Agenda
EBAN Sofia 2018 is AI, Cyber Security, Renewable Energy, Big Data, Space, Impact Investing, Digital Health, combined with Super Angels, ICOs and Tokenized Funds, Syndication Tools, Introduction to and Research on Business Angel Investing and much, much more!
Venue: Central Military Club | address: Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd 7, Sofia, Bulgaria
| ROOM | Main hall | ||||
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration | ||||
| 9:00 – 9:20 | Welcome to Sofia Keynote speech by Yordanka Fandakova, Lord Mayor of Sofia The EBAN Board of Directors, EBAN President Emeritus Anthony Clarke, Brigitte Baumann, Peter Jungen, Tomi Davies, President of ABAN and Nikolay Mavromatis, President Bulgarian Association for Business Angels |
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| 9:20 – 9:50 | Investing Like a Super Angel Brian Cohen, Chairman of New York Angels and Peter Jungen, Chairman of Peter Jungen Holding GmbH |
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| 9:50 – 10:35 | Early Stage Investing around the World and Enabling Cross Border Deals Tomi Davies, President of African Business Angels Network, Kaushal Chokshi, Founder & President of Scaale Group, Israel Pons, CEO and Co-Founding Partner of Angels Nest LATAM, Alexander Wiedmer, Partner at Iris Capital, Randy Stewart Thompson, Chairman and CEO at Valhalla Private Capital Audra Shallal, Managing Director – BOSS Consulting in Strategic Management. Moderated by Baybars Altuntas, Chairman of World Business Angels Investment Forum |
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| 10:35 – 10:50 | European Super Angels and the European Angel Fund Carsten Just, Investment Manager at European Investment Fund (EIF) |
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| 10:50 – 11:05 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:05 – 11:50 | The ICO – Token and Crypto Frenzy With Keynote Speech by Dušan Stojanović, Founder and Director of True Global Ventures With Keynote Speech by Dr. Barbara Lang, Partner at InnoExc GmbH Switzerland Followed by panel discussion with: Brad Yasar, Managing Partner of Krowd Mentor, Dirk Weyel, Founder & CEO of Strykz Moderated by: Peter Cowley, Chair of the Cambridge Angels |
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| 11:50 – 12:30 | Let’s Talk Cyber Security A Fireside Chat with: Edna Conway, Chief Security Officer at Cisco Moderated by: Michael O’Connor, CEO of International Cybersecurity Accelerator, Marcel Dridje, President of Sophia Business Angels with recent exit as investor in CyberFlow Analytics |
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| 12:30 – 12:50 | Bringing Entrepreneurs and Investors Together: The European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) Filipa Ramalho, Policy Officer European Commission, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs |
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| 12:50 – 13:50 | Lunch Break | ||||
| ROOMS | ROOM 1 | ROOM 2 | ROOM 3 | ROOM 4 | ROOM 5 |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Angel Co-Investment and Syndication – Structuring Deals Pieter Dorsman, President & CEO of Redpeaks Management Inc., Peter Cowley, Chair of the Cambridge Angels, John Phelan, National Director at HBAN, Nina Reinhart, Managing Director at Reinhart Capital Moderated by: Riku Asikainen, President Emeritus FiBAN | Making an Impact with your Investments Stephan Peters, Early-Stage Investor at LBAN and Impact Advocate at TIIME, Janne Jormalainen, Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Business Angel Network (FIBAN) Kim Neel Wyon, Senior Partner at Optiteam, Ewa Konczal, CEE Manager at European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) Moderated by: Dara Nikolova, Business Innovation at SES | EAF/EIF and Public Private Co-Investment Carsten Just, Investment Manager at European Investment Fund, Ricardo Luz, Partner at Gestluz Consultores and Angel Investor Ivar Siimar, Co-Founder and Partner at Trind Ventures, the first EIF Co-Investment Fund with Business Angels and President Emeritus of EstBAN Moderated by: Daniel Tomov, Partner at Eleven Ventures | Gender Lens Investing Olga Miler, Managing Director and Global Program Architect at UBS, Rachel Whittaker, Sustainable Investing Strategist at UBS Wealth Management | London Stock Exchange and ELITE – Investing in Scaleups Massimiliano Lagreca, General Manager at ELITE Club Deal