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3000 attendees

from 40+ countries

100+ speakers

1 ticket
for
4 events

The most influential Digital & Tech gathering
for the markets of Central & Eastern Europe

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Registration	Visitor Access	Platinum Access **
EarlyBird	100 Euro	900 Euro
Standard	150 Euro	1 100 Euro
Late	200 Euro	1 250 Euro

* Price without VAT. Your invoice will be in BGN.

** Platinum Access: In addition to the Regular ticket giving access to all conferences and the Fashion TV party, the Platinum Ticket provides a Platinum experience and unparalleled business networking with regional and global leaders at CEEDS'15 with full access to the special Speakers Lounge, The CEOs Lunch, Leaders Lunch, Chairman's Dinner, Speakers Dinner and the VIP zone of the Fashion Party.

Platinum Tickets will grant you access to all speakers and our special social agenda:

Platinum Access

Leaders Lunch CEOs Lunch
Chairman's Dinner Speakers Dinner

Visitors access / Platinum Access

Fashion TV Party

With the support of:

Speakers

Marketing &
Innovation
Summit

Tech
Summit

Investors

Jack Smith

Managing Partner,
Director of Digital Platforms Worldwide
GroupM

Andrus Ansip

Vice-President for the Digital Single Market
European Commission

John Monks

Head of Social and Digital Business Design, Global
DigitasLBi

Sital Banerjee

Global Head of Media
Philips

Gary Shapiro

President & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association

Jorn Lyseggen

Founder & CEO
Meltwater Group

Werner Waldhier

VP Sales IOT Central & Northern Europe
ThingWorx

Ian Munford

Director of Product Marketing – Media Services, EMEA
Akamai

Mattias Hjelmstedt

CEO & Founder,
Magine TV

Rogier Croes

Chief Digital Officer,
CEE, Russia, Ukraine, and CIS
MEC Global

Valentina Venkova

Local Head of Digital Market Intelligence, Russia
Product Director Global Digital Market Intelligence GfK

Aleksander Smigielski

Media Director CEE & CIS
Boehringer Ingelheim

Maila Reeves

Co-founding Partner & Director of Strategy,
Profinda

Hristo Hristov

CEO
NetInfo

Brendan Gahan

Founder
Epicsignal

Tom Adams

Global Head of Strategy
FutureBrand Worldwide

Sofia Hristova

Head of Online Insurance and CRM
Generali Insurance Bulgaria

Igor Beuker

Pro Speaker, Author & Awakener

Maciej Wyszyński

Managing Director Central & Eastern Europe
Sociomantic Labs

Jairson Vitorino

Co-founder & CTO
Elife

Rupert Staines

Managing Director EMEA
RadiumOne

Alexander Gösswein

Managing Director Central Europe
Criteo

Gabe Douek

CEO
Gateway Media

Piotr Kabaj

Chairman Warner Music Eastern Europe
Chairman & Managing Director Warner Music Poland

Artur Turemka

General Manager Balkans
MasterCard

Anne-Marie Tomchak

Reporter & Presenter
BBC Trending

Scott Cohen

Founder & VP International
The Orchard

Didier Stoessel

CEO
NovaTV Bulgaria

Peter Mitev

Co-founder
Auxionize

Ivaylo Penchev

Co-founders
Auxionize

Uwe Kubach

VP IoT Enablement Products & Innovation
SAP

Bernd Heinrichs

Managing Director IoT EMEAR
Cisco

Gernot Grömer

President
Austrian Space Forum (OeWF)

Beat Schwegler

Director Cloud Evangelism
Microsoft

Hannes Klöpper

Co-founder and Managing Director
iversity.org

Stylianos Mamagkakis

Manager Strategic Business Development
Samsung Semiconductor Europe

Samu Konttinen

EVP Consumer Security
F-Secure Corporation

Plamen Russev

Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Founder and Chairman
Global Webit Events

