WEBIT.FESTIVAL Europe
25-27 June 2018, Arena Armeec, Sofia
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Founders Games
Transport & Automotive Strartup Pitches
Enterprise Software Startup Pitches
Mark Raben (Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Middle & Eastern Europe, SAP)
Keynote
Johann Stan (European Patent Office)
Analytics & Big Data Startup Pitches
Security Startup Pitches
Digital Entertainment / Games Startup Pitches
VR/AR Startup Pitches
VR / AR Startup Pitches
Mobile Startup Pitches
eLearning Startup Pitches
Social Entrepreneurship Startup Pitches
Advertising Startup Pitches
E-commerce & Online marketplaces Startup Pitches
Clothing & Fashion Startup Pitches
Italian Trade Agency Special
Angelo Corallo (Associated Professor at the Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento)
Alessandra Capobianco (Director of Italian Trade Agency Sofia)
Marco Montecchi (President of Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria)
Emanuele Pollio (Deputy Head of Mission)
Alessandro Ferrari (CEO & Founder Argo Vision )
Giuseppe Giorgianni (CEO & Founder Innova)
Sara Frasca (Head Strategic Marketing & Alliances Is Clean Air)
Filippo Pelleri (CEO & Co-Founder Keplero)
Tiziano Schiappa ()
Edgardo Tobino (Head Development of foreign markets Ubique )
Investors Summit
Opening keynote
Dr. Plamen Russev (Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP))
Iliyana Tsanova (EU Strategic Investment Fund / Deputy Managing Director)
Candace Johnson (President of European Business Angels Network (EBAN))
Discussion panel: Angels investments
Brian Cohen (Chairman of New York Angels)
Peter Cowley (Serial entrepreneur, UK Business Angel of the Year, Chair of the Cambridge Angels)
Stephan Peters (Early-Stage Investor at LBAN and Impact Advocate at TIIME)
Dušan Stojanović (Founder and Director of True Global Ventures)
Discussion panel: Silicon valley lessons
Andrew Tsao (Managing director, Silicon Valley Bank)
Ajay Ramchandran (Founding Partner, Happiness Ventures)
Kaushal Chokshi (Founder & President of Scaale Group)
Alexandra Johnson (Founder and Managing Director of the Global Technology Capital; President of the Global Technology Symposium)
Discussion panel: Accellerating the future - what role
Daniel Tomov (Partner at Eleven Ventures)
Murat Aktihanoglu (Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator / Co-founder and Managing Partner)
Olga Miler (Managing Director at Global Program Architect)
Discussion panel on Angel working with VC
Anthony Clarke (Managing Director at Newable Ventures)
Ari Korhonen (Angel Investor and Founder of Lagoon Capital)
Charles Sidman (Managing Partner at ECS Capital Partners)
Randy Stewart Thompson (Chairman and CEO of Valhalla Private Capital)
Discussion panel: Earlystage investors
Christian Mandl (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Neulogy Ventures )
Ian Sosso (Founder and Managing Partner at Monte Carlo Capital)
Cherie Liu (VP Investment, Outpost Venture Capital)
Fireside chat: Investments in CEE
Baybars Altuntas (Chairman of WBAF and Vice President of EBAN)
Bora Yılmaz (Co-founder, Revo Capital)
Keynote: From useless gizmos to life changing tech
Raphael Crouan (Founder & CEO, Startupbootcamp IoT Program)
Keynote: The role of startups within the digital economy.
Sabine VanderLinden (CEO for the InsurTech Business, Startupbootcamp)
Keynote: Consulting services for startups
Pieter Dorsman (President & CEO of Redpeaks Management Inc.)
