Bits & Pretzels 2018 | Bits & Pretzels | 30 September 2018 | Internationales Congress Center München, Messe München GmbH, Messegelände, 81823 München, Germany

Bits & Pretzels is an application-only, three-day festival that connects 5,000 founders, investors, startup enthusiasts, and all other decision-makers of the startup ecosystem. The festival takes place in a unique setting around the Oktoberfest in Munich from September 30th – October 2nd, 2018. The most successful founders from all around the world, as well as young aspiring entrepreneurs, will meet at the event for inspiration, learning, and matchmaking. On the last day, all attendees and speakers come together in one tent with one goal: liquid networking.

2018 Speakers

Nico Rosberg
Former Formula One World Champion & investor

Tarana Burke
Founder, #MeToo Movement

Jan Böhmermann
satirist, tv host, and multiple award-winner

Tanmay Bakshi
Neural Network Architect, Tanmay Teaches

Dorothee Bär
State Ministry Commissioner for Digitization

Prof. Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner
European Multi Advisory Board Member, including Linde, Munich Re & Deutsche Börse AG

Hannes Ametsreiter
CEO, Vodafone Deutschland

Jeff Clarke
CEO, Kodak

JP Rangaswami
Group CDO & Head of Innovation, Deutsche Bank

Gil Penchina
Crypto angel

Jan Denecke
CEO, WENN Digital

Leila Janah
CEO and Founder, Samasource and LXMI

Vasilis Koulolias
Founder & Director, eGovlab

Lea Vajnorsky
Head of Platform Development Henkel X & Founder Wo\men Inc

Vinny Lingham
Co-Founder & CEO
Civic.com

David Blumberg
Founder and MP, Blumberg Capital

Martin Varsavsky
CEO, Overture Life

Amanda Gutterman
CMO, ConsenSys

Matthias Schranner
Ex-Hostage Negotiator, CEO, Schranner Negotiation Institute

Dr. Rudolf Freytag
CEO, Siemens Technology Accelerator GmbH

Dr. Charlotte Schildt
Laywer/Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle

Benjamin Günther
Founder, ALASCO

Felix Finkbeiner
Founder, Plant-for-the-Planet

Alexander Rittweger
Entrepreneurial Investor, Rittwegeroffice

Christian Reber
Founder & CEO, Pitch

Albert Wenger
MP, Union Square Ventures

Max Laarmann
Co-Founder & MD, Emma Matratzen

Andre Haddad
CEO, Turo Inc.

Dr. Wieland Holfelder
Vice President Engineering & Site Lead Google Munich, Google Germany GmbH

Jonas Huckestein
Co-Founder, Monzo

Joel Spolsky
Co-Founder and CEO, Stack Overflow

Bastian Burger
Founder, blik GmbH

Christopher Obereder
CMO, TV-TWO, Forbes 30 under 30

Shadi Mehraein
MD, Rivet Ventures

Bastian Nominacher
Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Celonis SE

Dr. Julian Hosp
Co-founder & President, TenX

Chris Bartz
CEO & Co-Founder, Elinvar

Michael Brehm
Founder and MD, i2x

Marc Walder
CEO, Ringier AG

Paul Uhlig
MD, LemonSwan

Dr. Thomas Sedran
CEO, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Florian Reuter
CEO, Volocopter GmbH

Silja Pieh
CFO and Head of Product Management, AID

Dr. Carsten Breitfeld
CEO and Co-Founder
Byton

Marc Pohl
Founder & MD
JUNIQE

Valentin Schuett
Shareholder, Afterbuy

David Heiny
CEO, SimScale

Philipp Benkler
MD & Co-Founder, Testbirds GmbH

Dr. Felix Reinshagen
Co-Founder / CEO, NavVis GmbH

Jakob Schreyer
CEO & Founder, orderbird AG

Oliver Oster
COO & Founder, OptioPay GmbH

Abhinav Sinha
COO, OYO

Axel Hefer
CFO, trivago

Daniel Kreis
CEO, Deutsche Handelsbank

Dustin Figge
Co-Founder & CEO, Homelike Internet GmbH

Valentin Stalf
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, N26

Maximilian Tayenthal
Founder and Chief Financial Officer, N26

Brigitte Lüginbühl
CEO, Crypto Real Estate AG

Philipp Rösler
CEO, Hainan Cihang Charity Foundation & Former Federal Minister of Economics and Technology of Germany

Ulrich Schäfer
Chief Business-Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Peter Fricke
Head of Deutsche Börse Venture Network

Moritz Kreppel
Co-Founder & CEO, Urban Sports Club

Jim Nelson
Partner, Venable

Friedemann Thomma
Partner, Venable

Frank Gasparo
Partner, Venable

Rupert Spiegelberg
CEO, IDnow

Michael Duttlinger
CEO & Co-founder, CASHLINK Payments GmbH

Wilfried Beeck
CEO, ePages

Andreas Bruckschlögl
Co-Founder, Ryte

Myriam Locher
CEO & Founder, Bettermind

Ilkka Lavas
CEO, Co-Founder, Restaurant Discovery Revolution Evangelist, City Digital / EatAndTheCity Ltd

