Speakers & Experts

Speakers & Experts include leading VCs and corporates, investors, international business executives, prestigious experts in their field, who will share their expertise in the various plenary and discussion sessions

Rudy Aernoudt

Professor

- (Belgium)

Anton Arts

Partner

New Venture Partners (United Kingdom)

David Bateman

ETV Capital Limited (United Kingdom)

Mark Bivens

Directeur Associé

Truffle Capital (France)

William Brooks

Manager Life Sciences

Quest Management NV (Belgium)

Thierry Chignon

Matignon Investissement et Gestion (France)

Coenraad de Vries

Managing Partner

Start Green Capital (Netherlands)

Pierre de Waha

Nivelinvest SA (Belgium)

Energy; Clean Technology; Environment

Herman DeLatte

Hummingbird Ventures (Belgium)

Maarten, J.W.M. Derks

The Informal Investors Network B.V. (Netherlands)

Ruth Devenyns

KBC Private Equity (Belgium)

Philippe Deville

Director

S.R.I.W. (Belgium)

Tristan Dhondt

Ernst & Young (Belgium)

Jean-Pierre Di Bartolomeo

Member of the Board of Directors

Sowalfin (Belgium)

Janke Dittmer

Senior Director New Business Development

Philips Healthcare Incubator (Netherlands)

Guillaume Dupont

Investment Partner

Schneider Electric Ventures (France)

Daco J.J. Enthoven

General Manager Heartstream CleanTech B.V.

Heartstream Group B.V. (Netherlands)

Guy Geldhof

Member of the Board Director

Belgian Venture Capital And Private Equity Association (Belgium)

Yvette Go

Venture Partner

SET Venture Partners (Netherlands)

Curt Gunsenheimer

Senior Partner

IRIS (France)

Philipp Hasler

Investment Director

Emerald Technology Ventures (Switzerland)

Willem Hazenberg

BioGeneration Ventures (Netherlands)

Luc Francis Jacobs

Gialco (Belgium)

Luc Kindt

QAT II Investments S.A. (Luxembourg)

Cees-Jan Koomen

Point - One Innovation Fund (Netherlands)

Patrick Krol

General Partner

Aescap Venture (Netherlands)

Cédric Latessa

Molten Ventures (United Kingdom)

Beatrice Llirbat

Société Générale Asset Management (France)

Frank Maene

Managing Partner

Hummingbird Ventures (Belgium)

Mauro Mariani

Principle

Mangrove Capital Partners S.A. (Luxembourg)

Adam Michael

Account Director

College Hill Life Sciences (United Kingdom)

Raf Moons

Investment Director, BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity

BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity (Belgium)

Claire O'Halloran

LSE & Innovation Lead

Microsoft Ltd UK (United Kingdom)

Stefan Odeurs

Financial, Banking, Capital Markets & Private Equity

White & Case Brussels (Belgium)

Tom Paffen

Portfollio Mgmt

PPM oost (Netherlands)

Serge Pampfer

Managing Director

WBC Ventures (Belgium)

Tibor Papp

Head of Consultancy

PharmaVentures (United Kingdom)

Alain Parthoens

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Vesalius Biocapital Partners (Luxembourg)

Earnest D. Paylor II

President and CEO

WorldTech International LLC (United States)

Marc Perret

Senior Partner

Gilde Healthcare Partners (Netherlands)

Anne Portwich

Partner

Life Sciences Partners (Netherlands)

Frans Putker

Advisor

Favonius Venture (Netherlands)

Alexander Rietz

Investment Associate

Siemens Venture Capital GmbH (Germany)

Diana Saraceni

General Partner

360° Capital Partners (Italy)

Jean-Bernard Schmidt

Managing Partner

Sofinnova Partners (France)

Jesse Schulman

Director Analysis & Research

Ferghana Partners Group (United Kingdom)

Wolfgang Seibold

Partner

Earlybird Venture Capital (Germany)

William Stevens

Founder & CEO

Europe Unlimited (Belgium)

François Thomas

Life Sciences Team

Atlas Venture (France)

John Tidmarsh

Investment Executive - Sustainable Technology Fund

E-Synergy (United Kingdom)

Floris van Alkemade

Solid Ventures (Netherlands)

Ronald van der Geest

Kinesis Pharma BV (Netherlands)

Vincent Van Dessel

Executive Director

EURONEXT Brussels (Belgium)

Jean Van Nuwenborg

Consultant

Theodorus (Belgium)

Andreas von Richter

Business Development Manager

GE Energy Financial Services, Venture Capital (Germany)

Paul Webber

Director

Europe Unlimited (Belgium)

Charly Zwemstra

Main Capital Partners B.V. (Netherlands)