Andrew Velasco, Manager at ELITE Club Deal |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Digital Transformation Peter Hedges, Senior Advisor at Cognitive Business IBM Central & Eastern Europe, Frédéric Rombaut, General Partner at Seraphim Capital and Global Technology Investor, Brian Cohen, Chairman of New York Angels and Digital Transformation Strategist Moderated by: Murat Aktihanoglu, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, author of “Location-Aware Applications” | Investing in Sustainable Energy Matias Torrellas, Portfolio Manager at InnoEnergy, Jon Suarez, Investment Analyst at InnoEnergy With case studies by renewable energy investor Martin Bloom, CEO of Emblem Ventures | Investing in Digital Health Andreas Lindblom, CEO of Sciety, Kevin Morningstar, Rocky Ventures Mentor Chair and Rocky Ventures Fund Partner Moderated by: Christine Bjarkby, Business Angel Network & Growth Capital at Connect Sverige | Opportunities in Data, Security and Insurance Minh Tran, Managing Partner at Insurtech Capital and Proptech Capital, Michael O’Connor, CEO of CorkBIC, Sabine VanderLinden, CEO of InsurTech Business, Startupbootcamp Moderated by: Peter Braun, Senior Industry Manager at Airbus and Daimler, Serial Entrepreneur with 2 IPOs and Business Angel | ICO Funds in Practice: Presentation of two Crypto Fund Investment Opportunities Dušan Stojanović, Founder and Director of True Global Ventures, Dr. Barbara Lang, Partner at InnoExc GmbH Switzerland |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Featuring AI and Cloud Entrepreneurs | Featuring Sustainable Energy Entrepreneurs | Featuring Digital Health Entrepreneurs | Featuring Data, Security and InsurTech Entepreneurs | Featuring Space Entrepreneurs With EBAN Space Jury Members |
| ROOMS | Main hall | ROOM 4 | |||
| 16:00 – 16:20 | A Journey to the Digital Discovery and Transformation of our Universe Frank Salzgeber, Head of Technology Transfer at ESA, Former Head of Commercial Development in ESA’s European Astronaut Department | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | |||
| ROOMS | Main hall | ||||
| 16:20 – 17:10 | Breakthrough Research on Angel Investing around the World: Keynote Speech by Prof. Jeffrey Sohl, Director of the Center for Venture Research and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Decision Sciences at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire And Research Presentations by: Jacopo Losso, Director of Secretariat at European Business Angels Network (EBAN), Riku Asikainen, Angel Investor & Vice-President of European Business Angels Network (EBAN), Amparo de San Jose, Director of IESE Business School. Yuri Navarro, CEO & Executive Director at NACO,Tomi Davies, President of African Business Angels Network Moderated by Peter Jungen, EBAN President Emeritus | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | |||
| 17:10 – 17:40 | Gender Lens and Women Angel Investing Olga Miler, Managing Director and Global Program Architect at UBS, Selma Prodanovic, Founder & CEO at 1MillionStartups, Sasha Bezuhanova, Founder of MOVE.BG and EDIT.BG, Estzer Szabo, President Women/Business/Angels Moderated by: Brigitte Baumann, EBAN President Emeritus | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | |||
| 17:40 – 18:00 | Sustainable Energy and Opportunities for Investors Matias Torrellas, Portfolio Manager at InnoEnergy | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | |||
| ROOMS | Main hall | ||||
| 18:00 – 18:15 | Special Announcements and Closing First Day: Winners of Pitching Sessions, Luxembourg 2018 Winter Summit; 2019 EBAN Congress | ||||
| 18:15 | End of Sessions – Free Time | ||||
| 20:00 – 23:00 | EBAN Gala and Awards Dinner | ||||
| 8:00 – 9:00 | EBAN Annual General Assembly (for EBAN Members only) | |||||
| ROOMS | Main hall | ROOM 4 | ROOM 5 | |||
| 9:00 – 9:20 | Welcome Remarks and Commencement of Day Two Agenda | |||||
| 9:20 – 9:40 | Discover the DNA of the World’s Best Scale-Ups Hans Van Grieken, EMEA Technology Research & Insights Leader Deloitte Consulting | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | ||||
| Pitches by Energy session finalists from 25 June | ||||||
| 9:40 – 10:05 | Enabling Startups to Scaleup! Martin Bloom, CEO of Emblem Ventures, Murat Aktihanoglu, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | |||
| Pitches by Data-Security and InsurTech session finalists from 25 June | ||||||
