2019 Speakers
Sakshi Chhabra Mittal
United Kingdom
Investment Director
Managing the world’s largest technology investment fund.
Ajey Gore
Singapore
Group CTO
Leading the technology team for one of Asia’s biggest technology companies, valued at $9.5 billion
Ion Stoica
USA
Executive Chairman
Co-Founder of a $2.7 billion company and co-initiator of Apache Spark
Adam Jackson
USA
Co-Founder & CEO
Serial technology entrepreneur and investor. Also co-founded of Doctor On Demand, which raised $165 million
Fang Yuan
USA
Vice President
Managing a $500 million fund with a focus on AI & Robotics
Jatin Aythora
United Kingdom
Chief Architect
Leading the implementation of machine learning capabilities to help solve industry challenges
Peter Vesterbacka
Finland
Co-Founder
A global entrepreneur from the FinEst Bay Area, involved in making the popular Angry Birds
Abdullah Al-Shaksy
Oman
Co-Founder and CEO
Enabling the MENA regional innovation ecosystem, through global strategic partnerships, projects and investments
Jerald Singh
Singapore
Group Head of Product & Design
Leading the product function for the first decacorn in Southeast Asia
Peter Yared
USA
Co-founder & CEO
Founded six enterprise software companies that were acquired by Sun, Oracle, Citrix, VMware, Sprinklr and Prograph
Joanna Gordon
France
Founder
Nominated as one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in France
Calin Vaduva
Romania
CEO
Leading one of the top software development companies in Romania
Rohan Chandran
USA
Chief Product & Technology Officer 
Has over 15 years of experience in leading startups and cross-functional teams at larger companies.
Donald DeSantis
USA
Co-Founder
A technology entrepreneur and angel investor, who raised over $100M for VTS, his latest startup
Brahm Klar
Canada
Partner
Representing a venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology businesses
Adrian Peake
Romania
Managing Director
Representing a leading international healthcare and diagnostic service provider
Remus Lechintan
Canada
President
Founder of two successful businesses: a technology services company and a telecommunications company
Joey Brander
USA
Managing Partner
Leading a venture capital firm that invests in sports, media, entertainment, and consumer facing technology
Tim Sullivan
USA
CEO
Managed thousands of private transactions, valued at over $3 Billion, across hundreds of companies
Don Lothrop
Romania
Founder 
Raised $1.1 billion to invest in 170 medical device, biotechnology and healthcare service businesses
Gwendolyn Regina
France
Entrepreneur in Residence
Representing a deep tech talent investor
Jan Ameri
Finland
Chief Innovation Officer
Co-founder in seven different companies in various industries
Sergiu Manea
Romania
CEO
Representing a leading financial institution that launched Romania’s first intelligent banking platform
John Biggs
USA
Writer 
Author of the Best Book on Blogging
Nan Zhou
USA
Investment Director
She developed in-depth industry insights in artificial intelligence (AI) and its application across different industries
Ted Persson
Sweden
Partner
Managing equity investments in tech companies with growth potential
Koen Koppen
Sweden
CTO 
Has led some of the companies largest and most complex merchant integration and system re-architecture initiatives
Vlad Trifa
Switzerland
Chief Product Officer
Experienced in shaping and shipping enterprise-grade IoT solutions for numerous Fortune 50 companies
Emil Boc
Romania
Mayor
Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the most important city of Romania, outside the capital, in terms of size and economic development
Ionut Bonoiu
Romania
Editor in Chief
Leading Forbes Romania, the most creative international Forbes license around the world
Dinesh Kandanchatha
Canada
COO
Representing one of the hottest healthcare product consulting companies in Canada
Catalin Dimir
Romania
Founder 
Initiator of one of the first digital dentistry’s courses called #Go Digital
Philipp Kandal
USA
VP of Engineering
Claudia Griech
Romania
Chief Commercial Officer
Responsible for the entire B2C strategy of E.ON Romania
Rob Kniaz
United Kingdom
Founding Partner 
Aryk Grosz
USA
Co-Founder & CTO 
Alexandru Popescu
Romania
Market Leader CEE Health Systems
Victoria Albrecht
United Kingdom
Managing Director
Yoram Wijngaarde
Netherlands
Founder & CEO of Dealroom
Ralph Echemendia
Estonia
CEO 
Teofil Campean
Romania
CEO
Francois Chopard
USA
Founder & CEO
Founded the 1st accelerator dedicated to aerospace startups
Christian Renner
Germany
Managing Director
Active in various venture capital arms of blue chip corporations in Germany and the Silicon Valley
Delia Iliasa
Romania
Commercial and National Director Medical Centers
Coordinating the Commercial department of a leading healthcare and diagnostic service provider
Andrei Pitis
Romania
VP Product
Jon Gruen
USA
General Partner
Partner at an Aviation, Aerospace, and Defense focused Venture Capital Fund
Ricardo Mendez
Germany
Technical Director Europe
Representing a company that invests in transformative early-stage software and services startups
Simon Strand
Sweden
Co-Founder and CEO
An entrepreneur and long-time communications strategist.
Zafer Babur
Turkey
VP Corporate Development & Information Technology
Representing one of the largest airlines in the world
Oren Stern
USA
Co-Founder and COO
Sean Kane
United Kingdom
Co-Founder & CEO
Adrian Enache
United Kingdom
CEO
Mihaela Urzica
Romania
Strategy & Corporate Development Director
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