EUTOP50 Founders and Tech Festival Programme

26 & 27 November 2018

Monday, 26 November

12:00 – 14:00 | Welcome and TechTalk

Venue: European Parliament, A1H1

12:00 – 12:30 | Welcome 

Welcome

Ivana Maletic, MEP, Chair K4I Forum

Introduction

Roland Strauss, Co-founder and Managing Director K4I

Karolina Stawinska, Co-founder & Head of Talent, Glowfly

Speakers

Jean-David Malo, Director DG R&I, European Commission

Andreas Klossek, Chief Operations Officer, Managing Director, EIT Raw Materials

Randi Sumner, Senior Director, IEEE 

12:30 – 14:00 | TechTalk with Young Innovation Leaders

Pitch Session 1: EIT Raw Materials

Moderator:

Monica Zochowska, CEO & Co-founder, Phenicoptere Sp. Z o.o.

Keynote:

Dr Andreas Klossek, Chief Operations Officer, Managing Director, EIT Raw Materials

Corporate View:

Thomas Goergen, Head of Alliance Management Covestro

Nicolas Menou, Business Development Manager, EIT RawMaterials

Startups pitches:

ALDStone – United Kingdom

Laska Energy – Turkey

Pharem – Sweden

Vertoro – Netherlands

Young Innovation Leaders

Irene-Marie Seelig, Founder Amadou Leather

Monika Zochowska, CEO Phenicoptere

Q&A with Experts and Jury Members

12:30 – 18:30 | 1:1 Matchmaking

Venue: European Parliament

15:00 – 16:30 | TechTalks with Young Innovation Leaders

Pitch Session 2: Health

Venue: European Parliament, A5G1

Moderator:

Kamil Adamczyk, Founder, Cardio Technology

Startups pitches:

Babyndex – Hungary

Nuada – Portugal

Genomic Expression – Denmark

Sibreax – Switzerland

VideoOculograph – Russia (will pitch virtually)

Young Innovation Leaders

Michal Prywata, Founder, Bionik Laboratories & Skypod

Kamil Adamczyk, Founder, Cardio Technology

Jakub Zielinski, Managing Partner, Nextweb Holdings

Q&A with Experts and Jury Members:

16:30 – 18:00 | Investors and Innovation Financing Forum

Venue: European Parliament, A5G1

Moderator/Speaker

Ronald Kleverlaan, Director European Centre for Alternative Finance at Utrecht University & Senior Partner CrowdfundingHub

Speakers

Speakers:

Agnieszka Stasiakowska, Senior Project Adviser, EASME

Nassima Ferahtia, EIC Accelerator and Blended finance, DG RTD

Tomasz Kozlowski, European Investment Fund, EIF

Marie-Elisabeth Rusling, CEO, Business Angels Europe (BAE)

Anna Thomlinson, Managing Director, Start it @KBC

Francisco Velazquez de Cuellar, President Axon Partners Group (tbc)

Tuesday, 27 November

08:00 – 10:00 | TechTalks 3  & 4

Venue: European Parliament, MEP Restaurant

08:00 – 09:00 |TechTalks with Young Innovation Leaders

Pitch Session 3: Environmental Sustainability

Moderator:

Tom Charman, Co-founder & CEO, KOMPAS

Startups pitches:

Dexter – The Netherlands

Drone Hopper – Spain

Bioseco – Poland

Ecomate – Italy

Young Innovation Leaders

Daniel Horak, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, CONDA AG

Tom Charman, Co-founder & CEO, KOMPAS

Q&A with Experts and Jury Members:

09:00 – 10:00 |TechTalks with Young Innovation Leaders

Pitch Session 4: Disruptive Software, Deep Tech

Moderator:

Carlos Lei Santos, Co-founder & CEO, HypeLabs

Startups pitches:

Epic Blue – Belgium

Nect – Germany

Smartex – Portugal

Nodeweaver – Italy

Loqr – Portugal

NaviParking – Poland

Young Innovation Leaders:

Carlos Lei Santos, Co-founder & CEO, HypeLabs

Alina Gratschner, Co-founder, Accelerate Korea

Q&A with Experts and Jury Members:

12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch Debate on the Future of Digital Nutrition and Health

Venue: European Parliament, MEP Salon

08:00 – 18:00 | 1:1 Matchmaking

Venue: European parliament

17:00 – 18:45 | Start-ups Needs Forum

Venue: European Parliament, A5G1

Speakers

Anna Thomlinson, Managing Director, Start it @KBC

Isidro Laso, Head of Startup Europe, European Commission

Ignacio Puente González, Policy Officer – Innovative SMEs and Financial Instruments

Servaas Duterloo, Head of Unit Research Funding EU and International Programmes at Delft University of Technology, YES!Delft

Manuel Mendigutía (Business Acceleration Services, EASME) Strategy Adviser & Programme Manager, EASME

Bill Manos, Business Development Consultant; IT Graduate School

Ken Stauffer, Chair, IEEE Entrepreneurship

Andreas Neumeier, Employee Number One, Intrapreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Marketeer

Marios Antoniou, IEEE Region 8 & Action for Industry committee Chair

19:00 – 22:00 | Award Ceremony & Networking Cocktail

Venue: European Parliament, MEP Salon

Experts and Jury Members

Andreas Klossek, Chief Operations Officer, Managing Director, EIT Raw Materials

Nicolas Menou, Business Development Manager, EIT RawMaterials

Bill Manos, Business Development Consultant; IT Graduate School

Servaas Duterloo, Head of Unit Research Funding EU and International Programmes at Delft university of Technology

Ken Stauffer, Past Chair, IEEE Entrepreneurship

Andreas Neumeier, Employee Number One, Intrapreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Marketeer

Marios Antoniou, IEEE Region & Action for Industry committee Chair

Eunika Mercier-Laurent, Global Innovation Strategies, Book Author

Dr. Taina Tukiainen, Professor of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Aalto University and Witten-Herdecke

Anna Thomlinson, Managing Director, Start it @KBC

Marie-Elisabeth Rusling, CEO, Business Angels Europe (BAE)

Jaime Cuykens, Innovation Banker, ING Innovation

Francisco Velazquez de Cuellar, President Axon Partners Group (tbc)

Harald Neidhardt, CEO & Curator, Futur/io Institute

Peter Vanlaeke, Investment Manager Europe, Solvay Ventures

All Young Innovation Leaders

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