Florian Erber
Founding Partner, Ananda Impact Ventures

Benjamin Papo
CEO, Finanzchef24

Anne Riechert
CEO & Founder, ReDI School of Digital Integration

Marc Aurel Engels
Co-Founder & CEO, Media4Care

Dan Ram, Moderator

David Kuczek
General Partner, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures Adviser GmbH

Janina Kugel
Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG

Marco Boerries
CEO, enfore AG

Dr. Lydia Mammen
Director Data Science Hub, adidas AG

Ushananthan Ganeshananthan
Head of KPMG Ligthouse Germany, KPMG

Zeynep Balioglu
Digital Transformation Lead, Giesecke+Derivent advance52 GmbH

Timo Bongartz
Business Field Head – Smart Farming, OSRAM GmbH

Bernhard Kowatsch
Head of Innovation Accelerator, United Nations World Food Programme

Stephan Rathgeber
Head of Innovation & Digitization, Hays AG

Philipp Karmires
CDO, Linde AG

Vasilis Koulolias
Director, Acting Head of Open Data Innovation, Advisory Member of the WE, Founder & Director eGovlab

Sara Weber
Senior News Editor, LinkedIn Germany

Magdalena Rogl
Head of Digital Channels, Microsoft

Svenja Lassen
Managing Director Germany, PrimeCROWD

Stefan Ottlitz
Head Of Product, SPIEGEL Group

Lina Timm
Managing Director, Media Lab Bayern

Tobias Burkhardt
CEO, SHIFTSCHOOL

Christina Burkhardt
Founder & CEO, SHIFTSCHOOL for Digital Transformation GmbH

Melanie Wyssen-Voß
Head of Digital Marketing & Communications, Roland Berger

Antje Helch
Business Development Manager, Getty Images

Hannah Klose
Moderatorin & Coach, HK – Moderation & Training

Olek Fiksel
Digital Business Integration Manager, Accenture Interactive

Nathalie Gallaire
Data Engineering Sr. Analyst, Accenture Interactive

Michael Williams
Business Design Lead, Accenture Interactive

2018 Sponsors and Partners

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Bayerisches Staatsministerium fur Wirtschaft, Energie and Technologies
• Uplift
• KMPG
• Google
• Audi Denkwerkstatt
• Ideation Hub

PARTNERS:
• Microsoft
• Accenture Interactive
• Duetsche Borse Cash Market
• HV
• Datev
• Hays Recruting Experts Worldwide
• IHK
• Venable
• Sipgate
• Sales Five
• BayStart Up
• Invest in Bavaria
• Grunderland Bayern
• Franka Emika
• Ryte
• Klarna
• Sparkassen Innovation Hub
• Aboalarm
• Unicorn Pitch
• Stroer
• Unternehmertum

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Suddeutsche Zeitung
• Berlin Valley
• t3n Digital Pioneers
• Venture Capital Magazin
• Mucbook
• Der Brutkasten
• Fur Grunder. de
• Technology Review
• Startup Valley
• Munich Startup
• Starting up
• Ntv
• Business Punk
• Internet World Business
• Computer Bild
• E-commerce Magazin
• Business Insider

PRODUCT PARTNERS:
• Deal Matrix
• Daller Tracht
• All Buy One
• Catch Box
• Mailtastic
• Kafer
• Munchner Kaffee Rosterei

NETWORK PARTNERS:
• Deal Matrix
• Selbst Staendigkeit.de
• Ideen Triebwerk Graz
• BMW Startup Garage
• Firma.de
• DVTM
• Getstarted
• Next media accelerator
• Media Lab bayern
• RKW
• Fraunhofer Venture
• Gate
• Grunderkuche.de
• Deutsche Grunderverband
• Event O
• Founder Institute
• Recruiting Helden
• Projector
• Spin Lab
• Talent Garden
• Worlsd Business Dialogue
• Pando Ventures
• Hochschule Kempten
• Grunder Wettbewerb
• Bayerische
• Hightech Grunderfonds
• Deutschland Startet
• Future SAX
• UK
• Junge Grunder
• Universitat
• SpinLab
• Netzpiloten
• Netz News
• Digital Spoiler
• Neo Starter
• TEG
• Feste und Events
• Entrepreneurship Avenue
• Euro VPS
• Grune Startups
• ID Now
• Ie Business School
• Aws Grunderfonds
• Crowd Reviews
• East West Digital News
• SCE
• LMU Entrepreneurship Cente
• Stiftung Entrepreneurship
• Entepreneurs Club Cologne
• Silicon Canals
• Ruhr Summit
• Invidis
• Startup
• Cebit Scale 11
• Ideenwerk BW
• Protik
• Cyber Forum
• Humboldt Innovation
• BPW
• Web De Cologne
• She Works
• Startup Netzwerk
• Leap Funder
• BVDW
• Wirtschaftsforderung
• Startup Network
• Smart Workers
• Rhein Main Startups
• IT Schulungen
• Mein Startup.com
• Startup Conferences
• Startup Net Berlinbrandenburg
• Tech Events Online
• mail Jet
• Startin Go Global
• BVK
• Project A
• Content Manager.de
• Grunder Magnet
• I Am Expat
• Hamburg Startups
• Gundernest
• Axel Springer
• ANIS
• Startup Autobahn
• S&S
• Unicorns Intech
• RAHM