Discussion panel: Investments in Space
Rick Tumlinson (SpaceFund Inc. | EarthLight Foundation / Founder)
Raycho Raychev (Founder, EnduroSat)
Discussion panel: Blockchain
Alexander Shulgin (Visionary, Investor, Composer)
Ethan Pierse (CryptoAssets Institute | BorderlessVentures / Director | Founding Partner)
Ulyana Shtybel (Co-founder and Vice President, HighCastle)
Discussion panel: Investments in healthcare
Cristina De Juan (CEO & Founder, IMT Innovation)
Eugene Borukhovich (PHS Fund / Entrepreneur in Residence)
Martin Dockweiler (President, Udabol University Bolivia)
Discussion panel: Investments in Security
Karel Obluk (General Partner, Evolution Equity Partners)
Boris Goncharov (Chief Cyber Security Strategist, AMATAS)
Jean-Philippe Aumasson (Vice President, Kudelski Security)
Michael O'Connor (CEO of CorkBIC)
Discussion panel: Investments in AI
Bogomil Balkansky (Vice President, Google)
Aidan O'Brien (Senior Partner, Dell Technologies)
Webit Health Summit
Welcome / Intro - Health Summit
Dr. Plamen Russev (Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP))
Prof. Shafi Ahmed (Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities / Surgeon | Futurist | Innovator | Entrepreneur | Humanitarian)
Keynote: Redefining Human Interaction in Medicine
Prof. Shafi Ahmed (Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities / Surgeon | Futurist | Innovator | Entrepreneur | Humanitarian)
Keynote: Personalized medicine – a glance of today and the future of tomorrow
Krassimira Chemishanska (Country Director, Amgen Bulgaria)
Keynote: Genetics and technologies: The medicine of the future
Svetoslav Tsenov (Country Manager, Astellas Bulgaria)
Fireside chat
Eugene Borukhovich (PHS Fund / Entrepreneur in Residence)
Szabi Nagy (Co-founder & CEO, Turbine)
Keynote: Disruptive innovation and leadership to transform healthcare
Rebecca Love (Global Community Officer, Ryalto)
Presentation: A South American Aspiration
Martin Dockweiler (President, Udabol University Bolivia)
Keynote: A personal experience
Nigel Ackland (An Ordinary Man)
Keynote: Positive Outliers: Achieving Low Probability High Impact Outcomes in Healthcare
Mariya Filipova (Anthem, Inc / VP of Innovation)
Keynote: Using Digital Technologies to support the transformation of healthcare: the UK experience
Jeremy Thorp (Associate Director, NHS Digital)
Panel discussion: Precision healthcare in digital era
Dr. Rosen Dimitrov (Novartis Bulgaria / Public Affairs Manager)
Prof. Dr. Ivo Petrov (Acibadem City Clinic Sofia / Head of Cardiology and Angiology Department)
Dr. Stanimir Hasurdjiev (Bulgarian National Patients’ Organization (NPO) / Founder and Chairperson)
Maria Sharkova (Managing partner of Sharkova and Partners Attorney Company)
Keynote: AR/VR in Medical Education
Steve Dann (Medical Realities / Co-Founder and CEO)
Keynote: Advanced imaging and augmented reality
Alessandro Rotilio (Inventor, Founder and CEO, Endosight)
Keynote: Blockchain Revolution in Healthcare
Victor Savevski (Humanitas Healthcare Group / Chief Innovation Officer)
Keynote: Fear, Hope, and Hype of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging
Dr. Woojin Kim (Chief Medical Information Officer at the Healthcare Division of Nuance Communications)
Keynote: IBM Watson and health
David Cole (IBM Watson Health Innovation Lead Europe; Co-Founder of UK Children’s Charity Thinking of Oscar)
Discussion panel: Patients should own their data
Prof. Shafi Ahmed (Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities / Surgeon | Futurist | Innovator | Entrepreneur | Humanitarian)
Tjaša Zajc (Digital Health Researcher, Business Developer, Iryo )
Rebecca Love (Global Community Officer, Ryalto)
Ana Llovet (Head of Communications & PR, Doctoralia)
Keynote: Cognitive-Augmented Human Health & Care
David Champeaux (Global Director for Cognitive Healthcare Solutions, IPsoft)
Keynote: Big doctor is watching you
Dr. Vishal Nangalia (Founder MedicalandMe, Consultant Anaesthetist and Medical Machine Learning Ninja)
Keynote: Sensors and analytics
Martha Carruthers (Head of Partnerships for Pharma, Medopad)
Keynote: Cancer Biology Digitalised
Szabi Nagy (Co-founder & CEO, Turbine)
Keynote: Digital Therepeutics
Roberto Ascione (Healthware Group / CEO & Founder)
Keynote: From the lab to landing page
Matt Lowe (performance-io / CEO and Founder)
Discussion panel: The digital disruption of Pharma
Eugene Borukhovich (PHS Fund / Entrepreneur in Residence)
Laurence Sarah Ainouz (Youplus)
Matt Lowe (performance-io / CEO and Founder)
Vitaly Nedelskiy (Founder, Semantic Hub)
Panel discussion: The healthcare workforce
Cristina De Juan (CEO & Founder, IMT Innovation)
