Europe’s Industrial Renaissance
April 22-23 2026, Lausanne
we bet on the bold
HackSummit 2026 is built around one simple question:
Can we rebuild the physical and economic assets society depends on, now that the assumptions behind them are breaking down?
The systems we used to rely on were designed for geopolitical stability, abundant labour, and predictable global trade.
These conditions no longer hold.
Supply chains are constrained, energy and materials are volatile, labour is tightening, and climate pressure is imposing real physical limits.
This is not a software problem. It is an infrastructure problem.
And in a fragmented world, infrastructure is power.
The next decade will be shaped by those who can build and scale critical assets under constraint: physical, biological, regulatory or geopolitical.
Enter HackSummit.
Across Industrial Renaissance and Food Sovereignty, HackSummit brings together founders and investors who:
- Operate inside real constraints
- Build in physics, biology, and chemistry
- Know that scale is earned through execution, not narrative
HackSummit is for founders and investors building systems where failure is costly, timelines are long, and outcomes materially shape the world.
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Who You'll Meet
Agenda
Industrial Renaissance
Opening Keynote: Rebuilding Europe's Industrial Base
Scaling Energy Infrastructure for Resilience
Continuous Carbon Mineralization
All-in-one energy independence
The Future of Hydrolyzer-based DAC
Solving Europe Critical Mineral Dependency
AI Models To Drive Material Discovery
Biomaterials For European industrial resilience
Ocean Resources, The Next Frontier
In-Space Manufacturing For Supermaterials
Food Sovereignty
Building Unit-Economically Sound Tech From Day One
Scalable Food Production Anywher
Extreme Environment Agriculture
Natural GLP-1 Peptide
UGV to solve agricultural labour shortages
Next Generation of Crop Protection
Scaling Alternatives To Plastic Packaging
Industrial Renaissance
Hard Tech vs. SaaS: Europe's Industrial Bet
From Series A to Scale: Funding Europe's Hard Tech Giants
Innovative Financing For Climate Deep Tech
What's Already Underground: Europe's Hidden Industrial Advantage
Europe's Industrial Policy: What It Actually Means for Founders
The Substitution Game: How European Founders are Redrawing the Critical Materials input bottleneck.
Food Sovereignty
Who Is Funding Food in a Downturn ? Capital for Biological Timelines
The B2B Pivot: Ingredients as the New Final Product
Who Joined in 2025
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Access and participation
HackSummit is not designed for scale. It is designed to assemble the right people in the room.
Attendance is curated across founders, investors, operators, and institutions working on physical and biological systems under constraints.
Startups
For bold Founders and their teams building in HardTech
Early Bird Pricing
Pass Includes
* 2-DAYS all conferences access
* Networking and Matchmaking App
* Startup Fair Access
CHF 850
CHF 475
Investors
For those funding the next generation of climate hard tech.
Early Bird Pricing
Pass Includes
* 2-DAYS all conferences access
* Networking and Matchmaking App
* Startup Fair Access
CHF 1,700
CHF 965
Ecosytem
For individuals backing exceptional hard tech innovators.
Early Bird Pricing
Pass Includes
* 2-DAYS all conferences access
* Networking and Matchmaking App
* Startup Fair Access
CHF 1,250
CHF 780
Corporate
For established leaders pushing the boundaries of their industry.
Early Bird Pricing
Pass Includes
* 2-DAYS all conferences access
* Networking and Matchmaking App
* Startup Fair Access
CHF 2,300
CHF 1250
Academia
For research leaders developing new IPs in Hard Tech and Climate.
Early Bird Pricing
Pass Includes
* 2-DAYS all conferences access
* Networking and Matchmaking App
* Startup Fair Access
CHF 1,100
CHF 610
Explore our Themes
Day 01
Industrial Renaissance
A one-day summit for founders, operators, and investors rebuilding Europe’s industrial and manufacturing capability.
Day 02
Food Sovereignty
A one-day summit for founders and investors building resilient food systems under biological, regulatory, and economic constraints.
SIDE EVENTS
Pilot Day
A day of curated matchmaking connecting SMEs and ClimateTech startups to turn business challenges into concrete pilot opportunities.
Our Partners
Ecosystem Partners
Food Partners
Media Partners
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This year marks our 5th anniversary in Lausanne, join the celebration !
Why they joined
The tight agenda is really focused on bringing the right people together in a friendly, high-energy setting. So many Founders here are using new materials, new foods and new approaches to rethink how we have a planet that works for more people and nature.
Kevin Webb
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Superorganism
Meeting folks who are in climate deep tech to have interesting conversations and share knowledge and information so we can move the industry along.
Ethosha cave
Co-Founder at Twelve
A high energetic event for Climate DeepTech innovators that unites visionary founders and forward-thinking investors with industry on a quest to bring solutions forward for our planet's good.
Torbjørn Ølshøj Jensen
Co-Founder and CSO,Again
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