Speakers & Experts

Speakers & Experts include leading international venture capitalists, corporates, investors, international business executives & prestigious experts in their field, who will share their expertise in the various discussion sessions and high-potential company presentation sessions.

Jiri Benes

Country Manager

3TS Capital Partners Ltd (Czech Republic)

Jean-Michel Deligny

Go4Venture (United Kingdom)

Bernd Geiger

Founding Partner

Triangle Venture Capital (Germany)

Dan Lewin

Corporate Vice President Strategic and Emerging Business

Microsoft Corporation (Bulgaria)

Jan Muehlfeit

Chairman Europe

Microsoft Corporation (Czech Republic)

Suresh Patel

Managing Partner

Verdexus (United Kingdom)

Julia Prats

Head of Department of Entrepreneurship

IESE Business School (Spain)

Frank Salzgeber

Head of Innovation and Ventures Office

European Space Agency (Netherlands)

Jennifer Schenker

Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Informilo (France)

Jan Siroky

Associate Vice President Research & Consulting

IDC CEMA (Czech Republic)

William Stevens

Founder & CEO

Europe Unlimited (Belgium)

Alexander von Frankenberg

Managing Director

High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) (Germany)

Reginald Vossen

European Business Angels Network (EBAN) (Belgium)

Speakers, Moderators & Panellists:

Roberto Bonanzinga

Balderton Capital (United Kingdom)

Niels Vejrup Carlsen

Partner

SEED Capital (Denmark)

Simon Clark

Partner

Fidelity Growth Partners (United Kingdom)

Rajeeb Dey

United Kingdom

Peer Ventures LLC (United States)

Ivan Farneti

Partner

Doughty Hanson & Co. Managers Limited London (United Kingdom)

Carles Ferrer Roqueta

General Partner

Nauta Capital (United Kingdom)

Alexander Sasha Galitsky

Founder Almaz Capital Partners

Almaz Capital Partners (Russian Federation)

Sandro Grigolli

EMEA Executive Director

GSA (Global Semiconductor Alliance) (Switzerland)

Curt Gunsenheimer

Senior Partner

IRIS (France)

Jennifer Hicks

Founder

ink Communications (France)

Christopher Kirby

Senior Consultant

Regent Associates Limited (United Kingdom)

Frederic Laziou

Partner

24 Solutions (Sweden)

François-René Letourneur

Partner

I-Source Venture Capital (France)

Sven Lingjaerde

Managing Partner & Founder

Endeavour Vision S.A. (Switzerland)

Patrick Polak

Managing Partner

Newion Partners BV (Netherlands)

Rick Salmon

Founding Partner

Xelerator AS (Norway)

Andreas Schlenker

Principal

Partech Ventures (France)

Wolfgang Schuster

Principal

Vodafone Ventures (Germany)

François Tison

General Partner

360° Capital Partners (Italy)

Experts: