Earth’s Next Frontiers: Visions from the Munich Ecosystem

Christian Lindener is Head of Airbus BizLab, an aerospace accelerator. Previously, Lindener worked as Managing Director for Wayra Germany, a technology innovation hub. He has co-founded several companies, one of which – a virtual reality startup – was sold to booking.com in 2014.

As Co-Founder and CEO of Isar Aerospace, a Munich-based company developing orbital space launch vehicles, Daniel aims to lower the barriers for commercial space access. He previously led a team of 40 students at the rocketry group WARR developing sounding rockets.

Marie Langer is the CEO of EOS, a leading technology provider worldwide for industrial 3D printing of metals and plastics. She is also qualified psychologist, has a degree in corporate leadership from the IESE Business School and founded ELEMENT A, an initiative to promote innovations in education.

Helmut Schönenberger is Co-Founder and CEO of UnternehmerTUM, the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at Technical University Munich (TUM). Scalable tech-startups are Helmut’s passion. He is especially interested in startups in the field of smart enterprises, additive manufacturing as well as smart city and mobility solutions.

Steffi Czerny is Managing Director of DLD Media and co-founder of the DLD Conference as well as its global spin-offs. Steffi was identified as number 30 of The 2015 Wired 100 and has also been chosen as one of the 50 most inspiring women in European tech in 2015 by inspiring50.com for her success in bringing the international digital elite together at DLD.