Opening Speech
Learn first hand from the industry's brightest and most experienced minds. Hear from academics, government officials, investors, and executives as they discuss new business opportunities and trends in the post-COVID era.
Opening Speech
Diana Florescu
Director, Wolves Summit; Founder, Grai Ventures
The Great Pitch Contest Semifinals
Innovation Nation: Estonia
Session powered by MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
The presentation aims to inspire, educate and show how Estonia made its way to become one of the most innovative startup ecosystems, and what opportunities the country offers. Blockchain based e-government, paperless and supported by the AI. Autonomous public transport that runs on hydrogen. Drones delivering online shopping and food. Digital ID and 7 unicorns that have been born there, are just a few topics that the presentation will cover.
Daniel Bajer
Director Business Development Poland, EAS Enterprise Estonia
Global trends in payment systems for financial institutions
Session powered by MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
For the first time in decades traditional banking needs to confront the new innovative technologies. Are they at risk by the new dynamic start up players or will they adopt and implement cutting edge technologies. Let’s meet the market leaders: Max Marcisiak and Ian Kalla (who implement the the startup tools at the traditional banking) Jaroslaw Swierczewski, Banking Digital Transformation Leader one of the creators of the 1st Polish fully digital bank mBank.
Aleksandra Kopeć
Community Partner, FinTech Connector
Ian Kalla
CXO, Bankish | Core-banking technology solutions
Jaroslaw Swierczewski
Banking Digital Transformation Leader (Technology Consulting at the EY Poland), former Head of mBank project (1st Polish digital bank) and coo creator of blik (innovative payment tool)
Piotr Szczepanik
Industry Solutions Executive, Microsoft
Kristi Kurvits
Associate, Tera Ventures
How to embed sustainable business practices while scaling
When we can no longer ignore the growing social and environmental challenges of our time - from pandemics to floods to mental health concerns to supply and waste management issues - how do we scale businesses that will profit from contributing to the world rather than damaging it.
Olivia Sibony
Driving business as a force for good, co-founder of impact platform SeedTribe and Dealmaker at UK Dpt for International Trade
Fortunis Office Hours
Saket Narula
Investment Director, Fortunis
The future of coffee-tech
Łukasz Mrowiński
CEO & Co-founder, ETNO CAFE
Wiesław Kotecki
Partner, Deloitte Digital
Choosing a Co-Founder? How to find the right person
Building a tech venture is incredibly hard - and so is forming the team to do it! We will share our thoughts on how to successfully do it!
Christoph Klink
Partner, Antler
Technology, Innovation and Investment – China Resource and Connection
CUTIC and Globe Hub Hangzhou is your connection point to the China Belt and Road Oversea Investment and Outreaching initiatives. We will invite panelists to discuss the business and investment resource and opportunities to the China market and beyond.
Wanning Zhou
Attorney-at-law, Partner of Guantao Law Firm
Allen Wang
Managing Director, Overseas Chinese Investment Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
MBA, Singapore Management University
Zhang Xingyu
Market Manager, Hangzhou International Talent entrepreneurship and Innovation Park (HITEIP)
Julin Gu
President, CUTIC and Globe Hub Hangzhou
Elizabeth Ferguson
European Partner GlobeHub Hangzhou, CUTIC; European Manager Schoembs Schwarz Schwan Consulting, Inc.
Microsoft and startups - the future of cooperation in post-pandemic era
Myladie will first talk about how Covid-19 has changed the business, and what are the new business models. In the second part of the talk, we'll have two startups joining: Cyberus Lab and Placeme, to continue the discussion on how to adjust to changing environments.
