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ZEISS Ventures Day

The power of partnerships

The power of partnerships:

How internal & external innovation ecosystems can enable future business

To accelerate innovation according to market and technology trends, corporates can internally build up an innovation ecosystem that fosters synergies and supports capability building around entrepreneurship within their organization. They also can leverage external partnerships in the start-up world. This event will give you the opportunity to exchange with the ZEISS portfolio companies, intern and extern, follow exciting keynotes and share experiences around innovation. We are looking forward to exciting exchanges!

The strategic agenda of the ZEISS Group, the #agenda25, has three focus fields: shape markets, build networks and create impact for customer success. One of the aspirations is to build and scale new business models that will support ZEISS with shaping markets. To serve this goal and leverage the innovative strength of ZEISS, an innovation ecosystem has been set up consisting of ZEISS Corporate & Research Technology, ZEISS Digital Partners, ZEISS Ventures, and all the strategic business units. It is also supported by many external partners.

Dr. Karl Lamprecht

President & CEO – ZEISS Group

Patrons

Dr. Karl Lamprecht, CEO Carl Zeiss AG

Dr. Karl Lamprecht

President & CEO ZEISS Group

Gerrit Schulte, Head of ZEISS Ventures ZEISS Group

Gerrit Schulte

Head of ZEISS Ventures ZEISS Group

Exhibitors / ZEISS Portfolio Ventures

ZEISS Ventures Day 2022
ZEISS Ventures Day 2022

ZEISS Ventures Day 2022

The power of partnerships

The ZEISS Ventures Day 2022 took place on 5th October 2022 in Aalen with more than 130 participants from ZEISS, external investors and also the teams of the ZEISS portfolio companies.

  • Final attendance of 120 persons (~20 externals)
  • Invitation of about 180  persons
  • All portfolio companies as well as incubation teams present



Speakers

Dr. Karl Lamprecht, CEO Carl Zeiss AG

Dr. Karl Lamprecht

President & CEO – ZEISS Group

As President and CEO of the ZEISS Group, Dr. Karl Lamprecht oversees Strategic Development, Brand & Communications, Human Resources, Research & Technology and the Venture Board. He is also responsible for the Asia-Pacific region. Dr. Karl Lamprecht has been a Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group since 2018 and its President and CEO since 2020. Prior to this, he was President and CEO of the Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH. After different steps in his career, e.g. as a consultant at McKinsey or as investment director at AdAstra Venture , he joined ZEISS in 2005 as Vice President of Strategic Business Development at the ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology AG.

Gerrit Schulte, Head of ZEISS Ventures ZEISS Group

Gerrit Schulte

Head of ZEISS Ventures ZEISS Group

As head of ZEISS Ventures, Gerrit Schulte manages the ZEISS investments in technology-driven start-ups. The mission of ZEISS Ventures is to actively enable and accelerate the development and commercialization of market shaping innovations between, beyond, and disruptive to current ZEISS strategic business units. It also aims to increase the attractiveness for bright talents by partnering with developers, entrepreneurs, and co-investors who build technology-driven businesses relevant to ZEISS. Previously, Gerrit worked at the Boston Consulting Group and lead the strategic business development department at the ZEISS’ Semiconductor Technology segment. He also founded two start-ups.

Philipp Gerbert, General Managing Director TUM Venture Labs

Philipp Gerbert

General Managing Director TUM Venture Labs

As General Managing Director for the TUM Venture Labs and board member of UnternehmerTUM appliedAI, Philipp Gerbert drives entrepreneurship across DeepTech/Life Sciences (hub Munich, now also Heilbronn). UnternehmerTUM is the largest entrepreneurship and innovation center in Europe and organizes a large ecosystem across research institutes, founders, corporations, capital and government. Previously Philipp was a Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group for 15 years, with a core focus on AI in Business and Climate Action.
Philipp holds a PhD in Physics from MIT. He spent most of his professional life in the US (including many years in Silicon Valley) and Europe.

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  • Keynotes Dr. Karl Lamprecht

    Pages: 6
    File size: 637 KB
  • Keynotes Gerrit Schulte

    Pages: 10
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