For our 5th Anniversary Edition, NORDEEP is introducing new formats designed to turn deep tech conversations into practical next steps. We are moving beyond passive listening—NORDEEP 2026 is an active event engine where companies, cities, investors, researchers, and startups come to solve real problems, find pilots, and start commercial conversations.
We are evolving our signature stage presentations into an international company-presentation platform dedicated to bringing the world’s most promising deep technology startups, university spinouts, and research-based ventures onto the main stage. No generic marketing pitching allowed this format is built purely for technical proof, scientific credibility, and rapid ecosystem discovery.
Every presenting startup is pre-evaluated and selected through the international Global Deep Tech Awards programme using structured company assessments, ensuring high-quality, scientifically sound innovations take the stage.
Each selected company receives a strict, fast-paced 5-minute block on stage, operating under a hard countdown:
The specialized session juries are tailored to each technical field. They consist of active deep tech investors, academic researchers, and corporate technology leaders who bypass generic comments to drill straight into technical validation, prototype readiness, regulatory barriers, and scalability.
Every team must conclude their presentation by stating exactly what commercial resources they are actively seeking—whether they are raising investment, securing corporate pilot partners, or hunting for manufacturing and distribution support.
The presentations are meticulously organized across 8 primary technology pillars:
True deep tech demands space to move, breathe, and operate. The Discovery Zone is a heavily curated, interactive exhibition floor exclusively dedicated to deep tech system demonstrations, physical hardware products, and hands-on operational machinery.
Move past simple slide decks and roll-ups. This zone is optimized for physical prototypes, live code demonstrations, and unexpected science-to-business ideas shaping global society. Outstanding showcase companies with demonstrable hardware are seamlessly bridged from the stage straight to live interactions here.
We welcome early-stage startups, university research projects, academic laboratories, and corporate innovation teams.
Whether your innovation lives purely on a screen (software, simulation, AI models) or requires dedicated industrial space for large-scale physical hardware (robotics, drones, heavy components), we have tailored booth footprints and custom spatial layouts to match your setup.
The Corporate Innovation Arena [CIA] takes over the Main Stage this year to completely rethink how industry leaders and innovators collaborate. By bringing real-world corporate challenges directly to deep tech startups capable of engineering unique solutions, this format drastically speeds up the communication process and fosters a much more in-depth environment for brainstorming, development, and immediate pilot validation.
After the 5-minute corporate flash pitches, head to the exhibition floor for deep-dive Q&As and live demos at the partner booths.
View the challenge briefs on the Live Opportunity Wall and submit your proposals through SiRA by September 20, 2026 to put your tech on the fast track for a funded corporate pilot.
Instead of wandering the venue randomly, attendees can skip the small talk and immediately locate active, qualified commercial opportunities. The Live Opportunity Wall operates simultaneously as a high-traffic physical installation at the venue and a dynamic digital feed inside the SiRA platform.
The wall features moderated, categorized entries from every corner of the event, including active corporate pilot needs, public sector procurements, live investor search mandates, and startup resource asks.
Every opportunity displayed on the physical wall is synchronized in real-time with SiRA. When you spot a corporate challenge or investor thesis that matches your technology, you can instantly scan it or tap it digitally inside SiRA to submit a direct proposal or book a precise matchmaking meeting on-site.
Full details on how to pre-submit your listings and access the digital board will be shared closer to the event.
Stop guessing which venture capital funds are a true match for your round. What We Fund completely replaces standard, vague investor panels with a series of highly efficient capital-market briefings. Active international deep tech investors take the main stage and are given exactly five minutes each to transparently pitch their real investment mandates.
Participating investors skip the promotional slides to systematically disclose their exact investment thesis, entry stages (from pre-company spinouts up to Series A), ticket sizes, geographic mandates, and the precise technical evidence required before serious due diligence begins.
Strictly timed via a stage countdown, each fast-paced block features back-to-back 5-minute mandate presentations followed by a raw, comparative Q&A designed to expose the operational differences between the funds.
Founders can instantly filter verified investor parameters and submit direct meeting requests via the SiRA platform to capital sources with a proven, active appetite for their specific technology.