DINNER
Tuesday 16th June 2026
Soho House, Berlin
18.45
Drinks reception
19:50
Opening Remarks
Co-Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons
19:55
Welcome Address by our Dinner Sponsor
Managing Director, Lincoln International
20.00
Seated Dinner
Enjoy three courses from Soho House exclusive menu
22.30
Carriages
MAIN DAY
Wednesday 17th June 2026
The Grand Hyatt, Berlin
08.00
Breakfast & networking
09.00
Host
Uday Singh
Co-Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons
09.20
Opening Remarks
Ben Fletcher
Co-Founder and CEO, The Mothership
09.30
A Framework for Balancing Growth and Profit: a Risk-adjusted View of Growth
Ben Fletcher
Co-Founder & CEO, The Mothership
We all know there’s a trade off between growth and profit (or burn rate), so how do you choose the right level, and how do you choose the big projects you take on to deliver it? This session will walk through The Mothership’s approach and set out the questions you need to answer to develop
your own strategy.
10.00
Balancing High Performer Reward and Retention with Motivation of The Rest of The Team
Dr. Tamaz Georgadze
CEO, Raisin
As companies scale, the talent challenge changes from hiring fast to building a team that can grow, stay engaged, and keep performing. In this session, we’ll explore how Raisin has designed a people strategy that balances high performance with loyalty, growth, and long-term retention. The discussion will look at how to identify and reward top talent, how to support the strong middle of the team, and how to handle underperformance without losing the culture you’ve built.
10.25
Roundtable Discussion Session on Balancing Growth and Profitability
11.10
Morning Break
11.35
Expanding to the US – a Practical Guide to Getting Started
Malte Rau
Co-Founder & CEO, Pliant
A practical conversation about launching a European fintech in the US. We’ll cover the strategic decision to expand, the legal and commercial groundwork, early hiring and team structure, and the first operational tradeoffs the team made.
12.00
Roundtable Networking and Discussion Sessions
13.00
Seated lunch
Three-course Seated Lunch at The Grand Hyatt
14.30
Welcome address by our Gold Sponsor
Tim Dümichen
Partner, Corporate Tax Services, KPMG
14.35
Implementing AI in Your Organisation: What’s Working, What’s Failing, and What Most Companies are Getting Wrong
Faris Zacina
Founder & CEO, Ministry of Programming
Most companies are putting AI to work. Few are actually getting significant results. In this session, Faris will share what he’s learned from building agentic systems and watching well-funded, even multi-billion-dollar organisations (fashion, financial services, R&D-heavy brands) stall on implementation while small startups race ahead. We’ll cover the classic mistakes, what’s working in practice, when to build versus buy, why maintenance is the part nobody plans for, and what an AI-first organisation actually looks like.
15.00
Creating an Industry: From Big Vision to Daily Alignment
Ida Tin
Hormone Challenge, Lead, SPRIND
Most founders frame ambition as building a great company. Ida Tin, who founded Clue, now leading a €40 million programme at SPRIND, is building one level up: an entire industry for continuous hormone monitoring. We’ll explore what it takes to set a vision at industry scale, then translate it into the narrative and alignment needed to motivate teams to succeed.
15.25
Roundtable Discussion Sessions and Coffee
16.25
Closing Address
Uday Singh
Co-Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons
16.30
Champagne Reception
17.30
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