Europe's future leading CTO community

​For deeptech CTOs, the journey from lab to market is less a sprint and more a climb across unfamiliar terrain. Each readiness level brings its own trade-offs, and wrong turns can cost time, capital, or momentum. No serious ascent is made solo.

​At the Hello Tomorrow Summit in Amsterdam, a select group of deep tech CTOs will come together to form Europe’s future leading CTO community.

​Iconic ascents, much like building breakthrough deeptech, rely on the right anchors at critical moments.

• ​That’s why Tobias Helbig - CTO Innovation Management at NXP, will join us to share how he turns emerging technologies into scalable innovation within a global semiconductor leader.

• ​On top, David Goldman - Partner at Celesta Capital, will also join, sharing his perspective on what it takes to successfully invest in deeptech and the critical role CTOs play in that journey. Prior to joining Celesta, David was an Associate at Paxion Capital, analyzing direct and fund investments across industries.

• ​Evangelos Eleftheriou is Co-founder and CTO of Axelera AI, a European AI semiconductor company developing high-performance and energy-efficient AI inference platforms from edge to data center. Prior to Axelera AI, he spent more than 30 years at IBM Research – Zurich, where he held the position of IBM Fellow and led pioneering work in data storage, memory and compute technologies, including neuromorphic and in-memory computing. He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He has authored more than 300 publications and holds over 160 patents.

​Convened by TNO Fast Track, Techleap and Hello Tomorrow, the inaugural gathering combines firsthand lessons from deeptech CTOs with peer exchange on scaling technology where it meets capital. Participants leave with clearer footing on which technical choices matter for funding, scale, and long-term value.

​Please note that you will need a valid Hello Tomorrow Summit Ticket to attend this event.