Dimitar Tsvetkov

Senior Solution Specialist
SAP

Sotiris Makrygiannis

Founder & CEO
Eliademy

Andrii Degeler

Technology Journalist

Charles McIntyre

Co-Founder EdTech Europe, CEO
IBIS Capital

Vassil Terziev

Co-founder & CEO Telerik
Chief Innovation Officer Progress Software

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet

Co-Founder of EdTech Europe & Partner
IBIS Capital

Amy Puliafito

Director of Communications
Misfit

Antoine Maurel

Orange

Konstantin Wolff

Co-Founder and Managing Director
payleven

Lasse Birk Olesen

Chief Product Officer
Coinify

Krassimira Raycheva

Country Lead of
Visa Europe for Bulgaria

Roopak Verma

Regional CIO, Europe & MEA
Ford

Svetoslav Moldovansky

Executive Director & Board Member
First Investment Bank

Jon Bradford

Managing Director
Techstars

Marcin Tomasz Hejka

Vice President, Intel Capital,
Managing Director, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

Stefan Klestil

General Partner
Speedinvest

Cem Sertoğlu

Partner
EarlyBird Venture Capital

Bakhrom Ibragimov

EBRD Technology Venture Capital

Samir Patel

Growth Mentor
500Startups

Baybars Altuntas

President TBAA
Vice President EBAN

Rob Kniaz

Founding Partner
Hoxton Ventures

Dmitry Galperin

Investment Director
Runa Capital

Pavel Bogdanov

General Partner
Almaz Capital

Marius Ghenea

Senior Advisor
3TS Capital

Svetoslav Stefanov

Investment Manager
3TS Capital Partners

And many more
to be announced soon...

It is a truly a global initiative to make great high-level international connections. Reach brands, audiences, publishers with impact in spontaneous fashion.

Ben Barokas

General Manager, Marketplace Development at Google

I think a 103 countries says its own story, isn't it? I have seen a very rich mixture of publishers, of advertisers, of people from agencies, technology people - it is a really great way of connecting the fabric of the online advertising industry.

Tom Bowman

VP Advertising at BBC

This feels like United Digital Nations to me! You've got people from so many different countries, a lot of energy. A truly global event.

Aseem Chandra

VP AEM & Target Business at Adobe

I am amazed at what I'm seeing here. This is clearly a global major event

Blake Chandlee

Vice President Global Partnerships at Facebook

It is not about the 8000 people, it is about the audience - this is a really remarkable, entrepreneurial minded crowd.

Peter Stern

Founder & CTO of Datek Online founder & President of Zenbe. NYC-based investor and mentor, Former CEO of Bitly

I am really exited to see what kind of an impact Webit is having. It is very important for Soundcloud based on our global perspective.

Marc Strigel

Chief Operating Officer at SoundCloud

One of these events you should not miss! The 2013 was even bigger than last year!

Mike Butcher

Editor at large of TechCrunch

I think it is fantastic. You can get a sense of the enterprise and the entrepreneurialism at Webit which is fantastic. It has the same feel of DMEXCO or CES.

Nikki Mendonca

President EMEA, OMD

The energy level and the entire group of entrepreneurs that are here... The Global Webit Congress was superb! Thank you so much for having IBM onboard.

Sandy Carter

General Manager, IBM Ecosystems and Social Business Evangelism at IBM

I have to say I am just blown away. The number of attendees, the caliber of speakers - you really see the power of digital here.

Christine Overby

Vice President at Forrester research

It is so large and so incredible diverse that very, very few conferences around the world look and feel like this. Webit has captured something really, really special here in Istanbul.

Gary Liu

Global Director Ad Product Strategy at Spotify

I didn't know there is a conference of this size - a platform that a lot of people globally show up. It makes a lot of difference for us.

Ajit Sivadasan

VP/GM at Lenovo Corporation

There are so many different cultures, so many points of views, so many brilliant ideas, that this is the most successful part of the Congress. 103 countries - I will remember it forever. Webit Congress connects industries, countries and most of all people.