Myladie Stoumbou
Regional Director at Microsoft | Innovation Strategist | Startup Mentor | Women Leadership
Hubert Guzera
CEO and Founder, dataplace.ai
Marek Ostafil
Cyberus Labs
Sx Tech Stage
Sx Tech Eu is a global community of innovators committed to elevating the human experience through the intersection of technology and sexuality. Sx Tech Eu provides a progressive platform for industry leaders and experts to discuss the latest insights, research, and solutions. Panels and discussions from our speakers include topics ranging from marketing strategies to funding opportunities and obstacles for sex tech. Check out their full agenda for 19th of October here, and the list of speakers below.
Why sustainability makes business sense for your startup?
Today’s climate emergency calls for urgent solutions. Given the tech sector’s sizeable contribution to global warming — each year, the internet and its supporting systems produce 900 million tons of CO2 — it’s up to us to find those solutions. With cloud computing usage currently growing exponentially, reducing our sector’s carbon footprint is a number one priority. But how can we do that without hindering financial growth?
Pascal Condamine
Head of Startup Programs, Scaleway
Startup Ecosystem Development, A New Normal
Session powered by MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
Marc Penzel of Startup Genome, the world-leading research and policy advisory organization for public and private agencies committed to accelerating the success of their startup ecosystem, will be sharing insights from the newly published Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER). The GSER is the world’s most comprehensive and widely-read research on startups with 280 entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems and 3 million startups analyzed. His talk will include insights on recent global trends in the startup market, exclusive findings on Central & Eastern Europe’s startup environment, and a special focus on the Life Sciences subsector. Expect to leave with a better understanding of the world’s and specifically Central & Eastern Europe’s startup ecosystem— the #1 engine of job creation and economic growth.
Ethan Webster
Policy Specialist, Startup Genome
A Brief Future Story Of The Digital Economy
Learn how a holistic approach to tech infrastructure will help you expand to new local and international target markets, creating a digital presence with an audience heavily shifting towards online purchasing.
Marcin Misztal
Head of CEE, Stripe
Going Global! How can you make international expansion work?
Startups dream of international growth, requiring a rethink of product, sales, marketing & team. What are the benefits of going global? When is the right time for startups to make this important move? What elements of your business should you have in place before you starting expansion? In this session, we’ll discuss the keys to global success.
Zoltan Vardy
Business Growth Mentor & Founder, The Launch Code
Going Global! How can you make international expansion work? Panel Discussion.
Startups dream of international growth, requiring a rethink of product, sales, marketing & team. In this session, we’ll discuss the keys to global success.
Zoltan Vardy
Business Growth Mentor & Founder, The Launch Code
Peter Tanczos
Managing Partner, Euroventures
Karolina Wilk-Tryjanowska
COO, ReaktorX
Zsuzsa Kecsmar
Co-Founder, Antavo
Fuelling the new generation of Investors in CEE
Central and Eastern Europe is the new hot spot in technology and innovation, with a promising pipeline of startups that raised their first funding rounds and aspire to become the next global unicorns. Hence, it is no wonder that the CEE investment ecosystem indicates the highest growth rate in the EU, attracting international financial institutions, national and regional financial bodies, and private funds of funds ready to share this stunning burden of greatness.
Do you want to be part of the new golden age of Central and Eastern Europe? Then join us in our mission of educating, providing guidance, and accelerating the next generation of CEE Investors.
Mircea Moraru
Merger & Acquisition Counsel International Law Firm CMS
Ana Bobirca
Chief Investment Officer & Partner, Central European Financial Services
Daniel Dumitrescu
Chief Innovation Officer, InnovX BCR
Mihaela Toader
County Manager, Ilfov Region & Former Minister of EU Funds Romania
Nicu Iancu
President, I2DS2 & Associate Professor of Security Studies and Risk Management
What Will the Next Decade Hold for Female Founders?
It might seem like there are more and more women founders and investors in the startup world, and that there are more initiatives than ever to bring women into the tech scene. However, the numbers show only slight progress in this area. We are inviting four role models of the startup world to share their experiences, observations, and advice in a panel discussion about women’s power in the startup world and what the next decade holds for female founders.
