1. General info
In addition to the Venture Capital Forum, EVCA is proud to present Innovation Exchange, taking place at the same venue on the registration day of the VCF. Alongside EVCA's partners, the European Tech Tour Association and Informilo we will host a full day of company presentations from some of Europe’s most exciting start-ups.
The event connects major tech corporates and venture firms with some of Europe's best entrepreneurs. A panel of experts will forecast how the hottest sectors will evolve over the next 12-18 months and some of the biggest names in innovation will explain what sort of technologies they are interested in buying from start-ups.
Go4Venture managing director Jean-Michel Deligny will chair the European Tech Tour Selection Committee.
During the event, Microsoft will announce further improvements to the BizSpark program, enabling European VCs looking for great start-up companies to find potential investments.
The cost of attending the special event is €300 or €250 for attendees of the Venture Capital Forum.
2. How to nominate companies
COMPANY NOMINATION PROCESS
Companies from across Europe will be considered in the following categories: “cloud computing”, “wireless” and “hidden gems” (cool under-the-radar start-ups).
Presenting companies must be headquartered in Europe (including Eastern Europe, Turkey and Israel), and the founder and/or CEO be available on Wednesday October 14, 2009 to present at the Innovation Exchange conference in Berlin, Germany. There are no fees associated with participation although companies are expected to meet the cost of their own travel and expenses.
Preference will be given to companies meeting the following criteria
1. Proven, breakthrough technology
2. Worldwide market ambition
3. Quality management team
4. Evidence of commercial traction
5. Strength of third-party validation
If you would like your company to be considered or nominate a company you know, please send an email annie.quinn@go4venture.com, indicating “Innovation Exchange Application” in the header with the following information:
- Link to the company’s website
- No more than 1 page comments against the above criteria
Pre-selected companies will receive in return an application form to fill in by no later than September 20, 2009.
3. Innovation Exchange Programme
| 10.00 |
Registration
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| 11.00 |
Welcome Address
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Sven Lingjaerde, President, European Tech Tour Association
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| 11.20 |
Hidden gems
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Moderator: Jennifer Schenker, Editor-in-Chief, Informilo
Start-ups you will want to meet from across Europe (selected by European Tech Tour Association):
- Neo Technology - company profile
- Aldebaran Robotics - company profile
- Jogamo - company profile
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| 12.20 |
Keynote Speaker: Jan Mühlfeit, Chairman of Europe, Microsoft Corporation - presentation
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| 12.35 |
Lunch
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| 13.35 |
Keynote Speaker: John Manley, Director, Automated Infrastructure Lab, HP Labs - presentation
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| 13.50 |
The future of cloud computing
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Moderator: Jennifer Schenker, Editor-in-Chief, Informilo
13.50 - Expert overview: Michael Lerperger, Accenture
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14.00 - Panel - What start-ups can bring to the space
- Ton Engbersen, Leader Best-of-Blue Strategic Innovation, IBM Research GmbH
- Yousef Khalidi, Distinguished Engineer, Windows Azure Team, Microsoft
- John Manley, Director, Automated Infrastructure Lab, HP Labs
- Jens Redmer, Principal, New Business Development, Google
- Jukka Tapaninen, Vice President, Global Ecosystem, and Partner, SAP AG
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14.35 - 10-minute pitches and 5-minute Q &A from top start-ups in that space (selected by the European Tech Tour Association):
- Peerialism - company profile
- Visiarc - company profile
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| 15.35 |
Coffee break
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| 15.50 |
Keynote: Chris Hare, General Manager, Head of Industry Collaboration, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
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| 16.05 |
The technologies and applications that will revolutionize wireless going forward
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Moderator: Jennifer Schenker, Editor-in-Chief, Informilo
16.05 - Expert overview: Jennifer Schenker, Editor-in-Chief, Informilo - presentation
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16.15 - Panel
- Ed Simnett, Director, Strategy and Business Development Services, Nokia Digital
- Gilad Novik, Head of Technology, INQ Mobile (A new division of the Hutchison Whampoa 3 Group)
- Cliff Reeves, Microsoft
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16.50 - 10-minute pitches and 5-minute Q &A from top start-ups who are leading the way (selected by the European Tech Tour Association):
- Mashmobile - company profile
- Zokem Oy - company profile
- Baimos - company profile
- Total Immersion - company profile
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| 17.50 |
Possibility for meetings between VCs, entrepreneurs and sponsors
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Space will be provided at the conference venue
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| 19.30 |
Cocktail Dinner
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All participants of the daylong event to be invited to participate in the welcome cocktail dinner of the EVCA Venture Capital Forum
event, which will gather 300 VCs from across Europe.
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4. Sponsors
Innovation exchange is proudly sponsored by
Our partners
