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October 29-31, 2012
Vienna, Austria

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The Future of Technology

Pioneers Festival

Pioneers Festival is the number one event for cutting edge technology and entrepreneurship. Join us to dive into innovation wonderland from web/mobile innovation to cleantech and aerospace technology. We will welcome 2500 participants per day, 60 international speakers, the top 50 European web/tech/mobile startups and top notch tech & industry partners to the magnificent Imperial Palace Hofburg, here in the heart of Europe.

With the vision to push entrepreneurship and cutting edge technology to the next level, the goal is to present unseen innovations to an international audience and be a lightning accelerator event for the participating startups. Furthermore, there will be Focus Events in Vienna and all over Europe that will make Pioneers a festival celebrated all over.

Can you already feel the atmosphere? Insane show acts and the biggest Halloween party you have ever seen will make Pioneers unforgettable.


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News & Updates

Co-design the festival: The community voting has launched!

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Hello everybody, the day has come to announce our new community voting feature at our website. If you want to attend the Pioneers Festival, why not co-create the program? Watch the ...
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Contemporary Pioneers: Investing in Space, the new innovation race

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What do have Elon Musk, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, Robert Bigelow, Ross Perot Jr, Paul Alan and Peter Thiel in common? Well, first of course, they are billionaires. But secondly, ...
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Ambassadors: come on board, join the Pioneers Festival

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As you already know we have launched our Startup Challenge and looking for the new, promising European startup talent. But we don't stop there. Today we launch our Ambassadors Challenge. ...
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We know you can’t wait any longer

What happened 2011

Testimonials

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Whatchado has made more international contacts during the few days at the SUW than throughout the 6 previous months and built meanwhile the fundament for the year 2012. Ali Mahlodji / CEO whatchado
The Startup Week 2011 in Vienna was for me as a young entrepreneur the highlight of the year. I could never before get to know so many good contacts within 3 days. Florian Geschwandtner / CEO Runtastic
For me the week was unique! I have attended many events, but nowhere the motivation of the participants and of the organizers was similarly contagious. Florian Berger / Head of Business Development / Konica Minolta Austria
Startup Week was one of the best events in the startup scene in the recent years.The atmosphere among the participating people was incredibly warm and inspiring. Dietmar Kirchweger / Tech2b
From HEROLD's point of view, Startup Week is a remarkably innovative event concept from which the Austrian business scene can only profit. Margit Kaluza / Herold
Throughout my entire career I have never seen an event, where the organizers managed to provoke an incredible atmosphere and keep the spirit boiling for a complete week in such a perfect way. Hermann Futter / CEO Compass Verlag
Leaving #STARTUPWEEK #SW11 - wild team running this (watch out these guys will be big). Wired article bit.ly/r4nqTY ...weird Morten Lund / Entrepreneur and Business Angel / LundXY
Congrats to the #startupweek team, 1 of the best events this year. Perfect organization, outstanding companies & people. will return #sw11 Lars Hinrichs / Entrepreneur and Investor / HackFwd
at @startupweek2011 in Vienna. amazing energy...and some of it is even focused on business! Esther Dyson / EDventures Holding / CEO
I am leaving Vienna. Startup Week was THE event. Congratulation to all the teams, organizers (trmnds job) and winning @mysugr. #sw11 Bartek Gola / Business Angel / SpeedUp Group
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