Antonia Burridge
Ventures, Co-Founder, PwC Raise
Reshma Sohoni
Managing Partner, Seedcamp
Maria Hahn
CEO and Founder, Nutrix
Anna Wnuk-Błażejczyk
Head of Community, European Women in VC
Networking Party Powered by APX & Ringier Axel Springer Polska
Fireside chat: Media & Startups Mixer
Cooperation with startups can shake and stir the ecosystem of a media company. APX is joining the startup party in the CEE. How do those things mix? Let’s get this party started at a Wolves Summit networking event kicked off with a bubbly chat about media innovation and investments in CEE.
Mor Eini
Strategic Partnership & Growth, APX
Marek Kopeć
Group Director of Product, Ringier Axel Springer Polska
Maria Ballaun
Strategic Investment Manager, Axel Springer SE
Silicon Vallies 2.0
Session powered by MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
Silicon Valley is losing its advantage. Technology hubs are growing
all over the world – from Tallinn to Kyiv to Shenzhen. At the panel
we will meet local ecosystems, examples of the unicorns or the
most promising successful startups and will learn about how to take
the benefit from each of the location.
Szymon J. Ostrowski
Executive Director, Haitong investment banking (Shenzhen)
Olga Afanasyeva Head of ELEKS Kyiv Branch, Co-Chair (ex-CEO) of the UVCA Research Committee
Jordan Bowen
Partner, Bowen & Co, former Delegate to the Indian Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs
Daniel Bajer
Director Business Development Poland, EAS Enterprise Estonia
Magdalena Jabłońska
CEO, Foundation for Technology Entrepreneurship/MIT EF CEE
THE GREAT PITCH CONTEST SEMIFINALS
Is CEE already a Global Cluster of Innovation?
While the pandemic generated a long-term crisis on many layers of the economy, some players foresaw an opportunity in accelerating the pace of innovation and technology adoption. As during the tech bubble or the financial crisis, new players emerged as winners of the COVID crisis, leading a new growth wave through the world. UiPath listing on NYSE in Spring 2021 after a three-fold growth during the pandemic or FintechOS latest 60$m Series B led by Draper Esprit with the participation of International Finance Corporation are positioning Central and Eastern Europe as the next hot spot for technology innovation. But are these examples enough to impose CEE as a Global Cluster of Innovation?
Sergiu Manea
CEO, Banca Comerciala Romana
Alina Irma Orban
Country Manager, Microsoft Romania
Alexandru Mihailciuc
Vice-President, UiPath
Alboaie Lenuta
Director of the Doctoral School & iTransfer Center, Faculty of Computer Science Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Ana Cretu
Head of Social Banking Department, BCR & InnovX BCR Co-founder
Technology Transfer
Universities should and have the power to support the startup ecosystem. Academia has the right infrastructure to sustain deep research and development over a lengthy period of time and with the right guidance in commercialising they can generate massive economic growth. At the next Wolves Summit event we unpack the technology transfer topic and talk about future possible scenarios, join the conversation.
Stefan Koritar
Founding Partner, Grai Ventures
Yoram Wijngaarde
Founder and CEO, Dealroom.co
Peter Cowley
Serial entrepreneur, parallel angel investor, President Emeritus European Business Angel Network
Rene Ebert
Managing Director, SIBB e.V
David Dana
Head of Tech VC Investments, EIF
The golden age of Southeast Asia Tech and how Europe can be a part of it
Southeast Asia (SEA) is home to 38 unicorns with at least 19 being minted in 2021 alone. SEA is known for its US$300 billion market opportunity presented by a young and burgeoning digitally-savvy middle class, and depth and diversity of tech talent. The growing concentration of sophisticated investors is also garnering attention. On the whole, regional VC investments into Southeast Asia grew 5.2 times to US$8.2 billion in 2020 from 2015. Increasingly, European scale-ups are tapping into what some have called the golden age of Southeast Asia Tech. Come find out more about the why and how they are doing so.
