Registration and Welcome

Breakout Room 1

10:00 – 11:00 – Workshop for Founders: AI/ML, Blockchain and IoT – Buzzword Bing for Startups

By Thiago de Faria, Senior Startup Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services

11:15 – 13:00 – Blockchain for People-Planet-Purpose (and Also Profit!)

Keynote – Blockchain challenges and opportunities in Education. By Alex Grech, Strategist, Consultant and Professor of new media at University of Malta

Data Ownership for Community Good. By Elena Pasquali, Founder & CEO at Ecosteer

Blockchain for Inclusive Local Economies. By Guido Boella, Professor at University of Turin, Computer Science Department

Blockchain for Humanity. By Soulla Louca, Professor in the Department of Digital Innovation and Director at the Institute for the Future, University of Nicosia

Blockchain Startups Paving the Way for the Future. By Thiago de Faria, Senior Startup Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services & 3 startups

Final words on DLT4ALL. By Soulla Louca, Professor in the Department of Digital Innovation and Director at the Institute for the Future, University of Nicosia

Breakout Room 2  

10:00 – 11:30 – EBAN Academy Workshop for Investors: How to Create a Scalable Channel Partner Strategy and Program: “Avoid Wasting Money and Time by Defining your Partner Strategy, Qualification and Engagement”

By Petri Rinne, CEO at Rinne & Partners

11:30 – 13:00 – EBAN Academy Workshop for Investors: New Trends in International B2B Sales.” Omnichannel is Here to Stay, How to Build a Scalable Sales Plan and Team to Secure Results in the Changed World”

By Petri Rinne, CEO at Rinne & Partners

Event Opening

By: Janne Jormalainen, President of EBAN; Jacopo Losso, Director of Secretariat at EBAN

Main Stage

Building a Better Future with Every Investment – Technologies to Reach SDGs

Keynote Speeches:

Building a Better Future with Every Investment – Technologies to Reach SDGs. 
ByPaolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy, European Commission

Stronger Together – EU Support for Start-ups.
By Maive Rute, Deputy Director-General, European Commission, DG GROW

Sustainable Investments and The Role of Start-ups and Angel Investors.
By Giorgio Chiaron Casoni, Director of InvestEU and Financial Institutions, DG for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

Panel Discussion 1: Blockchain and DLTs 4 Good

With: Sebastian Markowsky, Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at BV Ventures AG; Jeremie Pige, Head of the Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa at World Food Programme; Dusan Stojanovic, Partner and Director of True Global Ventures 1,2,3: Joachim Schwerin, Principal Economist, European Commission, DG GROW;
Moderator: Meri Helleranta, Member of EBAN Impact Committee

Success Story: Ilona Mooney, CEO at Work Ahead

Alfonso Cortés Izurdiaga, R&D Public Funding Programmes Senior Specialist at COSENTINO

Panel Discussion 2: AI and Machine Learning

With: Gloria Lorenzo, Co-founder of WA4STEAM, Senior Director of Software Development at Oracle and Angel Investor; Martin Ulbrich, Policy Officer at European Commission;  Angelo Dalli Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, General Partner at 111;
Moderator: Janne Jormalainen, President of EBAN

Success Story: Wolfgang Rams, Co-Founder & COO at Africa Green Tec

Jonathan Ward, CEO at Genome Biologics

Networking Break

Breakout Room 1

Innovation Showcase: Pitches from Early Stage Startups

Breakout Room 2

Workshop: DLTs in UNIs – Enabling Higher Education on Distributed Ledger Technologies

With: Manuel Fernandez-Grela, Lecturer and Researcher at the Group of Analysis and Modelling in Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela; Iraklis Paraskakis, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at CITY College, Greece; Elias Iosif, Senior researcher at the Blockchain Initiative – Institute For the Future, University of Nicosia; Fadi Barbara, Ph.D. student at Department of Computer Science, University of Turin.
Moderator: Korina Papadopoulou, Product Development Manager at Gnomon Informatics SA

Registration and Welcome

Breakout Room 1 

10:00 – 11:00 – Workshop for Founders: Tools for Building Your MVP 

By Nicolai van der Smagt, Senior Solutions Architect Startups at Amazon Web Services

 11:15 – 12:15 – Workshop for Founders: Soft Landing From Mena Region to Europe

By: Raffaele Buompane, Senior Advisor at EBN; Tarek A. El Kady, Executive Chairman of KD Group, Founder: Techne, Alex Angels & The Mediterranean Business Angels.

Breakout Room 2

10:00 11:30 – EBAN Academy Workshop for Investors: Taking the Leap of Faith – Doing your First Healthtech Deal

With: Caroline A. Sai, Operations Manager, Angels Santé, EIT Health Investor Network Leader; Edna Lazar, Director Exploration at Edwards Lifesciences; Ian Sosso, Angel of the Year 2018, Founder and Managing Partner of Monte Carlo Capital; Maria Hala, Business Angel, Founder and CEO of joinHERbusiness

Featuring pitches from the following case studies: Tobias Seidl, Founder of Nia Health; Nigel Lewis, Managing Director at Veinsense; Philippe Auvray, Co-founder and CEO at Neurallys

Day 2 Opening

Main Stage

Building a Better Future with Every Investment – Technologies to Reach SDGs

Keynote Speeches:

Public Support of Angel Investing – Crucial for More Startups
By Peter Jungen, Chairman of Peter Jungen Holding GmbH and EBAN President Emeritus

Missed the Future?
By Cornelius Boersch, Entrepreneur, Business Angel and Founder of Mountain Partners AG and Conny & Co. AG.

Panel discussion 1: Cross border Issues With Legal and Fiscal Frameworks

With: Reima Linnanvirta, Chair of the Board at FIBAN and Angel Investor; Colin Mason, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow; Mindaugas Valiulis, Policy Officer at European Commission; Kaidi Ruusalepp, Founder and CEO of Funderbeam
Moderator: Panayiotis Ketikidi, Co-Founder of the Hellenic Business Angels Network (HeBAN) and Board Member of EBAN.

Panel discussion 2: Public-Private co-investment; Accelerating the Development of Angel Groups and Boosting the Post Pandemic Economic Recovery

With: Gilles Le Cocguen, Head of EuroQuity at Bpifrance; Astrid Bartels, Head of Unit, DG GROW, SME Access to Finance, European Commission; Mikkel Hesselgren, Head of Fund of funds at Vækstfonden; Tiago Simões de Almeida, Executive Board Member at Banco Português de Fomento.
Moderator: Ricardo Luz, Founder & Partner of Gestluz Consultores and Matching Ventures. EBAN Board Member

Keynote Speech: Diversity as a Strength

By Myrtha Casanova, Founder of European Institute for Managing Diversity

Networking Break

Breakout Room 1

Scaleup of the Month: Pitches from Early Stage Startups

Closing of the Event