2016 - Techsylvania

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2016 Edition

More than 1300 attendees – tech enthusiasts, founders, business people and developers – joined Techsylvania in 2016. The third edition brought another layer to our community event: Startup Avalanche, an ice-breaking competition for startups that speak business organized in partnership with Risky Business. It is a 2-day event which takes place during Techsylvania and where investors and an amazing jury challenge seed-stage startups that are eager to showcase their business for awareness and reward.

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Participants

Speakers

Connected Devices

2016 Edition Speakers

Mark Shuttleworth

Founder of Ubuntu & Canonical

Isle of Man

LinkedIn

Tim Draper

Founder of DFJ

USA

Ioana Cozmuta

Industry Innovation and Microgravity Lead at NASA

USA

Frank Meehan

Co-founder of SmartUp.io & Partner at SparkLabs Global

UK

Jan Hichert

Vice President of SD-WAN at Riverbed

Germany

Mark Post

Professor at Maastricht University

Netherlands

Jen Wieczner

Writer at Fortune Magazine

USA

Peter Yared

Founder & CTO at Sapho (Former CTO/CIO at CBS Interactive)

USA

Peter Halacsy

Co-founder and CTO at Prezi

Hungary

Andreas Ehn

Co-Founder of Wrapp (Spotify's First Employee & CTO)

