DTM26 Agenda
Main Stage
20.05.2026
08:00
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17:00
Break
Registration
Main Stage
20.05.2026
09:30
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09:45
Headline Speaker
Opening Address | Deep Tech Momentum
Arrive early — the difference between drifting through DTM and leaving with real deals.

Isabelle Simon Co-Founder and COO Deep Tech Momentum

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
09:45
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10:10
Headline Speaker
Opening of the Six DTM Markets | Founders of the Frontier
Founders in the six DTM markets, one map of the European deep tech frontier — Space, Defence, Advanced Materials, Robotics & Manufacturing Tech, Energy, and High-Performance Computing — each in the words of the people building it. Josef Fleischmann, Moritz von der Linden and Hélène Huby will be joined on stage by Francesco Sciortino (Proxima Fusion), Julie Böhning (Pave Space), Amir Ghadimi (Lightium) and Yun Luo (ROSI).

Josef Fleischmann CTO and Co-Founder Isar Aerospace

Moritz von der Linden CEO and Co-Founder Marvel Fusion

Hélène Huby CEO and Founder The Exploration Company
Main Stage
20.05.2026
10:10
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10:35
Keynote
Fireside Chat | Dr. Frank Appel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom & RWE
Europe has world-class deep tech. What it lacks is world-class buyers. In this conversation with Dr. Frank Appel — who bought a startup from RWTH Aachen when no automaker would, and co-developed the world's first commercial warehouse robot with Boston Dynamics — we explore what it takes to build a new European Demand Stack. The question we'll put to him: corporate Europe has the resources. Does it have the boldness?

Frank Appel Chairman of the Supervisory Board Deutsche Telekom & RWE

Martin Schilling CEO & Co-Founder Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
10:35
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11:00
Fireside Chat
Keynote | Sneak Peek: The 2026 Transatlantic Deep Tech Report
Hot off the press from the team behind the European Deep Tech Report — the first look at the state of Deep Tech across Europe, the U.S., and the Transatlantic Bridge that connects them. For founders and investors building Global Champions — not local European heroes — this is the session to be in. The value chains that matter. The investment themes that pay off. The verticals defining Deep Tech in 2026.

Steven Jacobs Founding Partner Drumbeat Capital
Main Stage
20.05.2026
11:00
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11:25
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | NIF & TYTAN

Erin Hallock Partner NATO Innovation Fund

Tahsin Kart Co-CEO & Founder TYTAN
Main Stage
20.05.2026
12:35
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13:00
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Johannes Schaback (CTO, Stark) & Florian Heinemann (Founding Partner, Project A)

Florian Heinemann Founding Partner Project A

Johannes Schaback Co-Founder and CTO STARK
Main Stage
20.05.2026
13:00
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13:30
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Dr. Karsten Wildberger, Federal Minister for Digitalization and Government Modernization of Germany

Karsten Wildberger Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation BMDS

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
13:35
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14:00
Keynote
Keynote | Power to Compute Is Power to Compete

Hamed Sadeghian Co-Founder & CEO Nearfield Instruments
Main Stage
20.05.2026
14:00
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14:25
Keynote
Investor Fireside Chat | The Big Cheques: Raising and Deploying Growth Capital in European Deep Tech
Europe's deep tech ambitions depend on growth funds large enough to write — and keep writing — nine-figure cheques. Vitruvian Partners and Headline unpack both sides: how to raise the big cheques from global LPs, and how to deploy them into the founders building Europe's next champions — where conviction comes from, how diligence shifts when the ticket has another zero on it, and what separates the rounds that close fast from the ones that stall.

Christian Miele General Partner Headline

Robert Lang Special Partner Vitruvian Partners
Main Stage
20.05.2026
14:25
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14:50
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Kathy Lueders & Hélène Huby

Hélène Huby Co-Founder and CEO The Exploration Company

Kathryn Lueders Former Starbase General Manager The Exploration Company
Main Stage
20.05.2026
14:50
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15:15
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | European Moonport to Launch the Lunar Economy
European Moonport to Launch the Lunar Economy

Sabine von der Recke Member of the Board OHB SE
Main Stage
20.05.2026
15:15
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15:40
Keynote
Keynote | No Orbit, No Economy: Space as Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
Space is the invisible backbone of Europe’s economy, resilience and defence. Dr Walther Pelzer, Member of the DLR Executive Board and Head of the German Space Agency, sets out what this means for founders, corporates and policymakers — and the three levers DLR is pulling to build Europe’s space economy: technology de-risking, anchor customer, access to markets.

Walther Pelzer Director General of the Space Agency and Member of the Executive Board DLR
Main Stage
20.05.2026
15:40
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16:05
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | The Man in Your Pocket: Hermann Hauser on Europe's Last Chance
ARM is in your pocket. DeepMind was sold to Google. ASML is one export ban away from a crisis. Hermann Hauser — co-founder of ARM, a godfather of European deep tech, backer of 200 companies — has spent a decade warning that Europe is one acquisition away from irrelevance. Now he's writing the book on it. An unfiltered fireside on sovereignty, the founder superstars Europe needs, and the policy fight the continent can no longer afford to lose.

Hermann Hauser Co-Founder and Venture Partner Amadeus Capital Partners

Isabelle Simon COO and Co-Founder Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
16:05
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16:30
Keynote
Fireside Chat | The Quantum Continent: Jan Goetz (IQM) on Building Europe's Quantum Stack
IQM is Europe's leading builder of full-stack quantum computers, competing at the system level against IBM and Google. Co-founder and CEO Jan Goetz joins us — together with Danijel Višević, General Partner at World Fund — to discuss what it takes to build Europe's quantum stack, and why the next five years will decide whether the continent leads or licenses the quantum era.

Jan Goetz CEO and Co-Founder IQM Quantum Computers

Danijel Višević Founding Partner World Fund
Main Stage
20.05.2026
17:30
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19:30
Deep Tech Awards
Deep Tech Awards | Co-hosted by Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises
Berlin's Senate prizes the founders reshaping Berlin, Germany & Europe.

Franziska Giffey Berlin State Senator for Economy, Energy and Enterprise Senate of Berlin

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:30
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Defence | Precision Strike
Europe's most influential Defence innovators on stage.

Johannes Schaback CTO STARK Defence

Michelle Le Merre Finance Director for Corporate Development & Strategy BAE Systems

General Chris Badia CEO and Former Deputy Supreme Commander Five-Star Strategy and Defence LLC / NATO ACT
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
11:30
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12:30
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Defence | Drone & Aerial Defence
Europe's most influential Defence innovators on stage. Dr. Dirk Zimper, Jan-Hendrik Boelens, and Svilen Rangelov will be joined on stage by Karl Brew (Director, TEKEVER).

Dr. Dirk Zimper Director Future Systems MBDA

Svilen Rangelov Co-Founder and CEO Dronamics

Jan-Hendrik Boelens Co-Founder and CEO Alpine Eagle
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
12:30
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13:00
Keynote
Keynote | The Collaboration Premium: Why Deep Tech Venture Clienting Has Become a Competitiveness Imperative | By Glassdollar
The corporations most actively collaborating with startups outperformed the market by 40 percentage points over the last 5 years. The gap isn't ambition. It's infrastructure. And it's widening every day. Learn what they (e.g. Siemens, Shell, Allianz) do differently - backed by real-world examples and a dataset of 400,000+ corporate – startup partnerships.

Fabian Dudek CEO GlassDollar
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
13:45
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14:45
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Space & Defence | Earth Observation for a Contested World
Europe's most influential Space innovators on stage. Max Gulde, Sven Przywarra, and Ezequiel Sánchez will be joined on stage by Sabine von der Recke (Board Member, OHB), Josef Fleischmann (CTO & Co-Founder, Isar Aerospace), and Philipp Herkelmann (CEO Germany, ICEYE).

Max Gulde Co-Founder and CEO constllr

Sven Przywarra Co-Founder and Co-CEO LiveEO

Ezequiel Sánchez Executive President PLD Space
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
14:45
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15:15
Keynote
Keynote | Engineering Europe's Space Advantage: How ESA is Raising the Bar on Technology, Quality and Industrial Readiness
Europe's space ambitions are only as strong as the engineering and quality standards underpinning them. As ESA's Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality, Dietmar Pilz sits at the intersection of frontier R&D, industrial capability, and mission assurance. In this keynote, he shares ESA's perspective on what it takes to translate deep space technology into reliable, scalable systems — and what the agency expects from the next generation of European space startups and primes looking to build at pace without compromising on rigor.

Dietmar Pilz Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality European Space Agency
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
15:15
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15:40
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Pioneering Electric Aviation for 2030: From First Flight to Commercial Scale
What does it take to finally bring electric aviation from breakthrough to reality? It's actually a lot closer than might be expected. VÆRIDION founder Ivor van Dartel and Vsquared GP Tommy Oehl explore the path from first flight to scalable commercial deployment, covering the financial and environmental opportunities, as well as the engineering challenges, certification steps, and infrastructure shifts, that can redefine short-haul air travel by 2030.

Thomas Oehl General Partner Vsquared

Ivor van Dartel Co-Founder & CEO VÆRIDION
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
15:40
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16:05
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | The Europe–Korea AI Bridge: Bringing European Enterprise AI to Korean Industry

Tae Hea Nahm Co-Founding Managing Director Storm Ventures

Brendon Kim Managing Director and Head of Hyundai Cradle Silicon Valley Hyundai Cradle
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
16:05
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16:45
Keynote
Panel | Fostering Deep Tech in Europe – From Research, Innovation to Scale-up-Europe Fund
Europe is shaping its new policies for Deep-Tech. An enhanced European Innovation Council, the new European Competitiveness Fund and Scale-up Europe Fund are under way. Ask, discuss and inspire policy makers for their next steps . What is the status of the implementation and what is in for Deep-Tech start-ups?

Prof. Dr. Carsten Dreher Chair of Innovation Management Free University of Berlin

Michiel Scheffer President of the Board European Innovation Council

Christian Ehler Member European Parliament
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
16:45
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17:30
Fireside Chat
Study Presentation | 10× Growth in European Deep Tech | Presented by McKinsey and Deutsche Börse

Thomas Book Member of the Executive Board Deutsche Börse AG

Tobias Henz Partner McKinsey & Company
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
17:55
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18:35
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Ground Industries, Meet Orbit: Why Non-Space Companies Are Becoming Customers of Space Tech
Space is evolving from a specialized sector into a foundational infrastructure for modern industry. In this session, leading companies from manufacturing, mobility, and industrial technology will share short keynote insights on how they explore and adopt space-enabled technologies—from satellite data to advanced materials for propulsion systems and applications in logistics, production, and infrastructure Hosted by Matthias Wachter, the session will conclude with an open Q&A exploring concrete use cases and collaboration opportunities between industry and the space sector.

Matthias Wachter Managing Director at NewSpace Initiative and Co-Director Innovation, Security and Technology BDI

Johannes Hunfeld Associate Director External Technology Linde

Christoph Keese CEO Einstein Space Consulting
Renaissance Studios
20.05.2026
13:00
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16:00
CXO Sovereigtny Summit
CXO Sovereignty Summit | Co-hosted by BCG
50 senior policymakers, founders and CXOs shape regulation for faster deep tech commercialization in Europe. Among them are Frank Appel (Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Telekom), Roberto Viola (Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission), Martin Keller (President, Helmholtz Association), Hermann Hauser (Director, Amadeus Capital Partners), Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament), Michael Brigl (Head of BCG Germany, Austria, Switzerland & CEE), Nathalie Berger (Director, European Commission), Mallik Rao (Chief Technology & Enterprise Officer, O2 Telefónica Germany), Steffen Kanitz (CTO, RWE Power AG & CEO, RWE Nuclear), and Heike Freund (COO, Marvel Fusion), Rasmus Rothe (Chairman of the Board at KI Bundesverband), Lennard Schmidt (Co-Founder & CEO of Langdock), Andreas Nauerz (Member of the Executive Board & CPO of IONOS), Jürgen Stein (Chief Innovation & New Business Officer at EnBW), Philipp Gebert (CEO of TUM Venture Labs), Axel Deniz (CEO of Bosch Business Innovations), Kristina Wagner (CTO & CDO of OHB SE).

