Mu­nich Man­age­ment Col­lo­qui­um 2025: In­ven­tive­ness and entre­pre­neurship as game changers

“I re­cently at­tend­ed the Mu­nich Man­age­ment Col­lo­qui­um 2025 to­gether with a small group of ten mem­bers and alum­ni of the Elite Net­work of Ba­varia. Even be­fore the event be­gan, we met up to ex­change ide­as and get in the mood, which creat­ed a great sense of com­muni­ty that deep­ened dur­ing the event.

The con­tent of MMK25 was di­verse and in­spir­ing - with a clear focus on in­ven­tive­ness, entre­pre­neurship, sus­taina­bility and the op­por­tuni­ties pre­sent­ed by tech­nolo­gies such as AI. I was par­ticu­larly im­pressed by the ap­peal to make our strengths in Ger­many and Eu­rope more visi­ble and to make bold use of our po­ten­tial. We have all the pre­requi­sites for this, and this was made clear time and again by nu­mer­ous moti­vating presenta­tions and dis­cussions.

The speakers at MMK25 were high-caliber and came from both aca­demia and indus­try. Their con­tribu­tions were char­acter­ized by great ex­per­tise and deep in­sights, which pro­vided us par­tici­pants with valu­able im­puls­es. The at­mosphere was open, hon­est and vibrant, which was par­ticu­larly evi­dent in the some­times con­tro­ver­sial presenta­tions and lively dis­cussions. This open cul­ture of ex­change made the event not only inter­esting, but also very au­then­tic.

It was im­pres­sively clear how well the net­work­ing and inter­link­ing of sci­ence, busi­ness and poli­tics works in Mu­nich and Ba­varia. As a group of ten mem­bers and alum­ni of the Elite Net­work of Ba­varia, we were able to regu­larly ex­change ide­as and share our im­pres­sions. I found the op­por­tunity to re­peat­edly re­flect to­gether and criti­cally dis­cuss con­tro­ver­sial points of view par­ticu­larly valu­able.

The mes­sage I take away with me is clear: we should be even more self-confident and active in shap­ing our po­ten­tial in Ger­many and Eu­rope and mak­ing it visi­ble. The MMK25 showed im­pres­sively how many great op­por­tuni­ties are avail­able to us - we just have to seize them cou­ra­geously.”

Text: Dr. Phi­lipp Rau­ten­berg