Andrey Sebrant

Director of Product Marketing at Yandex

Enterprise Events

Marketing and Innovation Summit

HOT TOPICS Digital Transformation; Programmatic; Metrix & Data; Digital Entertainment & Media; Brand Social Strategies; Mobile

AUDIENCE CMOs, CIOs of advertisers, retailers, broadcasters, publishers and adtech solution providers

Tech Summit

HOT TOPICS IoT (Wearables, Smart Cities, C.Cars, Smart Home, mHealth, Education), BigCloud (BigData, Cloud, BI), Money and Payments

AUDIENCE CTOs, CIOs, Innovators

Trade Expo

22 April / 15:35-18:05. Anyone can access.

See Me

This year the Southeast European music event will be part of the two-day CEEDS'15 by Webit

How Mobile and Location Based Services Changed Everything;
Utilizing Video and Driving Revenue;
The Streaming Model and What’s Next;
Data Decisions - activity tracking, song placement, notifications & reaching new audiences;
Access vs. Ownership – Streaming vs Non Streaming;
Social Sharing, Discovery & Exposure;
Global Mobile and Marketing;
Music Licensing, How has Digital Changed This?

21 April / 14:30-17:00. Access after request.

ScoreIT

Welcome to ScoreIT!

ScoreIT is an event organised by Experian within the framework of CEEDS by Webit. If you are a software developer or architect, mathematician or statistician, you are on the right place.

21 April / 11:30-13:30. Anyone can access.

GoViral Academy

Hot topics - Within the GoViral Academy will be discussed several topics:
- The importance of advertising in online video
- How to make a viral video
- How to make a successful product placement in online video

Audience – video creators, brand managers who want a better online presence

EU Dialogues

Workshops, DevCamps and RoundTables by Partners

Founders Games

JOIN THE CEE TOP STARTUPS

We are keen to identify and endorse the first CEE startup champion. With the recent exit of Telerik from Bulgaria at 264 000 000 USD the CEE startups scene has a new proof of success and we at CEEDS by Webit are sure it is just the beginning.

To boost this process we shall be selecting number of startup from around CEE to exhibit for free at CEEDS by Webit as part of our commitment to the ecosystem. A special StartUp Expo shall gather together all selected startups and a pitch stage shall help them boost their company and present it in front of investors, enterprise and European Commission representatives.

In case your startups is selected to exhibit for free and pitch on the stage you would only have to pay for 3 tickets and shall receive a free expo table (enterprises pays 5000 + EUR for a stand) + 3 tickets to the CEEDS'15 by Webit.

StartUp Events

CEE Founders Games

The best 10 startups from CEE countries get a free expo stand at the CEE Digital Summit

StartUp Expo

Meet top startups from around CEE region

Accelerators Alley

Meeting area with presented/selected Accelerators Programmes from Europe and beyond

Social Experience

Special Fashion TV Party

CEOs Lunch, Leaders Lunch

Chairman's Dinner, Speakers Dinner

2 Signature Webit parties

Webit Official party powered by Fashion TV

With the support of:

Marketing and Innovation Conference

Technology Conference

Parallel events

8:30 Registration

10:30-11:00 Opening Keynote

Plamen Russev - Founder and Chairman, Global Webit Series

11:00-11:30 Opening Fireside Chat

Andrus Ansip - Vice President, European Commission

Plamen Russev - Founder and Chairman , Global Webit Series

11:30 - 12:45 Speakers Lunch

Digital Advertising Stream

12:45-12:55 Performance Display, Big Data, Mobile and xdevice vision

Alexander Gösswein - MD Central Europe, Criteo

12:55-13:10 Marketing 2020: The 7 Trends Defining the Future of Media and Marketing

Jack Smith - Managing Partner, Director of Digital Platforms Worldwide, GroupM

13:10-13:25 Lighting Up The Dark: Harnessing the Power of Consumer Connections

Rupert Staines - MD Europe, RadiumOne

13:25-13:35 7 Deadly Sins of Digital Loyalty (Or, How to Delight and Keep Your Best Customers)

