Invite-only lunch for high-level executives at our EXPO2022 location Wagenhallen. Meet the board members of our corporate partners and various other selected companies, government officials and our exciting keynote speakers. How to join: Please let us know by June 1 which executives will attend the lunch and may be invited. They will receive a separate personal executive invitation from Plug and Play STARTUP AUTOBAHN.

Together we're celebrating incredible years of open innovation at STARTUP AUTOBAHN. Let's start the conversation, unafraid and open to great possibilities.

Although the hydrogen ecosystem is still nascent, it holds real promise. It has the potential to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 61 gigatons a year, through applications such as the use of fuel cells in heavy vehicles, or industrial processes such as ammonia, steel, and chemical manufacturing.

This panel seeks to discuss the most pressing techno-economic challenges that must be overcome for the wide-scale commercialization and mass adoption of hydrogen fuel cell applications.

Dr. Johannes Weiss – INNOVAT!ONS@VN Mercedes-Benz Group AG // Stéphanie Anthoine – Teamleader Noise Isolation & NVH Innovation Mercedes-Benz Group AG // Thomas Rittenschober – General Manager Seven Bel // Mirco Efkemann – Business Development Engineer 4Silence // Tim Solle Analyst Plug and Play Germany GmbH (Moderator)

Innovation Walks to connect the exhibiting startups with our partners and other stakeholders. These are guided tours on a specific tech topic, walking through selected booths to give deeper insights (extra registration necessary). The duration of each tour will be about 20-30 minutes. At each booth stopover, the startup presents their company, their solution, a live demo of the collaboration with our corporate partners – and brings context to the project connected with the topic of the innovation walk.

• Registration for EXPO2022 guests will be available soon.
• We will let startups and registered guests know the timing of the innovation walk individually via email.
• Startups: Be at your booth during that time.

The focus will be:

• The main challenges of industrial AI
• Overcoming the challenges
• How Identifai & DXC put this into practice for a metal manufacturer

If we can take one positive outcome of the global pandemic, then it is the immense technological advancement in Supply Chain transparency. Subsequently, the technological prerequisites for Carbon Accounting up to Scope 3 emissions have also exponentially risen which uncovered numerous collaboration opportunities between companies along the value chain (buyers & suppliers) as well as with startups to work in joint projects to decrease the carbon output along their processes. The panelists will elaborate on …

Small discussion groups of approx. 40 people from our Startups, Partners, VCs, and other attendees can meet in tech- and interest-specific breakout sessions (approx. 45 min) for deep exchange on pilots and industry trends (like Metaverse etc.).

Deep Dive in the Founding Stories from this four Stuttgart startups:

• Node: Autonmous Intralogistic (End of supply chain)
• Ventus: Vehicle Wind resistance (Energy optimization for truck transport
• Makersite: net zero in your supply chain
• Asvin: Cyber Security in Supply Chain

Innovation Walks to connect the exhibiting startups with our partners and other stakeholders. These are guided tours on a specific tech topic, walking through selected booths to give deeper insights (extra registration necessary). The duration of each tour will be about 20-30 minutes. At each booth stopover, the startup presents their company, their solution, a live demo of the collaboration with our corporate partners – and brings context to the project connected with the topic of the innovation walk.

• Registration for EXPO2022 guests will be available soon.
• We will let startups and registered guests know the timing of the innovation walk individually via email.
• Startups: Be at your booth during that time.

In the wake of the pandemic calling for wide-scale corporate digitalisation, the startup scene boomed: 2021 was Europe’s first year exceeding the $100Bn mark for total startup investments and Europe’s best year for unicorns. 2022, however, is a completely different story. High inflation, geopolitical crises and a reverse of globalisation trends are all leading to an economic slowdown. It is a time to pause and reassess.

This panel will discuss the changes that the early stage tech scene has witnessed over the span of a few years and will discuss how investors and startup founders are responding to the current market uncertainties.

STARTUP AUTOBAHN is honored to welcome four new industry partners to the platform to work together on the Future of Mobility, Production, Enterprise, Sustainability, and beyond.

Stay tuned, who will receive the Plug and Play Global Innovation Award for outstanding collaboration. With the Global Innovation Award the Silicon Valley investor and Innovation Platform Plug and Play Tech Center reward outstanding innovative projects of STARTUP AUTOBAHN partners, which have successfully combined their expertise with startups to meet the digital challenges of the future.

Join us on an inspiring stroll through the unique container City. It is the space that the City of Stuttgart has provided to artists since 2003 and has become a suburban paradise for makers and shapers to escape the busy city and spark the imagination in this giant playground Learn how and where artists work and what spaces ignite their creativity and passion. More than 100 artists from diverse genres come together under their roof and produce visual pieces, music and performing arts, new concepts for urba…