Dorothee Bär Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space of Germany

Karsten Wildberger Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation BMDS

Michiel Scheffer President of the Board European Innovation Council
Renaissance Studios
20.05.2026
17:00
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19:00
LP-GP Marketplace
LP-GP Marketplace
Europe's top GPs meet deep tech-focused LPs — DTM's most productive speed dating yet.
Renaissance Studios
20.05.2026
19:00
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21:00
Break
Apero Hour | Hosted by redalpine, Tesi & Kvanted
Europe's top GPs and LPs deploy something far more potent than vintage.
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
10:30
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12:00
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Space-Enabled Situational Awareness
invite only
Space-based and terrestrial data for ISR, PNT resilience, and early warning across contested multi-domain operations.

Lieutenant General Tom-Copinger Symes Former Deputy Commander of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command UK Ministry of Defence
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
12:15
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13:45
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Innovation Ready DefTech Procurement
invite only
Agile acquisition models, rapid testing and fielding, streamlined certification, and closer collaboration with startups and dual-use innovators to accelerate the deployment of cutting-edge defence capabilities.

Rafael Ocejo Arias Partner McKinsey & Company
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
14:00
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15:30
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Drone & Aerial Defence
invite only
Cost-effective counter-UAS capabilities combining detection, tracking, and defeat of mass, low-cost aerial threats.

General Chris Badia CEO and Former Deputy Supreme Commander Five-Star Strategy and Defence LLC / NATO ACT
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
15:45
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17:15
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Cost-Effective Deep Precision Strike
invite only
Affordable long-range precision effects integrated with resilient ISR and targeting chains.

Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger Former CEO BWI
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
17:30
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19:00
Reception
Signals from the Frontline | Reception
invite only
An invite-only reception bringing together armed forces leaders and Europe’s top primes and neo-primes to turn NATO frontline needs into next-generation defence capabilities. Dovilė Šakalienė, Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger, and Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes will welcome participants alongside Rafael Ocejo Arias (Partner, McKinsey) and General Chris Badia (CEO and Former Deputy Supreme Commander, Five-Star Strategy and Defence LLC / NATO ACT).
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Dovilė Šakalienė Former Minister of Defence Government of Lithuania

Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger Former CEO BWI

Lieutenant General Tom-Copinger Symes Former Deputy Commander of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command UK Ministry of Defence
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | Own the Answer: Staying Visible and Valuable When AI Speaks for You | By Piabo
AI is changing who gets seen, trusted, and chosen. For founders and deep tech brands, visibility is no longer earned. It’s engineered. If you’re not shaping the story, AI will shape it for you. In this session, Tilo Bonow, Founder & CEO from PIABO Communications, shares practical frameworks, battle-tested strategies, and personal insights from working with some of the world’s most innovative companies.

Tilo Bonow Founder and CEO PIABO Communications
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
11:45
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12:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | How AI Unlocks the Human Factor in Deep Tech Adoption | By Combient Foundry and Kion Group
AI has already transformed the research, analysis, and reporting side of venture client work — so where does the freed-up human time go? Into the things AI can't do: stakeholder management, problem prioritisation, internal conviction, driving technology all the way to adoption. Ana Carolina Alex (Head of Operations Central Europe, Combient Foundry — previously built venture client operations at BMW Startup Garage) and Eike Wibrow (VP Global Technology Strategy, Kion Group) will unpack how industrial leaders are actually making this work.
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Ana Carolina Alex Head of Operations Central Europe Combient Foundry

Eike Wibrow VP Global Technology Strategy Kion Group
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
13:30
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14:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Building Growth Funds in Europe: An Investor Q&A with the European Tech Champions Initiative

Bjorn Tremmerie Head of Venture Capital and Impact Investing European Investment Fund
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
14:30
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15:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | TTP: How Can Defence Start-ups Accelerate the Path from Prototype to Deployment?
How Can Defence Start-ups Accelerate the Path from Prototype to Deployment? Promising technology only matters if it can be deployed, trusted and scaled. Defence founders need to turn promising technology into capability that can be deployed, scaled and trusted by customers, often under time pressure and with evolving requirements. In this TTP masterclass, drawing on lessons from real development programmes spanning next-generation communications to advanced sensing, you will gain practical insight on navigating the critical gap between TRL 2 to 6. If you want to build battlefield ready capability quickly, this discussion is for you.
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Nathan Wrench Commercial Lead, Defence & Aerospace TTP

Vidhya Sridhar Head of Defence & Aerospace TTP
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
15:45
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16:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | Deep Tech from the Edge: Building Autonomous Machines in Valencia, Not the Valley
A quantum-computing PhD and an aerospace engineer built an autonomous electric tractor from scratch in under 1 year with a skeleton crew in Valencia. Now Voltrac is scaling a dual-use robotics platform for European agriculture and defence. Extantia's Carlota Ochoa unpacks the founder journey and what it means to build a deep tech company outside one of the tech hubs -- from first-principles design to frontline deployment.

Carlota Ochoa Partner Extantia Capital

Tom Hubregtsen CEO & Co-Founder VOLTRAC

Fran Infante Aguirre CTO & Co-Founder VOLTRAC
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
16:45
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17:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Three-Layer Capital Stack: Public Funding, VCs and Family Offices | By Finadvice
Why Europe's structural moat is capital optionality.
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Pier Raimondi Founding Partner Finadvice Mediterranean
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
17:45
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18:15
AMA
Ask Me Anything | Benjamin Miles
Building a company rooted in breakthrough science is rarely straightforward. Europe has no shortage of world-class science, but scientist entrepreneurs still face an obstacle course when it comes to fundraising. Dr Ben Miles, a physicist turned deep tech investor and entrepreneur, is focused on helping scientists turn breakthrough ideas into successful ventures. Join this session to gain practical insight into how to navigate fundraising and secure early backing.

Dr. Ben Miles Co-Founder Empirical Ventures
Courage Room
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | From Space Technologies to Market Opportunities: ESA’s Commercialisation Agenda
Space technologies are increasingly becoming drivers of innovation across multiple industries. In this session, Dr. Gianluigi Baldesi will present how ESA supports the commercialisation of space-enabled solutions by fostering collaboration between startups, corporates, investors, and institutional actors. The masterclass will provide insights into ESA programmes and initiatives designed to help deep-tech innovations move from research to sustainable business growth.
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Gianluigi Baldesi Head of the Ventures and Financing Office European Space Agency
Courage Room
20.05.2026
11:30
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13:00
Workshop
Workshop | The Future of Autonomous Systems: Technical Insights from the Frontlines | By AWS Robotics
invite only
Join pioneering robotics leaders for a deep-dive technical discussion on pushing the boundaries of autonomous systems. Get candid insights on overcoming complex technical hurdles and learn how breakthroughs in adaptive learning, multi-agent coordination, and human-robot interaction are opening new possibilities for autonomous operations in challenging real-world environments. This intimate technical masterclass brings together founders and technical leaders who are tackling the hardest problems in robotics. Join us to explore emerging trends and connect with fellow innovators driving the future of autonomous systems.
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Matthew Thomson Director, EMEA Startups AWS

Meng Muk SVP of Software Engineering Dexory

Jeff Hawke CTO Odyssey
Courage Room
20.05.2026
13:15
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14:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Building a Leadership Team in Deep Technology: A Conversation Between Egon Zehnder and Friends
Simon Kantor (Egon Zehnder) will lead a panel discussion on boosting executive and board teams in Deep Technology, featuring Stephen Rodriguez (DCVC) and Erin Hallock (NIF).
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Simon Kantor Consultant Egon Zehnder

Stephen Rodriguez Operating Partner DCVC

Erin Hallock Partner NATO Innovation Fund
Courage Room
20.05.2026
14:15
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15:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | GTM Best Practices in High Performance Computing
Most HPC startups do not fail because the technology is wrong. They fail because the go-to-market is. This masterclass dissects what separates the breakthroughs that scale from those that stall — PoC traps, deployment dilemmas, buyer ecosystems, and the metrics that move deep tech investors. Bring your questions.

Ion Hauer Principal APEX Ventures
Courage Room
20.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Government Advantage: How Deep Tech Founders and Board Members Turn Public Sector Engagement from a Burden into Traction
While scale-up Board members and founders prioritize their attention on tech and product, the engagement with state authorities often remains at the level of baseline compliance and certification. Yet, far more can be unlocked through an active strategy for the public-private interface — from significant procurement opportunities to co-shaping the future regulatory landscape. In this masterclass, Dr. Tassilo Wanner shares the playbook for leveraging this interface to accelerate expansion and growth. He illustrates how decision-making must be designed to navigate public sector logics in a way that upholds speed and creates additional opportunities.
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Dr. Tassilo Wanner CEO Synexxio AG
Courage Room
20.05.2026
16:15
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16:45
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Scaling Reconnaissance Drone Production in Germany

Tom Plümmer Founder and CEO Wingcopter

Aliyah Marsden Guardian Program Executive Deep Tech Momentum
Courage Room
20.05.2026
17:00
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17:45
Masterclass
Masterclass | From First Meeting to Real Impact: Inside a Startup–Corporate Collaboration That Worked (and What Didn’t)
Syntho and Deutsche Telekom open up their year-long collaboration journey — from first contact at Deep Tech Momentum to a live proof of concept in telecom. No success theatre: real friction, real lessons, and what both sides would do differently today. Walk away with concrete strategies to navigate corporate entry points, build trust and momentum, and turn a POC into something that ships. Whether you're a startup founder or a corporate innovator, this session will give you actionable tools to make startup-enterprise collaboration actually work.
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Martin Matiska Converged Network Security Deutsche Telekom

Wim Kees Janssen CEO Syntho
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:30
Roundtable
Roundtable | Building the AI Brain for Autonomous Systems at the Edge
Drawing on lessons learned from Middle East deployments, this roundtable will explore the gap between AI capability and decision-making in autonomous systems. The session will examine scenarios from the Iran war and highlight how AI enhances mission-critical decision-making at the edge within existing systems. It will explore applications for European defense and homeland security, and identify opportunities for cross-functional collaboration across startups, primes and military operators, led by G2.
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Ryan Gity (Col. Res.) Co-Founder, CEO and CTO G2

Dror Feldheim Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer G2
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
11:45
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13:15
Roundtable
Roundtable | Aumovio Startup Challenge
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
13:30
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14:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Importance of the Company Behind Your Product: Operational Excellence as Foundation for Scale | SAP
Approximately 80% of start-ups that successfully launch products fail to scale them to full maturity. The root cause is a fundamental paradox: the operational agility that enables initial success becomes a liability as transaction volumes multiply and organizational complexity grows. Informal coordination mechanisms collapse, creating bottlenecks that constrain growth and degrade customer experience. Learn in this masterclass why navigating this transition from startup agility to startup scale is crucial for success and how establishing standardization for supporting processes based on business processes enable efficiency.
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Tino Albrecht Director for Startups SAP

Jan Gutknecht Director for Startups SAP
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
14:15
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15:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | From Technical Edge to LP Conviction | By AQVC
A practical masterclass for GPs on how to translate fund differentiation, technical insight, and deep tech market timing into a fundraising narrative LPs can understand, trust, and act on. LPs are also welcome to join for a behind-the-scenes view into how strong fund narratives are built.

Stevan Markovic Head of Strategic Growth AQVC
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Investing in European Growth — An LP Masterclass by Earlybird
Europe's growth stage is emerging as one of the most compelling investment opportunities in global venture. Four forces are converging: AI-driven scaling demands, a record 2021/22 early-stage cohort now hitting growth stage, a shift from capital-light SaaS to capital-intensive deep tech, and Europe's defence and resilience push. Growth capital supply was already undersized — these tailwinds are widening that gap fast, creating a structural entry point for European LPs. For: Family offices, HNWIs, and institutional investors seeking exposure to European growth-stage funds.
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Hendrik Brandis Co-Founder and Partner Earlybird
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
16:15
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17:45
Roundtable
Roundtable | TUM Venture Labs & Startup Factories
TUM Venture Labs, LEC and Gateway Factory bring together Germany's Startup Factories to discuss the key technologies of the Hightech Agenda Deutschland, identify thematic clusters across their portfolios, and explore joint approaches for collaboration and operationalization.

