How to arrive: Times and places
Friday 24th March
Welcome Dinner


How could the Symposium start better than with a Welcoming Dinner in a prestigious Brauhaus?
There we will enjoy some time together with local beer and typical Bavarian cuisine.


We hope you are able to attend and share this evening with us from 19:30 until midnight at Giesinger Bräustüberl.


When:   19:30h
Where: Martin-Luther-Straße 2, 81539 München
UAA Symposium 2023
Munich, Saturday March 25, 2023

Optional Social Program on March 24, 25 and 26

Symposium Information

Questions? Reach out to us through email (uaa.events@unitech-international.org) or Whatsapp (+34 685886384).
Saturday 25th March
Conference


We are counting down the days to welcoming you at our annual Symposium conference. This year, we will explore the topic of Scaling-up Innovation. Join us to find out how you and your company can be the change.


Registration opens: 08:15h
Conference starts:   09:00h
Where: Am Campeon 1-15, 85579 Neubiberg (Infineon Campus)


The Symposium will be hosted in the Casino, building number 2. Our registration team will guide you there.
End of the Symposium: 17:30h


Saturday Soirée


The fun doesn’t stop at 17:30! Following the insightful day of speeches and collaboration on innovation, there will be a drinks, networking and music, starting at 20:30 (please note this is not a dinner).


We will gather from 20:30 until 00:30 at Café Reitschule, which is centrally located and on the edge of the English Garden. We look forward to celebrating the evening together and seeing you there!


When:   20:30h
Where: Cafe Reitschule - Address: Königinstraße 34, 80802 München

Questions? Reach out to us through email (uaa.events@unitech-international.org) or Whatsapp (+34 685886384).
Sunday 26th March
Beer Festival


After this inspiring weekend, what better way of saying goodbye to our fellow Alumni than by drinking beer together in the Starkbierfest. We have various central tables booked and 1 drink is included! The reservation name is UNITECH Symposium 2023 and the tables are no. 210, 306, 307, 326, 327.


Come to the original Strong Beer Festival in the Paulaner Nockherberg and enjoy the Paulaner Salvator (strong beer) and experience the authentic Oktoberfest atmosphere with our tremendous Oktoberfest band “The Kirchdorfer”. Please note that the beer is very strong! Payments should be in cash and include tip. 


When:  11:00h
Where: Paulaner am Nockherberg

               Address: Hochstraße 77, 81541 München

Questions? Reach out to us through email (uaa.events@unitech-international.org) or Whatsapp (+34 685886384).
Conference Schedule
Registration and Welcome
8:15 - 8:45 Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
Part 1: Academics
9:15 - 9:45 Innovation Fundamentals and its Mechanisms
9:45 - 10:00 Open Innovation - The Key for Transformation
Part 1: Innovator's Stories
10:00 - 10:10 Introduction
10:10- 10:30 Innovator's Stories

Manuel Opitz, Health Tech Entrepreneur, DeepEye and Mecuris.

Isabel Worch, HR Tech Entrepeneur, Zugvogl

Andrea Loi. E-Mobility product planning, ZF Group

Niclas Lehnert. E-Mobility Entrepeneur, Bavertis

10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Q&A

Time to get some energy and mingling with the speakers!

Innovators will be answering any questions that might have arise

Lunch Break 12:00 - 13:30

During the lunch break there will be also Kubus (Infineon showroom) opened to the public in building 9!

Part 2: Roundtables
13:30 - 14:00 Introduction 
14:00 - 14:40 Roundtable 1

1. Funding. Collaboration of Unitech Corporate Partners to reach Paris Climate Agreement (ONiiPAC)

Location: Common Room

Speaker: Isabelle Saidou, Senior consultant, innovation strategy and funding at Deloitte

2. Technology. How can data exchange leverage innovation in Europe ? A focus on health data

Location: Room 02.1.120

Speaker: Kenza Benkirane, Healthcare & Lifesciences Consultant

3. People. How can you make use of diversity to drive innovation?

Location: Room 02.1.140

Speaker: Severine Fiegler, Vice President HR Talent Network and Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Health

4. Build. How to foster Academia-Industry collaborations

Location: Room 02.1.130

Speaker: Xander Evangelidis, Lead, Innovation & Design at Bain & Company

5. Policy. Open innovation for Climate Action

Location: Room 02.1.160

Speaker: Matthieu Clouqueur, Associate at Time for the Planet

14:40 - 14:50 Water break and rotation
14:50 - 15:30 Roundtable 2

1. Funding. Collaboration of Unitech Corporate Partners to reach Paris Climate Agreement (ONiiPAC)

Location: Common Room 

Speaker: Isabelle Saidou, Senior consultant, innovation strategy and funding at Deloitte

2. Technology. How can data exchange leverage innovation in Europe ? A focus on health data

Location: Room 02.1.120

Speaker: Kenza Benkirane, Healthcare & Lifesciences Consultant

3. People. How can you make use of diversity to drive innovation?

Location: Room 02.1.140

Speaker: Severine Fiegler, Vice President HR Talent Network and Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Health

4. Build. How to foster Academia-Industry collaborations

5. Policy. Open innovation for Climate Action

Location: Room 02.1.160

Speaker: Matthieu Clouqueur, Associate at Time for the Planet

15:30 - 16:00 Water break & Innovative Mingle
16:00 - 16:30 Silicon Microphone – from research to a multi-million Euro business
Part 3: How far can we go?
16:30 - 17:00 Rheticus: Scaling up artificial photosynthesis based on a collaboration of Siemens Energy and Evonik
17:00 - 17:30 Panel discussion - Bringing innovation together

Bringing together all of the topics discussed during the day with a provoking and engaging discussion

Speakers:

  • Jérémy Ngamilu, Senior Manager at Deloitte
  • Felix Pörnbacher, Co-founder & managing director of DeepDrive
  • Niclas Lehnert, Co-founder & CEO at Bavertis
  • Angela Go, UAA President and Unitech Board Member

Bernhard Straub, VP and Head of R&D for Silicon Microphones and MEMS Sensors at Infineon

Thomas Haas, Head of New Growth Area Rheticus in the incubation cluster Defossilation of Creavis at Evonik

1. Getting funded in the valley of death

2. Picking the right setup to scale up true innovation

3. Scaling up through unpredictable challenges

4. Pushing the limits of scaling up fast in large companies

Conference Center Room Distribution

Speaker: Thomas Gries, Director of the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University

Speaker: Jimmi Kristiansen, Associate Professor at Aalborg University Business School

Conference Center Room Distribution
Conference Center Room Distribution

Location: Room 02.1.130

Speaker: Xander Evangelidis, Lead, Innovation & Design at Bain & Company