DePIN, Pitches & Popcorn
How to turn Germany’s DePIN projects into a coherent mesh to support innovative industry collaboration
Check out the CIC cinema location of several infamous Blockchain meetup and the Blockchain Brunches.
Kick back and get into DePin while sipping a drink and enjoying popcorn.
We have brief intros of the organizers and their take on DePIN and innovations overall.
We currently validate and onboard potential pitch candidates and panelists, this list will be updated continuously.
Apply at pitch@berchain.com
🧭 Agenda
14:00 – 14:10 | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Moderator: Sebastian Becker (Bundesblock)
14:10 – 14:15 | Intro to CIC Berlin
Speaker: TBA (CIC Berlin)
14:15 – 14:20 | Policy Pulse: Bundesblock’s Take on Infrastructure & Innovation
Speaker: Sebastian Becker (Bundesblock)
14:20 – 14:25 | Berlin as DePIN Testbed: A BerChain Perspective
Speaker: Daud Zulfacar (BerChain e.V.)
14:25 – 15:20 | Blitz Pitch Session: DePIN in Action
6–8 projects, 5 minutes each, accompanied by some popcorn.
Show the variety of your use cases, tell industry leaders, VCs and developers alike why your startup matters for them and why your DePin use case matters.
Confirmed:
Staex (Dr. Alexandra Mikityuk)
Ostakon (Thomas Ostertag)
Seedlab / Autonomous AI Agents (Regine Haschka Helmer)
Evaluation Phase ongoing
Wanna pitch - send a mail to pitch@berchain.com
15:30 – 15:40 | Short Break
15:40 – 16:40 | Panel Discussion: Scaling DePIN in Germany
Topics:
Cooperation with legacy industry
Regulatory sandboxes & policy enablers
Open standards & interoperability
Bridging infrastructure builders, startups & industry
Moderator: TBA
Panelists:
Bundesblock: Sebastian Becker
Berchain e.V.: Dr. Alexandra Mikityuk
ETO Group: (Holger Köther tbc)
Alstom: Florian Kittelmann, Head of AI (tbc)
Bosch: Ricky Lamberty (tbc)
Deutsche Telekom MMS: Alex Ebeling (tbc)
Optional: Policy representative (tbc )
16:40 – 17:00 | Drinks & Networking