RuhrSummit 2019 | RuhrSUMMIT | 29 October 2019 | The Jahrhunderthalle , An der Jahrhunderthalle 1, 44793 Bochum, Germany

The ruhrsummit is the largest b2b startup event in germany and networks emerging b2b startups with established corporates, investors and other decision makers in the industry.

Experience technologie, insights and megatrends presented by top speakern worldwide startup hotspots. Meet the future stars of the industry at the big expo.

2019 Speakers

Marc Appelhoff
CEO, Home24

Philip Reinckens
Country Manager Germany, Tier

Anne Lemcke
Co-founder & CEO, Ankerkraut

Daniel Marx
Co-founder & CEO, UrLaubs Guru

Anna Yona
CEO & Co Founder, Wildling

Sebastian Borek
Co-founder & CEO, Founders Foundation

Dustin Figge
Co-founder & CEO, Home Like

Nico Gramenz
CEO, Factory Berlin

Philipp Westermeyer
Founder, OMR

Nora Breuker
Founder, Runaway Redhead

Dr. Patrick Andrä
Co-founder & CEO, Home To go

Tilman Kreuder
Co-founder, Managing Director, Boep

Stefan Peukert
CEO & Founder, Masterplan

Johannes Scholl
CEO & Co-founder, ICAROS

Kerstin Eichmann
Managing Director, Innohub Vation

Oliver Weimann
Founder, 360 OPG

Martina Yazgan
Head of Marketing, Cognigy

Thomas Scholer
Head of Business Solutions, Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlhandel

Michele Schmitt
Co-founder, Marken Von Morgen

Marc Eichborn
CDO, Bitmarck

Martha Kift
Managing Partner, Marken Von Morgen

Berat Gider
Project Manager Venture Capital, NRW Bank

Jonathan Natzel
Co-founder, Welten Macher

Christian Werling
Head of Central Europe, T

Dr. Jorg Fedtke
Lawyer / Partner, Husemann

Mirko Mollik
Co-founder, TrustCerts

Maaike Tiedge
Head of International Marketing & New Markets, Wildling

Daniel Krahn
Co-founder & CEO, Urlaubs Guru

Heiko Koepke
CEO & Co-founder, Physec

Prof. Dr. Stefan Tewes
Co-founder & COO, EC3L

Dr. Reinhold Achatz
CTO, Thyssenkrupp

Nils Beckmann
Co-founder, Pitch and Grow

Thomas Ice Church
Mayor, BO

Britta Julia Dombrowe
Programs Lead Startup Activities, Initiativkreis Ruhr Gmbh

Patrick Kitzinger
Consultant, 360 OPG

Fabian Jung
Head of Digital Transformation, Siemens

Jennifer Busch
Co-founder, Climb

Henning Jaeger
Lawyer / Partner, Husemann

Prof. Dr. Michael Henke
Owner Chair Company Logistics, Fraunhofer

Alexander Hüsing
Editor in Chief, Deutsche Startups

Christian Winter
Managing Director, TEV

Paolo Pereira
Product Manager, D.velop

Minka Frackenpohl
Head of Workingwell Academy, Working Well

Benedict Brester
Co-founder, Impact Hub

Matteo Great-kampmann
Co-founder & CEO, Aware7

Janna Prague
Co-founder, Impact Hub

Florian Angel
Co-founder, Nachhaltigkeitswerkstati

Dr. Axel T. Schulte
Head of Department Purchasing & Finance, Fraunhofer

Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart
Minister of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-westphalia

Barbara Steffens
Head of the State Representation in Nrw, Technician Health Insurance

Marcel Baldt
Freelance / Self-employed, Marcel Baldt

Stefan Dörpinghaus
Project Manager, NRW Bank

Norbert Pohlmann
Professor, Director, if(is)

