCerts)
Prof. Dr. Norbert Pohlmann (Direktor, Institut für Internet-Sicherheit)
Gideon Gallasch (Co-Founder & CEO, Blockchainhotel)

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Investment ready as a Social Startup?

Dr. Adrian Fuchs (Transaction Manager, FASE)

For: social entrepreneurs
11:00, 60 minutes

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How to design a sustainable Business Model Canvas

Benedikt Brester (Co-Founder, Impact Hub Ruhr)

For:startups, corporates
11:00, 60 minutes

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Wie entsteht eine Unternehmenskultur, die mehr ist als New Work?

Maaike Tiedge (Head of int. Marketing & new markets, Wildling)
Minka Frackenpohl (Strategy & Change Management, workingwell)

For: startups, corporates
11:00, 60 minutes

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Schon bei der Gründung VC-Voraussetzungen schaffen

Dr. Alexander Goertz (Associated Partner, Flick Gocke Schaumburg)

For: startups, interested people
11:00, 60 minutes

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Nachhaltigkeit: Der Weg vom Wissen zum Handeln

Florian Engel & Vincent Beermann (Co-Founder, Nachhaltigkeitswerkstatt.org)

For: corporates, interested people
11:00, 90 minutes

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Mit Data Thinking zum datengetriebenen Unternehmen

Felix Schröder (Principal, etventure)

For: corporates
11:00, 90 minutes

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Wie funktioniert eigentlich Social Entreprenneurship in der Praxis?

Jennifer Busch (Co-Founder, Climb-Lernferien)

For: Social entrepreneurs
14:00, 120 minutes

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Denkfabrik Geschäftsmodelle

Darja Kramer (Innovationscoach, Digital in NRW – Kompetenz für den Mittelstand)
Dr. Laura Reder (Research Consultant, Digital Hub Logistics)

For: KMU & corporates
14:00, 120 minutes

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Zwei Welten: Startups meet Corporates

Carsten Dolch (Founder & CEO, Foxbase)

For: startups & corporates
14:00, 120 minutes

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TEV
HTGF
NRW.BANK
Target Partners
BMP Ventures
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Live Podcast

Julian Nöll (Founder/Host, pottcast.digital)
Alexander Hüsing (Chefredakteur, Deutsche Startups.de)

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Pitch-Talk

Markus Bärmann (Founder and CEO, Health4Bees UG)
Sophie Gnest (Co-Founder and CEO, Pack & Satt)
Lenka Mildner (Co-Founder and CEO, Mit Kidz GbR)
Alexander Haufschild (Founder and COO, Social BnB)
Mathias Born (Founder and COO, Payactive)
Timo Hoffmann (Founder and CEO, Envio Solutions)
Dustin Feld (Founder and CEO, adiutaByte GmbH)
Carsten Roland (Founder and CEO, Earth Ratings)
Arne Rohlfs (Founder and CEO, Estancia Verde GmbH)
Daniel Pabst (Founder and CEO, Atisan GbR)
Dirk Sander (Co-Founder & Programm Manager, Impact Factory)
Oliver Kuschel (Co-Founder & Portfolio Manager, Impact Factory)

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Ask me anything

Thorsten Reuter (CEO, Gründerfonds Ruhr)
Wolfgang Nestel
 (Investment Manager, Evonik Venture Capital)
Maria Hertleif (Strategy & Operations Managerin, DigiHub Düsseldorf/ Ignition) Thomas Knaack (CEO, Rotonda Investor Office) Ersin Üstün (Gründerallianz Ruhr)

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Sebastian Galla (Co-Founder & CEO, brandneo)
Stefan Weber (Startup Ecosystem Manager, Initiativkreis Ruhr)

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Panel

Viviane Winter (Evonik Digital GmbH) Robert Strube (Industrial Analytics IA GmbH) Felix Schröder (Data Hub Ruhr)

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Presentation Startup Ecosystem

• Dmitrij Kononenko (Head of Digitalization Unit, German-Russian Chamber of Commerce)
• Alexandra Bochkova (Project Manager Innovation & International Business Development, Kirovsky Zavod)



The Russian start-up ecosystem is up-and-coming. While Russia was mostly famous for its commodity-based industries in the past, now a new generation of tech entrepreneurs has evolved that try to catch up on their Western counterparts. Russia’s most successful start-ups are from the software sector, covering rather complex spheres like artificial intelligence and machine vision. In both areas the Russian start-up community has already brought up international hidden champions. The roots of their success lie in Russia’s excellent education programs in IT and software engineering, with technical universities from Moscow and St. Petersburg being among the best worldwide. On the other hand, the Russian start-up ecosystem is still relatively young, and it lacks private venture capital (VC). The Russian state is aware of this and offers help in the shape of state-owned VC funds, grants and tax benefits. Another state instrument for supporting start-ups is the establishment of huge technology parks like Moscow’s Skolkovo Innovation Center. These measures help Russian entrepreneurs not only to survive on the domestic market, but also to expand their businesses to foreign markets like Germany.

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Presentation Startup Ecosystem

• Melita Maganic (HR-manager & Start-ups & Innovation coordinator, German-Croatian Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
• Maja Brkljacic (Business Development Manager, Algebra LAB)

Croatia is well known for ist beautiful seaside, good food and Game of Thrones filming locations. But is there more to it than sun, fun and sea? Whether you are start-up, investor, institution or entrepreneur - join us to hear more about the Croatian start-up scene. Find out about the best start-ups, locations and opportunities. Maybe we have what you need or you have what we need...

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Presentation Startup Ecosystem

• Samuel Boakye Opoku (Coordinator Start-ups & New Economy, Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana)
• Sandra Juliet Ahiataku, Operations Associate, Kumasi Hive
• Maurice Cashinco, Hub Manager, Kumasi Hive

In 2018, a World Bank report indicated that Ghana sits at number 1 amongst fastest growing economies in Africa and the world with an estimated growth rate of 8.3% year-on-year.

Accra, Ghana’s economic capital, is the startup hotspot followed by Kumasi, with the second highest startup activities in the country now. According to VC4A, 71% of registered start-ups are creating jobs with an average of 8.0 fixed term employment (FTE) per start-up and up to 34% with products and services offered, relating to Information Communications Technology (ICT).

Joins us explore opportunities in the Ghanaian startup ecosystem!

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