ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM 2025
May 23rd in Munich from 8.30am* - 5.00 pm
"ENERGY AT THE CROSSROADS"
How Innovation is Transforming Today's Landscape
*Registration, arrival and networking breakfast from 8.00 - 8.30 am
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About the Entrepreneurship Forum
The Forum targets INSEAD Alumni with an entrepreneurial background and spirit. Every year, up to 100 participants attend this international and interactive full-day event to hear war and success stories from firsthand experience and enjoy excellent networking.
The Entrepreneurship Forum maintains an intense collaboration with the INSEAD faculty. Renowned professors like Annet Aris, Peter Zemsky, Henning Piezunka, Christoph Zott, Peter Jaboji, Morten Hansen, Bob Ayres, Bill McGill, Loïc Sadoulet, Tim Bovard provide their insights into their recent research.
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Speakers 2025
For our Entrepreneurship Forum 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting an impressive combination of an INSEAD Professor and a range of successful entrepreneurs, investors, and well-known industry leaders with thought-provoking experiences and diverse perspectives on entrepreneurship around AI
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CONTRIBUTORS
Tina Dreimann – Co-founder at betterventures Franz-Anton Leidenfrost - Director at Octopus Energy
Peter Gigler - Director, Corporate Sustainability at Wacker Chemie
Philipp Emig – SVP at Picus Capital
Anselma Wörner – CEO at Exnaton
Ben Ibata – CEO at SCHWARM Technologies
Christoph Lienert – COO & MD at Green Flexibility
Felipe Monteiro, INSEAD Professor of Strategy
Heike Freund – COO at Marvel Fusion
Lydia Bertholet – Investor Relations at Transmutex
Alexander von Rohr – Founder & CTO at Energy Campus
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This list of contributors is subject to change! Please visit this page again to follow our updates on speakers, panellists and other contributors!
If you have any questions regarding our Entrepreneurship Forum, contact our team.
Agenda 2025*
0800 – 0830 Registration - coffee/tea/breakfast snacks
0830 – 0930 Introductions
Investing in Energy and the Industrial Transformation
0930 – 0955 Tina Dreimann – Co-founder at betterventures
Impact = Return – How entrepreneurs power the future
0955 - 1020 Franz-Anton Leidenfrost - Director at Octopus Energy
The German Energy Market between Hardware Constraints and Software Opportunities
1020 - 1045 Peter Gigler - Director, Corporate Sustainability at Wacker Chemie
Renewable Energy: Key for Industrial Transformation
1045 - 1110 Philipp Emig – SVP at Picus Capital
Early-Stage VC Financing in Energy-Technology
Break
Energy Digitalisation and Storage
1140 - 1205 Anselma Wörner – CEO at Exnaton
Digitalisation in the ENERGY Sector
1205 - 1230 Ben Ibata – CEO at SCHWARM Technologies
Swarm Intelligence in the Energy Transition
1230 - 1255 Christoph Lienert – COO & MD at Green Flexibility –
Battery Energy Storage Solutions
Lunch
Back to INSEAD-Academic Session
1400 - 1500 Felipe Monteiro, INSEAD Professor of Strategy
Sustainability as a Business Model Transformation
Nuclear Power and Ice
1505 - 1530 Heike Freund – COO at Marvel Fusion
Fusion Energy
1530 - 1555 Lydia Bertholet – Investor Relations at Transmutex
Creating Value from Nuclear Waste
1555 - 1620 Alexander von Rohr – Founder & CTO at Energy Campus
Heating with Ice?
1620 - 1630 Wrap-up
from 1630 Drinks & Networking
* still subject to change
Tickets and Prices
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM 2025 TICKETS
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Our Entrepreneurship Forum is an event for members of IAAG or any other national association only. Members are welcome to bring a guest. Please get a ticket for each person attending as soon as registration opens!
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PRICES:
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1. INSEAD Alumni members & their guests Eur 220,00
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2. INSEAD Alumni non-members Eur 375,00
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Registration
Registration for the Entrepreneurship Forum 2025 is open on Eventbrite.
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Register
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Map & Directions
The event location for our Entrepreneurship Forum 2025 is Kustermann Events and is located in the heart of Munich.
Viktualienmarkt 8 / Rindermarkt 3-4, 80331 München
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Public Transport
by tram ()S-Bahn (Lines S1 to S8, stop Marienplatz)
or tube (U-Bahn )(Lines U3 to U6, stop Marienplatz).
From Marienplatz, it is a three-minute walk direction of St. Peter's Church and Rindermarkt.
by bus (Lines 52 to 62, stop Viktualienmarkt). Kustermann is very close to the bus stop.
by car
parking at the Kustermann parking lot. (6 € per hour)
(capacity 19 car max), Entrance via Rosenthall 7 or take one of the five parking facilities in the vicinity. One to 10-minute walk to Kustermann.​
The Organising Team 2025