Philipp Gerbert CEO TUM Venture Labs
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
18:00
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18:45
Masterclass
Masterclass | Policy Influence for Series B+ Deep Tech Scaleups

Claudia La Donna CEO Brussels and Chair of TMT Edelman
DTM100
20.05.2026
10:00
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11:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Energy
Europe's top early-stage Energy founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
11:30
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12:55
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Advanced Materials
Europe's top early-stage Advanced Materials founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
13:00
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14:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Manufacturing & Robotics
Europe's top early-stage Manufacturing & Robotics founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
14:30
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15:55
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Enterprise AI
Europe's top early-stage Enterprise AI founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
16:00
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17:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | High Performance Computing
Europe's top early-stage HPC founders compete for a finals spot.
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
10:30
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12:25
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Manufacturing & Robotics
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
10:30
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12:25
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | High Performance Computing
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
13:15
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15:30
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Advanced Materials
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
13:15
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15:30
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Energy
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
15:45
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18:00
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Defence
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
15:45
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18:00
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Space
Investor Connect
20.05.2026
10:30
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18:00
Investor Connect
Investor Connect
Exhibition Hall
20.05.2026
10:00
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17:00
Office Hours
PXR Legal Office Hours
About to raise, issue equity, or sign a term sheet and want a quick sanity check? Book a 1:1 slot with PXR to get clear, pragmatic guidance on cap tables, corporate setup, VC financing documents, governance, and any other legal questions you may have. Office Hours are offered by Daniel Grisar, Michelle Karrer, Chris Cerny, and Maja Brand. Book your 1:1 through the DTM26 platform.
Main Stage
21.05.2026
08:00
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17:00
Break
Registration
Main Stage
21.05.2026
09:30
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09:55
Opening Session
Keynote | Success Factors of Deep Tech Founding Teams: Natural Sciences Education Is the Foundation, but Not Everything
Exclusive publication of the Global Deep Tech Report 2026 — Deep Tech Founders: United by Similarities or Powered by Differences? by Arqis, Bayern Kapital, D11Z. Ventures, DTCF, HTGF, IHK München und Onsight Ventures. The first worldwide, comprehensive overview of Deep Tech startups and their founding teams, based on a unique dataset of 13,600 Deep Tech startups (5,000 validated) and 11,500 founder profiles. Successful founding teams combine a strong technical background in IT or Natural Sciences with approximately 18 years of management experience and at least 5 years of hands-on engineering experience, distributed across two or more co-founders. In this session, we will exclusively publish the study and reveal the success factors for Deep Tech founding teams.

Prof. Dr. Isabell M. Welpe Professor and Chair of Strategy and Organization Technical University of Munich

Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers Professor and Behavioral Scientist Technical University of Munich

Jannik Nolden PhD Candidate at the Chair for Strategy and Organization Technical University of Munich
Main Stage
21.05.2026
09:55
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10:20
Keynote
Keynote | It Is a Great Time to Buy SAP Shares Now, I’ll Tell You Why. (Yes, I Will Talk About AI Agents.)
The keynote opens with a look at AI’s vast potential and the challenge of bringing it into enterprise reality at scale. It then explores what this means for SAP, our approach with the Business AI Platform, and a concrete example through Company Memory.

Dr. Gero Decker Co-founder SAP Signavio & Executive Sponsor SAP Labs Germany SAP Signavio
Main Stage
21.05.2026
10:20
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10:55
Keynote
Fireside Chat | Jan Oberhauser (n8n) & Deepa Gautam (SAP)

Jan Oberhauser Founder and CEO n8n

Deepa Gautam VP Corporate Development & Investments SAP SE
Main Stage
21.05.2026
10:55
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11:55
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Manufacturing & Robotics | Humanoid Robotics
Five builders trace the full value chain of humanoid robotics — from foundation models to factory floor.

Dr. Tilman Buchner Partner and Director BCG

David Reger Founder and CEO Neura Robotics
Main Stage
21.05.2026
11:55
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12:25
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Verena Pausder, Chairwoman of the Board of the German Startup Association and David Reger, Founder and CEO of NEURA Robotics

David Reger Founder and CEO Neura Robotics

Verena Pausder Chairwoman of the Board Startup-Verband
Main Stage
21.05.2026
13:00
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13:30
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | The Missing Middle — How Open Innovation Accelerates the Path From Frontier Science to Market Readiness | By Marvelous and Joachim Herz Stiftung

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst Chairwoman of the Board Joachim Herz Stiftung

Philipp Buddemeier General Partner Marvelous
Main Stage
21.05.2026
13:45
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15:05
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Finals
The winners of Europe's No. 1 deep tech pitch competition take the stage.
Main Stage
21.05.2026
15:05
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15:40
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Signals From the Frontline: Closing Europe's Defence Capability Gaps
Signals From the Frontline is an invite-only initiative run during DTM26 by NIF, Lakestar, McKinsey and DTM, convening 50 senior armed forces leaders alongside Europe's top primes and neo-primes to turn NATO frontline needs into next-gen defence capabilities. In this fireside chat, the roundtable hosts share key insights from the four tracks: Innovation-Ready DefTech Procurement, Drone & Aerial Defence, Cost-Effective Deep Precision Strike, and Space-Enabled Situational Awareness.

Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger Former CEO BWI

Lieutenant General Tom-Copinger Symes Former Deputy Commander of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command UK Ministry of Defence

Rafael Ocejo Arias Partner McKinsey & Company
Main Stage
21.05.2026
15:40
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16:05
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Katrin Suder | German Bureaucracy Doesn’t Win Wars – Lessons from Rewiring Defence Procurement in Germany
When Katrin Suder took over Bundeswehr procurement in 2014, the system was in open crisis — Euro Hawk, A400M, and a forced predecessor exit. Brought in by Ursula von der Leyen, she launched the Agenda Rüstung to rewire an encrusted bureaucracy. A decade on, with Zeitenwende declared and Europe racing to close its capability gaps, what actually worked — and what didn't? A candid conversation on bureaucracy, speed, and turning political will into fielded capability.

Katrin Suder Former Secretary of State of German Ministry of Defence & Chairwoman Supervisory Board Deutsche Post AG

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
21.05.2026
16:05
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16:35
Fireside Chat
Keynote | Ben Wallace | Rewiring Defence Procurement in Europe

Ben Wallace Former Secretary of State for Defence UK Ministry of Defence
Main Stage
21.05.2026
16:35
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17:00
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | From Robot Inspections to Asset Integrity: The Next Chapter of Industrial Autonomy

Péter Fankhauser CEO and Co-Founder ANYbotics

Nicolas Sauvage Founder and President TDK Ventures
Main Stage
21.05.2026
18:00
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21:30
Reception
DTM | Afterparty | Free (Vegan) Bratwurst BBQ
Wilhelm Studios Food Court (Outdoors) Free Bratwurst BBQ
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
10:00
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11:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | HPC | AI Gigafactories
Europe's most influential Manufacturing, Robotics & HPC innovators on stage. Andreas Nauerz, Philippe Notton, and Daniel Schall will be joined on stage by Dr. Marcus Hennig (Chief Business Officer, planqc) and Christian Bolz (Managing Director, EnBW Infrastruktur Service GmbH).

Dr. Andreas Nauerz Member of the Executive Board and CPO IONOS

Daniel Schall Co-Founder and CEO Black Semiconductor

Philippe Notton CEO and Founder SiPearl
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
11:00
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12:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | HPC | The European Semiconductor Stack
From silicon to photonics to quantum — the processor architectures that will define Europe's next era of computing. Andy MacInnes, Marta Ostroumoff, and Michelangelo Masini will be joined by Amir Ghadimi (CEO & Co-Founder, Lightium).

Andy MacInnes CTO and CDO Paragraf

Marta Ostroumoff CFO Axelera

Michelangelo Masini Head of Corporate Research and Technology ZEISS Group
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
12:00
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13:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Manufacturing & Robotics | Digital Twin in Manufacturing
From raw sensor data to digital twin intelligence — how AI is rewiring industrial operations from the ground up. Albert Peschek, Mansour Belhadj, and Slahadin Ali Ashair will be joined by Dr. Patrick Schlachter (CTO, Bosch Digital Twin Industries).

Albert Pescheck CEO Bosch Digital Twin Industries

Slahadin Ali Ashair Chief Architect ADNOC

Mansour Belhadj CCO MBK Global
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
13:00
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14:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Advanced Materials | Smart Matter: Programming the Materials of the Future
From precision crop protection to AI-designed materials — the scientists and founders programming matter itself to solve industry's hardest problems. David Champagne, Alexander Hammer, and Toby Cubitt will be joined on stage by Yun Luo (CEO and Co-Founder, ROSI) and Martina Schulze-Adams (Senior Vice President Corporate R&D, Wacker).

David Champagne Senior Partner McKinsey & Company

Alexander Hammer Co-Founder and CEO Dunia

Toby Cubitt Co-Founder, CTO and CSCIO Phasecraft
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
14:45
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15:45
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Energy | Frontier Energy Technologies
Europe's most influential Advanced Materials & Energy innovators on stage. Heike Freund, Lucio Milanese, and Thomas Forner, will be joined on stage by Maximilian Fleischer (CTO, Siemens Energy Ventures)

Heike Freund COO Marvel Fusion

Lucio Milanese Co-Founder and Chief External Affairs Officer Proxima Fusion

Thomas Forner Co-Founder and CEO Focused Energy
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
15:45
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16:45
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Energy | System-Level Pathways To Reducing Energy System Costs
Europe's most influential Advanced Materials & Energy innovators on stage. Joe Stevenson, Arnaud Castaignet, and Markus Pflitsch will be joined on stage by Julian Englberger (Vice President, cylib).

Joe Stevenson CEO Anaphite

Arnaud Castaignet SVP Skeleton Technologies

Markus Pflitsch Founder, CEO and Chairman Terra Quantum
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
16:45
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17:15
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | redalpine & Lyceum

Dr. Oliver Pabst General Partner redalpine
Renaissance Studios
21.05.2026
10:00
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12:30
AI Productivity Summit
AI Productivity Summit | Co-hosted by Merantix & Harmonic AI
100 enterprise customers and startups launch 100+ new AI collaborations in a single morning — across the key enterprise AI use cases.

Adrian Locher Founder & General Partner Merantix Capital

Nicole Büttner Founder and CEO Merantix

Felix Zimmermann Chief Procurement Officer Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
Renaissance Studios
21.05.2026
14:00
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16:30
CVC & Venture Clienting Summit
CVC & Venture Clienting Summit | Co-hosted by 27pilots
100 corporate innovation leaders making venture clienting & startup partnerships a board-level priority in a peer exchange format — with a focus on six key deep tech markets.

Dr. Martin Fink CEO 27pilots
Renaissance Studios
21.05.2026
17:45
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18:45
Reception
SPRIND Reception | Two new funding tracks for Europe's deep-tech frontier
Next Frontier Space & Quantum is Europe’s push to lead the next wave of deep tech innovation. We're bringing together pioneers in space manufacturing and quantum sensing to shape two of the most transformative technological frontiers of the next decade. Backed by SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, this initiative creates the conditions to turn breakthrough ideas into market-defining ventures and strengthening Europe’s standing in deep-tech. Through a new challenge and a new program, SPRIND is funding bold ideas, enabling radical experimentation, and translating cutting-edge inventions into real-world impact.
Register here >

Effrosyni Chelioti Director-General for Strategies and Policy Issues Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space

Jano Costard Head of Challenges SPRIND

Matthias Spott Innovation Manager Space and Defense SPRIND
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
09:00
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10:15
Masterclass
Breakfast | Croissants & Brezeln | By Wind Capital
Europe has a deep tech gap. Some people in this room are closing it — one croissant at a time Join Wind, Sopra Steria Ventures and Honda Xcelerator Ventures for a Franco-German deeptech breakfast* on the sidelines of DTM26 — for founders, investors and industry leaders building the next layer of European infrastructure across energy, defence and advanced manufacturing Limited seats, request yours below! *also known as DeutschFranzösischesDeepTechFrühstück
Register here >

Xavier Gury Founding Partner Wind Capital
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
10:30
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11:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Venture Clienting: What Happens After the Pilot - The Adoption and Scaling of Startup Solutions | By 27pilots
Mastering what happens after the pilot is mastering the delivery of real business impact through startup solutions. This masterclass focuses on the critical role of Venture Client Units in turning promising pilots into scaled solutions that deliver real business impact. We explore how the adopt phase is mastered and, what it takes to enable the scaling of startup solutions, for Venture Clienting at scale.
Register here >

Matheus de Carvalho Engagement Lead 27pilots - a Deloitte business

Sebastian Schäfer Venture Manager 27pilots - a Deloitte business
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
11:30
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12:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Start Smart – 3 Legal Foundations to Get Right From Day One | By PXR
Early legal decisions shape the entire trajectory of a startup, yet many founders only realize this when it's too late. In this masterclass, Peter Möllmann and Maja Brand unpack the three legal foundations every early-stage founder needs to get right before raising capital: (i) structuring a clean cap table that won't backfire, (ii) designing equity incentive programs that truly attract and retain top talent, and (iii) negotiating exit clauses that keep founders in the driver's seat. The session wraps up with an exclusive Q&A, a rare opportunity to get direct legal insight from experienced venture-tech lawyers on the questions that matter most to your startup.
Register here >

Dr. Peter Möllmann Managing Partner PXR

Maja Brand Corporate and M&A Lawyer PXR
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
12:30
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13:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Berlin, Spotlight on Venture Clienting – The Driver for Efficiency, Growth, and Competitive Advantage | By PwC
Venture Clienting gives companies direct access to innovative startup solutions and injects fresh momentum into the innovation process. In this Masterclass, we show you how strategic partnerships with emerging startups can boost efficiency, accelerate innovation cycles, and drive sustainable growth — fast, practical, and future-proof.