Maciej Wyszynski - MD CEE, Sociomantic

13:35-13:45 Why Is Online Video So Hot

Hristo Hristov - CEO, NetInfo

13:45-14:15 Discussion panel - programmatic, mobile, video

14:15-14:30 Networking break

Digital Entertainment & Media Stream

14:30-14:45 How TV and Video Viewing Will Change in the next 5 years

Mattias Hjelmstedt - CEO, MagineTV

14:45-15:00 The Impact of Change

Rogier Croes - Chief Digital Officer, CEE, Russia, Ukraine, and CIS, MEC Global

15:00-15:10 The challenge of video delivery

Ian Munford - Director of Product Marketing – Media Services, EMEA, Akamai

15:10-15:25 Music – the most creative industry in the digital world

Piotr Kabaj - Chairman, Warner Music EE & Poland

15:25-15:40 Social disruption

Gabe Douek - CEO, Gateway Media

15:40-16:20 Discussion panel - trends, the game changers, gamification, new entertainment hubs, content monetization

16:20-16:30 Networking break

Mobile & Commerce Stream

16:30-16:40 Innovations in mobile payments

Artur Turemka - GM Balkans, MasterCard

16:40-16:50 Mobile Commerce and Retail Technologies

Sofia Hristova - Head of Online Insurance and CRM, Generali Insurance Bulgaria

16:50-17:00 Mobile Commerce and Retail Technologies

Peter Mitev & Ivaylo Penchev - Co-founders, Auxionize

Digital Transformation Stream (part 1)

17:00-17:15 Disruptive innovators under attack

Gary Shapiro - President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association

17:15-17:30 Connected but not connecting: Disruptive tech in the field of collaboration

Maila Reeves - Co-founding Partner & Director of Strategy, ProFinda

17:30-17:45 How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Competition

Werner Waldhier - VP Sales IOT Central & Northern Europe, ThingWorx

Internet of Things Stream

12:45-13:00 Internet of Things Enablement for Enterprise Applications

Uwe Kubach - VP IoT Enablement Products & Innovation, SAP

13:00-13:15 Internet of Everything: The Accelerator for NextGen Industrial Solutions

Bernd Heinrichs - MD IOE EMEAR, Cisco

13:15-13:30 Enabling technology for Cloud and IoT applications

Stylianos Mamagkakis - Manager Strategic Business Development, Samsung Semiconductor Europe

13:30-13:45 Intel Capital & IOT

Marcin Tomasz Hejka - Vice President, Intel Capital, Managing Director, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

13:45-14:00 Bitcoin & Blockchain transforming industries

Lasse Birk Olesen - Chief Product Officer, Coinify

14:00-14:40 Discussion panel - Smart Cities, C.Cars, Smart Home, Wearables, Health, Education, Privacy & Security

14:40-14:55 Networking break

Money & Payments Stream

14:55-15:10 Payments ecosystem disruption

Konstanin Wolff - Co-founder, Payleven

15:10-15:25 The future of payments

Krassimira Raycheva - Country Lead of Visa Europe for Bulgaria

15:25-15:40 Mobile payment in the cloud

Svetoslav Moldovansky - Executive Director, First Investment Bank

15:40-15:55 Fintech Rollercoaster: what to look for in great seed stage FinTech investment opportunities (and what not)

Stefan Klestil - General Partner, Speedinvest

15:55-16:25 Discussion panel - payments, mobile wallets, crypto currencies, trends

16:25-16:40 Networking break

Capital talks Stream

16:40-16:55 Rising Steps of Startups – from startup to scale up

Baybars Altuntas - VP, EBAN

16:55-17:10 The Future of Accelerators

Jon Bradford - Managing Director, Techstars

17:10-17:35 25 Growth Hacks in 25 Minutes

Samir Patel - Growth Mentor, 500Startups

11:30-13:30
GoViral Academy

11:50-12:20
Press Conference

14:30-17:00
ScoreIt

14:30-16:00
EU Dialogues

14:30-16:00
StartUp Pitches

19:30-22:00 Chairman's Dinner (invitations only)

