- 12:30 Arrival with lunch & registration
- 13:30 Welcome
- 13:45 Panel: Scaling in Transition with Liselore Havermans PhD (Senior Program Manager at TKI Bouw en Techniek), Ronald Huisman (Professor of Sustainable Energy Finance at Erasmus School of Economy), Anitha (Co-Founder & CTO at Senergetics) and Stef Clevers (Co-Founder & Director at TransitionHERO)
- 14:25 Introduction mastermind roundtables with three themes:
- Energy transition
- Digitalisation
- Glass value chain
- 14:30 Mastermind roundtables round 1
- 15:15 Mastermind roundtables round 2
- 16:00 Break with coffee/tea (joint programme with regular conference from here onwards)
- 16:30 Keynote: Scaling in Transition with Florent Geerts (Managing Director at Delft Imaging Systems, Top 250 Impact Scaler of 2024)
- 17:15 Live with Scaleup Event Canada
- 17:30 Networking Drinks at Rooftop AIR Offices
- 19:00 Conference Dinner at Euromast
- Register now for the workshop taking place on Tuesday, June 3, 14:00-15:30 hrs. The aim of the workshop is for you to get in-depth feedback from various perspectives on some of your current work. That can be an early-stage research project or more advanced work.
- The format of the workshop will be a roundtable setting with each table having a maximum of four participants and a leading senior scholar in the field. Participants will shortly present their work (3 minute research elevator pitch) focusing on questions or issues which they would like to discuss. These can, for instance, be about the positioning, theory development, research design & execution, journal choice, etc.
- Submissions including the questions will be send to the table chair and participants two weeks before the start of the conference so that everyone can prepare well.
- Requirements:
- Send your work (can be a paper or a 2-5 page summary) which you want to discuss including three questions of issues. To tmom@rsm.nl before May 15, 2025.
- The workshop is also open to PhD students or young researchers who do not act as a presenter during the conference.
- As part of a partnership between the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (ECE), EIC companies in the glass/greenhouse cluster can join the European Scaleup Conference with a special ticket and programme for €675.00. This includes access to the European Scaleup Conference and participation in a cluster delegation visit on the 1st and 3rd of June.
- Thanks to this collaboration, 50% of the ticket cost is reimbursable through the EIC, making this a valuable and cost-effective opportunity for innovative companies to connect, learn, and grow within the European ecosystem.
- 9:00 Arrival with coffee/tea & Registration
- 9:30 Opening & Welcome
- 10:00 Prof.dr. Dries Faems (Professor of Entrepreneurship at WHU Business School) presents the European Scaleup Monitor, in conversation with Michiel Scheffer (President of the Board at European Innovation Council) and Chantal Schrijver (Head of EIB Group NL)
- 10:30 Break with coffee/tea
- 11:00 Parallel Paper Presentations
- 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Keynote on Scaling - Academic's Perspective by Prof. dr. Nicole Coviello (LUT Business School)
- 14:30 Parallel Sessions with Entrepreneurs & Paper Presentations
- 16:00 Break
- 16:30 Keynote on Scaling - Entrepreneur's Perspective by Clare Jones (CEO at Polarsteps)
- 17:15 Live with Scaleup Event Canada
- 17:30 Networking Drinks at Rooftop AIR Offices (Together with special track 'Scaling in Transition')
- 19:00 Conference Dinner at Euromast (Together with special track 'Scaling in Transition')
- 08:30 Arrival with coffee/tea
- 09:00 Panel Discussion on Scaleup Ecosystems with Simone Brummelhuis (Founder & Managing Partner at Borski Fund), Hamed Sadeghian (CEO at Nearfield Instruments), Sonja Meijerink (Director of Sourcing at Utilus) and Maarten Bosch (CEO at Mosa Meat)
- 09:45 Parallel Session
- 11:15 Break with coffee/tea
- 11:45 Keynote "The Hidden Forces of Scaling: Understanding the role of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems” with Yu Liu (Academic Director and Associate Professor at Rotterdam School of Management)
- 12:30 Closing remarks
- 12:45 Lunch
- 14:00– 15:30: Optional - PhD and Junior Scholar Workshop by Prof. dr. Tom Mom (Professor of Strategic Growth and Implementation at Rotterdam School of Management)
- At the European Scaleup Conference, you will have the opportunity to dive deep into a range of cutting-edge topics across three parallel paper presentation sessions.
- On June 2 from 11:00 to 12:30, you may explore "Scaling and High Growth: A Cross-Country and International Perspective," or delve into "Shaping the HRM Agenda in Scaleups and High Growth Firms." In the afternoon session from 14:30 to 16:00, you can decide to focus on "Organizational Resources, Funding, and High Growth," or examine "Scaling Modes, Strategy, and Performance." Finally, on June 3 from 09:45 to 11:15, you can dive deeper into "Leadership Skills, Capabilities, and Business Scaling," or gain insights on "Scaling and High Growth: A Dynamic and Social Perspective."
- These sessions promise a rich exchange of ideas and strategies to help businesses navigate and thrive during periods of rapid scaling and growth. Download the full schedule of paper presentations below.
