Strategy & Innovation

The Anatomy of a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem

with Helmut Schönenberger & Mats Kuuskemaa & Julian Teicke & Fanny Jimenez

Friday 10 July 10:20 – 10:50 Tech Leaders Stage

About This Session

Some ecosystems consistently produce winners while others never take off, and money is rarely the whole story. This panel breaks down what actually makes an innovation ecosystem thrive. Founders and builders compare what really moves the needle.

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Speakers

Helmut Schönenberger

CEO and Co-founder · UnternehmerTUM

CEO and Co-founder of UnternehmerTUM

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Scalable tech-startups are Helmut Schönenberger’s passion as co-founder and CEO of UnternehmerTUM, the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at Technische Universität München (TUM). He also serves as TUM’s Vice President Entrepreneurship, as a professor at TUM School of Management and as a member of the advisory board of tech companies. With his background as a founder, aerospace engineer and venture capitalist at UVC Partners, he loves to help new ventures solve strategy, recruiting, business development and future financing challenges.
Mats Kuuskemaa

Country Director · Government of Estonia

Country Director at Government of Estonia

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Mats Kuuskemaa started his career as a diplomat for Estonia, working with trade and investment policy at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2011-14). He was Consul & Economic Officer at Estonian Embassy in New Delhi (2014-18) and Political Counsellor at Estonian Embassy in Beijing (2018-19). In 2018 Mats joined Government of Estonia’s e-Residency programme, initially as Head of Business Strategy and from 2022 as Country Director for Germany, Poland, Austria and Switzerland based in Berlin. On two occasions he has also been part of startup teams as Co-Founder and Advisor. As a hobby, he has occasionally taken up journalism.
Julian Teicke

Co-founder and Executive Chairman · The Delta

Co-founder and Executive Chairman of The Delta
Fanny Jimenez

VP Performance and Collaboration · PREMIUM-GRUPPE

VP Performance and Collaboration at PREMIUM-GRUPPE

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Dr. Fanny Jimenez studied Psychology and Neuroscience in Berlin and the United States before earning her PhD at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the International Max Planck Research School. After several years in science journalism, she moved into media leadership and is now Vice President Performance & Collaboration at the PREMIUM Group (Politico Germany, WELT and Business Insider Germany), where she is responsible for newsroom effectiveness, organizational performance, and cross-brand collaboration and innovation.