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

Matt Michelsen
USA
Silicon Valley Insider
Working with Leading Brands: Lady Gaga, Nike, Cirque Du Soleil, YouTube

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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Katherine Manderfield
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Yossi Vardi
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Tim Draper
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Florin Talpes
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Sonny Vu
Founder of Misfit

Alexis Bonte
Executive in Residence at Atomico