Deutsch-Finnisches Businessforum 2026

5.10. Montag - Get-together | 18.00-20.30 Uhr

IHK München, Max-Joseph-Straße 2, 80333 München

• Opening by Host and Co‑Host
• Buffet and Networking

6.10. Dienstag - Deutsch-Finnisches Businessforum | 9.00-17.00 Uhr

IHK München, Max-Joseph-Straße 2, 80333 München

• 9.00 Registration & Coffee
• 9.30-11.00 Opening
  • Opening words
    • Prof. Dagmar Schuller, Vizepräsidentin der IHK für München und Oberbayern
    • Dirk Hofmann, President, AHK Finnland
    • Sari Multala, Minister of Climate and the Environment
    • Dr. Hans Michael Strepp, Director General, Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs
  • Panel: Does Europe Still Control Its Own Digital Infrastructure?  
    with Eleftherios Papadopoulos - Nokia, Alexander Britz - Microsoft, Risto Rajala - FISC - Finnish Information Security Cluster, Dr. Hans Michael Strepp - Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs, Kati Nyman - Elisa, Kevin Wennemuth - Gofore
  • 11.00-11.45 Networking break & B2B Matchmaking
  • 11.45-13.30 Thematic Block 1: Digital Sovereignty
    • Keynote: Paolo Palumbo, Vice President AI Security, WithSecure
    • Keynote: Pekka Jaarinen, Vice President Business Development, Frends
    • Company case: Janne Heikkinen, Chief Product Officer, Q-mill
    • Keynote: Mary Carol Falk, Head of Product Strategy, SAP
    • Fireside chat: Sovereing Energy and Digital Infrastructure - Are They Ultimately the Same Strategic Question?
      Experts: Markus Bendele - IQM & Jan Feller, AHK Finnland
  • 13.30-14.30 Lunch & B2B Matchmaking
  • 14.30-15.30 Thematic Block 2: Sovereign Energy Infrastructure
    • Panel: Is Europe’s Industry Ready for Energy Sovereignity?
      with Gideon Saunders - Ontras, Siemens Energy, Glenn Schmidt - BMW, Dr. Markus Ostermeier - Ostermeier H2ydrogen Solutions GmbH
    • Company case: Peter Walhöfer, Director Sales Security Scanner, Rohde & Schwarz
    • Keynote: Thorsten Dradrach, Energy Business Director for Europe, Wärtsilä
  • 15.30-15.50 Coffee break & B2B Matchmaking
  • 15.50-16.30 Thematic block 2 continues
    • Panel: Is the Energy Market Still a Market - or Has It Become Security Policy?
      Anika Schwalbe - AEE - Agentur für erneuerbare Energie, Sebastian Bolay - DIHK, Marko Janhunen - Gasgrid, Philip Dabrowski - Gascade
    • Pitch: Kimmo Alatulkkila, Development director, Oulun Energia
    • Keynote: Kai Sauer, Ambassador of Finland to Germany

6.10. Dienstag - Abendprogramm | 17.00 -20.30 Uhr

Augustiner Stammhaus, Neuhauser Str. 27, 80331 München

• Snack buffet and networking

5.10. PREvent München 2026 - Building Digital Resilience Together for a New Era 
14.00-17.30 Uhr

IHK München, Max-Joseph-Straße 2, 80333 München

We welcome you to an interesting afternoon around digital resilience right before the German-Finnish Businessforum in Münich!

The program focuses on exchanging information between Finland and Germany on best practices in digital resilience, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty. We will hear keynotes from the unique Finnish category-leading quantum computing and space technology unicorns IQM and ICEYE. Cybersecurity companies from Finland will present practical and impactful real-world case studies on how the Finnish model for comprehensive security applies to cybersecurity, and how public-private partnerships in Finland have successfully improved the digital resilience and cybersecurity posture of the whole society, with impact resonating to Germany and the whole European Union.
 

Speakers and programme (subject to change)

• 14:00-15:00 Registration, networking, coffee, lonkero und Brezel
• 15:00-15:10 Opening words, introduction
• 15:10-15:40 Keynote: Matthias Wilson, Head of Intelligence, ICEYE
• 15:40-16:20 Impact presentations: SensorFu, Semantti, Arctic Security, Xiphera
• 16:20-16:30 Networking break
• 16:30-17:00 Keynote: Markus Bendele, Germany Country Manager, IQM
• 17:00-17:30 Impact presentations: Badrap, SensorFleet, Test of Things
• 17:30-17:40 Closing words, moving to Businessforum Get-together

 
The event is facilitated and supported by AHK Finnland, IHK München - Chamber of Industry and Commerce Munich, BusinessOulu, and the Finnish Embassy in Germany. The event is organized in cooperation with Finnish cybersecurity companies and AHK Finnland members Badrap, SensorFu, SensorFleet, Semantti, Xiphera, Test of Things, and Arctic Security. 

7.10. Mittwoch - Exkursion zu IQM München | 10.00-13.00

Im Rahmen des Businessforums bieten wir eine exklusive Exkursion zu IQM München, einem der führenden europäischen Unternehmen im Bereich Quantencomputing, an. Während des Besuchs erhalten die Teilnehmenden Einblicke in die neuesten Entwicklungen rund um Quantencomputer und lernen die Rolle von IQM in diesem zukunftsweisenden Technologiefeld kennen. Zudem besteht die Möglichkeit zum direkten Austausch mit Experten vor Ort. Ein Bustransfer wird organisiert. 

Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Teilnehmerzahl begrenzt ist und die Plätze nach dem Prinzip „first come, first served“ vergeben werden.