Experience Start Summit

Young Sohn, former Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer at Samsung Electronics, and CEO of two successful Silicon Valley public companies, co-founded Walden Catalyst to link startups with global opportunities. He currently chairs the board at HARMAN International and has been a crucial seed investor for innovative companies like Berkeley Lights, Fungible, Zoom Video, Graphcore, and TTTech Auto.

Verena Pausder, a prominent figure in Germany's startup scene, is an entrepreneur, digital education expert, author, and the founder of Fox & Sheep and the HABA Digital Workshops. She champions digital literacy, particularly among youth, earning recognition as one of Business Punk magazine's 100 most influential women in the startup world, among other awards.

Lena is the co-founder and Chief Evangelist of AirUp, the world's first scent-based water flavoring system. She and co-founder Tim Jäger developed the initial prototype in 2016 during her product design studies. As Chief Evangelist, Lena focuses on shaping the brand and product vision. Since its 2019 launch, AirUp has expanded to 11 countries with 2 million customers and around 300 employees.

​​Philipp Hildebrand is vice-chairman at Blackrock. Prior to that, he was Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank. In that capacity, he was also a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Swiss Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), of which the Leaders of the G20 appointed him Vice Chairman in 2011.