21:30-24:00 Fashion TV Party

Marketing and Innovation Conference

Technology Conference

Parallel events

8:30 Registration

9:30-10:30 Morning Yoga

Digital Transformation Stream (part 2)

10:30-10:40 Opening keywords

Plamen Russev - Global Webit Congress

10:40-10:55 How to suceed in digital: A CEE perspective

Aleksander Smigielski - Media Director CEE & CIS, Boehringer Ingelheim

10:55-11:10 How to build your Growth Machine; Growth Stories

Samir Patel - Growth Mentor, 500Startups

11:10-11:25 Outside Insight. The unfair advantage of the new boardroom and CXO best practice

Jorn Lyseggen - Founder & CEO, Meltwater Group / MESTghana

11:25-11:40 Great brands turn technology into human progress

Tom Adams - Global Head of Strategy, FutureBrand

11:40-12:00 Discussion panel - all about how business to embrace technology in order to stay on the competitive edge

Metrix & Data Stream

12:00-12:15 Consumer-centered Social Data: shedding light on consumer analysis using Social Media Monitoring.

Jairson Vittorino - Co-founder / CTO, E.life

12:15-12:30 Big Data. It may be big but is it smart?

Valentina Venkova - Local Head of Digital Market Intelligence, Russia | Product Director Global Digital Market Intelligence, GfK

12:30-12:55 Big Data for Brands and Media Owners - From Big Campaigns To Data-Driven Integrated Digital Marketing

Igor Beuker - Pro Speaker, Author & Awakener

12:55-13:55 CEOs Lunch

Brand Evangelism & Content Strategies Stream

13:55-14:20 Growing up in the social machine

John Monks - Head of Social and Digital Business Design, Global, DigitasLBi

14:35-14:50 The Future of Media Arrived Ten Years Ago - The untapped gold mine of YouTube and digital celebrity by Epicsignal

Brandan Gahan - Founder, Epicsignal, also YouTube Expert

14:50-15:20 Discussion panel - content marketing, social media marketing and brand comm

15:20-17:50 SeeMee @ Webit

17:50-18:00 Closing Keywords

Big Cloud & Data Stream

10:30-10:45 Digital Freedom in a Connected World

Samu Konttinen - EVP Consumer Security, F-secure

10:45-10:55 Judgment Day– terminate complexity: Simplify the way we use big data

Dimitar Tsvetkov - Senior Solution Specialist, SAP

10:55-11:10 The Rise of the Machines - The Power of Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics

Beat Schwegler - Director Cloud Evangelism, Microsoft

11:10-11:25 Evolution of Business Intelligence & Big Data opportunity

Roopak Verma - Regional CIO, Ford of Europe & MEA

11:25-11:55 Discussion panel - Cloud, Big Data, BI

11:55-12:25 The EdTech ecosystem

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet - Operating Partner at IBIS Capital / CEO at Edxus Group & EdTech Europe

Charles McIntyre - Co-founder, EdTech Europe & CEO, IBIS Capital

12:25-13:25 CEOs Lunch

Collaborative economy + EdTech Stream

13:25-13:40 How do we do it: Human and robots hand-in-hand

Gernot Groemer - President, Austrian Space Forum / OEWF

13:40-13:55 The power of collaborative economies & how VC investments will transform education

Sotiris Makrygiannis - Co-founder & CEO, CBTec / Eliademy

13:55-14:10 Technology: Bringing European universities into the digital age

Hannes Klöpper - CEO, Iversity

14:10-14:40 Discussion panel - how tech is transforming travel, tourism, banking and finance, education; need of legislation changes

14:40-14:50 Networking break

Investments Landscape Discussions

14:50-15:30 Discussion panel

15:50-16:20 BG success stories and the next steps

16:20-16:30 Closing Keywords

11:00-12:30
StartUp Pitches

* The congress organizers retain the right to make changes in the conference agenda at any time.

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