Our Masterclasses

Alongside our main stage programme, the masterclasses offer a more intensive setting for exchange, practical application and personal development. They invite you to engage actively, challenge perspectives and take away concrete impulses for your own entrepreneurial journey.

The masterclasses will take place on Wednesday, 18 March, covering the following topics:
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• HOW IT REFURBISHMENT IMPROVES YOUR BOTTOM LINE by afb social & green IT and Schaeffler
How end-of-life IT can generate measurable financial, environmental and social value (with Daniel Büchle, CEO, afb social & green IT, and Marc Votteler, CIO, Schaeffler Gruppe)
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• HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY: STRATEGIC DECISION INTELLIGENCE with StrategyFrame.AI
Turning strategy into a continuous, AI-supported decision process (with Christian Underwood, CEO, StrategyFrame)
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• FUTURE-PROOF LEADERSHIP: CAPITAL CREATIVITY & CYBER SECURITY by Bethmann Bank
Smart cybersecurity investments, AI-driven clarity and entrepreneurial resilience (with Anja Heßeler, Head of Asset Management and Liquid Assets, Bethmann Bank; Jeannine Metzger, Corporate Client Relationship Manager SME Finance, Bethmann Bank; Dr Annika von Mutius, Co-Founder & CEO, Empion; Finn Hänsel, Co-Founder & CEO, Sanity Group GmbH)
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• DIAMOND MAKING MASTERCLASS
A look behind the scenes: the secret of lab-grown diamond production and the technology that is redefining sustainable luxury (with Katharina Schmitt, Co-Founder & CEO, Diavon)
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• EU VS EU: REALITY, METHODOLOGY AND ROADMAP
Transatlantic investment philosophies and what Europe can learn from Silicon Valley (with Jillian Manus, CEO, Structure Capital, U.S Venture Advisor, European Innovation Council)

• LOUIS XIII EXPERIENCE
A unique opportunity to experience one of the most expensive cognacs in the world. Every drop offers a sensory journey through decades of visionary craftsmanship. (Tasting with an experienced member of the LOUIS XIII team)