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Onsite Event Programme in Leuven
Wednesday 9 Nov Thursday 10 Nov Wednesday 9 November 2022 10:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee 10:00, Room: Entrance Hall, imec 1 10:30 Welcome & Opening 10:30, Room: Auditorium Moderator: William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe Iva Tchetinova, Tech Tour Speaker: Ludo Deferm, imec Osman Kent, Atlantic Bridge 10:50 Keynote Speech Global Deep Tech Trends 10:50, Room: Auditorium Speaker: Patrick Vandenameele, imec 11:10 Fireside Chat I Global and European Deep Tech Investment Trends 11:10, Room: Auditorium Moderator: Jean-Michel Deligny, Silverpeak Speaker: Lajla Aganovic, LOGITECH International SA Filip De Weerdt, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) Michael Labriola, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan, Garnier & Co Peter Vanbekbergen, imec.xpand 11:30 Fireside Chat II Powering Up Deep Tech Start-ups 11:30, Room: Auditorium Moderator: Romano Hoofman, imec.IC-link Speaker: Sean Lord, MICLEDI microdisplays Jean-Damien Louise, Axorus Leander Van Neste, Axithra 11:50 Stretch Out Pitch Preparation Facilitated by Tech Tour 11:50, Room: Auditorium Moderator: Anna Pap, Tech Tour Iva Tchetinova, Tech Tour 12:00 Company Elevator Pitches I 1-min pitch by Deep Tech selected companies & EIC Growth Club companies per session 12:00, Room: Auditorium 12:45 Networking Lunch & One2One Meetings Lunch kindly offered by imec.xpand 12:45, