Club Zone 4

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Sessions (3)

13:15–14:00

Do., 2. Juli

DeepTech RippleClub Zone 4EN

When technology hits society, we get both magic but also rising energy prices, labor uncertainty, and a loss of trust in institutions. Should we try to break or accelerate?

Teil von DeepTech Ripples: Debating Europe’s Breakthrough Future

Social media set the conditions and AI is amplifying them: data centre energy demand outrunning grid capacity, learning and entry-level work hollowing out as models take over the tasks that used to build expertise, and a media environment where real and generated content are no l…

Hampus Jakobsson, Pale blue dot, Bennet Barth, RESPOND I BMW Foundation

DeepTech Startups

14:05–14:50

Do., 2. Juli

DeepTech RippleClub Zone 4EN

Why Does Worse Technology Keep Winning?

Teil von DeepTech Ripples: Debating Europe’s Breakthrough Future

DeepTech is built on the assumption that better technology wins. Yet superior systems often lose to weaker incumbents because technical capability alone does not guarantee trust, adoption, or institutional acceptance. Using digital voting as a particularly revealing example, this…

Stephanie Wissmann, Universität der Bundeswehr, Florian Glatz, European Ethereum Institute

DeepTech Startups

14:55–15:40

Do., 2. Juli

DeepTech RippleClub Zone 4EN

From Lab to Ledger: Why European Deep Tech Startups Build Great Technology... and Then Stall

Teil von DeepTech Ripples: Debating Europe’s Breakthrough Future

European deep tech founders are often brilliant technologists who build world-class IP in university labs, research centres or corporate R&D, then struggle at the exact moment when they need commercialize and industrialize their technology. We explore potential ways and what it t…

Markus Bohl, Ignite Next, Fleming Bruckmaier, QuantumDiamonds GmbH

DeepTech Startups