Berlin
Willkommen in Berlin
Berlin’s startup scene has been heating up rapidly over the past few years and the city has become the epicentre of European innovation and startup creation. The city’s success has been drawing in streams of change agents and adventurous entrepreneurs all of whom flock to the area for cheap rent and the occasional coffee in a done-up Soviet cafe.
Continuing on from the success of last years EIT Alumni Startup Days held at Technical University, this year we will be hosting the event yet again at the Technical University, Berlin in the Mar building. The location is a focal point of showing how technology and sustainable development can find solutions
Companies onboard
We are pleased to have the following companies gracing our event: Contentful, Arup, GTEC, Deutsche Palliative and AJ&Smart.
Contentful is a content management developer platform that enables the web and mobile developers to manage, integrate, and deliver digital content to any kind of device or service that can connect to an API - be it smart cars, VR, mobile, the web, digital signage, or any new platform.
Arup brings together professionals from diverse disciplines and with complementary skills, on a uniquely global scale. The depth of expertise and sheer numbers of specialists allow Arup to take on complex, strategic projects that no other firm could deliver.
German Tech Entrepreneurship Center, located at ESMT Berlin, is the first private-sector, open campus for entrepreneurship in Europe. Connecting an international network of companies, universities, and startups, GTEC educates founders from around the world and acts as a springboard for innovation in Germany and beyond.
The palliative foundation is an establishment that has been existing for the past 6 years. Their goal is to work for the benefit of both adults and children, raising the awareness of the public to hospice and palliative care issues in general.
AJ&Smart is a dynamic, creative and digitalized company that helps to launch product faster with high UX best practices. Their module - "Companies need to move fast, ship products, learn from the market and iterate".
Coaches
Manager and entrepreneur with over 4+ years experience in startups and tech. Cofounded a number of London-based startups. Organised some of the largest tech events/conferences in Baku and abroad. Consult and advise international tech startups; deliver strategic partnerships with investors, technology companies and entrepreneurs to boost innovation capability of an organisation. Dual MBA + Master in Management Degrees from top European Business School.
André Martins
Portuguese lighting designer/architect with over 2 years of working experience in all kinds of planning/design phases. He is a specialist regarding daylight and circadian lighting. As an architect, he can also contribute to discussions of form and aesthetics.
Stefan is a German graduate from the 2012 ENTECH intake. Specialised in energy and HVAC systems in buildings, gathered two years of working experience in the building sector.
Darius has founded, operated, sold, failed, hated and loved startups since 2009: as a founder, fundraiser, employee, service provider, mentor & advisor. Darius has extensive experience in managing tech-driven ventures and in developing business models and fundraising strategies. In 2014, Darius founded the boutique advisory Berlin Startup Consulting. In 2016, Darius expanded into the Corporate Innovation arena with the Corporate Startup Lab. At GTEC - German Tech Entrepreneurship Center - Darius is responsible for the Startup Lab and Venture Development.
A mechanical engineer from Columbia with over six years of experience in building service design with a focus on mechanical and energy systems. Among many skills, he has expert knowledge in designing solar powered energy and climate solutions.
The Jury and Speakers
Manikanan is a testimony of how the EIT Alumni Startup Days can elevate your career. He has an M.Sc in Global Production Engineering - Solar. He founded a startup, 'Power Your Bread', which works on identifying needs & problems and provide a solution using green energy to empower the community which uses his product.
His journey with this idea began when he participated in EIT Startup Days last year. And won the Best Idea prize which got him entry into another Pan-European competition hosted by Impact Hub, which secured funding for his project.
Sebastian Studied health care management and political sciences. His job is to organise all the projects, which their foundation for palliative care (Deutsche PalliativStiftung) are developing as well as supporting health care politics. For the last ten years, he has been working in a team which cares for dying people within a specialised (palliative care) setting.
Daniel is a product manager and UX specialist. With previous experience working in StanfordHCI, Apple and IBM, he brings his passion for innovation from academia to the tech industry. Now he leads the product research organisation at Contentful, creating future technologies for developers to manage and deliver content.
Jonathan is a User Experience Designer/Consultant and Trainer with over 8 years of experience. Now he leads AJ&Smart as a founding partner to deliver high-quality design solutions, his clients including eBay, Deutsche Telecom, Rocket Internet, UN and LUFTHANSA.
The Team
Stephanie Lirong Zhang
Embedded Systems Technophile
Entrepreneurship Aficionado
Jazz, Contemporary Dancer
Khan Reaz
Love Tech, Trees and Tea
Runs, and make things running
Always on a mission to innovate
Yaorong Li
Design Nerd
Loves to Cook
Foodie
Dan Wu
Industrial and Human-Computer Interaction
and Design
Product Designer
#UX Enthusiast, Life Explorer, Design Nerd (a bit)
Dibi Tamunomiebaka
Business and IT
Tech Savvy and very Sporty
Tries to find the solution for every situation
Victor Campos
InnoEnergy Alumni
Researcher on Energy Systems Modelling
and Energy Markets
Enthusiast about bicycles, beer and coffee
Agenda
Friday 2nd Dec
17:00 - 17:30 Registration
17:30 - 17:40 Welcome Event
17:40 - 18:10 Company Present Challenges
18:10 - 18:20 Pitching Explanation
18:20 - 19:20 Dinner
19:20 - 20:20 Pitches & Group Matching
20:20 - 21:00 Working Session 1
Saturday 3rd Dec
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 - 10:15 Talk by Sebastian Grobe
10:15 - 11:30 Working Session 2
11:30 - 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 - 13:00 Working Session 3
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:10 Coaches Introduction
14:10 - 16:10 Coaching Session 1
16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:45 Talk by Manikandan Calavai
16:45 - 18:30 Working Session 4
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
19:30 - 21:00 Working Session 5
Sunday 4th Dec
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 - 11:30 Working Session 6
11:30 - 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 - 13:00 Coaching Session 2
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Working Session 7
16:00 - 16:30 Final Pitch
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break/Judge Delivery
17:00 - 17:30 Winner & Prize Ceremony
17:30 - 17:45 Closing Session
17:45 - 21:00 Wrap-up Dinner & Networking
Prizes
2-day workshop "Embed Silicon Valley Methods into your startup" given by prominent business executive Andrew Isaacs from UC Berkeley worth 950 euros
6 months subscription of Bookmate and much more!
Location
Friday
Room H3007, Hauptgebäude der Technischen Universität Berlin, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin
Saturday and Sunday
Ground floor corridor (working venue) / room 0.001 (presentation venue), TU MAR Gebäude Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin
Photo: Nico Trinkhaus - Brandenburg Gate West, Berlin - CC-BY-NC
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As an open, non-profit event organised by the EIT Alumni Community, all event participants, including sponsors and companies, can make use of the Intellectual Property outcomes of the Startup Days event.
