12 & 13th
May 2022

Sofia, Bulgaria

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Track 1

Track 2

10:00 – 10:10

Opening by RAIA – Raiffeisen Artificial Intelligence Assistant

10:10 – 10:30

Keynote: The New Normal: Trends in the new digital world

Djamel Agaoua, CEO Rakuten, Viber

10:30 – 10:50

Track: Future

Keynote: 5G shaping the future

Alexander Kuchar, Director Group Technology and Future Services, A1 Group

10:50 – 11:10

Track: Future

Keynote: Re-think Innovation for the Post-COVID world

Lilia Messechkova, VP, Enterprise Products, Progress

11:10 – 11:30

Track: Entreprenuership

Keynote: Europe: Are we lagging behind and how to fix it?

Wilem Jonker, CEO, EIT Digital

11:30 – 11:50

Fireside chat: Digitalization was just the beginning: What's next

Raycho Raychev, Founder and CEO, EnduroSat

Frank Thelen, Founder and CEO, Freigeist Capital

11:50 – 12:50

LUNCH BREAK

12:50 – 13:10

Keynote: Emerging ecosystems and the role of Data in the future models

Yoram Wijngaarde, CEO and Founder, Dealroom

13:10 – 13:30

Keynote: Eastern Europe like the East Coast. Why did we choose Bulgaria?

Christopher Lynch, CEO, AtScale

13:30 – 13:50

Keynote: Tech for good - the biggest opportunity of the decade

Milly Shotter, Partner and Brand and Communications Manager, Bethnal Green Ventures

13:50 – 14:10

Keynote: Paving the way to a sustainable future through technology

Lubomila Jordanova, CEO and Co-founder, Plan A

14:10 – 14:30

Keynote: (How) could objects designed by Hyperganic change the world?

Markus Finke, Director of Business Development, Hyperganic Technologies

14:30 – 15:00

COFFEE BREAK

15:00 – 15:20

Keynote: Too complex to defend: The paradigm shift of cybersecurity in the IoT era

Koen Gijsbers, CEO, Cyber4Board BV

15:20 – 15:40

Fireside chat: Crypto: Тhe game changer

Antony Trenchev, CEO, NEXO

Petko Karamotchev, CEO, Industria

15:40 – 16:00

Keynote: AI Starts with Data. Facing the Challenges of Data Collection and Annotation

Michael Ringman, Chief Information Officer TELUS International

16:00 – 16:20

Keynote: How to skip expensive mistakes- A learning strategy for founders

Matt Lerner, Founder, Startup Core Strengths. Marketer, Strategist & VC.

16:20 – 16:40

Keynote: Deep Learning for Big Data Analysis and Big Data Implications

Parsa Hosseini, Lead Data Scientist, Tesla Inc.

16:40 – 17:00

Keynote: Space Architecture

Sebastian Aristotelis, Co-Founder and Lead Architect of SAGA Space Architects

17:00 – 17:30

Panel: "The Journey from Seed to Series B: How to get from CEE to a tier 1 US VC investor"

Rebecca Liu-Doyle, Insight Partners

Ivan Osmak, CEO and co-founder, Gtmhub

Moderator: Stanislav Sirakov, Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures

17:30 – 17:45

Keynote: eCommerce: A quantum leap year

Silviu Gugui, Country Manager Bulgaria, eMAG

17:45 – 18:00

Keynote

James Maudslay, Segment Marketing Senior Manager, Equinix

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09:00 – 09:15

Keynote: European tech factory is scaling up (Finally)

Hristo Stoyanov, Manager Business development activities, EIF

09:15 – 10:00

Рanel: Fund of Funds: Fueling growth

Moderator: Vladimir Danailov, Executive Director, Member of the Management Board, Fund of Funds

Petar Minkov, CFO, Gastronom.bg

Yavor Yordanov, Co-founder and Manager, EasyDoc

Galin Bonev, Co-founder and CEO, Econic One

Ivan Nikolov, Founder and CEO of FantasticStay

10:00 – 10:15

Keynote: Let’s grow together

Manyu Moravenov, Chief Executive Director, Bulgarian Stock Exchange

10:15 – 11:30

Panel: Technologies and smart solutions for better cities

Moderator: Gencho Kerezov, Deputy mayor at Sofia Municipality/ Digitalization, innovations and economic growth

Michael Donaldson, Barcelona City Council
Krassimira Raycheva, Visa
Carlos Moreno, “Entrepreneurship, Territory, Innovation” Chair
Chris Lane, West Midlands
Milou Jansen, Advisor Digital Rights & Ethics at the City of Amsterdam

11:30 – 11:50

Fireside chat: Business models in motion

Vladimir Vasilev, Pollenity

Teodor Panayotov, Founder and Manager, CourseDot

11:50 – 12:10

Keynote: From a student to an entrepreneur in the middle of a pandemic.

Peter Lakatos, CEO and Co-founder, Entremo

Interviewer Yoan Zaprianov, journalist, Capital

12:10 – 12:30

COFFEE BREAK

12:30 – 13:00

Panel: From Seed to Series A readiness in Europe; What founders need to prepare for raising their Series A round in Europe

Moderator: Todor Breshkov, Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures

Hussein Kanji, Hoxton Ventures London

Mikus Opelts, Founder of Griaffe 360

13:00 – 13:30

Panel: Bringing SMEs to the digital future

VISA Innovation Program

Moderator: Gergana Stoitchkova, Program Manager @Eleven Ventures

Eugene Palcheuski, Founder & CEO Tap2Pay

Cosmin Cosma, Co-founder & CEO Finqware

Valeria Vahorovska, Founder & CEO Fondy

13:30 – 14:00

Panel: Digital banking through the eyes of the customers/ inclusion in the digital era

VISA Innovation Program

Moderator: Rene Tomova, Design Partner @ Eleven Ventures

Svetlina Petkova, Marketing manager, Rilla

Vasilis Zoupas, Co-founder, CEO of Woli

Alexandros Christodoulakis, Co-founder & CEO of Wealthyhood