18:00 - 18:30

Welcome & Registration

  18:30 - 20:00

Impulse and panel discussion

• Welcome:
  Florian Hassler, State Secretary for Political Coordination and Europe in the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg
  
  
• Keynote "Fostering moonshot innovation in the age of AI"
  Dr. Wieland Brendel, Hector-endowed ELLIS Fellow, ELLIS Institute Tübingen, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen AI Center
  
  
• Panel “Start-ups as drivers for AI solutions with societal benefit"
  • AI-Start-ups from the Four Motors for Europe Regions:​​​​​​​
    • Baden-Württemberg: Max-Frederick Gerken, CEO and Co-Founder Optocycle
    • Lombardy: Sara Uboldi, Head of Solutions, Intellico s.r.l.
  • Dr. Wieland Brendel, Hector-endowed ELLIS Fellow, ELLIS Institute Tübingen, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen AI Center
  • Moderation: Rebecca C. Reisch, Managing Director Cyber Valley GmbH
    
    
• Closing:
  Dr. Patrick Rapp, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affaris, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg

Moderation: Rebecca C. Reisch, Managing Director Cyber Valley GmbH 

  20:00 - 22:00

Get-together

  9:00 - 10:00

Meeting of the government representatives of the partner regions

Closed meeting by invitation

  10:00 - 10:30

Registration & Welcome coffee

  10:30 - 12:00

Handover ceremony

• Music performance
  Panorama | Olivia Trummer “For You” featuring Rosario Bonaccorso, double bass and Nicola Angelucci, drums
  
  
• Welcome and review of the Baden-Württemberg presidency
  Florian Hassler, State Secretary for Political Coordination and Europe in the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg
  
  
• Keynote
  Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of the State of Baden-Württemberg
  
  
• Music performance
  Tu, io e domani | Olivia Trummer “For You” featuring Rosario Bonaccorso, double bass and Nicola Angelucci, drums
  
  
• Outlook for the Lombardy presidency
  Raffaele Cattaneo, Undersecretary for International and European relations of the Lombardy Region
  
  
• Statements Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Catalonia
  
  
• Stéphanie Pernod, Stéphanie Pernod, First Vice-President in charge of Economy, Relocation, Regional preference and Digital
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• Marie Kapretz, Head of the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to Germany
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• Rhythmic gymnastics performance
  Malvina Chakyr, German Gymnastics Federation, TSV Schmiden
  
  
• Handover of the light cube, symbolic object of the presidency, from Baden-Württemberg to Lombardy

• Music performance
  Road to peace | Olivia Trummer “For You” featuring Rosario Bonaccorso, double bass and Nicola Angelucci, drums​​​​​​​

  12:00

Lunch