Katharina von Bülow Innovation & Digital Transformation PwC

Florian Noell Global Venturing & EMEA Startups, Scaleups Leader PwC
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Nauta Capital x Universal Quantum

Sebastian Weidt CEO and Co-Founder Universal Quantum

Conor Scanlan Associate Partner Nauta Capital
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
16:15
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17:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Nobody buys deep tech. They buy the future you sell them
Deep tech founders obsess over the science. They should. But the companies that define categories aren't just technically superior, they're the ones that own the narrative. Join Nino Subotic, co-founder of Mashup and GP at Karaoke Club and the team for a high-octane masterclass on how to weaponize narrative, build a "cult-like" community and brand around your startup or fund. This roundtable unpacks how early-stage deep tech companies can build brand and community as a strategic asset. We'll challenge the assumption that "the tech speaks for itself" and why some startups attract better talent, more capital and customers.

Nino Subotic Co-Founder Karaoke Club & Mashup
Founder Mode Atelier
21.05.2026
09:30
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17:45
Workshop
Marvelous | Deep Tech Runway
invite only
Runway26 by Marvelous brings DeepTech commercialization into DTM26 through curated Industry Challenges: closed-door, challenge-led sessions where corporate innovation leaders meet pre-vetted startups matched to real industrial priorities. Hosted within Deep Tech Momentum, the format moves beyond networking by turning Europe’s science-based solutions into concrete pilot opportunities in advanced materials, circular economy and robotics. Each Industry Challenge connects prioritized dealflow, enterprise problems and founder solutions to move science from lab to scale.
Register here >

Philipp Buddemeier General Partner Marvelous
Courage Room
21.05.2026
09:00
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11:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Rise & Scale: How Europe Builds Deep Tech Winners | By Start2
Connecting Europe's ecosystem builders to drive global impact.
Register here >

Prof. Matthias Notz Global CEO Start2 Group

Marius Rosenberg Chief Product Officer Start2 Group

Axel Deniz CEO Bosch Business Innovations
Courage Room
21.05.2026
11:30
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12:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Rise of Global Dynamism and the Importance of Manufacturing Tech
We are entering a new era of global dynamism, where economic power will be shaped by the ability to reinvent how the physical world is designed, built, and moved. Manufacturing tech sits at the center of that shift, turning industrial capability into a strategic advantage for nations, companies, and the future of innovation.

Simon Lancaster Founding General Partner Omni Ventures
Courage Room
21.05.2026
12:45
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14:00
Growth Capital Club
Growth Capital Salon | Co-hosted by DCVC and Drumbeat Capital
invite only
The Growth Capital Salon is an invite-only gathering, bringing together leading deep tech founders with top-tier global growth investors — uniting over $150B in assets under management in a single room. The objective: Trigger EUR 1BN additional investments in European Deep Tech in a single afternoon. Designed as a highly curated forum, it enables focused exchange on scaling frontier technology companies, accessing growth capital, and building long-term strategic partnerships. Participating investors include: DCVC, Eurazeo, General Catalyst, Headline, EIF, Hedosophia, IQT, earlybird, Vitruvian Partners, DST Global, Accel.
Register here >

Martin Blessing Personal Representative of the Federal Chancellor for Investments in Germany & Chairman at Danske Bank

Steven Jacobs Founding Partner Drumbeat Capital

Stephen Rodriguez Operating Partner DCVC
Courage Room
21.05.2026
14:15
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14:45
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | From AI Math to AI Margins: Who Wins the Inference Stack
AI is shifting from model breakthroughs to deployment economics. The constraint is no longer just intelligence, but cost per token, latency consistency, and energy efficiency. In this fireside chat, Gilles Bakhus, Founder of Tensordyne, discusses what it takes to win in the inference layer: from rethinking the underlying math to building full-stack systems that deliver performance at scale. The conversation explores where value accrues across hardware, software, and orchestration, whether inference becomes a pure cost game, and how new architectures compete against entrenched ecosystems like NVIDIA. It also examines the structural tension between US hyperscaler dominance and Europe’s opportunity in industrial AI and energy-constrained environments. A focused look at the next battleground of AI: not who builds the smartest model, but who can run it cheapest, fastest, and most reliably.

Gilles Backhus Co-Founder, VP of AI & Product Tensordyne AI

Theodora Preda Principal Plug and Play Tech Centre
Courage Room
21.05.2026
15:00
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15:45
Roundtable
Roundtable | Working successfully with investors: from term sheet to long term | By Techstars
Most DTM sessions end at the cheque. This one keeps going. A founder-led roundtable on what actually makes investor relationships work across the full arc (from choosing the right partner, to the first 90 days, to the long game), and the things most founders forget to ask. Bring your questions.

Millen Wolde-Selassie Senior Investment Manager Techstars UK & Europe
Courage Room
21.05.2026
16:00
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16:30
AMA
AMA | HV Capital

Jan Miczaika Partner HV Capital

Maxi Pethö-Schramm Principal HV Capital
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
10:00
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11:00
Roundtable
Roundtable | Success Factors of Deep Tech Founding Teams: Natural Sciences Education Is the Foundation, but Not Everything | By TUM x HTGF
Discussion on the Implications of the Global Deep Tech Report 2026 — Deep Tech Founders: United by Similarities or Powered by Differences? — by Arqis, Bayern Kapital, D11Z. Ventures, DTCF, HTGF, IHK München, and Onsight Ventures. The first worldwide, comprehensive overview of Deep Tech startups and their founding teams, based on a unique dataset of 13,600 Deep Tech startups (5,000 validated) and 11,500 founder profiles. Successful founding teams combine a strong technical background in IT or Natural Sciences with approximately 18 years of management experience and at least 5 years of hands-on engineering experience, distributed across two or more co-founders. The session will be interactive, focusing on implications and next steps to translate insights into real impact. Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers, Gregor Haidl, and Dr. Maria Weinand will be joined by Nadine Schimroszik (Technology Correspondent, Handelsblatt), Bernhard Eichiner (Head of the Industry, Innovation, and Consulting Division, IHK), Jasmin Güngör (General Partner, Onsight Ventures), and Maria Dantz (Head of Communications and Spokesperson, Proxima Fusion).

Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers Professor and Behavioral Scientist Technical University of Munich

Gregor Haidl Partner High-Tech Gründerfonds

Dr. Jana Maria Weinand Co-Founder and CFO Leitspalt
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
13:00
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13:45
Roundtable
Masterclass | The Deep Tech Fundraising Gospel According to Two Ravens
This workshop is led by Isaac Kato, a 3X-exited founder who has raised over $200M for his companies, and who as been a professional investor for 15 years. It provides a holistic overview of the pre-seed/seed fundraising process, with discussion around the philosophy of fundraising, strategy, tools, and tactics. It also provides an open-book discussion on how VCs look at founders and approach the process themselves.

Isaac Kato General Partner and Founder Two Ravens
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
14:00
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15:00
Roundtable
IPO Roundtable | By Startup Verband and Deutsche Börse
invite only

Verena Pausder Chairwoman of the Board Startup-Verband

Thomas Book Member of the Executive Board Deutsche Börse AG

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Term Sheet Deep Dive: The Hidden Clauses That Change the Deal | By SEASON5 Law
If you're raising, investing, or sitting across the table from a term sheet this year then this is the hour you want in your diary.

Dr. Max Weber Lawyer | Tax Advisor season5 Partnerschaft mbB

Katharina Erbe VC Lawyer season5
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
16:15
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17:30
Roundtable
Masterclass | Decoding Self-leadership and Team Dynamics as the Invisible Drivers of High-Performance Leadership Teams
Discover the powerful insights of Profile Dynamics in this interactive 60-minute session designed to help senior leaders, deep tech founders and investors explore a unique "culture map", identify personal strengths and internal resistance triggers, and learn how to transform self-awareness into effective leadership. Master techniques for creating more effective top-team dynamics and co-founder relationships that drive a culture of presence, clear accountability, and real alignment. 🎯 The first 40 participants to register will receive a complimentary Profile Dynamics profile.
Register here >

Cornelius Schaub Co-Founder and Managing Director The Decision Institute
DTM100
21.05.2026
10:00
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11:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Space
Europe's top early-stage Space founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
21.05.2026
11:30
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13:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Defence
Europe's top early-stage Defence founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
21.05.2026
13:30
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14:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Neo-Industrial Age: What Comes After Deep Tech
A neo-industrial paradigm is underway: industry is being rebuilt from the bottom up after years of layering on a digital substrate. This is not only fundamentally and radically transforming how we produce everything, it is also giving birth to a new breed of companies.

Massimo Portincaso Founder and CEO Arsenale Bioyards
DTM100
21.05.2026
15:30
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16:00
Keynote
Keynote | It‘s All About Centacorns
This talk shows how economic growth has dramatically concentrated and explores why Europe has struggled to create globally dominant and hyper scaling technology companies despite its strong talent base and market potential. It highlights the structural challenges holding Europe back, including limited growth capital, regulatory barriers, and a lack of ambition - while also outlining why the next wave of innovation could play to Europe’s strengths. The session will discuss how conceptual breakthroughs, deep tech investment, and capital market reform could help Europe build the next generation of global tech leaders.

Hendrik Brandis Co-Founder and Partner Earlybird

Jens Spahn Parliamentary Group Leader of CDU/CSU German Bundestag
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
09:30
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11:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Advanced Materials
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
09:30
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11:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Energy
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
12:00
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14:15
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Manufacturing & Robotics
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
12:00
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14:15
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | High Performance Computing
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
14:30
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16:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Defence
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
14:30
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16:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Space
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Investor Connect
21.05.2026
10:30
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18:00
Investor Connect
Investor Connect
Curated 1:1s between top deep tech investors and the companies worth backing.
Exhibition Hall
21.05.2026
10:00
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17:00
Office Hours
PXR Legal Office Hours
About to raise, issue equity, or sign a term sheet and want a quick sanity check? Book a 1:1 slot with PXR to get clear, pragmatic guidance on cap tables, corporate setup, VC financing documents, governance, and any other legal questions you may have. Office Hours are offered by Daniel Grisar, Michelle Karrer, Chris Cerny, and Maja Brand. Book your 1:1 through the DTM26 platform.
DTM26 Agenda
Main Stage
20.05.2026
08:00
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17:00
Break
Registration
Main Stage
20.05.2026
09:30
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09:45
Headline Speaker
Opening Address | Deep Tech Momentum
Arrive early — the difference between drifting through DTM and leaving with real deals.

Isabelle Simon Co-Founder and COO Deep Tech Momentum

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
09:45
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10:10
Headline Speaker
Opening of the Six DTM Markets | Founders of the Frontier
Founders in the six DTM markets, one map of the European deep tech frontier — Space, Defence, Advanced Materials, Robotics & Manufacturing Tech, Energy, and High-Performance Computing — each in the words of the people building it. Josef Fleischmann, Moritz von der Linden and Hélène Huby will be joined on stage by Francesco Sciortino (Proxima Fusion), Julie Böhning (Pave Space), Amir Ghadimi (Lightium) and Yun Luo (ROSI).