Dave Goh
Regional Director for Europe, Singapore Economic Development Board
How to Tap into Southeast Asia's $300 Billion Tech Economy
If you are a technology startup or scaleup based in Europe and may be interested in doing business in Southeast Asia, this workshop is for you.
How to tell when is the right moment to scale internationally? What are the key actions that can improve your ability to operate across multiple countries in Southeast Asia concurrently?
These are some of the questions that will be addressed during the 1h workshop provided by Singapore Economic Development Board.
Tuan Nguyen
Deputy Director, SGInnovate
Alberenee Sim
Regional Vice-President, Singapore Global Network, Singapore Economic Development Board
Lukasz Grabowski
Deputy Director, Centre for Exports, Polish Investment and Trade Agency
Julia Markiewicz
Chief Operating Officer, Silent Eight
Maciej Majewski
CEO, Accelpoint
Dave Goh
Regional Director for Europe, Singapore Economic Development Board
How to gain from EU financial instruments?
Presentation aims to further the understanding of how financial instruments can support the development of enterprises.
Magdalena Typa
Head of Debt Area, National Contact Point for Financial Instruments of the European Union Programmes
What are the three pillars to raise capital pre-IPO?
Session powered by Deutsche Börse AG
To obtain fresh liquidity, the right ratio of the following three components is essential: network, skill and capital. Deutsche Börse is focusing its expertise on the pre-IPO area in order to facilitate companies' access to all of these components. To make a noticeable difference in the financing situation of young, aspiring companies and to support innovations with a potential long-term impact on growth in Europe.
Oliver Mahr
Global Sales Manager, Deutsche Börse AG
Falko Weinert
Senior Manager Business Development, Deutsche Börse AG
Petar Kemalov
Director Corporate Development, Bulgarian Stock Exchange
Olivia Exton
Programme Manager, Startup Campus London
Konstantin Dimitrov
Chief Expert, Corporate Development, Bulgarian Stock Exchange
The Unsexy Truth about (Startup Success)
We all love to hear stories about successful companies and the next unicorn that has emerged in the region. We go out and tell everyone how “cool” it is to be an entrepreneur and post about it on every possible social media account. Let's take a pause! And let's have real talk!
Entrepreneurship is not only "sunshine and roses." It takes relentless commitment and often the journey is much harder than we expect. What does it really take to build a long-term successful company? What mindset, strategies and unsexy habits are required to grow a peak performing team that has what it takes to succeed? Productivity & Performance coach and Global Speaker: Stoyan Yankov will share key learnings that he's discovered together with his co-author: Cristobal Alonso (CEO, Startup Wise Guys) while writing a book about startup culture and performance, and interviewing hundreds of successful founders from the region. Get ready for a ride!
Stoyan Yankov
Stoyan Consult, Productivity & Performance Coach
VCs, their impact on portfolio companies & society
A positive impact of personal mentoring. Social Responsibility is becoming a usual practice for VCs. Does it bring real value to the portfolio companies? Topic points: Investments in socially important spheres: HealthTech, EdTech, MedTech: how does it change the world Equality: is it important for VCs? How it's reflected in corporate governance practices by VCs, what is the impact on portfolio companies Building socially responsible ecosystem: How startups do it?
Michael Szalontay
General Partner, Flashpoint VC
Lisa Pallweber
Senior Investment Associate, UNIQA Ventures
Monika Lubecka
COO, Telemedi
Haim Zaltzman
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Speed Mentoring LIVE! Witness a business breakthrough in 30 mins.
Get an inside look at how high-impact mentoring helps a startup founder solve
a major challenge, hear participants reflect on the process.
