Planet A’s BUILT FOR THIS brings together 300+ frontier founders, investors and buyers from Europe and beyond to explore what it actually takes to build the companies getting stronger under pressure, not just surviving it.
Here, the brightest minds on the planet debate the greatest opportunities of our time.
13.30 - Doors open
14.00 - Welcome to the Planet A Summit
14.20 - Summit programme
Keynote: Adam Tooze
Big questions in deeptech - energy security, industrial policy, the role of the state - can't be answered by technology alone. Historian and author Adam Tooze brings critical perspective to the conversation.
The Lab's Missing Layer
Who builds the operating system for the automated lab, who owns the data it generates, and where does the moat actually sit? With Robert Zechlin (UniteLabs), Marcus Tze-Kiat Ng (Dunia) and Alexander Belcredi (Biotech founder & Angel).
Europe’s industrial edge - legacy as leverage
What does it actually take to move breakthrough technology from pilot to scale? Verticalised automation, brownfield integration, and where robots bite today. With Siddharth Khullar (Aris Machina) and Jan Erik Solem (Stær).
Built for this: HIVED - A Founder Journey with Murvah Iqbal
The Sovereignty Premium: Who Pays for European Autonomy?With Cristina Caffarra, Political Economist & Co-founder of the EuroStack Initiative.
Space: Billionaire Playground or Backbone of Earth Resilience?
Low Earth orbit is becoming critical infrastructure. Is Europe building, governing and funding it seriously enough to have any say? With Anna Heim (TechCrunch), Andrew Nutter, Jenny Dreier (The Exploration Company) and Barbara Belvisi (Interstellar Lab).
Energy Moonshots: From dreams to commercial reality
The time for incremental moves is over. The time for incremental moves is over. What does it actually take to get from moonshot to market? With Lucio Milanese (Proxima Fusion), Jorgen Tveit (Thaleron), Francesco Oppici (Energy Dome).
18.30 - Aperitivo Time
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