Speakers & Experts
Speakers, Moderators and Panelists
Martin Austin
TransformRX GmbH
(Switzerland)
Margaret Beer
Director & Head of European Licensing & External Research Group
MSD
(United Kingdom)
Morris S Berrie
Director
Tech Investor
(United Kingdom)
G. Steven Burrill
Chief Executive Officer
Burrill & Company
(United States)
Dave Darsch
Founder
CEO Collaborative Forum
(Spain)
Julien De Loynes
External Venturing Project Leader
Saint Gobain
(France)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Uli Fricke
Managing General Partner
Triangle Venture Capital
(Germany)
Bernward Garthoff
Cluster Manager
BIO.NRW
(Germany)
Philipp Hasler
Investment Director
Emerald Technology Ventures
(Switzerland)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Jennifer Hicks
Founder
Ink Communications Inc.
(France)
Seppo Makinen
BioFund
(Finland)
Andy Moseby
Corporate Partner
Kemp Little
(United Kingdom)
Jan Muehlfeit
Chairman Europe
Microsoft Corporation
(Czech Republic)
Falk Mueller-Veerse
Telia Company
(Sweden)
Pablo Márquez de Prado Nieto
Head of Strategic Initiatives
GAMESA
(Spain)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Christian Nagel
Partner
Earlybird Venture Capital
(Germany)
Walter Poloni
Partners & Local Software Economy, Developer & Platform Evangelism
Microsoft
(Italy)
Shannon Sagawe
Senior Vice President
Advanced Equities
(United States)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Guido Schenk
Dow Jones
(Germany)
Michael Schultz
Vice President
Bayer Schering Pharma
(Germany)
Wolfgang Schuster
Principal
Vodafone Ventures
(Germany)
Dan Schwartz
Chairman Emeritus AVCJ & President & CEO, Qiosk.com
AVCJ Group
(China)
Carsten Schwertfeger
Head of Software Development
Vodafone
(Germany)
Hermann Sterzinger
Group Vice President
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
(Germany)
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Mayor
City of Dusseldorf
(Germany)
Jim Totty
Partner
Osmosis Capital
(United Kingdom)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Fintan Walton
CEO & Founder
PharmaVentures
(United Kingdom)
Paul Webber
Director
Europe Unlimited
(Belgium)
Mark Wilson
Director, SR One, GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline
(United Kingdom)
Expert Reviewers
Nassos Alevizopoulos
CEO Greece & Cyprus
Venture Valuation ltd
(Switzerland)
Felix Arias
Highgrowth Partners SGECR S.A.
(Spain)
Andreas Bauer
CEO
Belysio Sp. z o.o.
(Poland)
Jiri Berger
Chief Executive Officer
e-FRACTAL Ltd.
(Czech Republic)
Gordon Beveridge
SEP
(United Kingdom)
Michael Boshammer
Managing Director
T-Venture Holding GmbH
(Germany)
Michael Brandkamp
Chief Executive Officer
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
(Germany)
Michel Briejer
Managing Partner
Thuja Capital
(Netherlands)
Casper Bruens
Investment Partner
DSM Venturing / Chemelot Ventures
(Netherlands)
Roop Chandwani
Managing Partner
Aggio Sergeant
(United Kingdom)
Keith Cornell
CEO-CF
CEO Collaborative Forum
(Spain)
Jean-Michel Deligny
Managing Director
Go4Venture
(United Kingdom)
Philippe Deville
Director
S.R.I.W.
(Belgium)
Mike Fish
Non-Executive Director, Advisor and Coach in Private Equity backed companies
HomeRun Ventures
(United Kingdom)
Nils-Olof Forsgren
CEO
Uminova Innovation
(Sweden)
Ingo Franz
Managing Director
Creathor Ventures
(Germany)
Patrik Frei
Founder
Venture Valuation ltd
(Switzerland)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Nicolas Gabrysch
Partner
Osborne Clarke
(Germany)
Sandro Grigolli
EMEA Executive Director
GSA (Global Semiconductor Alliance)
(Switzerland)
Matthias Grychta
Partner
Neuhaus Partners
(Germany)
Philipp Hasler
Investment Director
Emerald Technology Ventures
(Switzerland)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Claas Heise
Executive Director
NRW Bank
(Germany)
Edwin Hengstmengel
Manager Business Development
Van Den Ende & Deitmers
(Netherlands)
Jennifer Hicks
Founder
Ink Communications Inc.
