WEBIT.FESTIVAL Europe
13-15 May 2019, NDK, Sofia
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Innovate stage
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))
Opening Keynote
Mariya Gabriel (European Commission / European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth)
Opening Keynote by Visa
Bill Gajda (VISA Inc. / Global Head, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation)
Welcome Address
Yordanka Fandakova (Mayor of Sofia)
Welcome Address
Rumen Radev (President of Bulgaria)
Keynote: How digital transformation will change the aero space industry
Dirk Hoke (Airbus Defence and Space / Chief Executive Officer)
Keynote by Visa
Bill Gajda (VISA Inc. / Global Head, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation)
Keynote: Digital Darwinism and the world of Designed Empathy
Jesus Mantas (IBM Global Business Services / Managing Partner)
Keynote: Restoring Trust in a Digital World
Dan Johnson (Mastercard / Vice President)
Panel discussion: Vision for Europe 2030 and protecting the people and the businesses
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))
Thomas Arnoldner (A1 Group / CЕО)
Dirk Hoke (Airbus Defence and Space / Chief Executive Officer)
Natalia Oropeza (Siemens / Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
Eric Rasmussen (Infinitum Humanitarian Systems (IHS) / Chief Executive Officer)
Keynote: PMI’s vision for a smoke free future
Andre Calantzopoulos (Philip Morris International / Chief Executive Officer)
Keynote: Future of Work
Paul Willmott (McKinsey & Co / Senior Partner & Founder of Digital McKinsey)
Demo: Companion Robot
Guile Lindroth (Realbotix / Associate and AI Director)
Keynote: How Europe can prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s impact on the workforce (inclusive of re-training and education reform). How automation and AI effects the future of work
Guido Jouret (ABB Group / Chief Digital Officer)
Panel discussion: Future of work and Innovation for Education
Yonov Frederick Agah (World Trade Organisation / Deputy Director-General)
Mariya Gabriel (European Commission / European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth)
Joanna Riley (Censia / Co-Founder & CEO)
Guido Jouret (ABB Group / Chief Digital Officer)
Guido van Nispen (Publisher, Independent Advisor, Governance Executive)
Jerry Yang (Hardware Club / General Partner)
Mmantsetsa Marope (UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education / Director)
Zornitsa Roussinova (Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Bulgaria / Deputy Minister)
Demo: Cybershoes
Michael Bieglmayer (Cybershoes / CEO)
Keynote: Intelligent interconnectivity for People, Things, and Enterprises.
Sethu M (SAP Digital Interconnect / President)
Keynote: Innovation at Amazon
Paul Misener (Amazon / Vice President)
Panel discussion: The Gigabit Society based on values and diversity
Rosen Plevneliev (Republic of Bulgaria / President of (2012 – 2017))
Randall Lane (Forbes / Editor and Chief Content Officer)
Berna Ülman (VISA / Executive Director, South Eastern Europe)
Sabine Everaet (Coca-Cola Company / CIO of EMEA)
Sarah Bernuit (IBM iX / Digital Strategy & iX Growth Platform Leader for Europe)
Keynote: Safeguarding our future society
Raj Samani (McAfee / Chief Scientist)
Demo: Augmented Reality
Prof. Shafi Ahmed (Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities / Surgeon | Futurist | Innovator | Entrepreneur | Humanitarian)
Keynote + Demo: The future of healthcare
Stefan Vilsmeier (Brainlab / CEO )
Panel discussion: Blockchain improving the state of well being
Ethan Pierse (CryptoAssets Institute | BorderlessVentures / Director | Founding Partner)
