Meet Latitude59 speakers

You can also expect some changes in how the stage programme is organised, as we’ll be hosting a range of interactive sessions on topics where we’ll want to hear more from you, the audience, too!

In addition, we’ll have all our usual suspects present – a demo area for early and seed stage startups, both Latitude59 and Nordic Angel Program pitch competitions, investor-startup matchmaking and a host of side events.

Meet some of our first speakers and stay tuned for more announcements. Oh and tickets – get ’em here

Morten Lund –  Investor & serial entrepreneur has founded or co-invested in more than 200 high-tech startups in the last 20 years. These include Skype, Tradeshift, AirHelp & Hippocorn.

Nazma Qurban – Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Cognism Recognized as one of the “Top Women Leaders in SaaS of 2018”

Péter Halácsy – the founding father of Prezi technology, currently CEO of Budapest School , in which children become naturally equipped with the mindset and skills needed to lead a happy life.

Cristina Fonesca – co-founder of Talkdesk. Company that achieved unicorn status by building a call center in the cloud.

Vinay Ramani –  Chief Product Officer of Pipedrive, CRM tool for fast-growing sales teams.

Kersti Kaljulaid – President of Estonia

Michael Anderson –  Leadership Expert – 3x Californian software entrepreneur, best-selling author & radio show host, named #7 Top Leadership Expert Worldwide

Fleur Pellerin – Acting CEO & Founder, founded Korelya Capital in 2016 based in Paris to invest EUR100 million in the high tech industry throughout Europe.

Ashwini Ramani – Lead Technical Product Manager Facebook. Product and technical leader with extensive experience leading teams and building 0-1 products in Ad Tech and SaaS.

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