(France)
Ralf Philipp Hofmann
Managing Partner
LD&A Jupiter
(Germany)
Bakhrom Ibragimov
Principal
Virgin Green Fund
(United Kingdom)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Kimmo Irpola
Partner, Private Equity
GILD Bankers
(Estonia)
Marion Jung
Principal
Earlybird Venture Capital
(Germany)
David Karabelnik
CEO, Private Equity/Life Sciences
Breslin AG
(Switzerland)
Guus Keder
Managing Partner
Axiom Venture Capital
(Belgium)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Erkan Kilicaslan
Partner
IRIS
(France)
Wolfgang Krause
Partner
Seventure Partners SA
(France)
Petri Laine
Investment Director
Finnvera Venture Capital
(Finland)
Cédric Latessa
Molten Ventures
(United Kingdom)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Frederic Laziou
Partner
24 Solutions
(Sweden)
Jörn Leewe
Owner / CEO
Novumed Life Science Consulting & Advisory
(Germany)
Tom Leyden
Product Manager Cloud Computing
Sun Microsystems Nederland B.V.
(Netherlands)
Mark Miller
Founder
CatCap GmbH
(Germany)
Bernhard Mohr
Senior Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH
(Germany)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Raf Moons
Investment Director, BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity
BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity
(Belgium)
Arne Morteani
Partner
ETF Partners
(United Kingdom)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Falk Mueller-Veerse
Telia Company
(Sweden)
Pablo Márquez de Prado Nieto
Head of Strategic Initiatives
GAMESA
(Spain)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Christian Nagel
Partner
Earlybird Venture Capital
(Germany)
Peter Neubeck
Principle
TVM Capital
(Germany)
Ole Niss
CEO & Founder
NissCo
(Denmark)
Alain Parthoens
-
Vesalius Biocapital Partners
(Luxembourg)
Earnest D. Paylor II
President and CEO
WorldTech International LLC
(United States)
Patrick Polak
Managing Partner
Newion Partners BV
(Netherlands)
Marcus Polke
Investment Director
Acton Capital Partners
(Germany)
Julian Riedlbauer
Partner & Managing Director
GP Bullhound
(Germany)
Olivier Rieu
Partner
24 Solutions
(Sweden)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Nick Rodgers
Chief Executive
Ipso Ventures
(United Kingdom)
Andreas Rüter
Partner
Grazia Equity
(Germany)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Shannon Sagawe
Senior Vice President
Advanced Equities
(United States)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Hansjörg Sage
Partner & Head of ICT Investment Activities
Gimv
(Belgium)
Rick Salmon
Founding Partner
Xelerator AS
(Norway)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
ICT
Frank Salzgeber
Head of Innovation and Ventures Office
European Space Agency
(Netherlands)
Diana Saraceni
General Partner
360° Capital Partners
(Italy)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Kai Schadbach
Attorney at Law
Schadbach Rechtsanwälte
(Germany)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Steven Smith
Director Liverpool Vision and CEO of NWIX
Liverpool Vision
(United Kingdom)
Bruno Sommer Ferreira
CEO & President
Biotrend
(Portugal)
Edwin Spaans
Director Clinical Development
Kinesis Pharma BV
(Netherlands)
Joerg Sperling
Partner
WHEB Partners Limited
(Germany)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Jakob Steen Jensen
Investment Manager
SEED Capital
(Denmark)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Christian Suojanen
Officer for EU and Industrial Relations
European Federation of Biotechnology - EFB
(Spain)
Christina Takke
Partner
Forbion Capital Partners
(Netherlands)
Peter Trinkl
Managing Partner
Sebastian & Partners
(Switzerland)
Davide Turco
Head of Atlante Ventures Fund
Atlante Ventures
(Italy)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Harrold van Barlingen
Managing Director
Thuja Capital
(Netherlands)
Philippe Vercruyssen
Managing Partner
-
(Belgium)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Gotthard von Falkenhausen
Partner
ETV Capital Limited
(United Kingdom)
Alexander von Frankenberg
Managing Director
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
(Germany)
Fintan Walton
CEO & Founder
PharmaVentures
(United Kingdom)
Winfried Weigel
Founder
Weigel Corporate Finance
(Switzerland)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
Marcus Ziegler
innogy Ventures GmbH
(Germany)
Energy; Clean Technology; Environment