Josef Fleischmann CTO and Co-Founder Isar Aerospace

Moritz von der Linden CEO and Co-Founder Marvel Fusion

Hélène Huby CEO and Founder The Exploration Company
Main Stage
20.05.2026
10:10
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10:35
Keynote
Fireside Chat | Dr. Frank Appel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom & RWE
Europe has world-class deep tech. What it lacks is world-class buyers. In this conversation with Dr. Frank Appel — who bought a startup from RWTH Aachen when no automaker would, and co-developed the world's first commercial warehouse robot with Boston Dynamics — we explore what it takes to build a new European Demand Stack. The question we'll put to him: corporate Europe has the resources. Does it have the boldness?

Frank Appel Chairman of the Supervisory Board Deutsche Telekom & RWE

Martin Schilling CEO & Co-Founder Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
10:35
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11:00
Fireside Chat
Keynote | Sneak Peek: The 2026 Transatlantic Deep Tech Report
Hot off the press from the team behind the European Deep Tech Report — the first look at the state of Deep Tech across Europe, the U.S., and the Transatlantic Bridge that connects them. For founders and investors building Global Champions — not local European heroes — this is the session to be in. The value chains that matter. The investment themes that pay off. The verticals defining Deep Tech in 2026.

Steven Jacobs Founding Partner Drumbeat Capital
Main Stage
20.05.2026
11:00
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11:25
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | NIF & TYTAN

Erin Hallock Partner NATO Innovation Fund

Tahsin Kart Co-CEO & Founder TYTAN
Main Stage
20.05.2026
12:35
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13:00
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Johannes Schaback (CTO, Stark) & Florian Heinemann (Founding Partner, Project A)

Florian Heinemann Founding Partner Project A

Johannes Schaback Co-Founder and CTO STARK
Main Stage
20.05.2026
13:00
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13:30
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Dr. Karsten Wildberger, Federal Minister for Digitalization and Government Modernization of Germany

Karsten Wildberger Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation BMDS

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
13:35
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14:00
Keynote
Keynote | Power to Compute Is Power to Compete

Hamed Sadeghian Co-Founder & CEO Nearfield Instruments
Main Stage
20.05.2026
14:00
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14:25
Keynote
Investor Fireside Chat | The Big Cheques: Raising and Deploying Growth Capital in European Deep Tech
Europe's deep tech ambitions depend on growth funds large enough to write — and keep writing — nine-figure cheques. Vitruvian Partners and Headline unpack both sides: how to raise the big cheques from global LPs, and how to deploy them into the founders building Europe's next champions — where conviction comes from, how diligence shifts when the ticket has another zero on it, and what separates the rounds that close fast from the ones that stall.

Christian Miele General Partner Headline

Robert Lang Special Partner Vitruvian Partners
Main Stage
20.05.2026
14:25
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14:50
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Kathy Lueders & Hélène Huby

Hélène Huby Co-Founder and CEO The Exploration Company

Kathryn Lueders Former Starbase General Manager The Exploration Company
Main Stage
20.05.2026
14:50
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15:15
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | European Moonport to Launch the Lunar Economy
European Moonport to Launch the Lunar Economy

Sabine von der Recke Member of the Board OHB SE
Main Stage
20.05.2026
15:15
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15:40
Keynote
Keynote | No Orbit, No Economy: Space as Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
Space is the invisible backbone of Europe’s economy, resilience and defence. Dr Walther Pelzer, Member of the DLR Executive Board and Head of the German Space Agency, sets out what this means for founders, corporates and policymakers — and the three levers DLR is pulling to build Europe’s space economy: technology de-risking, anchor customer, access to markets.

Walther Pelzer Director General of the Space Agency and Member of the Executive Board DLR
Main Stage
20.05.2026
15:40
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16:05
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | The Man in Your Pocket: Hermann Hauser on Europe's Last Chance
ARM is in your pocket. DeepMind was sold to Google. ASML is one export ban away from a crisis. Hermann Hauser — co-founder of ARM, a godfather of European deep tech, backer of 200 companies — has spent a decade warning that Europe is one acquisition away from irrelevance. Now he's writing the book on it. An unfiltered fireside on sovereignty, the founder superstars Europe needs, and the policy fight the continent can no longer afford to lose.

Hermann Hauser Co-Founder and Venture Partner Amadeus Capital Partners

Isabelle Simon COO and Co-Founder Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
20.05.2026
16:05
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16:30
Keynote
Fireside Chat | The Quantum Continent: Jan Goetz (IQM) on Building Europe's Quantum Stack
IQM is Europe's leading builder of full-stack quantum computers, competing at the system level against IBM and Google. Co-founder and CEO Jan Goetz joins us — together with Danijel Višević, General Partner at World Fund — to discuss what it takes to build Europe's quantum stack, and why the next five years will decide whether the continent leads or licenses the quantum era.

Jan Goetz CEO and Co-Founder IQM Quantum Computers

Danijel Višević Founding Partner World Fund
Main Stage
20.05.2026
17:30
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19:30
Deep Tech Awards
Deep Tech Awards | Co-hosted by Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises
Berlin's Senate prizes the founders reshaping Berlin, Germany & Europe.

Franziska Giffey Berlin State Senator for Economy, Energy and Enterprise Senate of Berlin

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:30
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Defence | Precision Strike
Europe's most influential Defence innovators on stage.

Johannes Schaback CTO STARK Defence

Michelle Le Merre Finance Director for Corporate Development & Strategy BAE Systems

General Chris Badia CEO and Former Deputy Supreme Commander Five-Star Strategy and Defence LLC / NATO ACT
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
11:30
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12:30
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Defence | Drone & Aerial Defence
Europe's most influential Defence innovators on stage. Dr. Dirk Zimper, Jan-Hendrik Boelens, and Svilen Rangelov will be joined on stage by Karl Brew (Director, TEKEVER).

Dr. Dirk Zimper Director Future Systems MBDA

Svilen Rangelov Co-Founder and CEO Dronamics

Jan-Hendrik Boelens Co-Founder and CEO Alpine Eagle
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
12:30
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13:00
Keynote
Keynote | The Collaboration Premium: Why Deep Tech Venture Clienting Has Become a Competitiveness Imperative | By Glassdollar
The corporations most actively collaborating with startups outperformed the market by 40 percentage points over the last 5 years. The gap isn't ambition. It's infrastructure. And it's widening every day. Learn what they (e.g. Siemens, Shell, Allianz) do differently - backed by real-world examples and a dataset of 400,000+ corporate – startup partnerships.

Fabian Dudek CEO GlassDollar
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
13:45
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14:45
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Space & Defence | Earth Observation for a Contested World
Europe's most influential Space innovators on stage. Max Gulde, Sven Przywarra, and Ezequiel Sánchez will be joined on stage by Sabine von der Recke (Board Member, OHB), Josef Fleischmann (CTO & Co-Founder, Isar Aerospace), and Philipp Herkelmann (CEO Germany, ICEYE).

Max Gulde Co-Founder and CEO constllr

Sven Przywarra Co-Founder and Co-CEO LiveEO

Ezequiel Sánchez Executive President PLD Space
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
14:45
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15:15
Keynote
Keynote | Engineering Europe's Space Advantage: How ESA is Raising the Bar on Technology, Quality and Industrial Readiness
Europe's space ambitions are only as strong as the engineering and quality standards underpinning them. As ESA's Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality, Dietmar Pilz sits at the intersection of frontier R&D, industrial capability, and mission assurance. In this keynote, he shares ESA's perspective on what it takes to translate deep space technology into reliable, scalable systems — and what the agency expects from the next generation of European space startups and primes looking to build at pace without compromising on rigor.

Dietmar Pilz Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality European Space Agency
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
15:15
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15:40
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Pioneering Electric Aviation for 2030: From First Flight to Commercial Scale
What does it take to finally bring electric aviation from breakthrough to reality? It's actually a lot closer than might be expected. VÆRIDION founder Ivor van Dartel and Vsquared GP Tommy Oehl explore the path from first flight to scalable commercial deployment, covering the financial and environmental opportunities, as well as the engineering challenges, certification steps, and infrastructure shifts, that can redefine short-haul air travel by 2030.

Thomas Oehl General Partner Vsquared

Ivor van Dartel Co-Founder & CEO VÆRIDION
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
15:40
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16:05
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | The Europe–Korea AI Bridge: Bringing European Enterprise AI to Korean Industry

Tae Hea Nahm Co-Founding Managing Director Storm Ventures

Brendon Kim Managing Director and Head of Hyundai Cradle Silicon Valley Hyundai Cradle
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
16:05
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16:45
Keynote
Panel | Fostering Deep Tech in Europe – From Research, Innovation to Scale-up-Europe Fund
Europe is shaping its new policies for Deep-Tech. An enhanced European Innovation Council, the new European Competitiveness Fund and Scale-up Europe Fund are under way. Ask, discuss and inspire policy makers for their next steps . What is the status of the implementation and what is in for Deep-Tech start-ups?

Prof. Dr. Carsten Dreher Chair of Innovation Management Free University of Berlin

Michiel Scheffer President of the Board European Innovation Council

Christian Ehler Member European Parliament
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
16:45
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17:30
Fireside Chat
Study Presentation | 10× Growth in European Deep Tech | Presented by McKinsey and Deutsche Börse

Thomas Book Member of the Executive Board Deutsche Börse AG

Tobias Henz Partner McKinsey & Company
Titans Stage
20.05.2026
17:55
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18:35
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Ground Industries, Meet Orbit: Why Non-Space Companies Are Becoming Customers of Space Tech
Space is evolving from a specialized sector into a foundational infrastructure for modern industry. In this session, leading companies from manufacturing, mobility, and industrial technology will share short keynote insights on how they explore and adopt space-enabled technologies—from satellite data to advanced materials for propulsion systems and applications in logistics, production, and infrastructure Hosted by Matthias Wachter, the session will conclude with an open Q&A exploring concrete use cases and collaboration opportunities between industry and the space sector.

Matthias Wachter Managing Director at NewSpace Initiative and Co-Director Innovation, Security and Technology BDI

Johannes Hunfeld Associate Director External Technology Linde

Christoph Keese CEO Einstein Space Consulting
Renaissance Studios
20.05.2026
13:00
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16:00
CXO Sovereigtny Summit
CXO Sovereignty Summit | Co-hosted by BCG
50 senior policymakers, founders and CXOs shape regulation for faster deep tech commercialization in Europe. Among them are Frank Appel (Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Telekom), Roberto Viola (Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission), Martin Keller (President, Helmholtz Association), Hermann Hauser (Director, Amadeus Capital Partners), Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament), Michael Brigl (Head of BCG Germany, Austria, Switzerland & CEE), Nathalie Berger (Director, European Commission), Mallik Rao (Chief Technology & Enterprise Officer, O2 Telefónica Germany), Steffen Kanitz (CTO, RWE Power AG & CEO, RWE Nuclear), and Heike Freund (COO, Marvel Fusion), Rasmus Rothe (Chairman of the Board at KI Bundesverband), Lennard Schmidt (Co-Founder & CEO of Langdock), Andreas Nauerz (Member of the Executive Board & CPO of IONOS), Jürgen Stein (Chief Innovation & New Business Officer at EnBW), Philipp Gebert (CEO of TUM Venture Labs), Axel Deniz (CEO of Bosch Business Innovations), Kristina Wagner (CTO & CDO of OHB SE).

Dorothee Bär Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space of Germany

Karsten Wildberger Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation BMDS

Michiel Scheffer President of the Board European Innovation Council
Renaissance Studios
20.05.2026
17:00
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19:00
LP-GP Marketplace
LP-GP Marketplace
Europe's top GPs meet deep tech-focused LPs — DTM's most productive speed dating yet.
Renaissance Studios
20.05.2026
19:00
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21:00
Break
Apero Hour | Hosted by redalpine, Tesi & Kvanted
Europe's top GPs and LPs deploy something far more potent than vintage.
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
10:30
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12:00
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Space-Enabled Situational Awareness
Space-based and terrestrial data for ISR, PNT resilience, and early warning across contested multi-domain operations.

Lieutenant General Tom-Copinger Symes Former Deputy Commander of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command UK Ministry of Defence
invite only
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
12:15
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13:45
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Innovation Ready DefTech Procurement
Agile acquisition models, rapid testing and fielding, streamlined certification, and closer collaboration with startups and dual-use innovators to accelerate the deployment of cutting-edge defence capabilities.