| 10:05 – 10:35 | Working and Co-Investing with VCs Alexander Wiedmer, Partner at Iris Capital, Nina Reinhart, Managing Director at Reinhart Capital, Ari Korhonen, Angel Investor and Founder of Lagoon Capital Moderated by: Svetoslav Stefanov, Investment Director at 3TS Capital Partners | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | |||
| Pitches by AI-Cloud session finalists from 25 June | ||||||
| 10:40 – 10:55 | Coffee Break | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | ||||
| ROOMS | Main hall | ROOM 4 | ROOM 5 | |||
| 10:55 – 11:25 | Making an Impact with your Investments Janne Jormalainen, Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Business Angel Network (FIBAN), Ewa Konczal, Manager at Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Manager at European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) Kim Neel Wyon, Senior Partner at Optiteam Moderated by: Stephan Peters, Early-Stage Investor at LBAN and Impact Advocate at TIIME | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | |||
| Pitches by Health session finalists from 25 June | ||||||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Investing in New Space Anthony Clarke, Managing Director at Newable Ventures and Managing Partner of Seraphim Space Fund, Fabrice Testa, President Lux Space Tech Angels, Frank Salzgeber, Head of Technology Transfer at ESA Moderated by: Candace Johnson, Serial Satellite Entrepreneur (SES, Europe Online, OWNSAT) and Angel Investor | One to One Meetings Coordinated by EIPP | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | |||
| Pitches by Space session finalists from 25 June | ||||||
| 12:05 – 12:45 | Spotlight on Bulgaria and Investing in the CEE Region Evgeny Angelov, Chairman BVCA, Sasha Bezuhanova, Founder of MOVE.BG and EDIT.BG, Nikolay Mavromatis, President of Bulgarian Association of Business Angels, George Brashnarov, CEO of Nemetschek Bulgaria Lubomir Cheytanov, Founder and CEO of L3C, Digital Enterpreneur and Angel investor, Yordan Nedev, Board Member and Director Investments and M&A at Sirma Group Holding JSC Moderated by Daniel Tomov, Partner at Eleven Ventures | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | ||||
| Pitches by EBAN Scaleup of the Month Winners | ||||||
| 12:50 – 13:30 | CEE Released Ivan Takev, CEO Bulgarian Stock Exchange, Marek Dietl, CEO of Warsaw Stock Exchange, István Máté-Tóth, Deputy CEO Budapest Stock Exchange The EBAN CEE Members of the Board Davorin Stetner, President of CRANE, Branko Drobnak, President of Business Angels of Slovenia, Panagiotis Ketikidis, Co-Founder HeBAN, Antal Karoly, President HunBAN, Robert Lugowski, Managing Partner of CobinAngels Pitches by CEE Released 2018 Edition National Finalists The Winning Entrepreneurs of the CEE Released 2018 Edition Moderated by Ludwik Sobolewski, Co-founder and Partner at Cornerstone Communications | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | ||||
| Pitches by CEE Released 2018 Edition National Finalists | ||||||
| 13:30 – 13:40 | Grand Finale EBAN Sofia 2018 with Announcement of Winning Entrepreneurs | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | ||||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |||||
| ROOMS | ROOM 1 | ROOM 2 | ROOM 3 | ROOM 4 | ROOM 5 | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | EBAN Institute Workshop Angel Investors: Deal Structuring and Common Docs Approach Pieter Dorsman, President & CEO of Redpeaks Management Inc. | EBAN Institute Workshop Business Angel Network Managers: How to attract more female investors to your BAN Amparo de San Jose, Director of IESE Business School and WA4E Project Partner, Marika Mazzi Boem, X23 and LEAN IN WBA Project Coordinator | Amazon Web Services Activate Workshop: How to Scale up your cloud based Business with EBAN and AWS Activate Marcel Dridje, Serial IT Entrepreneur and Investor | How to Set Up and Manage Angel Funds Randy Thompson, Chairman and CEO at Valhalla Private Capital | Building a Portfolio with Women Investors – Rising Tide Europe (between 14:15 – 15:00) | |
