A two-day annual summit in Amsterdam bringing together deep tech startup founders, academic researchers, specialist investors, and industrial decision-makers to accelerate the commercialisation of science-led technologies across healthcare, energy, computing, sustainability, and beyond.
The Hello Tomorrow Global Summit is an annual B2B summit dedicated to deep technology, convening researchers, startup founders, investors, corporate executives, scientists, and policymakers around science-based technologies with the potential to reshape major industries. The 2026 edition marks the event's departure from Paris to Amsterdam after ten years in France, signalling a deliberate pivot toward a broader European audience. A dedicated Investor Day precedes the two-day summit on 10 June 2026.
The summit sits at the junction of advanced science and commercial capital. Deep tech founders gain access to specialist investors and corporate partners; researchers find pathways toward industrial application; and investors encounter early-stage deal flow across sectors including AI, quantum computing, biotech, advanced materials, and aerospace. The parallel programming structure, with four stages running concurrently, allows attendees to self-select by sector or function. The co-located Hello Tomorrow Challenge Finals provide a concentrated showcase of the most advanced science-based startups competing for global recognition.
The 2026 programme spans six primary thematic pillars:
Cross-cutting sectors include advanced materials, aerospace, and the intersection of AI with industrial processes.
The organiser indicates approximately 100 speakers are confirmed across the programme; the full roster was not publicly disclosed as of verification.
Sponsors: Confirmed sponsors for 2026 include BCG, L'Oreal, Syensqo, Orano, and ASML.
Media partners: Not publicly disclosed as of verification.
Earlier editions were held in Paris; detailed year-by-year attendance figures for pre-2026 editions are not publicly disclosed as of verification.
| Total attendees | 3,000 | Organiser figure for programme planning |
| Targeted attendance | 5,000 | Organiser stated target |
| Deep Tech Pioneers | 850 | Selected cohort, organiser figure |
| Challenge finalists | 80 | Competing startups, organiser figure |
| Exhibitors | 125 | Organiser figure |
| Speakers | 100 | Organiser figure |
| Programme stages | 4 | Concurrent tracks |
| Duration | 2 days | Plus Investor Day on 10 June |
The summit focuses specifically on science-based deep technologies rather than software or platform businesses. The presence of 850 Deep Tech Pioneers, 80 Challenge finalists, and a co-located Investor Day means the programme is built around early-stage scientific innovation rather than scaled commercial products. Academic researchers are positioned as first-class participants alongside founders and investors.
Amsterdam brings the summit closer to a dense cluster of semiconductor, photonics, and life-science institutions, including ASML and imec Netherlands, both of which appear as partners in the 2026 programme. The NDSM site, a repurposed industrial wharf in Amsterdam Noord, provides large-format space suited to the multi-stage, multi-cohort format that has characterised the summit in its Paris years.
The programme is structured primarily for innovation executives, CVC teams, and those with a mandate to identify and partner with deep tech ventures. Corporate delegates without that mandate will find limited programming aligned to operational or commercial functions outside innovation and R&D.
NDSM is a repurposed shipyard on the north bank of the IJ river in Amsterdam Noord, at NDSM-Plein 90C, 1033 WB Amsterdam. The site has a history as a creative and events district, offering large industrial spaces adaptable to multi-stage conference formats. It is accessible from Amsterdam Central Station by a free ferry crossing. Further venue-specific capacity details are not publicly disclosed as of verification.
Hello Tomorrow is a Paris-based organisation founded in 2011, employing approximately 110 people and operating across more than five continents. It was established to connect startups, corporations, investors, researchers, and universities through conferences, competitions, networking events, and consulting services focused on deep technology.
Beyond the Global Summit, Hello Tomorrow operates a portfolio of events and programmes including the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge pitch competition, the Hello Tomorrow Japan Summit, the Hello Tomorrow Turkey Summit, the Ignition Forum, and Financing the Future. The Global Challenge, which feeds directly into the summit's Finals programme, is one of the organisation's flagship activities and functions as a year-round pipeline of deep tech startup identification.
After ten years in Paris, the summit's move to Amsterdam is a concrete indicator of where European deep tech capital and scientific infrastructure are gravitating; for investors tracking early-stage deal flow in hardware-intensive sectors, the 2026 NDSM edition puts 850 vetted founders and 80 finalists within two days' reach.
Registration is open via the official website. Pricing for the 2026 edition is structured by participant category:
| Category | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Startup | Complimentary | Early bird discount of 15% available |
| Investor | Complimentary | Early bird discount of 15% available |
| CVC | Complimentary | Early bird discount of 15% available |
| Corporate | Complimentary | Innovation executives; exclusive AI in industry track included |
| Ecosystem | EUR 95 | Accelerators, incubators, research centres, universities, tech transfer offices, clusters, public organisations |
| Student | EUR 95 | Master's and PhD students without private-sector employment |
| Press | Complimentary | Approved media pass required |
Deep Tech Pioneers (selected startups) receive complimentary access. The early bird deadline is not publicly disclosed as of verification.
Hello Tomorrow Global Summit offers structured B2B matchmaking and advance meeting scheduling for registered attendees, allowing participants to identify and book meetings with relevant counterparts before arriving on site. This is particularly relevant given the diversity of profiles present, including founders, investors, researchers, and corporate executives across multiple sectors. No official networking app or on-demand replay access is confirmed for the 2026 edition as of verification.
The Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge application process is open. The submission deadline is 5 January 2026, with applications accepted at https://hello-tomorrow.org/global-challenge/.
Topics eligible for submission span all main programme themes: healthcare, energy, food and agriculture, advanced computing and electronics, sustainability and climate, resilience and sovereignty, advanced materials, AI, quantum computing, aerospace, and biotech. Successful applicants may progress to the 80-finalist cohort competing at the Challenge Finals during the summit.
The Hello Tomorrow Challenge and the Deep Tech Pioneers recognition are the two flagship award mechanisms associated with the summit.
The application deadline for both is 5 January 2026. The awards page is at https://hello-tomorrow.org/global-challenge/.
According to the organiser, passes for startups, investors, CVC teams, and qualifying corporate innovation executives are complimentary. An early bird discount of 15% is also referenced in the pricing structure; the deadline for that discount is not publicly disclosed as of verification. Registration is managed through the official website.
The EUR 95 Ecosystem pass is designed for participants from accelerators, incubators, research centres, universities, tech transfer offices, clusters, and public organisations. It is priced separately from the complimentary startup and investor tiers and is intended for individuals in support or intermediary roles within the deep tech environment.
The Investor Day on 10 June 2026 is listed as a separate pre-summit event. Specific access and registration details for the Investor Day, including whether it is included in standard passes or requires separate registration, are not publicly disclosed as of verification.
| Official website | https://hellotomorrow.global/ |
| Register | https://hellotomorrow.global/ |
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| Programme | not publicly disclosed as of verification |
| Challenge / Awards | https://hello-tomorrow.org/global-challenge/ |
| Organiser website | https://hello-tomorrow.org/ |
| Organiser LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/hello-tomorrow-challenge/ |