Rafael Ocejo Arias Partner McKinsey & Company
invite only
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
14:00
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15:30
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Drone & Aerial Defence
Cost-effective counter-UAS capabilities combining detection, tracking, and defeat of mass, low-cost aerial threats.

General Chris Badia CEO and Former Deputy Supreme Commander Five-Star Strategy and Defence LLC / NATO ACT
invite only
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
15:45
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17:15
Roundtable
Signals from the Frontline | Cost-Effective Deep Precision Strike
Affordable long-range precision effects integrated with resilient ISR and targeting chains.

Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger Former CEO BWI
invite only
Mastery Room
20.05.2026
17:30
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19:00
Reception
Signals from the Frontline | Reception
An invite-only reception bringing together armed forces leaders and Europe’s top primes and neo-primes to turn NATO frontline needs into next-generation defence capabilities. Dovilė Šakalienė, Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger, and Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes will welcome participants alongside Rafael Ocejo Arias (Partner, McKinsey) and General Chris Badia (CEO and Former Deputy Supreme Commander, Five-Star Strategy and Defence LLC / NATO ACT).
Register here >

Dovilė Šakalienė Former Minister of Defence Government of Lithuania

Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger Former CEO BWI

Lieutenant General Tom-Copinger Symes Former Deputy Commander of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command UK Ministry of Defence
invite only
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | Own the Answer: Staying Visible and Valuable When AI Speaks for You | By Piabo
AI is changing who gets seen, trusted, and chosen. For founders and deep tech brands, visibility is no longer earned. It’s engineered. If you’re not shaping the story, AI will shape it for you. In this session, Tilo Bonow, Founder & CEO from PIABO Communications, shares practical frameworks, battle-tested strategies, and personal insights from working with some of the world’s most innovative companies.

Tilo Bonow Founder and CEO PIABO Communications
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
11:45
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12:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | How AI Unlocks the Human Factor in Deep Tech Adoption | By Combient Foundry and Kion Group
AI has already transformed the research, analysis, and reporting side of venture client work — so where does the freed-up human time go? Into the things AI can't do: stakeholder management, problem prioritisation, internal conviction, driving technology all the way to adoption. Ana Carolina Alex (Head of Operations Central Europe, Combient Foundry — previously built venture client operations at BMW Startup Garage) and Eike Wibrow (VP Global Technology Strategy, Kion Group) will unpack how industrial leaders are actually making this work.
Register here >

Ana Carolina Alex Head of Operations Central Europe Combient Foundry

Eike Wibrow VP Global Technology Strategy Kion Group
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
13:30
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14:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Building Growth Funds in Europe: An Investor Q&A with the European Tech Champions Initiative

Bjorn Tremmerie Head of Venture Capital and Impact Investing European Investment Fund
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
14:30
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15:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | TTP: How Can Defence Start-ups Accelerate the Path from Prototype to Deployment?
How Can Defence Start-ups Accelerate the Path from Prototype to Deployment? Promising technology only matters if it can be deployed, trusted and scaled. Defence founders need to turn promising technology into capability that can be deployed, scaled and trusted by customers, often under time pressure and with evolving requirements. In this TTP masterclass, drawing on lessons from real development programmes spanning next-generation communications to advanced sensing, you will gain practical insight on navigating the critical gap between TRL 2 to 6. If you want to build battlefield ready capability quickly, this discussion is for you.
Register here >

Nathan Wrench Commercial Lead, Defence & Aerospace TTP

Vidhya Sridhar Head of Defence & Aerospace TTP
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
15:45
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16:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | Deep Tech from the Edge: Building Autonomous Machines in Valencia, Not the Valley
A quantum-computing PhD and an aerospace engineer built an autonomous electric tractor from scratch in under 1 year with a skeleton crew in Valencia. Now Voltrac is scaling a dual-use robotics platform for European agriculture and defence. Extantia's Carlota Ochoa unpacks the founder journey and what it means to build a deep tech company outside one of the tech hubs -- from first-principles design to frontline deployment.

Carlota Ochoa Partner Extantia Capital

Tom Hubregtsen CEO & Co-Founder VOLTRAC

Fran Infante Aguirre CTO & Co-Founder VOLTRAC
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
16:45
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17:30
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Three-Layer Capital Stack: Public Funding, VCs and Family Offices | By Finadvice
Why Europe's structural moat is capital optionality.
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Pier Raimondi Founding Partner Finadvice Mediterranean
Founder Mode Atelier
20.05.2026
17:45
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18:15
AMA
Ask Me Anything | Benjamin Miles
Building a company rooted in breakthrough science is rarely straightforward. Europe has no shortage of world-class science, but scientist entrepreneurs still face an obstacle course when it comes to fundraising. Dr Ben Miles, a physicist turned deep tech investor and entrepreneur, is focused on helping scientists turn breakthrough ideas into successful ventures. Join this session to gain practical insight into how to navigate fundraising and secure early backing.

Dr. Ben Miles Co-Founder Empirical Ventures
Courage Room
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | From Space Technologies to Market Opportunities: ESA’s Commercialisation Agenda
Space technologies are increasingly becoming drivers of innovation across multiple industries. In this session, Dr. Gianluigi Baldesi will present how ESA supports the commercialisation of space-enabled solutions by fostering collaboration between startups, corporates, investors, and institutional actors. The masterclass will provide insights into ESA programmes and initiatives designed to help deep-tech innovations move from research to sustainable business growth.
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Gianluigi Baldesi Head of the Ventures and Financing Office European Space Agency
Courage Room
20.05.2026
11:30
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13:00
Workshop
Workshop | The Future of Autonomous Systems: Technical Insights from the Frontlines | By AWS Robotics
Join pioneering robotics leaders for a deep-dive technical discussion on pushing the boundaries of autonomous systems. Get candid insights on overcoming complex technical hurdles and learn how breakthroughs in adaptive learning, multi-agent coordination, and human-robot interaction are opening new possibilities for autonomous operations in challenging real-world environments. This intimate technical masterclass brings together founders and technical leaders who are tackling the hardest problems in robotics. Join us to explore emerging trends and connect with fellow innovators driving the future of autonomous systems.
Register here >

Matthew Thomson Director, EMEA Startups AWS

Meng Muk SVP of Software Engineering Dexory

Jeff Hawke CTO Odyssey
invite only
Courage Room
20.05.2026
13:15
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14:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Building a Leadership Team in Deep Technology: A Conversation Between Egon Zehnder and Friends
Simon Kantor (Egon Zehnder) will lead a panel discussion on boosting executive and board teams in Deep Technology, featuring Stephen Rodriguez (DCVC) and Erin Hallock (NIF).
Register here >

Simon Kantor Consultant Egon Zehnder

Stephen Rodriguez Operating Partner DCVC

Erin Hallock Partner NATO Innovation Fund
Courage Room
20.05.2026
14:15
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15:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | GTM Best Practices in High Performance Computing
Most HPC startups do not fail because the technology is wrong. They fail because the go-to-market is. This masterclass dissects what separates the breakthroughs that scale from those that stall — PoC traps, deployment dilemmas, buyer ecosystems, and the metrics that move deep tech investors. Bring your questions.

Ion Hauer Principal APEX Ventures
Courage Room
20.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Government Advantage: How Deep Tech Founders and Board Members Turn Public Sector Engagement from a Burden into Traction
While scale-up Board members and founders prioritize their attention on tech and product, the engagement with state authorities often remains at the level of baseline compliance and certification. Yet, far more can be unlocked through an active strategy for the public-private interface — from significant procurement opportunities to co-shaping the future regulatory landscape. In this masterclass, Dr. Tassilo Wanner shares the playbook for leveraging this interface to accelerate expansion and growth. He illustrates how decision-making must be designed to navigate public sector logics in a way that upholds speed and creates additional opportunities.
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Dr. Tassilo Wanner CEO Synexxio AG
Courage Room
20.05.2026
16:15
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16:45
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Scaling Reconnaissance Drone Production in Germany

Tom Plümmer Founder and CEO Wingcopter

Aliyah Marsden Guardian Program Executive Deep Tech Momentum
Courage Room
20.05.2026
17:00
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17:45
Masterclass
Masterclass | From First Meeting to Real Impact: Inside a Startup–Corporate Collaboration That Worked (and What Didn’t)
Syntho and Deutsche Telekom open up their year-long collaboration journey — from first contact at Deep Tech Momentum to a live proof of concept in telecom. No success theatre: real friction, real lessons, and what both sides would do differently today. Walk away with concrete strategies to navigate corporate entry points, build trust and momentum, and turn a POC into something that ships. Whether you're a startup founder or a corporate innovator, this session will give you actionable tools to make startup-enterprise collaboration actually work.
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Martin Matiska Converged Network Security Deutsche Telekom

Wim Kees Janssen CEO Syntho
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
10:30
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11:30
Roundtable
Roundtable | Building the AI Brain for Autonomous Systems at the Edge
Drawing on lessons learned from Middle East deployments, this roundtable will explore the gap between AI capability and decision-making in autonomous systems. The session will examine scenarios from the Iran war and highlight how AI enhances mission-critical decision-making at the edge within existing systems. It will explore applications for European defense and homeland security, and identify opportunities for cross-functional collaboration across startups, primes and military operators, led by G2.
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Ryan Gity (Col. Res.) Co-Founder, CEO and CTO G2

Dror Feldheim Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer G2
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
11:45
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13:15
Roundtable
Roundtable | Aumovio Startup Challenge
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
13:30
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14:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Importance of the Company Behind Your Product: Operational Excellence as Foundation for Scale | SAP
Approximately 80% of start-ups that successfully launch products fail to scale them to full maturity. The root cause is a fundamental paradox: the operational agility that enables initial success becomes a liability as transaction volumes multiply and organizational complexity grows. Informal coordination mechanisms collapse, creating bottlenecks that constrain growth and degrade customer experience. Learn in this masterclass why navigating this transition from startup agility to startup scale is crucial for success and how establishing standardization for supporting processes based on business processes enable efficiency.
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Tino Albrecht Director for Startups SAP

Jan Gutknecht Director for Startups SAP
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
14:15
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15:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | From Technical Edge to LP Conviction | By AQVC
A practical masterclass for GPs on how to translate fund differentiation, technical insight, and deep tech market timing into a fundraising narrative LPs can understand, trust, and act on. LPs are also welcome to join for a behind-the-scenes view into how strong fund narratives are built.

Stevan Markovic Head of Strategic Growth AQVC
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Investing in European Growth — An LP Masterclass by Earlybird
Europe's growth stage is emerging as one of the most compelling investment opportunities in global venture. Four forces are converging: AI-driven scaling demands, a record 2021/22 early-stage cohort now hitting growth stage, a shift from capital-light SaaS to capital-intensive deep tech, and Europe's defence and resilience push. Growth capital supply was already undersized — these tailwinds are widening that gap fast, creating a structural entry point for European LPs. For: Family offices, HNWIs, and institutional investors seeking exposure to European growth-stage funds.
Register here >

Hendrik Brandis Co-Founder and Partner Earlybird
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
16:15
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17:45
Roundtable
Roundtable | TUM Venture Labs & Startup Factories
TUM Venture Labs, LEC and Gateway Factory bring together Germany's Startup Factories to discuss the key technologies of the Hightech Agenda Deutschland, identify thematic clusters across their portfolios, and explore joint approaches for collaboration and operationalization.