| ROOMS | ROOM 1 | ROOM 2 | ROOM 3 | ROOM 4 | ROOM 5 | |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | The Valley of Death Funding Gap: an Opportunity for Super Angels to Fund the Best Businesses Around the World Ian Sosso, Founder & Managing Partner at Monte Carlo Capital | EBAN Institute Workshop Business Angel Network Managers Lisa Fassl, Managing Director at AAIA | Co-Investing in SME Instrument Beneficiary Companies Diana Rucinschi, Project Officer at Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) With case study on EnduroSat: Raycho Raychev, Founder & CEO of EnduroSat | Crypto Funds for Angels Dr. Barbara Lang, Partner at InnoExc GmbH Switzerland | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Ethical Issues in Angel Investing: Practical Experiences and Guidance Charles Sidman, Managing Partner at ECS Capital Partners | EBAN Institute Workshop Business Angel Network Managers Education as a Way of Attracting New Members to your BAN Irma Borst, Founder and CEO of matchingWINGS, and Robert Weaver, Founder and CCO of matchingWINGS, Steven van Houwelingen, Co-Founder of Ventulizer | Scaling up your Portfolio Companies Martin Bloom, CEO of Emblem Ventures | Crypto Funds for EBAN Members Closed Door Session (only with signed NDA) Dušan Stojanović, Founder and Director of True Global Ventures | Rising Tide Europe (closed door meeting) | |
| 17:00 | EBAN Sofia 2018 Closing President’s Reception 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Foyer of the Central Military Club | |||||
Venue: Arena Armeec | 1, Asen Yordanov blvd. 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
09:15 – 09:30
Opening Keynote by Plamen Russev and Iliyana Tsanova, Deputy Director, EIB and Candace Johnson, President of EBAN
09:30 – 10:10
Angels investments
Peter Cowley, Chair of the Cambridge Angels, Stephan Peters, Early-Stage Investor at LBAN and Impact Advocate at TIIME, Brian Cohen, Chairman of New York Angels, Dušan Stojanović, Founder and Director of True Global Venture
10:10 – 10:40
Sillicon Valley Lessons
Andrew Tsao, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank, Debu Purkayastha, Chairman Veon Advisory Board, former M&A Google, Ajay Ramachandran, Founding Partner Happiness Ventures, Kaushal Chokshi, Founder & President Scaale Group
10:40 – 11:10
Accelerating the Future
Daniel Tomov, Partner at Eleven Ventures, Murat Aktihanoglu, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Moderator: Maurizio Rossi, Founder CoCEO, H-FARM
11:15 – 11:45
Angels Working with VCs
Svetoslav Stefanov, Investment Director at 3TS Capital Partners, Ari Korhonen, Angel Investor and Founder of Lagoon Capital, Anthony Clarke, Managing Director at Newable Ventures and Managing Partner of Seraphim Space Fund, Charles Sidman, Managing Partner at ECS Capital Partners, Randy Thompson, Chairman and CEO at Valhalla Private Capital
11:45 – 12:05
Early Stage VCs
Ton Van’t Noordende, Partner at Keadyn VC, Cherie Liu, VP Investment Outpost Venture Capital, Ian Sosso, Founder and Managing Partner Monte Carlo Capital, Christian Mandl, Co-founder and managing partner at Neulofy Ventures
12:05 – 12:20
Pekka Makki, CEO 3TS capital
12:20 – 12:40
CEE – Released
Baybars Altuntaş, Chairman of WBAF and Vice President of EBAN, Bora Yilmaz, Co-founder of Revo Capital, Olga Miler, Managing Director and Global Program Architect at UBS
12:45 – 13:00
From Useless gizmos to life changing tech
Raphael Crouan, Founder & CEO of Startupbootcamp IoT Program
13:00 – 13:15
Reinventing mobility: It’s all about cities
Arantxa Alonso, Executive Managing Director at XMOBA Ventures
13:15 – 13:30
The role of startups within the digital economy
Sabine VanderLinden, CEO of the InsurTech Business, Startupbootcamp
13:30 – 14:00
Consulting services for startups
Pieter Dorsman, President & CEO of Redpeaks Management Inc, Ricardo Luz, Partner at Gestluz Consultores
14:00 – 14:20
Investing in New Space
Rick Tumlinson, Co-founder and Chair of the Board, Deep Space Industries, Raycho Raychev, Founder & CEO of EnduroSat
14:20 – 14:50
The future of banking
Archie Ravishankar, CEO at Cogni.ai
14:50 – 15:20
Blockchain
Ulyana Shtybel, Co-founder HighCastle Group LTD, Alexander Schulgin, CEO at Grupa Familia
Startups: Monetizr Blockchain, QARNOT Cryptocurrencies, Ethan Pierse, Partner at Borderless Ventures
15:25 – 15:55
Investing in AI
Bogomil Balkansky, Google, Patrick van der Smagt, Director of AI Research Lab, Volkswagen
Startups: DataSine, Iris.ai, Transmetrics
15:55 – 16:25
Investing in Security
Karel Obluk, General Partner at Evolution Equity Partners, Michael O’Connor, CEO of CorkBIC, Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Principal Research Engineer at Kudelski Security, Boris Goncharov, Amatas
16:00 – 17:00
Investing in Healthcare
Martin Dockweiler, CEO Udabol University Bolivia, Cristina De Juans, CEO of IMT, Eugene Borukhovic, CDO Bayer G4a