AgriFood Demo Day 2025 & Symposium
- Where
- Munich Urban Colab, Freddie-Mercury-Straße 5, 80797 München
On September 18, 2025, we cordially invite you to the Munich Urban Colab for the 4th AgriFood Demo Day – an event for groundbreaking innovations shaping the future of our food system. This year, the focus is on solutions that build resilient supply chains, regenerate our soils, and startups working on reducing Scope 3 emissions – presented by promising startups from the EIT Food Accelerator Network, XPRENEURS, UnternehmerTUM, and other selected applicants.
Look forward to bold pitches in AgriTech, FoodTech, and BioTech, as well as inspiring keynotes, including Philippe Birkers' keynote on "Creating a Regenerative Food System in Europe." Additionally, there will be a dedicated track on Soil Health & Water, supported by the Stiftung Nantesbuch Kunst & Natur.
Special Highlight:
In the Soil Health & Water Track, attractive prizes are up for grabs, generously sponsored by the Stiftung Nantesbuch:
1st Place: €5,000
2nd Place: €2,500
3rd Place: €1,500
Pre-Event Symposium "Feeding Tomorrow: The Power of Soil and Water"
Join us in the morning from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM for our exclusive symposium "Feeding Tomorrow: The Power of Soil and Water". The symposium brings together startups, companies, academia, and practitioners to highlight innovations in the field of soil and water in agriculture and to open up new areas of cooperation and action.
The discussion will be held in German and simultaneously translated into English to ensure access for all participants.
Target Audience for the Demo Day & Symposium: Startups, Investors, Corporates, Family Businesses, Farmers & Interested Parties.
Whether you want to discover, invest, network, or learn – the AgriFood Demo Day is where the future is created.
Agenda Symposium:
- 09:30 - 10:00 Welcome and Registration for the Symposium
- 10:00 - 10:10 Opening & Introduction by UnternehmerTUM & TUM VL FAB
10:10 - 10:50 Keynote speeches – Healthy soil and water management as the basis for agriculture
Dr. Katrin Schneider - Kunst und Natur Nantesbuch - Was ist Boden?
Dr. Pascale Roualt - KWB Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin - Was ist eine Schwammlandschaft?
Dr. Marie Brueser - EIT Food - Kann Regenerative Landwirtschaft in Europa großflächig funktionieren?
Benjamin Subei - BCG - Was ist der Wert des Bodens?
10:50 - 11:20 Panel discussion: How can we now bring soil into the center of society/the economy?
Dr. Matthias Berger - Dr. Oetker
Kristal Golan - BayWa
Maria Stemmer - Bayerischer BauernVerband
Sebastiaan Berendse - Wageningen University WUR
- 11:20 - 11:50 "Ask me anything" - Session with the audience
- 11:50 - 12:00 Summary & Outlook
- 12:00 - 13:00 Symposium Lunch
Agenda AgriFood Demo Day:
- 13:30 - 14:00 Registration Demo Day
- 14:00 - 14:20 Welcome by Nikola Baumschlager and Roman Werner
- 14:20 - 14:45 Keynote by Phillippe Birker: From thinking to action: lessons learned from five years of building a regenerative agricultural and food system in Europe
- 14:45 - 15:10 Startup Pitches: FoodTech & BioTech
- 15:10 - 15:40 Networking Break
- 15:40 - 16:10 Startup Pitches: AgriTech & Sustainable Supply Chains
- 16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break
- 16:30 - 17:00 Startup Pitches: Special Track Soil Health & Water, including prizes sponsored by the Stiftung Natur und Kunst Nantesbuch
- 17:00 - 20:00 Networking with a musical surprise