Philipp Gerbert CEO TUM Venture Labs
Catalyst Room
20.05.2026
18:00
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18:45
Masterclass
Masterclass | Policy Influence for Series B+ Deep Tech Scaleups

Claudia La Donna CEO Brussels and Chair of TMT Edelman
DTM100
20.05.2026
10:00
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11:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Energy
Europe's top early-stage Energy founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
11:30
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12:55
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Advanced Materials
Europe's top early-stage Advanced Materials founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
13:00
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14:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Manufacturing & Robotics
Europe's top early-stage Manufacturing & Robotics founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
14:30
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15:55
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Enterprise AI
Europe's top early-stage Enterprise AI founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
20.05.2026
16:00
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17:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | High Performance Computing
Europe's top early-stage HPC founders compete for a finals spot.
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
10:30
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12:25
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Manufacturing & Robotics
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
10:30
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12:25
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | High Performance Computing
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
13:15
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15:30
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Advanced Materials
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
13:15
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15:30
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Energy
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
15:45
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18:00
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Defence
Guardian Connect
20.05.2026
15:45
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18:00
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Space
Investor Connect
20.05.2026
10:30
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18:00
Investor Connect
Investor Connect
Exhibition Hall
20.05.2026
10:00
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17:00
Office Hours
PXR Legal Office Hours
About to raise, issue equity, or sign a term sheet and want a quick sanity check? Book a 1:1 slot with PXR to get clear, pragmatic guidance on cap tables, corporate setup, VC financing documents, governance, and any other legal questions you may have. Office Hours are offered by Daniel Grisar, Michelle Karrer, Chris Cerny, and Maja Brand. Book your 1:1 through the DTM26 platform.
Main Stage
21.05.2026
08:00
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17:00
Break
Registration
Main Stage
21.05.2026
09:30
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09:55
Opening Session
Keynote | Success Factors of Deep Tech Founding Teams: Natural Sciences Education Is the Foundation, but Not Everything
Exclusive publication of the Global Deep Tech Report 2026 — Deep Tech Founders: United by Similarities or Powered by Differences? by Arqis, Bayern Kapital, D11Z. Ventures, DTCF, HTGF, IHK München und Onsight Ventures. The first worldwide, comprehensive overview of Deep Tech startups and their founding teams, based on a unique dataset of 13,600 Deep Tech startups (5,000 validated) and 11,500 founder profiles. Successful founding teams combine a strong technical background in IT or Natural Sciences with approximately 18 years of management experience and at least 5 years of hands-on engineering experience, distributed across two or more co-founders. In this session, we will exclusively publish the study and reveal the success factors for Deep Tech founding teams.

Prof. Dr. Isabell M. Welpe Professor and Chair of Strategy and Organization Technical University of Munich

Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers Professor and Behavioral Scientist Technical University of Munich

Jannik Nolden PhD Candidate at the Chair for Strategy and Organization Technical University of Munich
Main Stage
21.05.2026
09:55
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10:20
Keynote
Keynote | It Is a Great Time to Buy SAP Shares Now, I’ll Tell You Why. (Yes, I Will Talk About AI Agents.)
The keynote opens with a look at AI’s vast potential and the challenge of bringing it into enterprise reality at scale. It then explores what this means for SAP, our approach with the Business AI Platform, and a concrete example through Company Memory.

Dr. Gero Decker Co-founder SAP Signavio & Executive Sponsor SAP Labs Germany SAP Signavio
Main Stage
21.05.2026
10:20
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10:55
Keynote
Fireside Chat | Jan Oberhauser (n8n) & Deepa Gautam (SAP)

Jan Oberhauser Founder and CEO n8n

Deepa Gautam VP Corporate Development & Investments SAP SE
Main Stage
21.05.2026
10:55
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11:55
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Manufacturing & Robotics | Humanoid Robotics
Five builders trace the full value chain of humanoid robotics — from foundation models to factory floor.

Dr. Tilman Buchner Partner and Director BCG

David Reger Founder and CEO Neura Robotics
Main Stage
21.05.2026
11:55
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12:25
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Verena Pausder, Chairwoman of the Board of the German Startup Association and David Reger, Founder and CEO of NEURA Robotics

David Reger Founder and CEO Neura Robotics

Verena Pausder Chairwoman of the Board Startup-Verband
Main Stage
21.05.2026
13:00
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13:30
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | The Missing Middle — How Open Innovation Accelerates the Path From Frontier Science to Market Readiness | By Marvelous and Joachim Herz Stiftung

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst Chairwoman of the Board Joachim Herz Stiftung

Philipp Buddemeier General Partner Marvelous
Main Stage
21.05.2026
13:45
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15:05
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Finals
The winners of Europe's No. 1 deep tech pitch competition take the stage.
Main Stage
21.05.2026
15:05
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15:40
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Signals From the Frontline: Closing Europe's Defence Capability Gaps
Signals From the Frontline is an invite-only initiative run during DTM26 by NIF, Lakestar, McKinsey and DTM, convening 50 senior armed forces leaders alongside Europe's top primes and neo-primes to turn NATO frontline needs into next-gen defence capabilities. In this fireside chat, the roundtable hosts share key insights from the four tracks: Innovation-Ready DefTech Procurement, Drone & Aerial Defence, Cost-Effective Deep Precision Strike, and Space-Enabled Situational Awareness.

Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger Former CEO BWI

Lieutenant General Tom-Copinger Symes Former Deputy Commander of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command UK Ministry of Defence

Rafael Ocejo Arias Partner McKinsey & Company
Main Stage
21.05.2026
15:40
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16:05
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Katrin Suder | German Bureaucracy Doesn’t Win Wars – Lessons from Rewiring Defence Procurement in Germany
When Katrin Suder took over Bundeswehr procurement in 2014, the system was in open crisis — Euro Hawk, A400M, and a forced predecessor exit. Brought in by Ursula von der Leyen, she launched the Agenda Rüstung to rewire an encrusted bureaucracy. A decade on, with Zeitenwende declared and Europe racing to close its capability gaps, what actually worked — and what didn't? A candid conversation on bureaucracy, speed, and turning political will into fielded capability.

Katrin Suder Former Secretary of State of German Ministry of Defence & Chairwoman Supervisory Board Deutsche Post AG

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
Main Stage
21.05.2026
16:05
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16:35
Fireside Chat
Keynote | Ben Wallace | Rewiring Defence Procurement in Europe

Ben Wallace Former Secretary of State for Defence UK Ministry of Defence
Main Stage
21.05.2026
16:35
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17:00
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | From Robot Inspections to Asset Integrity: The Next Chapter of Industrial Autonomy

Péter Fankhauser CEO and Co-Founder ANYbotics

Nicolas Sauvage Founder and President TDK Ventures
Main Stage
21.05.2026
18:00
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21:30
Reception
DTM | Afterparty | Free (Vegan) Bratwurst BBQ
Wilhelm Studios Food Court (Outdoors) Free Bratwurst BBQ
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
10:00
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11:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | HPC | AI Gigafactories
Europe's most influential Manufacturing, Robotics & HPC innovators on stage. Andreas Nauerz, Philippe Notton, and Daniel Schall will be joined on stage by Dr. Marcus Hennig (Chief Business Officer, planqc) and Christian Bolz (Managing Director, EnBW Infrastruktur Service GmbH).

Dr. Andreas Nauerz Member of the Executive Board and CPO IONOS

Daniel Schall Co-Founder and CEO Black Semiconductor

Philippe Notton CEO and Founder SiPearl
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
11:00
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12:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | HPC | The European Semiconductor Stack
From silicon to photonics to quantum — the processor architectures that will define Europe's next era of computing. Andy MacInnes, Marta Ostroumoff, and Michelangelo Masini will be joined by Amir Ghadimi (CEO & Co-Founder, Lightium).

Andy MacInnes CTO and CDO Paragraf

Marta Ostroumoff CFO Axelera

Michelangelo Masini Head of Corporate Research and Technology ZEISS Group
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
12:00
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13:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Manufacturing & Robotics | Digital Twin in Manufacturing
From raw sensor data to digital twin intelligence — how AI is rewiring industrial operations from the ground up. Albert Peschek, Mansour Belhadj, and Slahadin Ali Ashair will be joined by Dr. Patrick Schlachter (CTO, Bosch Digital Twin Industries).

Albert Pescheck CEO Bosch Digital Twin Industries

Slahadin Ali Ashair Chief Architect ADNOC

Mansour Belhadj CCO MBK Global
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
13:00
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14:00
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Advanced Materials | Smart Matter: Programming the Materials of the Future
From precision crop protection to AI-designed materials — the scientists and founders programming matter itself to solve industry's hardest problems. David Champagne, Alexander Hammer, and Toby Cubitt will be joined on stage by Yun Luo (CEO and Co-Founder, ROSI) and Martina Schulze-Adams (Senior Vice President Corporate R&D, Wacker).

David Champagne Senior Partner McKinsey & Company

Alexander Hammer Co-Founder and CEO Dunia

Toby Cubitt Co-Founder, CTO and CSCIO Phasecraft
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
14:45
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15:45
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Energy | Frontier Energy Technologies
Europe's most influential Advanced Materials & Energy innovators on stage. Heike Freund, Lucio Milanese, and Thomas Forner, will be joined on stage by Maximilian Fleischer (CTO, Siemens Energy Ventures)

Heike Freund COO Marvel Fusion

Lucio Milanese Co-Founder and Chief External Affairs Officer Proxima Fusion

Thomas Forner Co-Founder and CEO Focused Energy
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
15:45
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16:45
Titans of Europe
Titans of Europe | Energy | System-Level Pathways To Reducing Energy System Costs
Europe's most influential Advanced Materials & Energy innovators on stage. Joe Stevenson, Arnaud Castaignet, and Markus Pflitsch will be joined on stage by Julian Englberger (Vice President, cylib).

Joe Stevenson CEO Anaphite

Arnaud Castaignet SVP Skeleton Technologies

Markus Pflitsch Founder, CEO and Chairman Terra Quantum
Titans Stage
21.05.2026
16:45
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17:15
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | redalpine & Lyceum

Dr. Oliver Pabst General Partner redalpine
Renaissance Studios
21.05.2026
10:00
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12:30
AI Productivity Summit
AI Productivity Summit | Co-hosted by Merantix & Harmonic AI
100 enterprise customers and startups launch 100+ new AI collaborations in a single morning — across the key enterprise AI use cases.

Adrian Locher Founder & General Partner Merantix Capital

Nicole Büttner Founder and CEO Merantix

Felix Zimmermann Chief Procurement Officer Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
Renaissance Studios
21.05.2026
14:00
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16:30
CVC & Venture Clienting Summit
CVC & Venture Clienting Summit | Co-hosted by 27pilots
100 corporate innovation leaders making venture clienting & startup partnerships a board-level priority in a peer exchange format — with a focus on six key deep tech markets.

Dr. Martin Fink CEO 27pilots
Renaissance Studios
21.05.2026
17:45
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18:45
Reception
SPRIND Reception | Two new funding tracks for Europe's deep-tech frontier
Next Frontier Space & Quantum is Europe’s push to lead the next wave of deep tech innovation. We're bringing together pioneers in space manufacturing and quantum sensing to shape two of the most transformative technological frontiers of the next decade. Backed by SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, this initiative creates the conditions to turn breakthrough ideas into market-defining ventures and strengthening Europe’s standing in deep-tech. Through a new challenge and a new program, SPRIND is funding bold ideas, enabling radical experimentation, and translating cutting-edge inventions into real-world impact.
Register here >

Effrosyni Chelioti Director-General for Strategies and Policy Issues Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space

Jano Costard Head of Challenges SPRIND

Matthias Spott Innovation Manager Space and Defense SPRIND
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
09:00
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10:15
Masterclass
Breakfast | Croissants & Brezeln | By Wind Capital
Europe has a deep tech gap. Some people in this room are closing it — one croissant at a time Join Wind, Sopra Steria Ventures and Honda Xcelerator Ventures for a Franco-German deeptech breakfast* on the sidelines of DTM26 — for founders, investors and industry leaders building the next layer of European infrastructure across energy, defence and advanced manufacturing Limited seats, request yours below! *also known as DeutschFranzösischesDeepTechFrühstück
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Xavier Gury Founding Partner Wind Capital
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
10:30
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11:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Venture Clienting: What Happens After the Pilot - The Adoption and Scaling of Startup Solutions | By 27pilots
Mastering what happens after the pilot is mastering the delivery of real business impact through startup solutions. This masterclass focuses on the critical role of Venture Client Units in turning promising pilots into scaled solutions that deliver real business impact. We explore how the adopt phase is mastered and, what it takes to enable the scaling of startup solutions, for Venture Clienting at scale.
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Matheus de Carvalho Engagement Lead 27pilots - a Deloitte business

Sebastian Schäfer Venture Manager 27pilots - a Deloitte business
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
11:30
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12:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Start Smart – 3 Legal Foundations to Get Right From Day One | By PXR
Early legal decisions shape the entire trajectory of a startup, yet many founders only realize this when it's too late. In this masterclass, Peter Möllmann and Maja Brand unpack the three legal foundations every early-stage founder needs to get right before raising capital: (i) structuring a clean cap table that won't backfire, (ii) designing equity incentive programs that truly attract and retain top talent, and (iii) negotiating exit clauses that keep founders in the driver's seat. The session wraps up with an exclusive Q&A, a rare opportunity to get direct legal insight from experienced venture-tech lawyers on the questions that matter most to your startup.
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Dr. Peter Möllmann Managing Partner PXR

Maja Brand Corporate and M&A Lawyer PXR
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
12:30
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13:15
Masterclass
Masterclass | Berlin, Spotlight on Venture Clienting – The Driver for Efficiency, Growth, and Competitive Advantage | By PwC
Venture Clienting gives companies direct access to innovative startup solutions and injects fresh momentum into the innovation process. In this Masterclass, we show you how strategic partnerships with emerging startups can boost efficiency, accelerate innovation cycles, and drive sustainable growth — fast, practical, and future-proof.