Zoltan Vardy
Founder, The Launch Code
Irma Horvath
Head of Team, Drops
David Suslik
CEO, Onsinch
UiPath Automation Awards – Finals
Vargha Moayed,
Chief Strategy Officer, UiPath
Boris Krumrey
Global VP Automation Innovations, UiPath
Shonam Khaitan,
Head of Startup & Venture Capital, AWS
Ondrej Bartos
General Partner, Credo Ventures
Reshma Sohoni
Founding Partner Seedcamp
Ursula Morgenstern
President Global Growth Markets, Cognizant
What Nasdaq Nordic has to offer for CEE companies and first steps in listing in the Nordics
Nasdaq Nordic is one of the leading European hubs for listings welcoming 143 listings during first three quarters of 2021, including 111 IPOs, 21 exchange transfers and 7 direct listings raising a total of EUR 7.1 billion. As a leading growth market for European small and mid-cap companies, our mission is to help companies of all sizes. Come and learn what Nasdaq First North Growth Market can offer for scale-ups and tech innovators!
Erja Retzen
Senior Managing Director, Global Listing Services, Nasdaq Nordic
How to raise a series A if you don't know
any investor yet
Are you raising a series A? You don't know where to start? The investors keep taking time and ghosting you? Francesco will show you how a step-by-step guide to defining a strategy, identify investors, contact them and use all the dirty tricks that investors don't want you to know to convince them to commit.
Francesco Cracolici
CEO, NomadicMinds
UiPath – Panel Discussion (Jury deliberation)
Expanding your Solution into the US market
Session powered by MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
The session will focus on how, in practical terms, to enter the US market
as a CEE startup, what are the key difficulties and challenges and how
these can be overcome. The session will be led by representatives from
SmartGate VC and Hero House Gateway, who facilitate US entry through
their acceleration programme and investment fund.
Armine Galstyan
Principal, SmartGateVC
Mane Yeganyan
Program Manager, Hero House
The growing role of Media for Equity in the global expansion of startups, and what it means for entrepreneurs and VCs.
Media for equity should be the first at the top of the list of B2C-driven
startups when they are past product-market-fit and ready to scale.
The model is a great upside for their early growth trajectory. How and
when do you use it and if it’s right for you, these are questions that you can
find answers to at Wolves Summit.
Diana Florescu
Director, Wolves Summit,
Founding Partner, Grai Ventures
Boris Hodakel
CEO, Feel
Niko Marcel Waesche
Fund Manager, ITV AdVentures
Neville Taraporewalla
President, Times Group North America
The Rise Of Global Tech Entrepreneurship
One of the most positive trends emerging out of the global health crisis is seeing more entrepreneurs starting in places that are off the beaten track, as they don’t need to relocate to raise funds and get going.
In this fireside chat, UiPath’s Chief Strategy Officer and EIF’s Head of Tech VC Investments will talk about some of the key factors favoring global tech growth.
David Dana
Head of Tech VC Investments, EIF
Vargha Moayed
Chief Strategy Officer, UiPath
UiPath Automation Awards – Award Ceremony
The UiPath Automation Awards are contributing to identifying new technologies and products that can have a global impact and revolutionize the larger ecosystem of automation solutions.
Smart City solutions in CEE
Session powered by MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
What are some of the latest smart city solutions and innovations being developed in Central Eastern Europe? What are the particular areas where startups can bring the most value in the future in developing smart cities?
Andrzej Okoń
Director of Innovations, MCX Group
Artur Celiński
Co-founder and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of “Magazyn Miasta”
Wojciech Sańko
Civic Tech activist
Vadym Melnyk
Founder and CEO, Dronehub
Justyna Król
CEO of Urban Workshop (Pracownia Miejska)
Ecosystems Matter More Than Unicorns
Insights from tracking the development of European startup ecosystems for 5+ years with the Startup Heatmap Europe and accelerating 12 ecosystems with the DEEP Startup Ecosystem Accelerator.