Kohei Kurihara (Tokyo Chapter Governent Blockchain Association, President | CollaboGate, Chief Marketing Officer)
Marc Taverner (Bitfury / Global Ambassador & Market Development)
Armand Arton (Global Citizen Forum / Founder)
Demo: Flying vehicle
Ansel Misfeldt (Flyt Aerospace / Founder)
Webit.X Opening Ceremony
Darin Madzharov (Ucha.se / Founder & CEO)
Welcome Keynote
Krasimir Valchev (Republic of Bulgaria / Minister of Education and Science)
Welcome 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))
Award - Empowering entrepreneurial ecosystem
Berna Ülman (VISA / Executive Director, South Eastern Europe)
Demo: EnduroSat
Raycho Raychev (EnduroSat / Founder)
Keynote: The saving the Earth from space project
Rick Tumlinson (SpaceFund Inc. | EarthLight Foundation / Founder)
Award - Best use of AI
Jesus Mantas (IBM Global Business Services / Managing Partner)
Demo: Dronamics
Svilen Rangelov (Dronamics / Co-Founder)
Keynote
Prof. Shafi Ahmed (Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities / Surgeon | Futurist | Innovator | Entrepreneur | Humanitarian)
Award - Digital Health Leader Award
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))
Demo: Cybershoes
Michael Bieglmayer (Cybershoes / CEO)
Award - Setting the future of work
Krasimir Valchev (Republic of Bulgaria / Minister of Education and Science)
Demo: Companion Robot
Guile Lindroth (Realbotix / Associate and AI Director)
Keynote: The search for Life in the Universe
Dr. Simon Worden (Breakthrough Prize Foundation / Chairman)
Award - Bulgarian Innovator
Hristo Hristov (Netinfo / CEO)
Closing Webit.X
Darin Madzharov (Ucha.se / Founder & CEO)
Microsoft booth
Microsoft Booth: Tech: An overview of Machine Learning offerings on Azure
Todor Todorov (Microsoft)
Microsoft booth: Partner: Banking&Insurance –It's about speed, not just cost
Paula Costea (Fintech OS / Technical Solution Director)
Microsoft booth: Partner panel by UI Path
Microsoft booth: MS4UP: An Introduction to MS for Startups
Anne-Claire Lo Bianco (Microsoft for Startups / Community & VC Manager)
Lunch Break
Microsoft booth: Tech: Containers on Azure
Alex Yochev (Microsoft / Technical Evangelist)
Microsoft booth: Partner: Continuous authentication with Behavioural Biometrics. Invisible protection for your customers compliant with PSD2 and GDPR.
Adam Forma (Digital Fingerprints / Business Development Executive)
Microsoft booth: Tech: An overview of Azure Cognitive Services (applied AI)
Lukasz Foks (Microsoft / Azure Developer Lead, Central & Eastern Europe (CEE))
Microsoft booth: Partner: Transformative power of language reasoning technology
Luke Pytel (Smabbler / CEO)
Microsoft booth: MSASUP: Grow your business with Microsoft for Startups
Rachel Peck (Microsoft / Startup Business Development Lead EMEA)
Microsoft booth: Partner: Visual documentation of a car in 120 seconds
Sławek Potasz (InMotion Labs / CEO)
Microsoft booth: Tech: Overview of Server lesson Azure
Alex Yochev (Microsoft / Technical Evangelist)
Industry stage
Opening
Mark Turrell (Orcasci / Founder)
Panel discussion: Blockchain: 10 years later use and implementation
Mark Turrell (Orcasci / Founder)
Kohei Kurihara (Tokyo Chapter Governent Blockchain Association, President | CollaboGate, Chief Marketing Officer)
Yuri Lobyntsev (Cindicator / Co-founder and CTO)
Marc Taverner (Bitfury / Global Ambassador & Market Development)
Naveed Ihsanullah (Algorand / Head of Engineering)
Keynote: Decentralized AI: The Key to a Beneficial Technological Singularity
Dr. Ben Goertzel (SingularityNET / CEO & Founder)
Blockchain: The future opportunities.
