From pitch competitions to rapid prototyping, from expert panels to exciting keynotes -  the agrifood start-up expert stage is the place to be for the start-up and open innovation ecosystem at AGRITECHNICA.

At the opening event on Sunday 09.11.2025 you can expect the following keynotes:

Impulse Talks:  
Victor Veefkind, - Stream Leader Tech Intelligence Observatory a.i. at European Patent Office |  Titel: Innovation in digital agriculture - the road ahead.
Niklas Veltkamp - Managing Director at Bitkom e.V. | Titel: Sowing growth, harvesting the future – how AgTech start-ups are reimagining agriculture.                                                                                                              Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner - Director of the Fraunhofer IVV Institute, Spokesperson for the Fraunhofer Alliance Food, Head of the Fraunhofer Cluster for Resource Technologies and Bioeconomy | Titel: We live in a globalized world - don't we? Implications for food production and supply                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Moderation: Christopher Armstong

as well as the launch of the agrifood start-up services by the DLG, the one stop shop for all DLG products and services to help ag and food tech start-ups on their development journey.