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TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL 2026
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friday JUNE 26, 2026
14:25 - 15:10
Building the Next
The Ecosystem of Innovation
Every company in this room was built by someone who looked at what existed and decided to build something better. This panel brings together the founders, investors, builders and intrapreneurs who are doing that right now — inside the Durst ecosystem and beyond it.
Capital is being deployed at the frontier of deep tech and digital production. Companies are being built that didn't exist five years ago. And the people making those bets — with their time, their money, and their conviction — are in this room.
Capital is being deployed at the frontier of deep tech and digital production. Companies are being built that didn't exist five years ago. And the people making those bets — with their time, their money, and their conviction — are in this room.
ON STAGE
MODERATOR Eva Ogriseg
Harald Oberrauch
Dr. Maximilian Lude
Suzanne Waldthaler
Burkhard Güssefeld
Moritz Pichler
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EVA Ogriseg
(TBAN) Tyrolean Business Angel Network, Chief Executive Officer
Eva Ogriseg is the CEO of tba network, an association of 30+ business angels from South and North Tyrol. She leads deal sourcing and screening, connecting high-potential startups with investors. As an active investor with a passion for supporting founders, she serves as a key connector and driving force in the Alpine innovation ecosystem.
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HARALD Oberrauch
Technicon, Board Member
Harald Oberrauch is a board member of Technicon, the family-owned holding behind companies such as Durst, Alupress, Immagina Biotechnology and other startups. With deep roots in a multigenerational business, he combines long-term vision with a hands-on entrepreneurial approach, driving growth and transformation across industries. His work reflects a strong commitment to innovation, responsibility, and sustainable value creation.
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DR. MAXIMILIAN Lude
Philoneos, Chief Executive Officer and Professor, Tomorrow University
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Lude is the co-founder and CEO of philoneos, a Munich-based consultancy specializing in innovation and transformation for business with tradition and legacy. Max is scholar and public speaker, as well as Professor of Innovation and Strategy at the Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences, where he teaches in an online based environment. Maximilian earned his PhD from the Friedrichshafen Institute for Family Businesses (FIF) and regularly publishes and speaks both academically and professionally worldwide. He is a dedicated lecturer, skier, and dog owner.
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SUZANNE Waldthaler
DIKAIA, CEO & Co-Founder
Susanne Waldthaler is co-founder and CEO of DIKAIA AI, a bootstrapped legal-tech AI startup from South Tyrol. Forged at three of the world's top-10 pharma companies - Novartis, Gilead and GSK - and at Dr. Schär, the world leader in gluten-free products, she drove multi-country product launches each worth over half a billion euros in sales. Today she is building the legal AI data infrastructure for Europe.
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BURKHARD Güssefeld
Allsides CTO
Burkhard Güssefeld is Co-Founder and CTO of ALLSIDES, building the 3D data infrastructure layer for the next generation of content creation, robotics, and generative AI. With a PhD in computer graphics and computer vision from Heidelberg University, he designed ALLSIDES' end-to-end scan-to-asset pipeline from first principles - hardware through software - scaling it into a production system serving Amazon, Meta, Nike, Adidas, Inditex, and Zalando. Based in South Tyrol, Italy, he focuses on precision at physical scale, foundational data quality, and the long arc from research insight to industrial infrastructure.
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MORITZ Pichler
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Moritz Pichler started his career engineering satellite systems at OHB, later Airbus Defence & Space before building Rheinmetall's cybersecurity subsidiary from zero to revenue as its founding CEO. At Microsoft, he oversaw sovereign Azure Governmental Cloud deployments with over €1 billion in business impact, then ran corporate venture activities at Hensoldt. Now Principal at Join Capital, he invests at the intersection of deep tech, defense, and cyber.