World

Hussein Kanji

Founding Partner at Hoxton Ventures

UK

Lucian Mindruta

Producer at DigiFM

Fredrik Nylander

Partner at Lakestar

UK

Andy Piper

Developer Advocate at Twitter

UK

Karel Obluk

General Partner at Evolution Equity Partners

Czeck Republic

Alexandra Schiel

Head of Operations at DLD Media

Germany

LinkedIn

Szabi Szekely

Co-founder at Halcyon Mobile

Jennifer Beecher

Senior Product Manager at SoundCloud

Germany

LinkedIn

Stefan Fountain

CEO at Pr.co

Netherlands

Eric Wood

Global Head of UX & Design at Telenav

USA

Marius Swart

Global Director Innovation & Entrepreneurship at The Coca-Cola Company

Germany

Fabian Westerheide

CEO of Asgard

Germany

Rumen Iliev

Partner at LAUNCHub

Bulgaria

Wallace Wu

Vice President of Software Products and Asian Affairs at Misfit

USA

Lisa Enckell

Partner at Approach

Singapore

Holger Weiss

CEO at CC Ventures GmbH

Germany

Philipp Kandal

Techsylvania Chairman & VP of Engineering at Telenav

Flaviu Simihaian

Co-founder and CEO of iMedicare

USA

Michaela Krause

Head of Germany at Ballou PR

Germany

Cristiano Betta

Founder of Betta Works

UK

Anca Albu

Social Innovation Architect at thechange.rs

Moldova

Rohan Chandran

CEO at TechRocket

USA

Vladimir Oane

Director of Product at Hootsuite

Daniel Tamas

Co-Founder of Idea Studios, Transylgamia and Jellycs

Thierry Vandewalle

Venture Partner at ISAI Gestion

Belgium

Simon Gosling

Creative Evangelist at Happy Finish

UK

Lisa Lang

CEO and Founder of ElektroCouture

Germany

Joyce Shen

Director, Emerging Technology Partnerships and Investments at Thomson Reuters

Peter Hopwood

Communications Strategist at Hopwood Communications

UK

Tom Laster

Manager, Partner and Ecosystem Development at Facebook

Israel

LinkedIn

Agenda

09:00	Registrations
10:00	Opening Remarks by Executive Producers
10:15	Keynote: In Conversation with Tim Draper (DFJ) – Challenges that Entrepreneurs Outside Silicon Valley Face Philipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator
11:00	Talk: Peter Halacsy (Prezi) – How to Build a Global Company from the Edge of Europe
11:20	Talk: Wallace Wu (Misfit) – Wearable 2.0: Tech + Fashion
11:40	Coffee Break
12:00	Panel: Should you Build your Business from Romania or Go Abroad? Anca Albu (thechange.rs) – Moderator, Vladimir Oane (Hootsuite), Flaviu Simihaian (iMedicare), Daniel Tamas (Idea Studios), Szabi Szekely (Halcyon Mobile)
12:30	Talk: Simon Gosling (Happy Finish) – Creating Immersive VR Experiences for Brands
12:50	Talk: Karel Obluk (Evolution Equity Partners) – Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunity
13:10	Talk: Andreas Ehn (Wrapp) – The Case for Factoring Out Common Technology
13:30	Lunch
14:20	Talk: Cristiano Betta (Betta Works) – Lightweight Libraries with Rollup, Riot and Redux
14:40	Talk: Andy Piper (Twitter) – Crafting the Best Apps using Fabric
15:00	Panel: How to Get Good PR Stefan Fountain (PR.co) – Moderator, Shaun Saunders (Graffiti PR), Jen Wieczner (Fortune), Michaela Krause (Ballou PR), Peter Yared (Sapho)
15:30	Talk: Eric Wood (Telenav) – Collaborative Design: How to Integrate Design into Agile
15:50	Talk: Lisa Enckell (Approach) – Getting your App Off the Ground
16:10	Talk: Vladimir Oane (Hootsuite) – Flavours of Product Management: Why do all Product Managers Work on Different Things?
16:30	Coffee Break
16:50	Hackathon Winners Present On Stage
17:10	Talk: Peter Yared (Sapho) – Goodbye SaaS, hello Containers-as-a-Service
17:30	Talk: Marius Swart (Coca-Cola) – What Comes First: Partnerships or Sales
17:50	Talk: Husein Kanji (Hoxton Ventures) – Why VC’s aren’t Impressed with Just a Good Business
18:10	Keynote: In Conversation with Fredrik Nylander (Lakestar) – Scaling the Engineering Teams at 2 Unicorns Philipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator

09:00	Registrations
10:00	Opening Remarks by Executive Producers
10:15	Keynote: Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu) – Faster, Easier and More Secure: The Next Generation of Embedded Development
11:00	Talk: Holger Weiss (CC Ventures) – The 3rd Age of Mobility: Why will the Connected Car Change all of Our Lives
11:20	Talk: Rohan Chandran (TechRocket) – Leadership and Gestalt: Creating a Path to Success as a Founder
11:40	Coffee Break
12:00	Talk: Fabian Westerheide (Asgard Capital) – Rise of AI: The Singularity Might be Closer than You Think
12:20	Panel: Stupid Things to Avoid when Pitching an Investor Rumen Iliev (LAUNCHub) – Moderator, Karel Obluk (Evolution Equity Partners), Thierry Vandewalle (ISAI Gestion), Fredrik Nylander (Lakestar), Frank Meehan (SmartUp)
12:50	Startup Avalanche FINALS
13:30	Lunch
14:20	Talk: Jennifer Beecher (SoundCloud) – 10 Principles for Building Better Products
14:40	Talk: Flaviu Simihaian (iMedicare) – How to Sell your First Customers
15:00	Panel: Women in Technology Jen Wieczner (Fortune) – Moderator, Steffi Czerny (DLD Media), Lisa Enckell (Approach), Jennifer Beecher (Soundcloud), Lisa Lang (ElektroCouture)
15:30	Talk: Jan Hichert (Riverbed) – Modus Operandi: from Startup to Successful Tech Exit
15:50	Talk: Lisa Enckell (Approach) – Getting your App Off the Ground
16:00	Talk: Stefan Fountain (PR.co) – I Don’t Often Fail, But When I Do …
16:30	Coffee Break
16:50	Talk: Tom Laster (Facebook) – Building to Stand Out in the Evolving Marketing Technology Ecosystem
17:10	Talk: In Conversation with Joyce Shen (Thomson Reuters) – Technological Innovations in the Enterprise Sector Lucian Mindruta (DigiFM) – Moderator
17:30	Talk: Frank Meehan (SmartUp) – Scaling a Company to International Success Using the Cluj Tech Scene
17:50	Talk: Mark Post (Maastricht University) – Meet the New Meat
18:10	Keynote: Ioana Cozmuta (NASA) – Innovation at the Edge of Space: an Engine for Global Opportunities
18:40	Closing Ceremony & Startup Avalanche Winners
22:00	After Party

12:00	Pitch Sauce Pitching Masterclass – Peter Hopwood
13:00	Break (VIP ticket holders have lunch included)
14:00	Startup Avalanche Session One (INVESTORS ONLY)
16:30	Coffee Break
16:50	Startup Avalanche Session Two (INVESTORS ONLY)

11:00	PR Strategy – Stefan Fountain (PR.co)
11:45	Coffee Break
12:00	Adhocracy: Building the innovative Organisation – Andy Taylor (UBBEE)
13:00	Break (VIP ticket holders have lunch included)
14:00	Driver Assistance Systems – Catalin Golban (Bosch)

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