Lecture series "Entrepreneurship" 2025/2026

How do innovations come about – and what does it take to start a successful business?
In the lecture series ‘Entrepreneurship’ at the University of Stuttgart, experts from the business world and start-up scene provide insights into key topics relating to start-ups, transfer, innovation and cooperation.

Each week focuses on a new topic. The lectures provide practical perspectives from various industries and encourage discussion about entrepreneurial thinking and action.

The event also offers valuable opportunities to establish contacts with industry and the start-up scene and to find out about current developments in innovation and start-ups.

Target audience:
The lecture series is aimed at students, researchers and employees of the University of Stuttgart, people interested in starting a business, and external guests.

Dates:
Every Wednesday, from 15 October 2025 to 28 January 2026,
in Lecture Hall 47.03, Pfaffenwaldring 47, University of Stuttgart.

Organiser:
Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research (ENI) and Transfer Centre TRACES at the University of Stuttgart.

👉 Lecture series programme:

15/10/2025
Introduction to the lecture series and presentation of the start-up ecosystem at the University of Stuttgart
Dr. Andreas Wahl  &  Tamara Arutyunyants

TRACES - Transfer Center of the University of Stuttgart
Sebastian Donath

TTI - Technology Transfer Initiative 
Gertrud Edith Schmitt

29/10/2025
Topic: Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship

Siemens AG
Jan Lühr
"From entrepreneur to intrapreneur – entrepreneurial career paths"

Start-up: Emectric            
Marc Emmerich                            

Start-up: Perosol
Dr.-Ing. Claudiu Mortan

05/11/2025
Topic: Automotive Tech meets Startup

Valeo
Dr. Steffen Klarmann

Start-up: Nexobility             
Sebastian Löffler            

 

12/11/2025
Topic: Aerospace Tech meets Startups

Airbus
Marc Schimmler
"Integration of Start-Ups into the Airbus Innovation Landscape"

Start-up: Roboloon           
Dr. Daniel Wibbing                             

Start-up:  BEHtec / Fibryx
Mathias Engelfried

19/11/2025
Topic: Turning ideas into investable business

Bosch Business Innovations GmbH  
Mathias Bosch
"The Investor‘s lens: Designing corporate innovations for external funding"

Start-up: Aucobo              
Dr. Johannes be Isa                 

Start-up: CT-LAB 
Jajnabalkya Guhathakurta

 

26/11/2025
Topic: Innovations in small and large companies 

ZEISS Group
Dr. Sören Schmidt
"Turning ideas into innovation – A developers perspective"

Start-up:  Printoptix            
Nils Fahrbach 
                        

03/12/2025
Topic: Corporate Venturing

MAHLE International GmbH
Johannes Diem
"How corporations work with start-ups in a structured manner"

Start-up: Haptive                 
Alexander Achberger 

Start-up: Amplink
Stephan Keck

                      

10/12/2025
Topic: Cooperation as a driver of growth 

PILZ GmbH & Co. KG
Bernd Neuschwander
"Kooperation statt Disruption: Wie Kooperationen Innovation und Wachstum vorantreiben können."

Start-up: TruPhysics
Albert Groz

17/12/2025
Topic: Open Innovation

FESTO
Jacob Decker
"How Openness Fuels Innovation – Success Through Cooperation"

Start-up: Collectu
Dr.-Ing. Frederik Wulle & Dr.-Ing. Colin Reiff

Start-up: Synthavo                       
Maximilian Staudenmaier                 

07/01/2026
Topic: AI and Quantum technologies

Start-up: Advanced Quantum          
Matthias Widmann                                 

Start-up: Generio
Dr. Jonas Auda

14/01/2026
Topic: Customer orientation in focus

AI xpress Startup Zentrum Böblingen
Wolfgang Vogt
"I'm not interested in your technology, but we can still talk."

Start-up: Cyclize             
Maike Lambarth                  

Start-up: Varimol
Dr. Vasileios Filippou


21/01/2026
Topic: Tech marketing using AI as an example

Vector Informatik GmbH 
Dr. Ute Hillmer
"Going to Market  - Strategy für Tech-Innovationen"

Start-up: KI Kinderleicht
Kathrin Lichius

28/01/2026
Topic: IP Protection - Intellectual Property

Tobias K. Artzt
Universität Stuttgart
Manager Intellectual Property (Erfindungen, Schutzrechte)
Dezernat 1 – Forschung und Transfer

Start-up: Charge IQ              
Stephan Dengler                      

Start-up: WMT (Wir machen Technik) 
Max Kessler