Saison 2021/2022
Season 2021/2022 (Industry 4.0)
EVENT + RESULTS
The Event (Videoconference):
Date & Time: 13.09.21 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Moderation: Dr. Gerd Große
The Competition:
Presentation of the following four startups ...
... with in-depth Q&A carried out by excellent experts after each pitch and an "Audience Voting" at the end for determining the two startups which will move to the semifinals.
The Jury:
Sebastian Grimm, Head of Innovation Lab, ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Christoph Holtkötter, Director Operational Excellence Business Unit Laundry, Miele & Cie. KG
Christian Lorenz, Geschäftsführer, CODE_n
Dr. Markus Wächter, Innovation Lead, minnosphere GmbH, company of msg
The Results:
Jury-Voting:
- Synsor.ai UG: 38% (qualified for semifinals)
- emocean GmbH: 24%
- weeve GmbH: 22%
- Divvoice GmbH: 16%
Audience-Voting:
- Divvoice GmbH: 36% (qualified for semifinals)
- emocean GmbH: 32%
- weeve GmbH: 18%
- Synsor.ai UG: 11%
GFFT-Wildcard:
emocean GmbH (qualified for semifinals)
EVENT + RESULTS
The Event (Videoconference):
Date & Time: 18.10.21 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Moderation: Dr. Gerd Große
The Competition:
Presentation of the following four startups ...
... with in-depth Q&A carried out by excellent experts after each pitch and an "Audience Voting" at the end for determining the two startups which will move to the semifinals.
The Jury:
Christian Lorenz, Geschäftsführer, CODE_n
Johannes Ludwig, Manager Production Control and Operational Excellence, Miele & Cie. KG
Stefan Walter, Senior Vice President Digital Platforms, msg systems ag
Christian Wurster, Bereichsleiter Operational Excellence, Unternehmensgruppe fischer
The Results:
Jury-Voting:
- Energy Robotics GmbH: 50% (qualified for semifinals)
- PipePredict GmbH: 26%
- scitis.io GmbH : 24%
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Audience-Voting:
- Energy Robotics GmbH: 40% (qualified for semifinals)
- scitis.io GmbH : 33% (qualified for semifinals)
- PipePredict GmbH: 13%
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GFFT-Wildcard: -
EVENT + RESULTS
The Event (Videoconference):
Date & Time: 13.12.21 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Moderation: Dr. Gerd Große
The Competition:
Presentation of the following four startups ...
... with in-depth Q&A carried out by excellent experts after each pitch and an "Audience Voting" at the end for determining the two startups which will move to the semifinals.
The Jury:
Dr.-Ing. Grischa Beier, Leiter der Nachwuchsforschergruppe ProMUT, Forschungsgruppenleiter “Digitalisierung und Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit”, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Bohr, Digital Factory, MAN Truck & Bus SE
Christoph Holtkötter, Director Operational Excellence Business Unit Laundry, Miele & Cie. KG
Christian Lorenz, Geschäftsführer, CODE_n
Stefan Walter, Senior Vice President Digital Platforms, msg systems ag
The Results:
Jury-Voting:
- ConcR GmbH: 40% (qualified for semifinals)
- i-flow GmbH: 38%
- Mimetik UG: 21%
- Makula Technology GmbH: 0%
Audience-Voting:
- i-flow GmbH: 57% (qualified for semifinals)
- Mimetik UG: 13%
ConcR GmbH: 13%
- Makula Technology GmbH: 9%
GFFT-Wildcard:
-
The Event (Videoconference):
Date & Time: 24.01.22 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Moderation: Dr. Gerd Große
The Competition:
Presentation of the following four startups ...
SMART.iX GmbH
iLARIZ GmbH
Peerox GmbH
... with in-depth Q&A carried out by excellent experts after each pitch and an "Audience Voting" at the end for determining the two startups which will move to the semifinals.
The Jury:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Klein, MBA, Professor für Integriertes Produktionsmanagement, Hochschule Rhein-Waal
Christian Lorenz, Geschäftsführer, CODE_n
Johannes Ludwig, Manager Production Control and Operational Excellence, Miele & Cie. KG
Thomas Pirzer, Geschäftsführer, KRONES Service Europe GmbH
Stefan Walter, Senior Vice President Digital Platforms, msg systems ag
The Results:
Jury-Voting:
- iLARIZ GmbH: 34% (qualified for semifinals)
- Peerox GmbH: 30%
- SMART.iX GmbH: 24%
- Iuna AI Systems GmbH: 13%
Audience-Voting:
- iLARIZ GmbH: 45 % (qualified for semifinals)
- SMART.iX GmbH: 30% (qualified for semifinals)
- Peerox GmbH: 20%
- Iuna AI Systems GmbH: 5%
GFFT-Wildcard:
-
The Event (Videoconference):
Date & Time: 14.03.22 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Moderation: Dr. Gerd Große
The Competition:
Presentation of the following four startups ...