Thomas Koesters
Managing Director, DEEP Ecosystems
Breaking into VC
Venture Capital is a closed network and if you ever tried to get a job at a VC fund you know it's not easy. It's even harder if you're from an underrepresented community. In this short session Ana Wolsztajn, Investor & CMO at KAYA VC shares her experience as Included VC Fellow and gives some insights into the ongoing application process for the next cohort.
Ana Wolsztajn
Kaya VC
Exploring the Product-Market Fit in a Post-Pandemic World
Pandemic led to various changes in customer behavior, both in consumer and business-to-business spaces. This keynote is about exploring the emerging opportunity space or how to challenge existing market players that were established in the pre-pandemic era
Can Saracoglu
Founding Partner, String Ventures
7 unusual ways to marketing your startup
on a low budget
You don't always have to spend a lot of money to make your startup go through the roof. Creative marketing can help you get your startup off the ground even on a small budget. Being imaginative and creative often yields great results for a small price. Here are seven marketing strategies you can use to grow your startup.
Swantje Jung
Marketing Manager, SpinLab
Raising A Funding Round? Office Hours with AIN
As the world’s largest angel and early stage investment network, we’ve seen a funding round or two. If you’re raising a round and have questions, come and ask!
Sam Louis
Investor, AIV Capital
CEE Expansion – Solutions & Challenges
Presenting a variety of expansion methods (through distribution partners, customer’s regional presence etc) and the challenges faced by each type of business through the eyes of 4 successful startups in the region and 2 VCs (ROCA X & Impact Ventures HU). At the end, the viewer should be able to have a clear list of things to consider for the CEE expansion of a business, identify the similarities with the presented business models and plan to mitigate the challenges the business will be facing.
Aleksandra Kubicka
Business Development Director, Fribo Poland
Evelina Necula
Co-founder and CMO, Kinderpedia
Mircea Popa
Founder & CEO, Medicai
Stefan Iarca
Co-founder & CEO, xVision
Gergely Ivancsics
Investment Manager, Impact Ventures Hungary
Alexandru Bogdan
CEO, Roca X
Inside and Outside view on CEE startup ecosystem
What is the perception of the CEE startup ecosystem from an active investor with a portfolio in-and-outside of the CEE region. Where are the opportunities to improve or strengths on which CEE should build on.
Cristobal Alonso
Startup Wise Guys
Urban Lapajne
Startup Slovenija & PODIM
How can we fuel the growth of the startup ecosystem
in CEE?
Ecosystem builders and founders will share actionable insights, learnings, and best practices on how to boost the startup ecosystem in the CEE region. Panelists and founders represent the most active startup ecosystems builders in the CEED region.
Beáta Vörösová
Director of Startup Department, Czech Invest
Irina Obushtarova
The Recursive, Bulgaria
Sergiu Popa
Executive Director, Spherik Accelerator
Julia Hoxha
Zana
Julien Coustaury
Fil Rouge Capital
Term sheet 101
Carbon is a complicated subject. Carbon emissions – even more complicated. But I'd want to help you understand this important issue.
Glen Waters
Co-Founder, PwC Raise | Ventures
Workshop: How to get 300,000 PLN free equity grant and smoothly enter a new market?
Receive a grant and substantive support, gain reliable business partners and grow your start-up in a new place. Easily. In just a few months. Without giving away equity. To achieve international success, join Concordia Design Accelerator at the technological hub of Central and Eastern Europe.
Ewa Kaucz
Head of Concordia Design Accelerator
Tomasz Gondek
Startup Development Coordinator, Concordia Design Accelerator
Michał Karbowiak
Startup Development Specialist, Concordia Design Accelerator
Exploring Business Models: 50 to Choose From.
A Business Model is a description of how your business makes money. In fact, Ash Maurya, the best-selling author of Running Lean and Scaling Lean, said: “Building a product is NOT “the product” of your startup. Your Business Model is “The Product”.” In this talk, we will explore what a business model is, what makes a business model successful, and use examples from the real world to illustrate them. Participants will also get a list of 50 business models and examples of each.
