Leading the People Side of Scale

Nina Pütz

SVP / CEO at parfumdreams & Niche Beauty

Andrea Althaus

VP People at A11

Scaling tech is easy. Scaling people is hard. Real talk on the decisions, culture, and leadership moves that make or break scale-ups - told through lessons from fintech to beauty retail.

Turning Product-Market Fit into Profit

Florian Heinemann

Founding Partner at Project A

Marianne Palma

Chief Marketing Officer at A11

Marie-Theres Klüpfel

VP of Sales & GTM at A11

Florian Drummen

Senior GTM & AI Consultant at A11

Product-market fit doesn't guarantee commercial success. The gap between building something people want and building something people pay for. Operators who cracked sustainable revenue models share what actually works beyond the growth hacks.

Leading through AI transformation

Sarina Hergarten

COO at Getsafe

Aylin Brunk

Head of Talent & Business Partnering at A11

Sasha Mordehai

General Director at Media Impact

Matthias Schmeisser

VP People & Organisation at emnify

In AI transformation, the toughest calls aren’t about models or stacks. They’re about people, structure, and execution. We’ll explore where leaders double down, where they let go, and how they build an advantage before the playbook exists.

Cutting Through the AI Noise

Nicole Büttner

Founder & CEO at Merantix Momentum

Thuy-Ngan Trinh

Managing Director at A11

Elisabeth L'Orange

Partner at Deloitte AI & Data

AI hype vs AI reality. Most startups are solving problems that don't exist while missing the ones that matter. This session cuts through the noise - what's actually working, what's expensive theater, and how operators are using AI to drive real business outcomes, not just better demos.

Making the Right Tech Calls

Christian Rebernik

CEO & Co-Founder at Tomorrow University

Stephan Schulze

Managing Director at A11

Kiril Panev

VP Data & Engineering at A11

Felix Haas

Designer & Angel Investor at Lovable

The technical decisions that make or break scaling companies. From architecture choices to team structure, operators share what worked, what failed, and the tech strategies that actually matter when you're building for growth.

Celebrating the operators raising the bar in Commercial, AI, Tech, and Leadership.

The networking party Berlin's scaleup scene deserves. Connect with 1000+ operators, founders, and decision makers. Real conversations with peers who will inspire your next move. Your peer group, finally in one room. And Sachsentrance live on stage.