Katharina von Bülow Innovation & Digital Transformation PwC

Florian Noell Global Venturing & EMEA Startups, Scaleups Leader PwC
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | Nauta Capital x Universal Quantum

Sebastian Weidt CEO and Co-Founder Universal Quantum

Conor Scanlan Associate Partner Nauta Capital
Mastery Room
21.05.2026
16:15
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17:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Nobody buys deep tech. They buy the future you sell them
Deep tech founders obsess over the science. They should. But the companies that define categories aren't just technically superior, they're the ones that own the narrative. Join Nino Subotic, co-founder of Mashup and GP at Karaoke Club and the team for a high-octane masterclass on how to weaponize narrative, build a "cult-like" community and brand around your startup or fund. This roundtable unpacks how early-stage deep tech companies can build brand and community as a strategic asset. We'll challenge the assumption that "the tech speaks for itself" and why some startups attract better talent, more capital and customers.

Nino Subotic Co-Founder Karaoke Club & Mashup
Founder Mode Atelier
21.05.2026
09:30
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17:45
Workshop
Marvelous | Deep Tech Runway
Runway26 by Marvelous brings DeepTech commercialization into DTM26 through curated Industry Challenges: closed-door, challenge-led sessions where corporate innovation leaders meet pre-vetted startups matched to real industrial priorities. Hosted within Deep Tech Momentum, the format moves beyond networking by turning Europe’s science-based solutions into concrete pilot opportunities in advanced materials, circular economy and robotics. Each Industry Challenge connects prioritized dealflow, enterprise problems and founder solutions to move science from lab to scale.
Register here >

Philipp Buddemeier General Partner Marvelous
invite only
Courage Room
21.05.2026
09:00
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11:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Rise & Scale: How Europe Builds Deep Tech Winners | By Start2
Connecting Europe's ecosystem builders to drive global impact.
Register here >

Prof. Matthias Notz Global CEO Start2 Group

Marius Rosenberg Chief Product Officer Start2 Group

Axel Deniz CEO Bosch Business Innovations
Courage Room
21.05.2026
11:30
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12:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Rise of Global Dynamism and the Importance of Manufacturing Tech
We are entering a new era of global dynamism, where economic power will be shaped by the ability to reinvent how the physical world is designed, built, and moved. Manufacturing tech sits at the center of that shift, turning industrial capability into a strategic advantage for nations, companies, and the future of innovation.

Simon Lancaster Founding General Partner Omni Ventures
Courage Room
21.05.2026
12:45
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14:00
Growth Capital Club
Growth Capital Salon | Co-hosted by DCVC and Drumbeat Capital
The Growth Capital Salon is an invite-only gathering, bringing together leading deep tech founders with top-tier global growth investors — uniting over $150B in assets under management in a single room. The objective: Trigger EUR 1BN additional investments in European Deep Tech in a single afternoon. Designed as a highly curated forum, it enables focused exchange on scaling frontier technology companies, accessing growth capital, and building long-term strategic partnerships. Participating investors include: DCVC, Eurazeo, General Catalyst, Headline, EIF, Hedosophia, IQT, earlybird, Vitruvian Partners, DST Global, Accel.
Register here >

Martin Blessing Personal Representative of the Federal Chancellor for Investments in Germany & Chairman at Danske Bank

Steven Jacobs Founding Partner Drumbeat Capital

Stephen Rodriguez Operating Partner DCVC
invite only
Courage Room
21.05.2026
14:15
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14:45
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat | From AI Math to AI Margins: Who Wins the Inference Stack
AI is shifting from model breakthroughs to deployment economics. The constraint is no longer just intelligence, but cost per token, latency consistency, and energy efficiency. In this fireside chat, Gilles Bakhus, Founder of Tensordyne, discusses what it takes to win in the inference layer: from rethinking the underlying math to building full-stack systems that deliver performance at scale. The conversation explores where value accrues across hardware, software, and orchestration, whether inference becomes a pure cost game, and how new architectures compete against entrenched ecosystems like NVIDIA. It also examines the structural tension between US hyperscaler dominance and Europe’s opportunity in industrial AI and energy-constrained environments. A focused look at the next battleground of AI: not who builds the smartest model, but who can run it cheapest, fastest, and most reliably.

Gilles Backhus Co-Founder, VP of AI & Product Tensordyne AI

Theodora Preda Principal Plug and Play Tech Centre
Courage Room
21.05.2026
15:00
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15:45
Roundtable
Roundtable | Working successfully with investors: from term sheet to long term | By Techstars
Most DTM sessions end at the cheque. This one keeps going. A founder-led roundtable on what actually makes investor relationships work across the full arc (from choosing the right partner, to the first 90 days, to the long game), and the things most founders forget to ask. Bring your questions.

Millen Wolde-Selassie Senior Investment Manager Techstars UK & Europe
Courage Room
21.05.2026
16:00
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16:30
AMA
AMA | HV Capital

Jan Miczaika Partner HV Capital

Maxi Pethö-Schramm Principal HV Capital
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
10:00
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11:00
Roundtable
Roundtable | Success Factors of Deep Tech Founding Teams: Natural Sciences Education Is the Foundation, but Not Everything | By TUM x HTGF
Discussion on the Implications of the Global Deep Tech Report 2026 — Deep Tech Founders: United by Similarities or Powered by Differences? — by Arqis, Bayern Kapital, D11Z. Ventures, DTCF, HTGF, IHK München, and Onsight Ventures. The first worldwide, comprehensive overview of Deep Tech startups and their founding teams, based on a unique dataset of 13,600 Deep Tech startups (5,000 validated) and 11,500 founder profiles. Successful founding teams combine a strong technical background in IT or Natural Sciences with approximately 18 years of management experience and at least 5 years of hands-on engineering experience, distributed across two or more co-founders. The session will be interactive, focusing on implications and next steps to translate insights into real impact. Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers, Gregor Haidl, and Dr. Maria Weinand will be joined by Nadine Schimroszik (Technology Correspondent, Handelsblatt), Bernhard Eichiner (Head of the Industry, Innovation, and Consulting Division, IHK), Jasmin Güngör (General Partner, Onsight Ventures), and Maria Dantz (Head of Communications and Spokesperson, Proxima Fusion).

Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers Professor and Behavioral Scientist Technical University of Munich

Gregor Haidl Partner High-Tech Gründerfonds

Dr. Jana Maria Weinand Co-Founder and CFO Leitspalt
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
13:00
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13:45
Roundtable
Masterclass | The Deep Tech Fundraising Gospel According to Two Ravens
This workshop is led by Isaac Kato, a 3X-exited founder who has raised over $200M for his companies, and who as been a professional investor for 15 years. It provides a holistic overview of the pre-seed/seed fundraising process, with discussion around the philosophy of fundraising, strategy, tools, and tactics. It also provides an open-book discussion on how VCs look at founders and approach the process themselves.

Isaac Kato General Partner and Founder Two Ravens
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
14:00
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15:00
Roundtable
IPO Roundtable | By Startup Verband and Deutsche Börse

Verena Pausder Chairwoman of the Board Startup-Verband

Thomas Book Member of the Executive Board Deutsche Börse AG

Martin Schilling Co-Founder and CEO Deep Tech Momentum
invite only
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
15:15
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16:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | Term Sheet Deep Dive: The Hidden Clauses That Change the Deal | By SEASON5 Law
If you're raising, investing, or sitting across the table from a term sheet this year then this is the hour you want in your diary.

Dr. Max Weber Lawyer | Tax Advisor season5 Partnerschaft mbB

Katharina Erbe VC Lawyer season5
Catalyst Room
21.05.2026
16:15
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17:30
Roundtable
Masterclass | Decoding Self-leadership and Team Dynamics as the Invisible Drivers of High-Performance Leadership Teams
Discover the powerful insights of Profile Dynamics in this interactive 60-minute session designed to help senior leaders, deep tech founders and investors explore a unique "culture map", identify personal strengths and internal resistance triggers, and learn how to transform self-awareness into effective leadership. Master techniques for creating more effective top-team dynamics and co-founder relationships that drive a culture of presence, clear accountability, and real alignment. 🎯 The first 40 participants to register will receive a complimentary Profile Dynamics profile.
Register here >

Cornelius Schaub Co-Founder and Managing Director The Decision Institute
DTM100
21.05.2026
10:00
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11:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Space
Europe's top early-stage Space founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
21.05.2026
11:30
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13:25
DTM100
DTM100 | Pitch Competition Semifinals | Defence
Europe's top early-stage Defence founders compete for a finals spot.
DTM100
21.05.2026
13:30
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14:00
Masterclass
Masterclass | The Neo-Industrial Age: What Comes After Deep Tech
A neo-industrial paradigm is underway: industry is being rebuilt from the bottom up after years of layering on a digital substrate. This is not only fundamentally and radically transforming how we produce everything, it is also giving birth to a new breed of companies.

Massimo Portincaso Founder and CEO Arsenale Bioyards
DTM100
21.05.2026
15:30
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16:00
Keynote
Keynote | It‘s All About Centacorns
This talk shows how economic growth has dramatically concentrated and explores why Europe has struggled to create globally dominant and hyper scaling technology companies despite its strong talent base and market potential. It highlights the structural challenges holding Europe back, including limited growth capital, regulatory barriers, and a lack of ambition - while also outlining why the next wave of innovation could play to Europe’s strengths. The session will discuss how conceptual breakthroughs, deep tech investment, and capital market reform could help Europe build the next generation of global tech leaders.

Hendrik Brandis Co-Founder and Partner Earlybird

Jens Spahn Parliamentary Group Leader of CDU/CSU German Bundestag
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
09:30
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11:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Advanced Materials
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
09:30
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11:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Energy
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
12:00
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14:15
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Manufacturing & Robotics
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
12:00
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14:15
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | High Performance Computing
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
14:30
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16:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Defence
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Guardian Connect
21.05.2026
14:30
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16:45
Guardian Connect
Guardian Connect | Space
300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.
Investor Connect
21.05.2026
10:30
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18:00
Investor Connect
Investor Connect
Curated 1:1s between top deep tech investors and the companies worth backing.
Exhibition Hall
21.05.2026
10:00
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17:00
Office Hours
PXR Legal Office Hours
About to raise, issue equity, or sign a term sheet and want a quick sanity check? Book a 1:1 slot with PXR to get clear, pragmatic guidance on cap tables, corporate setup, VC financing documents, governance, and any other legal questions you may have. Office Hours are offered by Daniel Grisar, Michelle Karrer, Chris Cerny, and Maja Brand. Book your 1:1 through the DTM26 platform.
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DTM26 Program Highlight
DTM26 Program Highlight
What happens at DTM
What happens at DTM

Investor Connect Program
A curated series of investor-led, 15-minute one-on-one meetings with leading deep tech founders – designed to deliver exceptional deal flow and meaningful connections in a single, highly efficient day.

Investor Connect Program
A curated series of investor-led, 15-minute one-on-one meetings with leading deep tech founders – designed to deliver exceptional deal flow and meaningful connections in a single, highly efficient day.

Guardian Connect Program
A high-value program which pairs senior innovation leaders from Europe’s top enterprises with the brightest deep tech builders of our times —driving collaboration, technology adoption, and future-defining partnerships.

Guardian Connect Program
A high-value program which pairs senior innovation leaders from Europe’s top enterprises with the brightest deep tech builders of our times —driving collaboration, technology adoption, and future-defining partnerships.



