The document announces two upcoming events at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management: the HHL International Investors Day on June 18th and the HHL Best Founders Competition. The Investors Day will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions on digital business topics, and opportunities for pre-selected entrepreneurial teams to present to investors. It will also allow networking. The Best Founders Competition invites submissions of business ideas until June 10th, with the top ideas winning prize money and a chance to present at the Investors Day. Both events aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, and other professionals to discuss digital business opportunities.
HHL International Investors Day - Digital Business Conference
1. Take part in the First HHL International Investors Day
On June 18, 2014 HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management will hold the first HHL International Investors
Day on the HHL campus. The event includes keynote speeches by several well-known speakers and panel dis-
cussions with founders, business angels, venture capital firms and successful companies concerning the recent
topics of Digital Business. In addition, pre-selected top entrepreneurial teams get the chance to present in front
of the investors and a jury. The event will offer great opportunities to network and learn from experienced ent-
repreneurs and investors.
You can register online for the HHL International Investors Day until June 11th, 2014. Please use the link
“Registration” on our website http://www.hhl.de/investorsday
Take part in the HHL Best Founders Competition
You have a great business idea and want to attract money to realize the idea? Then, submit your idea at our
website until until 10th of June and you may be selected to present your ideas to well-known investors and
maybe attract a first financing. The best business concept will win the HHL Best Founders Award including
prize money of 2.000 Euro. The second prize is 500 Euros.
We are looking for ideas
• mainly focusing but not limited to the area of digital business, preferably to the topics e-commerce,
e-health and e-mobility
• that have already been developed into a full business concept
• that are already in the process of being realized or have already been realized (not older than 1 year).
You can submit your idea online for the HHL International Investors Day until June 10th, 2014 as a 5 min
YouTube presentation. Please use the link „Take part in the HHL Best Founders Competition“ on our website
http://www.hhl.de/investorsday
HHL International Investors Day
Digital Business
Invitation | June 18, 2014
HHL Campus, Leipzig, Germany
HHL Best Founders Competition
2. Conference program
9:30 - 9:50 Opening Remarks by the Dean of HHL
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Holder Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at HHL
9:50 - 10:20 Keynote I
Lukasz Gadowski, Founder of Spreadshirt, Partner Team Europe, Berlin
10:20 - 10:40 Business Model Pitches: E-Commerce
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:10 Panel 1: E-Commerce
Guests: Simon Fabich, CEO Monoqi *), Kathrin Weiß, CEO Tausendkind, Ciarán O’Leary, Partner Earlybird,
Markus Brütsch, CEO Fundsters; Moderator Prof. Dr. Stephan Stubner, Holder of the Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG Chair of Strategic
Management and Family Business at HHL
12:10 - 12:40 Keynote II
Daniel Zimmermann, Partner WilmerHale, Palo Alto, USA
12:40 - 13:40 Lunch Break
13:40 - 14:00 Business Model Pitches: E-Health and Smart Biotech
14:00 - 15:10 Panel 2: E-Health and Smart Biotech
Guests: Christian Angele, CEO Imedo, Michael Amtmann, Müller Medien, Graf Philipp Montgelas, Business Angel,
Philipp Legge, CEO SmartPatient GmbH, Paul Grabmann, CEO C3 Biopolymers GmbH in the course of formation *);
Moderator Jozsef Bugovics, Partner Blue Corporate Finance
15:10 - 15:30 Business Model Pitches: E-Mobility and Smart Services
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:10 Panel 3: E-Mobility and Smart Services
Guests: Uwe Brodtmann, CEO API – Automotive Process Institute, Ralf Kalupner, CEO nextBike, Dr. Matthias Lederer, Vice President
Product Strategy, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Robert Gallenberger, Principal GIMV; Moderator Junior Professor Dr. Vivek Velamuri,
Holder of the Schumpeter Junior Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer at HHL, Stephan Witt , Partner JSW
Consulting GmbH
17:10 - 17:30 Keynote lll
Heinz Dürr, Honorary chaiman of the Supervisory Board Dürr AG
17:30 - 17:45 Announcement of the Winners
Prof. Dr. Helge Löbler, Universität Leipzig; Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, HHL
18:00 End
Jury: Prof. Dr. Helge Löbler, Universität Leipzig; Julia Derndinger, CEO Derndinger GmbH; Pawel Chudzinski, Managing Director
Point Nine Capital; Dr. Stefan Schneider, Senior Manager KPMG; Stefan Wendel, Investment Manager High-Tech Gründerfonds
*) invited
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