Melikshah Ünver
CEO, Taledo

Jennifer Dungs
Strategic Investor, Inno Energy

Vincent Beermann
Co-founder, Nachhaltigkeitswerkstati

Carmen Radeck
Founder / Editor in Chief, Ruhr Grunder

Wulf Ehrich
Deputy. General Manager, IHK

Dr. Laura Reder
Research Consultant, Digital in NRW

Timm Langhorst
Head of Marketing, Schulerhilfe

Maja Brkljacic
Business Development Manager, Algebra Lab

Gökhan Akkamis
Co-founder, Juracus Legal Tech

Dr. Christian Beckmann
Lawyer, Haas und Partner

Meike Neitz
Founder / Owner, Zukunfts Manufaktur

Glenn Streets
Chief Orchestrator, Espoo Innovation Garden

Alexander Hüsers
CEO / Founder, Innomago Gmbh

Julian Nöll
Founder / Host, Pottcast Digital

Dr. Olaf Joeressen
Investment Manager, High Tech Grunderfonds

René Schumann
CEO, Hochtief

Bettina Stoob
CEO & Founder, STOOB

Fabian Post
CEO & Founder, Prime Avenue

Gerrit Kremer
Co-Founder, Agentur Doppelpass

Sven Schmidt
Investor, Maschinensucher

Dr. Florian Kruse
CEO & Co-Founder, Point8

Dr. Adrian Fox
Transaction Manager, Fase

Tobias Post
Co-founder, Notion Cube

Ansgar Kirchheim
Partner, High Tech Grunderfonds

Felix Schröder
Data Hub Coordinator, GrunderAllianz

Dorothee Grobosch
Director, KMPG

Martin Kiel
Ideation Ambassador, Digitale Werkbank

Phillipp Kemper
Founder, FilChange

Hannes Linnemannstöns
Growth Hacker, Hendrik Lennarz

Guido Beck
Founder & CEO, Beck

Christian Ludtke
Coordinator for Founders, GrunderAllianz

Marc Röbbecke
Project Management / Marketing, Design Metropole Ruhr

Jasper Gruson
Founder, Fil Change

Philipp Sprenger
Founder / CEO, Ledger Engineers

Darja Kramer
Innovation Coach, Digital hub

Angela Hermann
Project Consultant @ Gailus.org, on Behalf of TK

Thorsten Reuter
CEO, Grunder Fonds Ruhr

Merle Munkel
Online Marketing Manager, Boep

Felix Nensa
Head AI, Universitats

Marc Weimer Habelitzel
Principal, Etventure

Kai Bünseler
Project Coordinator, Digital Werbank

Sebastian Galla
CEO & Co-founder, Brandneo

Bastian Willers
Growth Hacker, Hendrik Lennarz

Stefan Weber
Startup Ecosystem Manager, Initiativkreis Ruhr

Dr. Arndt Roller
Partner / CEO, BCG Digital Ventures

Andreas Gailus
Founder & CEO @ Gailus.org, on Behalf of TK

Dr. Alexander Goertz
Associate Partner, Flick Gocke Schaumburg

Thomas Knaack
CEO, Rotonda

Kert Kingo
Minister of Foreign Trade and Information Technology, Republic of Estonia

Philip Vospeter
Head of Sales, Westphalia Datalab

Dr. Nico Peters
Co-founder & CEO, Compoen

Sebastian German
Co-founder & CEO, 9Elements

Eray Bazaar
Co-founder, 9Elements

Jens Busse
Investment Manager, Evonik

Willi Mannheims
Managing Partner, e Capital

Wolfgang Nestel
Investment Manager, Evonik

Lukas Bennemann
Partner, Alstin Capital

Franziska Wetzel
Startup Partner Manager, Tech Boost

Carsten Dagger
Founder & CEO, Fox Base

Daniel Ullrich
Co-founder

Dr. Bernd Rolinck
Head of Expert Team Future Industries and Start-ups

Thomas Müller
Co-founder & CEO

Markus Rall
CHAIRMAN

Güncem Campagna
Managing Director

Viktoriya Lebedynska
Head of Education

Maria Hertleif
Strategy & Operations Manager

Stefan Schulte
Head of the Department of Economics Waz

Yoram Wijngaarde
Founder and CEO

Robert Strube
Project Manager

Dirk Sander
Co-founder & Program Manager

Oliver Kuschel
Co-founder & Portfolio Manager

2019 Sponsors, Partners and Supporters

MAIN SPONSORS:
• 360 OPG
• Initiativkreis Ruhr

PREMIUM PARTNERS:
• TEV
• NRW.Bank
• Metropole Ruhr

BUSINESS PARTNER INTERNATIONAL:
• Ruhr IHK

HEALTH PARTNER:
• Die Techniker

SUPPORTERS:
• Ruhr Grunder
• NRW.Invest Germany
• Deutsche Bank
• Hochtief
• Grunderallianz Ruhr
• Deutsche Startups
• i! see Events
• Startport
• Zenit
• Ruhr Hub
• Bit Marck
• Siemens
• Husemann
• Windream
• Drees & Sommer
• Creditreform
• DIVR
• Schulerhilfe