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Hinterland of Things 2027

Hinterland of Things is an annual flagship conference in Bielefeld connecting Europe’s leading B2B tech startups, corporate innovators, and tech visionaries. The event fosters innovation, insights sharing, and partnership-building between startups and established industry players, especially in the German Mittelstand. Topics include entrepreneurship, collabo…

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38Speakers
12Sponsors
24Exhibitors
15Sessions
68Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at Hinterland, in alphabetical order.

ALEXANDRA HARTUNG
WORKDAY
andré christ
sap leanix
ANTONIA GÖTSCH
WEGEN GUTER FÜHRUNG
Carsten Maschmeyer
CEO · Maschmeyer Group
céline flores willers
the people branding company gmbh
Christian Miele
Headline
Daria Saharova
GP · World Fund
David budde
trawa
deepa gautam-nigge
sap
dennis cutraro
unfuture
dominik gross
founders foundation
DR. ANNIKA VON MUTIUS
EMPION
Dr. Sigrid Nikutta
Vorstand Güterverkehr · Deutsche Bahn AG
eduard dörrenberg
dr. wolff
Florian Heinemann
Project A
florian nöll
pwc
Florian Weyand
WirtschaftsWoche
FREDERIKE HOLEWIK
POLITICO
HENRIKE LUSZICK
BRIDGEMAKER
Isabel corinna knauf
knauf group
ISABELLE KÖRNER
Janna Ensthaler
GGF

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Böllhoff
CLAAS
Dr. Oetker
Dr. Wolff Group
GEA
GOLDBECK
Miele
NTT DATA
Phoenix Contact
Schüco
STOCKMEIER Group
WAGO

Agenda

Selected from 15 sessions.

  • 09:00 - 09:05

    Opening

    Hinterland Stage
  • 09:10 - 09:20

    THE HEARTBEAT OF HINTERLAND

    Hinterland Stage
  • 09:20 - 09:40

    Can Germany Stay Competitive? What the Mittelstand Must Do Next

    Hinterland Stage
  • 09:40 - 10:05

    Rewriting the People Playbook: Leading HR Through the AI Era

    Hinterland Stage
  • 10:05 - 10:30

    From Turnaround to Resilience: Building a Future-Proof Industrial Leader

    Hinterland Stage
  • 10:30 - 10:55

    Where Capital Flows Next: Europe’s Emerging Tech Frontiers

    Hinterland Stage
  • 10:55 - 11:20

    Family Business, Startup Mindset: A New Playbook for Innovation

    Hinterland Stage
  • 11:20 - 11:30

    From Turnaround to Resilience: Building a Future-Proof Industrial Leader

    Hinterland Stage
  • 11:30 - 11:55

    Beyond the Buzzword: How the Mittelstand Builds AI-Driven Powerhouses

    Hinterland Stage
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 68 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

68 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
11Sponsoringsponsor only
21Exhibitingexhibitor only
32Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

GEA·Founders Foundation·Headline·Project A

Speakers by seniority

5% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite25%
  • Other roles3695%

Of 38 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1GEASponsor1
2BöllhoffSponsor-
3CLAASSponsor-
4Dr. OetkerSponsor-
5Dr. Wolff GroupSponsor-
6Founders FoundationExhibitor1
7goldbeckSponsor-
8HeadlineExhibitor1
9MieleSponsor-
10NTT DATASponsor-
11Phoenix ContactSponsor-
12Project AExhibitor1
13SchücoSponsor-
14STOCKMEIER GroupSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified12
100% of 12