LETZTES LAUNCHPAD EVENT
Chancen im Wandel - wie viel Potential steckt in intelligenten Lieferketten und der konsequenten Digitalisierung des Einkaufs?
Wie haben sich die Lieferketten in der Beschaffung verändert? Wie hat die Digitalisierung den Einkauf optimiert und wo haben wir in Deutschland noch Nachholbedarf?
Nach sechs höchst erfolgreichen Events der Launchpadreihe tauschen sich 2023 noch beeindruckendere Persönlichkeiten und Experten zum digitalen Wandel im Maschinenbau aus. Diesmal freuten wir uns als Keynote auf Dr. Andreas Wendt, bis Ende 2021 Vorstandsmitglied der BMW AG und verantwortlich für die Bereiche Einkauf und Lieferantennetzwerk, sowie Mathias Kaldenhoff, Partner Sustainability & Innovation Management bei SAP.
THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING
The future belongs to the builders
To effectively tackle the challenges of the future, we need a new wave of builders and hardware companies. Forward-thinking technology-based practices for agile hardware development must be deciphered and embraced to build the products that fuel new mobility initiatives, facilitate the use of renewable energy, and many other examples of ongoing human progress.
At KREATIZE, we believe that providing hardware creators with a platform to share their knowledge, challenges and successes is crucial for propelling innovation. This is why we created KREATIZE Launchpad, an event where founders, product designers, engineers and investors can present insights and ideas on hardware development.
With KREATIZE Launchpad, we are building a community of peers who are changing the world by designing better products.
LAUNCHPAD SPEAKER
Meet our 2023 speakers
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Wendt,
Ehem. Einkaufsvorstand BMW
Mathias Kaldenhoff,
Partner Sustainability & Innovation Management
Christian Haas,
CEO & Co-Founder bei Covalyze
Franz Engel,
CEO & Co-Founder bei Nebumind
David Hahn,
CEO & Co-Founder bei Remberg
Meet our 2022 speakers
Frank Sieren, Bestseller-Autor und einer der führenden China-Spezialisten
Kemal Levi, Co-Founder und Geschäftsführer bei Relimetrics
Benjamin Reichenecker
Co-Founder und Geschäftsführer bei PartsCloud
Dr. Stefan Wolf, Vorstandsvorsitzender der ElringKlinger AG und Präsident des Gesamtverbands der Arbeitgeberverbände der Metall- und Elektroindustrie (Gesamtmetall)
Dr. Peter Heiligensetzer,
CTO und Gründer von German Bionic
Maximilian Bronner, Geschäftsführer Produktion bei fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG, fischer Sondermaschinenbau GmbH und fischer Consulting GmbH
Meet our 2021 speakers
Christian Will
VP Production Development Porsche
Jens Meiser
Managing Director NOPMA
Christoph Bornschein
CEO TLGG
Christian Dahlen
VP Portfolio SAP & Angel Investor
Martin Ohneberg
CEO Henn
Gisbert Rühl
CEO klöckner & Co
Pascal Blum
CEO & Founder unu Motors
Stefan Klocke
Chairman of the Board Volocopter GmbH
Julia Luksan
Attorney at Law Jarolim Partner
Christiane Feichter
Associate at Jarolim Partner
Armin Müller
CEO emm! solutions
Klaus Heinz
CTO HEDD Audio
Krzysztof Mikoda
CEO SquadTec
Julia Reilinger
Investment Manager BC-Holding
Philipp Sonnleitner
CIO & Founder mikeme
Nils Berger
CEO & Founder Viewpointsystem
Robin Dechant
Founder Aveo
Andrew Porter
Head of Production McLaren Automotive
Speakers from leading companies
HIGHLIGHTS
Insights from Deep Tech companies
Thomas Hoffmeister and Nils Berger speak about the failing culture in hardware developing start-ups. Nils himself founded viewpointsystem and developed smart glasses for industrial applications.
Armin Müller about the invention of the ESP
Armin Müller had an astonishing career before he founded emm! solutions a company that provides automated intrologistc systems. Before he joined Porsche he was responsible for the development of the ESP at Daimler.
Launchpad V - Recap from 13.07.2022
More than 50 guests - including representatives of well-known Southern German companies such as Fischerwerke, ElringKlinger, Bizerba, Theben, Blickle, German Bionic, Prettl, Arburg and Healok met on 13.07.2022...
Highlights from past Launchpads
HIGHLIGHTS
Summaries from past Launchpads

Recap of Launchpad Austria
Launchpad Austria was a passionate exchange about how hardware companies can accelerate innovation and drive growth We were thrilled to be joined by innovative founders, successful entrepreneurs, and strong founder supporters from 16 countries at Launchpad Austria on April 13th Headlined with a discussion around “How hardware companies can accelerate innovation and bring growth to …