Saul Orbach
Managing Director, Elul Fund
How can we reframe key industry challenges and start addressing problems that matter to drive future economic growth?
Key drivers of Economic growth have changed drastically in the last years. Profit and growth for every price have become nearly secondary. Drivers that take into account the long term wellbeing of our planet and humanity have become increasingly important. Fireside guests will share their observations on how corporations and the startup ecosystem is pivoting and adapting to the new “economy value” system.
Mateja Lavrič
KOLEKTOR Ventures
Blaž Golob
HELIOT GROUP EUROPE
Urban Lapajne
Startup Slovenija & PODIM
Why Luxembourg? Your perfect gateway to expand in Europe.
A unique opportunity to discover Luxembourg’s startup ecosystem and hear testimonials from startup founders established in Luxembourg.
Topic points:
Casius Morea
EmailTree
Caner Dolas
Gamma AR
Laurence Hulin
Startup Luxembourg
Gaëlle Haag
Startalers
How can we inspire current and future generations of corporate innovators, leaders, and policy makers?
Inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs is complex challenges that require multi-level and coordinated effort from all stakeholders of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. In the panel we will confront ideas from policy makers, VC fund manager & serial entrepreneur, ecosystem builder and startup coach.
Nina Urbanič
Slovene enterprise fund
Markus Raunig
Chairman, Austrian Startups
Gregor Rebolj
Silicon Gardens Fund
Tatjana Zabasu Mikuž
Managing Partner, South Central Ventures
Urban Lapajne
Podim & Startup Slovenia
Marija Dimitrijević
Dwelt Software
AI and the Future of Content
Armin Berger
CEO, 3pc GmbH
Autonomous Retail - a fireside chat with Zabka
Session powered by MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
Tomasz Blicharski
Executive Vice President (EVP), Managing Director of Żabka Future
Olga Sobieraj
Business & Marketing Consultant, Certified Business Mentor MIT EF CEE
The CEE early-stage tech landscape in 2021: challenges and best practices
One of the main tasks of the Central European startup ecosystem is to make startups from the region more visible for international investors and to decrease the amount of brain drain of entrepreneurs to the US and Western Europe. So where do we start and what are the best practices we should look at?
Maciej Sadowski
CEO, Startup Hub Poland
Nora Wagner-Varady
Head of Outreach and Partnerships, CEU Innovations Lab
Angelo Burgarello
Director of Business Development, AI Startup Incubator
Michal Laco
Associate Partner, Civitta Slovakia
Iva Rakocevic
Principal, Kavedon Kapital
The Power of Building a Startup Community
How do you create value for your customer, build community and a movement? Building a customer community is more then a value proposition and product price. Building a community through customer development, user groups, and customer councils.
Dave Parker
Founder, DKParer, LLC
Coming of age - startups and venture capital in Central and Eastern Europe
Record funding, growing international investor interest, and a new generation of homegrown startups putting CEE on the map. Dealroom, Atomico and Google for Startups explore the startup and venture capital ecosystem of Central and Eastern Europe, the growth drivers, challenges, and funding dynamics.
Joanna Nagadowska
Venture Capital Partnerships, Google
Sasha Vidiborskiy
Principal, Atomico
Yoram Wijngaarde
Founder and CEO, Dealroom.co
Ahmad Piraiee
Director, Startup Grind Warsaw
So, where do we go now? Hybrid 2.0
We are an industry that is people-driven and talent-focused in a chain of out-of-the-box hierarchy – individualism in a modern world that has no sense of individualism. In today’s fast-paced and technology driven world, business models are changing, and entrepreneurs are rethinking the way things are done. As AI is gaining ground, the trick moving forward will be for entrepreneurs of the future to find business models where they can have talents focusing more on their crafts and become craftier, while using AI in decisions that can remove the pressure off of those talents. This is the Hybrid 2.0 model, where AI and Talents, usually seen as polar opposites, will form a harmony never seen before.
