Speaker
I speak about what Germany and Europe have to change if research is going to turn into companies — and about seventeen years of evidence that it can be done here.
On stage
Topics
Why the next generation of Hidden Champions will be rooted in science, and what has to change so that those companies start and stay here. A Mittelstand out of research occupies high-tech niches before others do — sovereignty and prosperity follow.
Why calling for more state money misses the point, what venture capital does and does not solve, and where willingness to take risk actually comes from.
How we rebuilt technology transfer at Germany’s largest university: one desk, three units into one, five hierarchy levels into two. Practical, transferable, uncomfortable.
A 13th-century idea as a modern operating model: trust before contracts, people before process, and why paying taxes is something to be proud of.
Seventeen years of NanoTemper without venture capital. The doubts, the decisions, the numbers — including the acquisition offer worth hundreds of millions that I turned down.
How the two are reshaping drug discovery, and what that means for European research and manufacturing.
Formats and languages
Keynotes of 20 to 45 minutes, panel appearances, fireside chats and university formats.
Selected stages
Keynotes, panels and fireside chats on the new Mittelstand, technology transfer and building a company that lasts — in German or English.
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