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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
To the members of the editorial team
Prof. Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP and Chairman of the Supervisory Board, will be presenting the German Start-up of the Year at the Second Annual Forum on Entrepreneurship in Potsdam's Hasso Plattner Institute on Wednesday, 21 June. The forum has been organised by Plattner's €50 million venture capital fund Hasso Plattner Ventures (HPV). Plattner is keen to make an important material - and financial - contribution to an innovative and competitive Germany demonstrating a new entrepreneurial spirit. In Plattner's own words: "There is no lack of ideas in the country, but we need new ways to transform them into successful businesses and sustainable economic growth".
At the Second Annual Forum on Entrepreneurship, Hasso Plattner Ventures will be introducing the first young businessmen to set up in the Hasso Plattner High Tech Park next to the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI). Here they receive sustained support and advice from HPV in the transition from innovation to market maturity of the product or service.
Details of the event are included in the preliminary agenda (find below). You are kindly requested to register by e-mail to
pr@hp-ventures.com
if you wish to attend the press conference at 12 noon in the Hasso Plattner Institute Lecture Building on the campus in Potsdam-Babelsberg (right next to Griebnitzsee S-Bahn station). You can also register to attend the whole of the Forum for Entrepreneurship. Please inform us about the choice you made. At all events, please send us your
registration by Friday, 8 June 2006.
Preliminary Agenda for the 2nd Annual Forum on Entrepreneurship
June 21st, 2006 at Hasso PIattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany
08.30 - 09.00 Registration, coffee
09.00 - 09.05 Welcome
Eran Davidson, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Ventures
09.05 - 09.15 Greetings
Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, Minister of Education, Science and Culture
09.15 - 10.00 Keynote: "Design and Redesign"
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, SAP AG
10.00 - 11.00 Entrepreneurs Panel: "Dare to Dare"
Moderator: Marc Samwer, Founder and former CEO, Jamba! GmbH, Berlin
Lukasz Gadowski, CEO, Spreadshirt GmbH
Lars Hinrichs, CEO, open BC
Thomas Klein, CEO, Noxxon Pharma AG,
Sören Stamer, CEO, CoreMedia AG
11.00 - 11.15 "IBM IT Technology Visions"
Herbert Kircher, Managing Director, IBM Development Germany
11.15 - 11.45 "How to do it right in Germany"
Eran Davidson, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Ventures
11.45 - 12.00 Presentations of the first Hasso Plattner Ventures Companies
Eran Davidson, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Ventures
12.00 - 13.00 Press Conference
Moderator: Hans-Joachim Allgaier, Public Relations Officer, HPV
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, SAP AG
Shai Agassi, Member of the Managing Board, SAP AG
Eran Davidson, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Ventures
Gabriel Tal, Director at ISV and Developer Relations, IBM
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.00 Investors Panel: "Hand in Hand"
Moderator: Rolf Dienst, Founder and General Partner, Wellington Partners
Eran Davidson, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Ventures
Dr. Gottfried Neuhaus, CEO, Techno Nord
Elizabeth Reeves, CEO, SAP Ventures, SAP Labs, LLC
James Watson, Managing Director, CMEA Ventures
14.00 - 14.45 "How to do it right globally"
Shai Agassi, Member of the Managing Board, SAP AG
14.45 - 15.45 Sports Panel: "Step by Step"
Moderator: Christian Schenk, CEO, Christian Schenk Sports
Boris Benedek, Snowboarder and Film maker (TBC)
David Benedek, Snowboarder and Film maker (TBC)
Christian Neureuther, CEO Mittermaier-Neureuther GmbH (TBC)
Jochen Sandig, CEO Sasha Waltz & Guests
15.45 - 16.00 Award Ceremony: "Start-up of the Year"
Awards presented by Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner
Gabriel Tal, and Eran Davidson
16.00 - 17.00 Get-together with wine and cheese at the HPI Campus, Closing
The event will be moderated by Peter B. Záboji, Entrepreneur in Residence, INSEAD
As at: 24.05.2006
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