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