Upcoming
IdeaLab! – WHU Founders' Conference 2025 Agenda
31 sessions
September 25th, 2025
WHU Campus, Vallendar, Germany
Europe/Berlin
All Sessions
Thursday, September 25
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakfast
breakfastnetworking
Townhall
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Opening speech
openingkeynote
Townhall
9:20 AM - 9:50 AM
Enpal Speech
keynoteenpal
Townhall
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Eröffnungskeynote
keynoteopening
Townhall
9:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Some Words from IdeaLab! Co-Founder
keynoteco-founder
Townhall
10:25 AM - 11:10 AM
The Next Wave of Fintech Shaping Europe's Future
fintecheuropefuture
Townhall
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Europes Innovation Engine: What needs to happen?
innovationeuropepanel
Townhall
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunchbreak
lunchnetworking
Burgplatz
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
The New Frontier of Possibility - Beyond What We Imagined
innovationpossibility
Townhall
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Behind the Door of the Y Combinator – lessons from the Silicon Valley
y-combinatorsilicon-valleylessons
Townhall
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
From Europe into the world
europeglobalexpansion
Townhall
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
How to raise - Orrick, b2venture, SevenVentures
fundraisingorrickb2ventureseven-ventures
Townhall
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship in Sports & Media
sportsmediaentrepreneurship
Townhall
5:45 PM - 5:55 PM
Closing Remarks
closing
Townhall
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sun Downer
socialnetworkingsundowner
Burgplatz
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner
dinnernetworking
Burgplatz
Friday, September 26
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakfast
breakfastnetworking
Townhall
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Opening Speech
openingkeynote
Townhall
9:30 AM - 10:05 AM
FUTRUE
futurekeynote
Townhall
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
A different perspective on building startups
startupsperspective
Townhall
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM
Opportunities and Challenges – How Startups Build Bridges to Established Companies
startupsestablished-companiespartnerships
Townhall
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
AI Unlocked: Perspectives, Potentials, and Possibilities
aiartificial-intelligencepossibilities
Townhall
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
lunchnetworking
Burgplatz
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Firesidechat: building the company behind the product
fireside-chatcompany-building
Townhall
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Founders' Lessons: The Road from Idea to Impact
founderslessonsimpact
Townhall
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
BMT x OpenAI
bmtopenaicollaboration
Townhall
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Pitch Battle
pitch-battlestartupscompetition
Townhall
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Closing Remarks
closing
Townhall
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Galadinner
galadinnernetworkingformal
Townhall / Mensa
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Shuttle to Afterparty
transportafterparty
Townhall
10:45 PM - 12:15 AM
Afterparty
afterpartynetworkingsocial
To be announced!