About Atec

For over 10 years we are celebrating entrepreneurship and technology by bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators and decision makers from business, politics and academia.

10,000+

Participants in ten years

100+

Participating startups

50+

Participating Investors

Past Editions

In more than a decade we hosted dozens of inspiring talks by fabulous speakers. See our most recent editions with the most outstanding speakers.

ATEC 2022

The twelfth edition of ATEC took place (live!) in Aachen on May 17th 2022 with over 1,100 on-site participants and other hundreds of tech and entrepreneurship enthusiasts joining online. A vibrant atmosphere, great energy and lots of fun with like-minded people willing to #DareTheImpossible!

Ranga Yogeshwar
Science Journalist
Nina Wöss
COO Female Founders
Frank Thelen
Investor
Christian Kroll
Founder Ecosia
Lara Obst
Founder The Climate Choice
Martin Schilling
MD Techstars Berlin Accelerator
Ann-Kristin Mackensen
CFO NFT-MAKER
Michael Riegel
Founder Comtravo
Katharina Riederer
Founder eco.mio
Julian Kögel
Founder Y GO
Kirstin MacLeod
Moderator
Max Lemme
Professor and CEO AMO
Daniel Schall
Founder Black Semicon
Melanie Raidl
Moderator
Patrick Tobler
Founder NFT-MAKER
Jan Ossenbrink
Partner Global Founders Capital
Vincent Gerretz
Founder gemineers
Arne Peine
Founder Clinomic
Robert Brüll
Founder FibreCoat
Georg Angenendt
Founder ACCURE
Katharina Kuechler
Moderator
Oliver Grün
CEO GRÜN Software
Marius Rosenberg
MD ESC RWTH Innovation
Magdalena Gorecki
Moderator
Maximilian Konen
Pitch Battle Jury
Björn Lang
Pitch Battle Jury
Malte Brettel
Host
Dan Ram
Event MC

ATEC 2021

With 11th edition we introduced the theme »Dare the impossible«. Facing the ongoing pandemic, we held a hybrid conference with online and on-sight participants.