Servus Scale Up 2026 - The Bavarian-French Startup Festival

​⚛️ First-ever Bavarian-French startup festival on quantum - in Munich next month! 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇺

​Servus Scale Up 2026 is the first-ever Bavarian–French Startup Festival dedicated to quantum and its enabling technologies: AI, microelectronics, and the quantum supply chain. One afternoon-into-evening to connect two ecosystems and push Europe's quantum future forward.

​Please be aware that photographs and videos may be taken during this event for promotional, marketing, and archival purposes. By attending, you consent to your image being used in these materials.

​Agenda:

​Masters of ceremony: Karine Fouque & Rodolphe Masson, French Tech Munich Board 15:30 Registration 16:00 Welcome and Official opening  Camille Von Arnim, President, French Tech Munich & Franziska Neuberger, Head of Unit Digitisation & ICT, Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria, IHK  Alexandre Vulic, General Consul of France in Munich  Dr. Hans-Michael Strepp, General Director, Bavarian State Ministry of Digital  Christoph Ernst, Vice-President, European Patent Office 16:30 Panel: Building the European quantum future: how do we move forward? Moderator: Annika Michalak, Bayern Innovativ  Prof. Thomas Volz, General Manager, Quandela GmbH  Andrea Vaugan, Secretary General, European Champions Alliance  Caroline Bürsgens, Head, Quantum Technology and Application Consortium  Prof. Jeanette Lorenz, Head of Department, Fraunhofer IKS 17:00 Live pitching competition + Award ceremony Moderators: Gargi Kodgirwar, TUM Venture Labs, Estelle Lauvergne, French Tech Munich Board & Nouchine Humbert Pitching Startups (120 seconds each): Modulir (FR) / Munich Quantum Instruments (DE) / Munos (DE) / Peak Quantum (DE) / Quint (DE) / Qluster (FR) / Qmunicate (DE) / SOLNIL(FR) / Telquant (FR) / Views (FR) Best German Servus Scale Up 2026 Startup Award Award given by: Prof. Thomas Volz and Marine Xech-Gaspa, Quandela Best French Servus Scale Up 2026 Startup Award Award given by: Christoph Ernst, European Patent Office Best Servus Scale Up 2026 Breakthrough innovation Award Award given by: Jerome Foret, Quantum Launchpad 18:00 Short break 18:20 Two Parallel Breakout sessions:

1. ​Panel 1: Moving from quantum innovation to quantum adoption in our industry Moderator: Alina Mendt, Head of Falling Walls Venture  Dr. Christoph Niedermeier, Senior Research Scientist Quantum Computing, Siemens  Dr. Enrique Solano, Chief Executive Officer, Kipu Quantum  Olivier Tonneau, Founder and Partner, Quantonation  Axel Foery, International independent expert

2. ​Panel 2: France and Bavaria/Germany shaping Europe‘s sovereignty Moderator: Axelle Cheney-Grünberger, French embassy in Germany  Dr. Laurent Guiraud, CEO and co-founder, ColibriTD  Christopher Trummer, Managing Director, TUM Venture Labs Quantum/Semicon  Julia Bauer, Head of Fraunhofer AHEAD  Matthias Schempp, Executive Board Member, science+computing AG - Bull 19:00 Plenary closing words + photo Networking, Stands, Buffet Dinner 22:00 End

​Organised by La French Tech Munich, co-hosted by IHK für München und Oberbayern. With our partners Quantum Launchpad, TUM Venture Labs, Le Lab Quantique, Bayern Innovativ, QBN and Fraunhofer AHEAD, and sponsors including the European Patent Office and Quandela (more to come — sponsorships still open). Supported by the French Foreign Trade Advisors, Club économique franco-allemand de Bavière, BayFrance, Business France, the Ambassade de France en Allemagne and the Consulat général de France à Munich.

​On vous attend à Munich ! Wir freuen uns auf euch!