Mark Turrell (Orcasci / Founder)
Alexander Shulgin (Visionary, Investor, Composer)
Rick Tumlinson (SpaceFund Inc. | EarthLight Foundation / Founder)
Jon Walsh (Blockchain Rookies / Partner)
Johan van den Arend Schmidt (IBM / VP Global Business Services)
Keynote: Blockchain & Media
Alexander Shulgin (Visionary, Investor, Composer)
Keynote: Security Token Offerings: Tokenized Securities and the Future of Investment
Ethan Pierse (CryptoAssets Institute | BorderlessVentures / Director | Founding Partner)
Keynote: Cybersecurity, Blockchain, AI - The time is NOW!
Fernando Martinho (Naoris / Co-Founder & CTO)
Opening Fintech Summit
Jordan French (Grit Daily / Executive Editor)
Panel discussion: Future of payments and transactions
Jordan French (Grit Daily / Executive Editor)
Marc-Alexander Christ (SumUp / Co-Founder)
Norris Koppel (Monese / Founder & CEO)
Samee Zafar (Edgar, Dunn & Company / Director)
Gabriel Ghita (Mastercard / Business Development Manager CEE)
Keynote: How the Nordic collaboration model has created the foundation for the most digitized and cashless societies in the world.
Berit Svendsen (Vipps / EVP International Business)
Panel discussion: Fintech companies and banks: collaboration or competition?
Vanya Manova (MasterCard / Country Manager Bulgaria)
Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures / Managing Partner)
Jordan French (Grit Daily / Executive Editor)
Laurence Krieger (Tide / Chief Operation Officer)
Pedro Coelho (Banco BNI Europa / Chief Executive Officer)
Benedikt Voller (Raisin / Head of Europe)
Opening Defence Innovation Summit
Ade McCormack (Financial Times / Opinion columnist)
Keynote: Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Defence Sector
Dirk Hoke (Airbus Defence and Space / Chief Executive Officer)
Keynote: The Charter of Trust: Taking Cybersecurity to the next level through true ownership, a holistic approach and collaboration. The Siemens perspective
Natalia Oropeza (Siemens / Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
Keynote: Empowering those on the frontlines of global security issues with information fusion. (maritime security in the horn of Africa, border security in the Levant, counter-extremism in Middle East)
Elliott Verreault (AKTEK / Chief Executive Officer)
Keynote: Applying information security paradigms to misinformation campaigns
Sara-Jayne “SJ” Terp (Boffin, Bodacea Light Industries LLC)
Keynote: Dismantling Our Best Achievements: The Impact of this Bloodless War
Eric Rasmussen (Infinitum Humanitarian Systems (IHS) / Chief Executive Officer)
Brett Horvath (Guardians.ai / President)
Keynote: League of nations: The rise of nation state hacking, who is behind all of these attacks?
Raj Samani (McAfee / Chief Scientist)
Panel discussion: Privacy and Data Trust
Travis LeBlanc (Cooley LLP / Partner)
Laura Sallstrom (Access Partnership / Head of Data Policy and Trust)
Aidan Ryan (ENISA / Head of the Policy Office)
Alonso Bustamante (Cloudflare / Special Projects Team)
Cosimo Distante (Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems - ISASI CNR / PhD)
Keynote: Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Defence
Opening Climate|Tech Summit
Ade McCormack (Financial Times / Opinion columnist)
Panel discussion: Climate|Tech - Defending Earth
Laurence Sarah Ainouz (Youplus)
Nick Beglinger (CleanTech21 / Founder and CEO)
Ismo Kauppinen (Gasera / Founder & CEO)
Atanaska Nikolova (Bulgaria / Deputy minister of environment and water)
Panel discussion: Cities of the future
Erik Behm (Business Region Göteborg / Area & Investment Manager ICT)
Sein-Way Tan (Green World City / Chairman)
Ade McCormack (Financial Times / Opinion columnist)
Closing Climate|Tech Summit
Ade McCormack (Financial Times / Opinion columnist)
Startup stage
MyToz
JNB Music
Lumen Research
Spearad GmbH
Adquesto sp. z o.o.
Hookle Inc.
Break Stuff Market
MYAPPFREE S.R.L.
Viberate d.o.o.