Firas Mghames
Managing Director, FEER McQUEEN
The Future of Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy
Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question, and the results are promising. In this session, he will reveal Phase 3 results of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, discuss MAPS' novel corporate structure, and their commercialization plans.
Rick Doblin
Executive Director and Founder, MAPS
Internet of Humans
An interactive session with the architects of a safer and more reliable Internet led by New Generation Internet, EU Commission funded project with the mission to bring Internet back to humans.
Gemma Carolillo
Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission
Monique Calisti
CEO Martel Innovate, Director of the NGI Outreach Office
Igor Farinic
Chief Executive Officer, Evolveum
Jurij Skornik
General Manager, Trace Labs Ltd.
Zenna Fiscella
Council Member, Scuttlebutt
How to organise your startup - avoiding expensive 'funded startup' mistakes.
Startup management disasters. What startup founders get wrong in management and leadership and how to fix them Entrepreneurial mindset - why is it so hard to teach, and how to embed it in your business, your family and yourself
Richard Lucas
Chairman of Supervisory Board, SKK Global
How to add User Acquisition to your startup’s marketing mix
Although backgrounds may differ, the lifecycle of every startup is, by and large, similar. It can be broken into several stages, where they face a different set of tasks that need to be completed.
User Acquisition can help a business at each of these stages. You can use it to validate your business idea, check if there’s a market for your product, or even scale up your company.
In today’s talk, we’ll be covering some basic requirements for using this marketing tool to acquire paying users, and how to run a successful UA marketing campaign aligned with your business goals.
Viktor Ryzhov
Head of Marketing, Zorka Agency
Automatic Detection of Railway Track Defects at Goldschmidt Group
Story of and conclusions from building a new product to ensure railway track safety with Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and optimisation.
Artur Suchwałko
CTO, Founder, QuantUp
Hybrid Collaboration is Hard. Three Hybrid collaboration concepts for high performing in-office and remote teams
Wojciech Krupa
Workplace consultant, Steelcase
Co-founding vs venture classics: what's next in the new VC models
In this panel discussion, we’ll talk about the challenges faced by the traditional VC business model today, as well as the new types of venture building, focusing on the co-founding model.
Panelists will discuss both pros and cons to the new and traditional approaches, which models are more effective when applied to different industries, and what makes the foundation for trustful relations with founders in both cases.
Alina Nillson
Co-founder at EMERGE
Alexander Chekan
Board member, Chief of Staff at Palta (Flo, Simple, Zing), London
Nina Alastruey
Principal, Demium
THE GREAT PITCH CONTEST FINALS
10 startups selected from the semifinals will pitch again and fight to become the winner of the 14th edition of the Great Pitch Contest.
The Great Pitch Contest - Panel Discussion & Jury Deliberation
Hybrid Events - A source of new market growth and innovation
Michael Chaffe
CEO, Wolves Summit
Award & Closing Ceremony
Find out which entrepreneurs get the Main and Special Awards at Wolves Summit and tune in for the announcements from the President of Wolves Summit about the plans moving forward.
Martin Ring
Strategic Director, Wolves Summit
Rosie Chajutin
Investor & Corporate Relations Manager, Wolves Summit
Panel Discussion
Angelo Burgarello
AI Startup Incubator
Our Investors Evening is an exclusive, invite-only networking event for a limited number of carefully curated guests. It provides an opportunity to gather in an informal setting to discuss trends, practices, and the challenges of investing. The event takes place in the sophisticated and renowned Hotel Warszawa and consists of two parts: panel discussions and networking.
It’s the Wolves Summit tradition that after the first day of the conference we organize an evening networking party in a nearby club, open for all the participants of the event. It is a good chance to meet and network in a less formal way, as well as to enjoy drinks, good music and the city.
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