2015 - Techsylvania

techsylvania

2015 Edition

The leading technology event in Eastern Europe almost doubled its audience at the second edition and grew to a 4-day event. 40 speakers from USA, China, Portugal, Germany, UK, France and Germany joined the conference and the 24-hour hackathon in the new location, Students Culture Hall. Techsylvania succeeded, for the second year in a row, in its mission to promote Cluj-Napoca communities as technology centers recognized and confirmed at international level, but also stimulate the development of local products.

Days

Participants

Speakers

Connected Devices

2015 Edition Speakers

Florin Talpes

CEO at Bitdefender

Gentry Underwood

Co-founder of Mailbox

USA

Twitter

Felix Petersen

Founder of Amen

Portugal

Andrei Dunca

Co-founder & CTO, LiveRail (acquired by Facebook)

USA

Radu Georgescu

Founding Partner GECAD Group

LinkedIn

Steffi Czerny

Co-Founder & Managing Director at DLD Media

Germany

David Bettner

Creator of Words With Friends

USA

Jambu Palaniappan

Regional General Manager for Central & Eastern Europe at Uber

USA

Jon Soberg

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Expansive Ventures

USA

Peter Juszczynski

Branding Evangelist at Google

UK

Joyce Shen

Director, Emerging Technology Partnerships and Investments at Thomson Reuters

USA

Christopher Osborne

Product Owner Maps and Geo at Booking.com

Netherlands

Anda Gansca

Co-Founder & CEO at Knotch

USA

Jeremy Fisher

Co-Founder & CEO of Wander (acquired by Yahoo)

USA

Flaviu Simihaian

CEO at iMedicare

USA

Frank Meehan

Co-Founder & Partner, SparkLabs Global Ventures (Former Siri Board Member)

UK

Charmaine Li

Senior Editor and Writer at Tech.eu

Germany

Mick Hagen

Founder/CEO of Mainframe (Techstars Alumnus)

UK

Tristan Pollock

Entrepreneur in Residence at 500 Startups (Forbes 30 under 30)