OROCON
TrinityWiz
Blue Solace (Stornest)
Evo-Solutions
LeakLook
Mall IQ
e-bot7
UXReality
iDenfy
Tiliter
Tazi
PlayGineering
ArtuData Ltd
Cardio.AI
Tiliter
NLPBOTS
Cerebroz EduTree
ChallengeRocket
X0PA AI
SciSports
Smabbler
BioAGI (INNOVA)
221e
ZenEarth VR
Genie in a Headset
NOYS VR
Inova Diamonds
Areeka
MusicList
AppChocolate
VRgineers
VirtuItaly
Cybershoes
Mapstar
Musify
AppAdm.in
Augmental
APPASSIO
EXL Inc.
LogSentinel
UNIRIS
Wieblebub
ReCheck
Ocyan
BankZee
CloseCross
Beez
BlueVisor
OpSeeker
HiP
DigsFact
Parcela Ja
Tindeco
LikeBank
Colibra
Buy Yourself
Spin Spin
MYCASH ONLINE
Xenia Solutions
Greycortex
BYSTAMP
Microweber
Stripo
nok
Music Traveler
Uplancer, Inc.
APPURO
Agriniser (no pitch, go see them at stand B17)
Keep Warranty
Addi.fit
Musicasa
ExpertLead
Predictale
DEMS Stage
Keynote: Summit opening by the Webit.DEMS Chairman
Aniela Russeva (Webit.Foundation / SVP and Member of the Board)
Stanislav Georgiev (Intl. Senior Media Executive)
Keynote: How to achieve broadcast quality for online video. What does this mean for the industry?
Thierry Fautier (Ultra HD Forum / President-Chair)
Panel discussion: Pay-TV operators and telecoms - are the current content distribution models sustainable, or we are in an urgent need for adopting new models?
Chris Dziadul (Broadband TV News / Co-founder & Co-owner)
Barış Zavaroglu (Turkcell / Media & Entertainment Director)
György Zsembery (Volia / CEO)
Simon "Max" Ziff (Bulsatcom EAD | Ziff-Ivin Associates Ltd / CEO )
Fireside Chat: If Content is The King, Drama is The Queen - The Case for Timeless Drama Channel
Elena Petrova (A1 Telekom Austria Group / Head of Global Sales A1 Broadcasting)
Haymi Behar (SPI International | FilmBox / Chief Marketing Officer)
Keynote: LiveTVdata - key to successful 360° marketing strategy
Hristo Tuchev (H-Tech / Founder)
Networking Break
Fireside Chat: How to create cutting-edge Millennial content in the age of hyper-connectivity. Telekom Electronic Beats case study.
Derek Opperman ( Telekom Electronic Beats / Chief Editor)
Kathleen Karrer (Deutsche Telekom AG / International Market Communications)
Keynote: Discovery beyond Meta-data
Arash Pendari (Vionlabs / Founder and Creative director)
Panel Discussion: Thematic linear TV - evolution of the genres, adapting the models in the times of digital transformation.
Chris Dziadul (Broadband TV News / Co-founder & Co-owner)
Emma Jones (Viasat World / VP Commercial Affairs)
Gregory Dorcel (MARC DORCEL / CEO)
György Bálint ( AMC Networks International CEE / Director of AMC Adria)
Ekaterina Mihajlovic (Discovery Inc / Senior Manager Commercial Projects for CEEMCA )
Networking break
Keynote: E-sports for wider audiences - how to tackle the desired target group in an authentic way
Torsten Haux (ESL / VP Global Media Rights)
Keynote: What does 5G mean for consumers and operators?