... with in-depth Q&A carried out by excellent experts after each pitch and an "Audience Voting" at the end for determining the two startups which will move to the finals.
The Jury:
Peter Bebersdorf, Werkleiter Traktor, AGCO Fendt
Markus Handfest, Director Production Overseas, STAEDTLER Mars GmbH & Co. KG
Christian Lorenz, Geschäftsführer, CODE_n
Dr. Philipp Schäfers, Chief of Staff, SYNAOS GmbH (Sieger-Startup Logistik-Pokal 19/20)
Prof. Dr. Justus Arne Schwarz, Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Produktionsmanagement, Universität Regensburg
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The Results:
Jury-Voting:
- scitis.io GmbH: 35% (qualified for FINAL)
- ConcR GmbH: 33%
- Synsor.ai UG: 16%
embedded ocean GmbH: 16%
Audience-Voting:
- scitis.io GmbH: 42% (qualified for FINAL)
- ConcR GmbH: 38% (qualified for FINAL)
- embedded ocean GmbH: 25%
- Synsor.ai UG: 19%
GFFT-Wildcard: -
The Event (Videoconference):
Date & Time: 25.04.22 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Moderation: Dr. Gerd Große
The Competition:
Presentation of the following four startups ...
iLARIZ GmbH
... with in-depth Q&A carried out by excellent experts after each pitch and an "Audience Voting" at the end for determining the two startups which will move to the finals.
The Jury:
Peter Bebersdorf, Werkleiter Traktor, AGCO Fendt
Prof. Dr. Jutta Geldermann, Lehrstuhl für ABWL und Produktionsmanagement, Universität Duisburg-Essen
Christian Lorenz, Geschäftsführer, CODE_n
Dr. Philipp Schäfers, Chief of Staff, SYNAOS GmbH (Sieger-Startup Logistik-Pokal 19/20)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Uckelmann, Studiendekan Informationslogistik, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
The Results:
Jury-Voting:
- Energy Robotics GmbH: 35% (qualified for FINAL)
- iLARIZ GmbH: 25%
- i-flow GmbH: 19%
- Divvoice GmbH: 11%
Audience-Voting:
- Energy Robotics GmbH: 43% (qualified for FINAL)
- i-flow GmbH: 25% (qualified for FINAL)
- iLARIZ GmbH: 23%
- Divvoice GmbH: 8%
The Event (Live in Stuttgart bei CODE_n Innovation Spaces):
Date & Time: 20.6.2022, ganztägig
Moderation: TBA
Registration: Via Eventbrite.
The Competition:
Presentation of the following four startups ...
... with in-depth Q&A carried out by excellent experts after each pitch and an "Audience Voting" at the end for determining the winner of the competition.
The Jury:
N.N.
The Agenda:
10:00 a.m.
Introduction GFFT & CODE_n
10:30 a.m.
Keynote: "Fast forward - accelerating Innovation", Ulrich Dietz, Founder GFT Technologies AG and CODE_n
11:00 a.m.
Panel & Open Discussion: ”On the way to the Digital Factory - status quo, measures and sub-goals"
12:00 p.m.
Lunch break + factory tour
1:00 p.m.
Startup-Cup: Final Pitches
Presentation of the startups that participated in 2021/22
Pitch scitis.io GmbH & Jury Q+A
Pitch ConcR GmbH & Jury Q+A
Pitch Energy Robotics GmbH & Jury Q+A
Pitch i-flow GmbH & Jury Q+A
Jury Voting
3:00 p.m.
Coffee break
3:30 p.m.
Laudatio: Honorary Membership of Prof. Dr. Zimmerli in GFFT e.V.
4:00 p.m.
Startup-Cup: Final Voting & Ceremony
Startup Battle Top-2 and audience voting
Presentation Startups Season 22/23
Award Ceremony
5:00 p.m.
Keynote: „Innovationstreiber aus internationaler Perspektive", Marika Lulay, CEO, GFT Technologies SE
5:30 p.m.
Panel & Open Discussion: „Innovation in Germany - What we need to do to get to the top?"
6:30 p.m.
Networking with evening snack, drinks and live music
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Christian Lorenz
Geschäftsführer CODE_n |
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Johannes Ludwig
Manager Production Control & Operational Excellence Miele & Cie. KG |
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Thomas Pirzer
Geschäftsführer KRONES Service Europe GmbH |
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Dr. Philipp Schäfers, MBA
Chief of Staff SYNAOS GmbH (Sieger-Startup Logistik-Pokal 19/20) |
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Prof. Dr. Justus Arne Schwarz
Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Produktionsmanagement Universität Regensburg |
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Uckelmann
Professor / Studiendekan Informationslogistik Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
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Dr. Markus Wächter
Innovation Lead minnosphere GmbH, company of msg |
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Stefan Walter
Senior VP Digital Platforms msg systems ag |
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Christian Wurster
Bereichsleiter Operational Excellence / fPS Unternehmensgruppe fischer |