2019 Speakers

Sakshi Chhabra Mittal

Sakshi Chhabra Mittal

United Kingdom

Investment Director

Managing the world’s largest technology investment fund.

Ajey Gore

Ajey Gore

Singapore

Group CTO

Leading the technology team for one of Asia’s biggest technology companies, valued at $9.5 billion

Ion Stoica

Ion Stoica

USA

Executive Chairman

Co-Founder of a $2.7 billion company and co-initiator of Apache Spark

Adam Jackson

Adam Jackson

USA

Co-Founder & CEO

Serial technology entrepreneur and investor. Also co-founded of Doctor On Demand, which raised $165 million

Matt Michelsen

Matt Michelsen

USA

Silicon Valley Insider

Working with Leading Brands: Lady Gaga, Nike, Cirque Du Soleil, YouTube

Fang Yuan

Fang Yuan

USA

Vice President

Managing a $500 million fund with a focus on AI & Robotics

Jatin Aythora

Jatin Aythora

United Kingdom

Chief Architect

Leading the implementation of machine learning capabilities to help solve industry challenges

Peter Vesterbacka

Peter Vesterbacka

Finland

Co-Founder  

 A global entrepreneur from the FinEst Bay Area, involved in making the popular Angry Birds

Abdullah Al-Shaksy

Abdullah Al-Shaksy

Oman

Co-Founder and CEO

Enabling the MENA regional innovation ecosystem, through global strategic partnerships, projects and investments

Jerald Singh

Jerald Singh

Singapore

Group Head of Product & Design

Leading the product function for the first decacorn in Southeast Asia 

Peter Yared

Peter Yared

USA

Co-founder & CEO

Founded six enterprise software companies that were acquired by Sun, Oracle, Citrix, VMware, Sprinklr and Prograph

Joanna Gordon

Joanna Gordon

France

 Founder

  Nominated as one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in France

Calin Vaduva

Calin Vaduva

Romania

 CEO

 Leading one of the top software development companies in Romania

Rohan Chandran

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

Donald DeSantis

USA

Co-Founder

A technology entrepreneur and angel investor, who raised over $100M for VTS, his latest startup

Brahm Klar

Brahm Klar

Canada

Partner

Representing a venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology businesses

Adrian Peake

Adrian Peake

Romania

 Managing Director

 Representing a leading international healthcare and diagnostic service provider

Remus Lechintan

Remus Lechintan

Canada

President  

Founder of two successful businesses: a technology services company and a telecommunications company

 

Joey Brander

Joey Brander

USA

 Managing Partner

 Leading a venture capital firm that invests in sports, media, entertainment, and consumer facing technology

Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan

USA

 CEO

 Managed thousands of private transactions, valued at over $3 Billion, across hundreds of companies

Don Lothrop

Don Lothrop

Romania

Founder   

 Raised $1.1 billion to invest in 170 medical device, biotechnology and healthcare service businesses

Gwendolyn Regina

Gwendolyn Regina

France

Entrepreneur in Residence 

Representing a deep tech talent investor 

Jan Ameri

Jan Ameri

Finland

 Chief Innovation Officer

Co-founder in seven different companies in various industries 

Sergiu Manea

Sergiu Manea

Romania

  CEO

  Representing a leading financial institution that launched Romania’s first intelligent banking platform

John Biggs

John Biggs

USA

Writer   

  Author of the Best Book on Blogging

Nan Zhou

Nan Zhou

USA

 Investment Director 

 

 She developed in-depth industry insights in artificial intelligence (AI) and its application across different industries

Ted Persson

Ted Persson

Sweden

 Partner 

 Managing equity investments in tech companies with growth potential

Koen Koppen

Koen Koppen

Sweden

CTO  

 Has led some of the companies largest and most complex merchant integration and system re-architecture initiatives 

Vlad Trifa

Vlad Trifa

Switzerland

Chief Product Officer 

  Experienced in shaping and shipping enterprise-grade IoT solutions for numerous Fortune 50 companies

Emil Boc

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

Ionut Bonoiu

Romania

Editor in Chief  

 Leading Forbes Romania, the most creative international Forbes license around the world

Dinesh Kandanchatha

Dinesh Kandanchatha

Canada

 COO  

   Representing one of the hottest healthcare product consulting companies in Canada

Catalin Dimir

Catalin Dimir

Romania

Founder  

Initiator of one of the first digital dentistry’s courses called #Go Digital

Philipp Kandal

Philipp Kandal

USA

VP of Engineering

Claudia Griech

Claudia Griech

Romania

Chief Commercial Officer

Responsible for the entire B2C strategy of E.ON Romania

Rob Kniaz

Rob Kniaz

United Kingdom

Founding Partner 

Aryk Grosz

Aryk Grosz

USA

Co-Founder & CTO 

Alexandru Popescu

Alexandru Popescu

Romania

Market Leader CEE Health Systems

Victoria Albrecht

Victoria Albrecht

United Kingdom

Managing Director

Yoram Wijngaarde

Yoram Wijngaarde

Netherlands

Founder & CEO of Dealroom

Ralph Echemendia

Ralph Echemendia

Estonia

CEO 

Teofil Campean

Teofil Campean

Romania

CEO


Francois Chopard

Francois Chopard

USA

Founder & CEO

Founded the 1st accelerator dedicated to aerospace startups

Christian Renner

Christian Renner

Germany

Managing Director

Active in various venture capital arms of blue chip corporations in Germany and the Silicon Valley

Delia Iliasa

Delia Iliasa

Romania

Commercial and National Director Medical Centers

Coordinating the Commercial department of a leading healthcare and diagnostic service provider

Andrei Pitis

Andrei Pitis

Romania

VP Product

Jon Gruen

Jon Gruen

USA

General Partner

Partner at an Aviation, Aerospace, and Defense focused Venture Capital Fund

Ricardo Mendez

Ricardo Mendez

Germany

Technical Director Europe

Representing a company that invests in transformative early-stage software and services startups

Simon Strand

Simon Strand

Sweden

Co-Founder and CEO

An entrepreneur and long-time communications strategist.

Zafer Babur

Zafer Babur

Turkey

VP Corporate Development & Information Technology

Representing one of the largest airlines in the world

Oren Stern

Oren Stern

USA

Co-Founder and COO

Sean Kane

Sean Kane

United Kingdom

Co-Founder & CEO

Adrian Enache

Adrian Enache

United Kingdom

CEO

Mihaela Urzica

Mihaela Urzica

Romania

Strategy & Corporate Development Director

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Mark Shuttleworth

Mark Shuttleworth

Founder of Ubuntu & Canonical

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CTO at Paddy Power Betfair

Andreas Ehn

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First employee & CTO at Spotify

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Japjit Tulsi

VP Engineering at eBay

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Di-Ann Eisnor

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Newton Howard

Newton Howard

Director of the MIT Synthetic Intelligence Lab

Steffi Czerny

Steffi Czerny

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Katherine Manderfield

Katherine Manderfield

Director of Content Strategy at The New York Times

Martin Wezowski

Martin Wezowski

Chief Designer at SAP

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Yossi Vardi

Angel Investor

Tim Draper

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Founder of DFJ

Florin Talpes

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Sonny Vu

Sonny Vu

Founder of Misfit

Alexis Bonte

Alexis Bonte

Executive in Residence at Atomico