Giorgia Zunino (Scientific Director Hedux.org - Strategic Project Manager ASL ROMA1)
Mariya Filipova (Anthem, Inc / VP of Innovation)
Jessica DaMassa (Executive Producer and Host of the WTF Health Show, WTF Media)
Keynote: EntrepreNURSE
Shawna Butler (REshape Innovation Center, Radboud University; Exponential Medicine, Singularity University)
Panel discussion: Digital health consulting and implementation
Daniel Bahr (Member of the Board of Allianz Private Health Insurance, Germany; Former Federal Minister of Health in Germany)
Matt Lowe (performance-io / CEO and Founder)
Dr. Vishal Nangalia (Founder MedicalandMe, Consultant Anaesthetist and Medical Machine Learning Ninja)
Discussion panel: Women in Health Tech and Innovation
Victor Savevski (Humanitas Healthcare Group / Chief Innovation Officer)
Cristina De Juan (CEO & Founder, IMT Innovation)
Roberto Ascione (Healthware Group / CEO & Founder)
Shawna Butler (REshape Innovation Center, Radboud University; Exponential Medicine, Singularity University)
Webit.Health Awards
Innovate! & Plenary
Official Opening Innovate! Summit
Dr. Plamen Russev (Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP))
Opening Keynote
Igor Beuker (Speaker, Publicist, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor)
Keynote
Prof. Rob Wolcott (Kellogg School of Management / Clinical Professor of Innovation)
Keynote: Machine Learning: from probability densities to robotics
Patrick van der Smagt (Director of AI Research, Volkswagen Group)
Keynote
Hristo Hristov (Netinfo / CEO)
Keynote
Nigel Ackland (An Ordinary Man)
Keynote: Innovate! Transformation towards a Smoke-Free Future
Frederic de Wilde (President, European Union Region, Philip Morris International (PMI))
Konstantin Valkov (Program Director, Darik Radio )
Keynote
Marcin Rys (Head of Samsung Mobile B2B Support EMEA)
Keynote: A Company's digital transformation
Nicolas Verschelden (Head of Digital Innovation, Anheuser-Busch InBev)
Fireside chat
Sonny Vu (Founder, Misfit Wearables)
Sridhar Iyengar (CEO, Elemental Machines)
Ralph Simon (CEO, Mobilium / "Father of the Ringtone" | Co-Founder, Jive Records (Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake) | Produced Live 8, Live Earth, FIFA World Cup)
Keynote: The Case for Innovation and Technology in Emerging Markets
Andrew Tsao (Managing director, Silicon Valley Bank)
Keynote: Collective intelligence
Iain Couzin (Director, Max Planck Institute and the Chair of Biodiversity and Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Germany)
Keynote: Data, AI and Human Relations
Didier Rappaport (CEO, happn )
Keynote: Innovate or Die Trying
Pablos Holman (World-renowned Hacker, Inventor, Technology Futurist)
Keynote: Empowering Students in the Digital Age Using Journalism/Media
Esther Wojcicki (Founder, Palo Alto High Media Arts Program)
Discussion panel: Do borders matter in the digital world
Irena Komitova (Managing Partner, Creative Solutions)
Shaukat Shamim (Youplus / Founder & CEO)
Steve King (CEO and Co-Founder, Black Swan)
Keynote: Solving problems with AI for everyone
Bogomil Balkansky (Vice President, Google)
Panel Discussion: The Future of Mobility
Jacques Bonifay (CEO / Président, Transatel)
Alexander Renz (Managing Partner, New Mobility Consulting)
Keynote: Are we alone in the Universe?
Pete Klupar (Engineering Director, Breakthrough Foundation)
Keynote: Real-life Iron Man
Richard Browning (Founder, Gravity)
Keynote
Rick Tumlinson (SpaceFund Inc. | EarthLight Foundation / Founder)
Founders Games Award Ceremony - Selecting the Winner of 200 000 EUR Cheque and the title of the best of the top 200 EU Startups
Webit Cybersecurity Summit
Official Opening
Dr. Plamen Russev (Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP))
Boris Goncharov (Chief Cyber Security Strategist, AMATAS)
Keynote: The Evolution from Web Security to Mobile Security
Rami Essaid (Co-Founder, Distil Networks)
Keynote: Opacity to Clarity: Driving Security in Your Value Chain’s Third Party Ecosystem
Edna Conway (Microsoft / Vice President and General Manager of Global Security, Risk and Compliance)
Keynote: Securing against quantum threats while embracing quantum technology
Michele Mosca (Founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing)
Keynote: From Quantum Physics to Post-Quantum Digital Security
Jean-Philippe Aumasson (Vice President, Kudelski Security)
Panel discussion: EU Cybersecurity challanges
Emma McClarkin (Member of the European Parliament)
Peter Kouroumbashev (MEP, European Parliament)
Helena Koning (Senior Managing Counsel Privacy & Data Protection, Mastercard)
Keynote
