Program
July 24, 2013
- 20:00Conference pre-party and startup networking at Garage48 HUB - sponsored by Transferwise
July 25, 2013
"Tech Company in a Nutshell"
- 9:00Coffee and registration
- 09:30Keynote - Jaan Tallinn, Ambient Sound Investments (Tallinn)
"So you want to be a technology developer... The roots of Skype go back to one email."
- 10:15Panel Discussion: "Heading to the Airport (TLL, HEL > SFO)!"Moderator: Pekka Pärnänen, Finpro(Silicon Valley)
Janar Merilo, GateMe (Tallinn and London)
Jaanus Tamm, Defendec (Tallinn)
Triin Kask, BluNavi (Tallinn)
Jorma Palo, VividWorks (Oulu and Palo Alto)
Arvi Väänanen, HappyorNot (Tampere and Palo Alto) - 11:15Break and Networking
- 11:30Presentation "PR for Start-Ups"
Colette Ballou, Ballou PR (London, Paris, Berlin) - 12:15Panel Discussion:"Breaking Out and Getting Customers"
Moderator: Yrjö Ojasaar, Solon Partners (Tallinn)
Imre Hild, iCatapult (Budapest)
Chris Burry, US Market Access Center (Silicon Valley)
Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera (Helsinki)
Dr. Andrejs Vasiljevs, Tilde, (Riga) - 13:00Lunch & Networking
- 14:00Pitch Contest: Preliminary Round of 20 Teams
Judges:
Imre Hild, iCatapult (Budapest)
Yrjö Ojasaar, Solon Partners (Tallinn)
Ivar Siimar, EstBAN (Tallinn)
Chris Burry, US Market Access Center (Silicon Valley)
Andrus Oks, AS SmartCap (Tallinn)
Rokas Tamošiūnas, Startup Highway (Vilnius)
Pekka Pärnänen, Finpro (Silicon Valley)
Ophelia Brown, Index Ventures (London)Kamran Ansari, Greycroft (New York)
- 14:45Panel Discussion:"Growing Companies into a Funding Round"
Moderator:Sten Tamkivi, Stanford Business School and Skype (Silicon Valley)Rain Rannu, Fortumo (San Francisco and Tartu)
Mihkel Jäätma, RealEyes (London, Boston and Tallinn)
Ragnar Sass, Pipedrive (Tallinn and Silicon Valley)
Kristo Käärmann, Transferwise (London and Tallinn)
Kamran Ansari, Greycroft (New York)
- 15:45Break and Networking
- 16:00Panel Discussion: "Interacting with the Big Players"
Moderator: Andris Berzins, Creandum (Riga)
Gustav Poola, Guardtime (Singapore and Tallinn)
Timo Karttunen, Cameron LLP (Washington DC)
Chris Burry, US Market Access Center (Silicon Valley)
Hazem Abolrous, Microsoft (Seattle)
- 17:00VC Pitches: "How We Compete: A Reverse Pitching"
Moderator: Colette Ballou, Ballou PR (London)
Christian Thaler-Wolski, Wellington Partners (Munich)
Ophelia Brown, Index Ventures (London)
Jan Borgstädt, Bertelsman Digital Media Investments (Berlin) - 17:30Conference Adjourns
- 20:00Dinner with speakers in the city center (by invitation only)
July 26, 2013
"What's behind the Curve?"
- 9:00Coffee
- 09:30Keynote - Imre Hild, iCatapult (Budapest) "Growing an Entrepreneurial Environment"
- 10:15Panel Discussion: "Seed and Angel Funding"
Moderator: Ravi Belani, Alchemist (Silicon Valley)Ivar Siimar, EstBAN, (Tallinn)Andrus Oks, AS SmartCap, (Tallinn)Rokas Tamošiūnas, Startup Highway (Vilnius) - 11:15Break and Networking
- 11:30First Final Round Pitch Contest: Teams from EIA
Judges:
Ravi Belani, Alchemist and Stanford (Silicon Valley)
Ivar Siimar, EstBAN (Tallinn)
Andrus Oks, AS SmartCap (Tallinn)
Rokas Tamošiūnas, Startup Highway (Vilnius)
Colette Ballou, Ballou PR (London, Paris, Berlin)
Christian Thaler-Wolski, Wellington Partners, Munich
- 12:30Fireside Chat: "Top Technology Trends"
Steve Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Silicon Valley)
interviewed by Richard Allan Horning, Dentons US LLP (Silicon Valley) - 13:00Lunch & Networking
- 14:00VC Panel
Moderator: Richard Allan Horning, Dentons (Silicon Valley)
Jari Mieskonen, Conor Venture Partners (Espoo)
Jan Borgstädt, Bertelsman Digital Media Investments (Berlin)
Dr. Maximilian Niederhofer, Sunstone Capital (Copenhagen)
Allan Martinson, MTVP (Tallinn)
Pekka Salonoja, Nexit Ventures (Helsinki)
Petri Laine, Finnvera (Helsinki)
Toby Moore, Imprimatur Capital Baltics (Riga and London)
Andris Berzins, Creandum (Riga) - 15:30Break & Networking
- 16:00Second Final Round Pitch Contest: External Teams
Judges:
Richard Allan Horning, Dentons (Silicon Valley)
Jari Mieskonen, Conor Venture Partners (Espoo)
Jan Borgstädt, Bertelsman Digital Media Investments (Berlin)
Dr. Maximilian Niederhofer, Sunstone Capital (Copenhagen)
Allan Martinson, MTVP (Tallinn)
Pekka Salonoja, Nexit Ventures (Helsinki)
Petri Laine, Finnvera (Helsinki)
Toby Moore, Imprimatur Capital Baltics (Riga and London)
Andris Berzins, Creandum (Riga)
- 17:00Pitch Contest Awards
Congratulatory Message to the Winners
Wrap up of EIA and Latitude 59 - 17:30Conference Adjourns
- 20:00
Final event together with EIA Faculty (by invitation)
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