Taking innovators and startups to the next level What’s next for the innovation landscape in Europe? At the conference 2019, over 200 innovators, startups and investors will converge in Bucharest for discussions around the future of startups, venture capital, artificial intelligence, fintech, energytech and more. The event will be held in Bucharest, during the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on the 14th of June 2019 at Globalworth Campus, the largest premium business park and conference center in Bucharest, Romania. With industry-leading speakers, a showcase with some of Europe’s top startups, and invaluable networking, we bring the best of the community together. The event will be a pool of new ideas and trends, bringing together the world’s most eminent entrepreneurs, investors and experts, and facilitating networking and deal-making with specialists in the realm. If you’re an innovator, working in a startup, or looking to cultivate relationships with business angels, this is the place to be. Don’t miss it. Come and experience Bucharest, the capital of the New Europe in 2019! Program 09:30 - 10:00 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE MAIN STAGE 10:00 - 10:45 INNOVATE TOGETHER - HOW CORPORATES AND STARTUPS COLLABORATE? Monica Bratu - Project Manager - Oracle Startup Ecosystem - EMEA Andrei Razvan Vacut - Vice-President, of Pre-Sales, EMEA at UiPath - RPA Ottavia Tomarchio - Expansion Manager - Mindspace.me Stefan Dumitru - Program Coordinator - AmCham Romania Moderated by Dani Dumitrescu - CEO - InnovX Business Accelerator 10:45 - 11:30 FINANCE INNOVATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Axel Kalinowski - Head of Central and Southern Europe - London Stock Exchange Marin Daniela - Principal Manager - European Bank for Reconstruction & Development Ciprian Paltineanu - Principal Investor - Innova Human Capital Mircea Moraru - Senior Associate - CMS Moderated by Bogdan Hristescu - Regional MD - Euronet Worldwide PARALLEL SESSION SECONDARY STAGE 10:00 - 11:30 Q&A SESSION Bogdan Stefan - Open Banking - Collaboration Insights from an Innovation Technology Partner Daniel Ilie - 5 Leadership Truths from Former Commander of Special Operations Forces Nicolae Iancu - Business Intelligence - Essentials from Former Rector of National Intelligence Academy Alexandru Marin - How to protect innovation? Lessons from IPR Helpdesk Ambassador in Romania (TBC) Silviu Florea - Growing Businesses, Inspiring People - A Global Journey Towards Meaning 11:30 - 13:30 MEET THE INNOVATORS - 10 STARTUPS DEMOS Introduction by Eleni Skoura - Executive Director, Retail Product & Segments - BCR Alin Iftemi - Modex - Blockchain Enablement Platform Razvan Boldis - indexAR - VisualTech Alexander Stoica - ProductLead - B2B Marketing Daniel Nicolae - Maillon Fintech - FinTech Attila Racz - KPEYE - FinTech Vlad Costea - SigTree - PropTech, IoT Alexandru Gliga - BOX2M - SmartEnergy Leo Mart - WiseWoice - AI Assistants Vlad Cazan - KFactory - Smart Factory Andrei Nagy - AlphaBlock 13:30 - 14:00 NETWORKING LUNCH 14:00 - 15:00 FINAL CEREMONY STARTUPS INNOVX - BCR & WELLCOME CEREMONY GRINDERS INNOVX - BCR Bogdan Manoiu - Chief Executive Officer - SwissWay Ana Mihalache - Head of Social Banking Department at BCR Diana Dumitrescu - Managing Director at InnovX Business Accelerator 15:00 - 16:00 COCKTAIL
Friday, June 14, 2019
6:30 AM – 2:00 PM UTC
6:30 AM | REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE |
7:00 AM | INNOVATE TOGETHER - HOW CORPORATES AND STARTUPS COLLABORATE? |
7:45 AM | FINANCE INNOVATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE |
8:30 AM | MEET THE INNOVATORS - 10 STARTUPS DEMOS |
10:30 AM | NETWORKING LUNCH |
11:00 AM | FINAL CEREMONY |
12:00 PM | COCKTAIL |