Maria Rua Aguete (Omdia / Executive Director)
Happy Hour: Gin & tonic tasting, sponsored by Playbox NEO
Invest Sofia Stage
Sofia's Place: Business meet-up with Venna
Tsvetoslava Kapatsinova (Vienna Business Agency / Project Lead CEE)
Sofia's Place: Business meet-up with business region Göteborg ICT
Erik Behm (Business Region Göteborg / Area & Investment Manager ICT)
Sofia's Place: Business meet-up with the Next Web Amsterdam (TNW X)
Inge Wijnja (TNW X / Head of Government Relations)
Kriszti Szabo (TNW X / Head of Investors Relations)
Sofia's Place: Presentation – Sustainable Cities Fund
Iva Petkova (Sustainable Cities Fund / Key Expert Urban Regeneration and Financial Instruments)
Sofia's Place: Presentation – European Investment Fund
Hristo Stoyanov (European Investment Fund / Mandate Manager)
Sofia's Place: Hack & Design Challenge (Vol. 1) - Presentations – Sofia Development Association And Green Sofia
Sofia's Place: 2019 Datathon: Data Science Hackathon Winners - Hack & Design Challenge (Vol. 1) - Presentations – Sofia Development Association And Green Sofia
Sofia's Place: How IoT and data analytics provide intelligence for waste collection operations (Presentations – Smart City Sofia)
Hristo Hristov (Theoremus / Chief Data Scientist)
Sofia's Place: SofiaByData – a data market platform for urban development (Presentations – Smart City Sofia )
Mihail-Ernesto Mihailov (Theoremus / Business Development Manager)
Sofia's Place: Areal data collection in urban environments (Presentations – Smart City Sofia)
Yavor Mihailov (Sofia High School of Mathematics / Founder SMG Robotics Club)
Workshop stage
Workshop Zone - IBM Digital Innovation
Jesus Mantas (IBM Global Business Services / Managing Partner)
Guillermo Miranda (IBM / Vice President & Global Head, Corporate Citizenship IBM CHQ, Communications)
Cameron Art (IBM / Managing Partner Next Gen Enterprise Cloud Applications, GBS)
Aco Vidovic (IBM / Ecosystem Advocacy Group & Developer, Ecosystem Group Leader, IBM CEE, IBM Digital Sales)
Workshop Zone - Integrated Care Roundtable
Dr. Héctor Upegui ( IBM Watson Health / Worldwide Market Development Executive, Associate Chief Health Officer)
Exploratorium stage
Leapfrogging the Balkans
Plovdiv - Driving innovation through local strengths
Stefan Stoyanov (Plovdiv Municipality / Deputy Mayor)
Plamen Panchev (Trakia Economic Zone / CEO)
Stefan Chekanov (Brosix / Founder and Director)
Roddy Dervishev (Sibiz Corporation / CEO and Founder)
Nedyalko Dervenkov (BESCO / Board member)
Georgi Tonchev (Tonchev Associates / Growth Designer)
The surprising startup ecosystem of Gabrovo
Tanya Hristova (Gabrovo Municipality / Mayor)
Natanail Stefanov (BESCO / Executive Board, Sofia Tech Park)
Martin Pavlov (Gradishte / Founder)
Hristo Hristov (iHELP Bulgaria Ltd. / Director)
The potential of Stara Zagora startup ecosystem
Zhivko Todorov (Stara Zagora Municipality / Mayor)
Dobromir Ivanov (BESCO / CEO)
Petko Petkov (ZaraLab / Founder)
Marian Ignev (SashiDo / CEO)
Mahail Bratov (Webstar BG Ltd / Owner)
Rumyana Grozeva (SZREDA / Executive Director)
The growing startup ecosystem of Varna
Dobromir Ivanov (BESCO / CEO)
Galin Zhelyazkov (Northest Pre-Accelerator / Co-founder)
Silvia Stumpf (Business Agency / Co-founder)
Mladen Kostov (KingsFootball / Co-founder)
Tsvetelina Yordanova (Beehive / Chairman of the board)
The innovation potential of Ruse
Svilen Ivanov (Ruse region / Deputy Regional Governor)
Emiliyan Enev (Re-Check, Founder / Startup Factory, Founder)
Martin Panayotov (Weberest / CEO)
Atanas Gogov (Founders Institute / The Management Board)
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