USA

Cristiano Betta

Senior Developer Advocate at PayPal

UK

Nicolas Grekas

CTO at BLACKFIRE.io

France

Rohan Chandran

Vice President and GM, Mobile Business Unit at Telenav

USA

Jon Bradford

Managing Director at Techstars London

UK

Pascal von Rickenbach

VP Engineering at GetYourGuide

Germany

Aryk Grosz

CTO at Mixbook / Mosaic / Montage

USA

Calin Vaduva

CEO at Fortech

LinkedIn

Bogdan Herea

CEO at PITECH+PLUS

Manfred Fu

General Manager Automotive China at Telenav

China

Cristian Badea

Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Avangate

Thomas Roth-Berghofer

Professor of Artificial Intelligence at University of West London

UK

Ronald Verbrugge

Co-Founder and CEO at Red to Blue

Netherlands

LinkedIn

Marius Jumolea

General Manager at Connatix Romania

Florin Grosu

Co-founder and COO at Traderion

LinkedIn

Simon Obstbaum

Owner and Founder of YOPESO, Business Angel

LinkedIn

Nima Banai

Special Projects at Misfit

USA

Marius Ghenea

Serial Entrepreneur and Business Angel

Twitter

Gabriel Radic

Senior Product Manager at EatFirst / Rocket Internet

Germany

Edin Memisevic

Head of Mobile Applications at foodpanda/hellofood

Germany

LinkedIn

Philipp Kandal

Techsylvania Chairman & Telenav EU General Manager

Levente Szabo

Co-founder of MimeChat, Halcyon Mobile

Janos Egly

Executive Director at Accenture Romania

LinkedIn

Bogdan Oros

CEO at Onyx Beacon

Agenda

09:00 – 10:00	Registration
10:00 – 10:15	Opening Remarks
10:15 – 11:00	Keynote: In Conversation with Florin Talpes (Bitdefender) – Cyber-security and the Trends of TomorrowPhilipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator
11:00 – 11:20	Talk Pascal von Rickenbach (GetYourGuide) – Product versus Engineering – Dawn of Justice
11:20 – 11:40	Talk Cristiano Betta (PayPal) – Hackathons on Rails
11:40 – 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:20	Talk Radu Georgescu (GECAD) – Great Migrations: From Romania to Silicon Valley
12:20 – 12:50	Panel Where is the IT Industry from Cluj heading? Philipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator, Calin Vaduva (Fortech), Bogdan Herea (Pitech+Plus), Simon Obstbaum (Yopeso), János Égly (Accenture)
12:50 – 13:10	Talk Cristian Badea (Avangate)- From a Committed Developer to Co-founder
13:10 – 14:20	Lunch
14:20 – 14:40	Talk Thomas Roth-Berghofer (University of West London) – Artificial Intelligence: Using Case-Based Reasoning to Build Recommender Systems
14:40 – 15:00	Talk Nicolas Grekas (Blackfire) – App Profiling: the Must-Have Tool of your Daily Arsenal
15:00 – 15:30	Panel Demystifying the investment world for startup entrepreneurs Bogdan Herea (Pitech+Plus) – Moderator, Jon Soberg (Expansive Ventures), Marius Ghenea (Serial Entrepreneur and Business Angel), Frank Meehan (Sparklabs Global Ventures), Jon Bradford (Techstars)
15:30 – 15:50	Talk Rohan Chandran (Telenav) – The Minimum Delightful Experience – from MVP to MDE
15:50 – 16:10	Talk Christopher Osborne (Booking.com) – Big Data for Real People
16:10 – 16:30	Talk Mick Hagen (Spatch) – Stories of Hustle, Growth and Marketing from a 3x Founder
16:30 – 16:50	Coffee Break
16:50 – 17:10	Hackathon Winners Present on Stage
17:10 – 17:30	Talk Joyce Shen (Thomson Reuters) – Why Enterprise is a Huge Opportunity for Eastern Europe?
17:30 – 17:50	Talk Jon Bradford (Techstars) – 10 Reasons to Join an Accelerator
17:50 – 18:10	Talk Nima Banai (Misfit) – Be a Misfit
18:10 – 18:30	Talk Jeremy Fisher (Wander) – Seven Startup Sins
18:30 – 19:00	Keynote Jon Soberg (Expansive Ventures) – Expansive Horizons: Taking on New Markets

09:00 – 10:00	Registration
10:00 – 10:15	Opening Remarks
10:15 – 11:00	Keynote: In Conversation with Gentry Underwood (Mailbox) – Building Products that Fit Human Behaviour Anda Gansca (Knotch) – Moderator
11:00 – 11:20	Talk In Conversation with Steffi Czerny (DLD Media) – It’s Only the Beginning Philipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator
11:20 – 11:40	Talk Peter Juszczynski (Google) – Why Disrupting Yourself is Good for your Brand
11:40 – 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:20	Talk Jambu Palaniappan (Uber) – Future of Transportation
12:20 – 12:50	Panel What’s the Mindset of Local Entrepreneurs and how it Needs to Change in order for them to Succeed? Marius Jumolea (Connatix) – Moderator, Flaviu Simihaian (iMedicare), Florin Grosu (Traderion), Bogdan Oros (Onyx Beacon), Levente Szabo (MimeChat/Halcyon Mobile)
12:50 – 13:10	Talk In Conversation with David Bettner (Words with Friends) – Developing Words With Friends: How Games can be Made Sticky, Anda Gansca (Knotch) – Moderator
13:10 – 14:20	Lunch
14:20 – 14:50	Panel Product Management: What do successful companies do differently? Christopher Osborne (Booking.com) – Moderator, Felix Petersen (Amen), Edin Memisevic (FoodPanda / Rocket Internet), Gabriel Radic (EatFirst / Rocket Internet), Rohan Chandran (Telenav)
14:50 – 15:10	Talk Anda Gansca (Knotch) – Pivoting to Product Market Fit
15:10 – 15:30	Talk Manfred Fu (Telenav) – Overview of Trends in the China Market
15:30 – 15:50	Talk Aryk Grosz (Mixbook) – The Most Important Things to Remember when Starting a Tech Company
15:50 – 16:10	Talk Frank Meehan (Sparklabs Global Ventures) – Going Global and Future Opportunities
16:10 – 16:30	Talk Felix Petersen (Amen) – Grow the F*** up? How to Raise Your Service Properly
16:30 – 16:50	Coffee Break
16:50 – 17:10	Talk Tristan Pollock (500 Startups) – Storefront: How The Maker Movement is Taking Over Cities
17:10 – 17:30	Talk Ronald Verbrugge (Red to Blue) – The Fintech Revolution: A Wave of Startups is Changing Finance – for the better
17:30 – 17:50	Talk Flaviu Simihaian (iMedicare)- Raising Money: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
17:50 – 18:30	Talk In conversation with Andrei Dunca (LiveRail) – From LiveRail to Facebook, Charmaine Li (Tech.eu) – Moderator
18:30 – 18:40	Closing Ceremony
22:00	Official After Party

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