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.

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

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.