Speakers 2020
Just a Few of Our Great Speakers!
Jeff Hoffman
Chairman of the Board, Global Entrepreneurship Network
Kristin Schreiber
Director for COSME Programme and SME Policy, European Commission
Sirpa Pietikäinen
Member of the European Parliament
Kerstin Jorna
Director General, European Commission DG GROW
Alain Godard
CEO of European Investment Fund
Anastasios Economou
Chairman of Young Presidents Organization
Juan Alvarez De Lara
Board member EBAN & Co-chairman, EBAN Impact Investing Committee
Taryn Andersen
CEO & Co-Founder of Impulse4women International
Fernando Antunes
CTO and Co-Founder of Delox
Wilson Antunes
Head of the Portuguese Army's Biological Defense Laboratory
Brigitte Baumann Gervais
Founder of GoBeyond and efino
Godwill Bancole
Managing Director of Business Creation at EIT Manufacturing
Christine Bjarkby
Investor and founder Lincs/EBAN Board
Elena Bou
Innovation Director and Executive Board Member, InnoEnergy
Mathias Bohge
Managing Director of R3 – Reliable Realtime Radio
Peter Braun
Angel Investor and Board Member, EBAN
Sven Brossi
Angel Investor, CEO and Founder of Good Process
Mark Brownridge
Director General, Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA)
Ugo Celestino
Policy Officer for Space Research, Innovation and Start-ups, European Commission DG DEFIS
Giorgio Chiarion Casoni
Head of the Financing Infrastructure and Climate Change Unit, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Young-jin Choi
Head of Impact Investing at PHINEO
Maria del Coro Gutierrez Pla
Seconded National Expert at European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Peter Cowley
EBAN President
Mihai Dragota
Policy Officer - European Fund for Strategic Investments, DG ECFIN
Shiva Dustdar
Head of Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank
Lisa Fassl
Co-Founder and CEO of Female Founders Club
Ivan Gauci
Seconded National Expert at European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Fabienne Gautier
Head of Unit Innovation Ecosystems, European Commission – DG Research and Innovation
Sanjeev Gordhan
Newable Ventures Director
Maria Hala
Business Angel, EBAN Health Committee
Lisa Hehenberger
Director of the Entrepreneurship institute ESADE Business School
Kai Hockerts
Professor Social Entrepreneurship Copenhagen Business School
Niclas Holmberg
Managing Director - Global Listing Services, NASDAQ
Candace Johnson
EBAN President Emeritus
Janne Jormalainen
Chairman Emeritus of Finnish Business Angels Network
Peter Jungen
Chairman of Peter Jungen Holding GmbH, EBAN President Emeritus
Clemens Kabel
Investment Director and Authorised Officer at IBB Ventures
Regina Llopis
Vice President of AEBAN
Robert Lugowski
Managing Partner of CobinAngels
Christos Lytras
Managing Partner at Hippocampus.io
Benedetta Lucini
Co-Founder and CEO, Oval Money
Ricardo Luz
EBAN Board Member, Co-Founder of FNABA & Emeritus President of Invicta Angels
Oliver Marchand
CEO & Co-founder of Carbon Delta
Anne-Françoise Mélot
Head of the Unit, Free Movement of Capital and application of EU law, European Commission - DG FISMA
Joseph Mocanu
Managing Partner of Verge HealthTech Fund
Ralph Mogicato
Entrepreneur, Independent Senior Advisor, Professional Board Member, Angel Investor
Kevin Morningstar
General Partner, Rockies Venture Fund
Stephane Ndong
Head of Unit, DG Research and Innovation at the European Commission
Iris Öhrn
Investment Advisor for Life Science at Business Region Göteborg
Michael O'Connor
CEO of CorkBIC
Alberto Onetti
Chairman and President, Mind the Bridge
Stéphane Ouaki
Head of financial instruments Unit, DG Research and Innovation at the European Commission
Sohaila Ouffata
Platform Director at BMW i Ventures
Kalle Palomaki
Senior Venture Capital Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Fausta Pavesio
Venture Partner at Startup Wise Guys
Iraklis Paraskakis
Senior Research Officer at SEERC
Vitaly Polekhin
President at International Investor Organization INVESTORO
Alain Pujol
Board Member International Relations at Angels Santé
Amparo De San José
Director of the Business Angels and Family Offices Network at IESE, EBAN Board Member
Caroline A. Sai
Operations Manager, Angels Santé EIT Health Investor Network Leader
Keith Sequeira
Head of the Governance and Coordination Unit of the European Innovation Council (EIC), European Commission
Charles Sidman
Managing Partner and Member, ECS Capital Partners and Angels
Hanna Sjöström
CEO GPX Medical AB/ Certified board member Life Science
Ian Sosso
Angel of the Year 2018, Founder and Managing Partner of Monte Carlo Capital
Richelle Spiekerman
Project Manager at EUIPO
Alina Tanasa
Deputy Head of Unit for financing of climate change, infrastructure policies and Euratom, European Commission DG ECFIN
Edward Vali
General Partner at Accelerate Venture Partners