Keith Gross (Head of Financial Crime & Security, Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI))
Keynote
Keith Gross (Head of Financial Crime & Security, Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI))
Keynote: Hacker mindset
Pablos Holman (World-renowned Hacker, Inventor, Technology Futurist)
Keynote: Into darkness of hyperreality
Boris Goncharov (Chief Cyber Security Strategist, AMATAS)
Keynote
Ellis Odynn (Executive Director of the Digital Finance Institute (DFI))
Keynote: Eliminate id fraud and Id theft
Ted Oorbals (CEO of Biocryptology)
EU funding for innovators: European Innovation Council (EIC), pilot and future
Diana Rucinschi (Project Officer Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME))
Raycho Raychev (Founder, EnduroSat)
Ignacio Puente Gonzalez (Policy Officer - Innovative SMEs and Financial Instruments, European Commission)
FT workshop
Digital Entertainment & Media Summit
Opening keynote, DEMS day 2
Igor Beuker (Speaker, Publicist, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor)
Keynote: Fix&Foxy success story with 3Hutchinson in Austria
Stefan Piech (CEO Your Family Entertainment AG, Member of Supervisory Board PORSCHE SE, Member of Supervisory Board SOS-Kinderdorf )
Discussion Panel: Warning!!!! Your kid holds a screen
Jelena Djokovic (National Director, Novak Djokovic Foundation)
Stefan Piech (CEO Your Family Entertainment AG, Member of Supervisory Board PORSCHE SE, Member of Supervisory Board SOS-Kinderdorf )
Erika Bodocsi (Director of Content Distribution Management, Viacom International Media Networks CEEI)
Evgenia Peeva-Kirova (Founder and CEO, Teach for Bulgaria )
György Bálint ( AMC Networks International CEE / Director of AMC Adria)
Networking break
Keynote: Virtual Reality and the next frontier of storytelling
Amit Chatterjee (Partner & Co-Founder, Shadow Factory)
Discussion Panel: CEE operators forum
Stanislav Georgiev (Intl. Senior Media Executive)
Bill Wijdeveld (M7 Group / VP Business Development)
Eglinor Ramaj (Acquisitions & International Business Manager, Digit-Alb SH.A )
Andrej Miklánek (Marketing Executive, Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Czech Republic)
Erika Bodocsi (Director of Content Distribution Management, Viacom International Media Networks CEEI)
Keynote: Africa - the final frontier
Oluwatoyin A. Subair (Executive Chairman, Digital Play Limited)
Lunch Break + CEOs' Lunch
Keynote: The road from free TV to hybrid TV
Bill Wijdeveld (M7 Group / VP Business Development)
Discussion panel: Digital transformation of content delivery
Oluwatoyin A. Subair (Executive Chairman, Digital Play Limited)
Bill Wijdeveld (M7 Group / VP Business Development)
David Couret (France 24 / Director)
Barış Zavaroglu (Turkcell / Media & Entertainment Director)
Yves Boudreau (VP of Partnerships and Ecosystem Strategy, ERICSSON Unified Delivery Network)
Natalya Menshikova (CMO, Marketing And New Media, FashionTV)
Fireside chat: New epical content
Elena Petrova (A1 Telekom Austria Group / Head of Global Sales A1 Broadcasting)
Emma Jones (Viasat World / VP Commercial Affairs)
Discussion panel: New TV channels - who said no
Elena Petrova (A1 Telekom Austria Group / Head of Global Sales A1 Broadcasting)
Emma Jones (Viasat World / VP Commercial Affairs)
Arnaud Verlhac (THEMA / SVP)
Marijana Vukašinović (Telekom Srbija / Head of Content Management)
Michal Pelach (Fashion One LLC / Chief Revenue Officer)
Keynote: How VR & AR is transforming business & entertainment
Hrish Lotlikar (Co-Founder, The Rogue Initiative & SuperWorld)
Networking break
Keynote: Augmenting an Impact: Experience Design in the Age of Exponentials
Seth Bunting (Co-Founder & CSO, Empact Labs)
Discussion panel: New entertainment. How VR, AR, AI transforms content production and delivery. New frontiers of entertainment.
Young Kang (Vice President, EMEA Biz Development, Kaonmedia Co., Ltd)
Amit Chatterjee (Partner & Co-Founder, Shadow Factory)
Seth Bunting (Co-Founder & CSO, Empact Labs)
Hrish Lotlikar (Co-Founder, The Rogue Initiative & SuperWorld)
Mark Kemp (UDN Sales Director, EMEA Ericsson)
Sofia City Tent
Business Meet Up - Business Region Göteborg ICT & Connect Sverige
Presentation - The Gate Project Gate: Big Data For Smart Society
Presentation: The Digital Transition Partnership Digital Transition Partnership - Part Of The Urban Agenda Of The Eu
Presentation: Municipal Guarantee Fund For SME's Financing Innovative Start-ups Program In Sofia
Presentation: Invest Sofia Start, Invest, Innovate, Grow In Sofia
Appzio: How To Improve Cities With Apps
Rouster: Personal Computing In A Smart City
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