TNW Ecosystems Couch Conference 2020

Startup-focused online event Ecosystems on June 25, 2020.

TNW is a global digital brand that informs, inspires and connects people who love tech, through media, events, and spaces.

Primarily known for its global media outlet and award-winning tech events, TNW also incorporates a tech hub label and delivers custom innovation programs to corporates and governments.

Since May 2020 TNW organizes a series of online events aimed at engaging communities in much-needed conversations about navigating the shifting landscape, outlining success strategies, and exploring solutions for recovery with the help of experts and decision-makers:

• Re:Brand – May 29, 2020
  Brand and digital marketing
• Sprint – June 11, 2020
  Digital product strategy
• Checkout – June 18, 2020
  Ecommerce and omnichannel retail
• Ecosystems – June 25, 2020
  Government and startup collaboration
• Transform – July 2, 2020
  Corporate innovation strategy

TNW’s flagship event, which will take place in October 2020, is set to feature similar digital formats as part of a two-day festival.

As the consequences of national lockdowns weigh-in, governments and companies are looking for ways to restart stalling economies. Meanwhile, impacted startups subsist on short cash runways. Looked at optimistically, governments are faced with the opportunity to fundamentally realign their economies on a more sustainable and digital path.

Now is the time for city policy makers, business leaders, investors, and startup founders to come together to discuss how governments can support and leverage tech ecosystems and renew economic growth.

In collaboration with the FT, Ecosystems online event (25 June) will leverage expert insights to tackle questions like:

• To what extent were startup communities around the world affected by the global pandemic?
• Learning from the public health crisis: how can tech ecosystems help governments build more resilient economies?
• What will startup-government collaboration look like in 2020 and beyond?

Organizers enlisted top thinkers including Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President at European Commission and Jonathan Ortmans, President at Global Entrepreneurship Network, to lead the way.

Ecosystems will also feature the launch of the Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking.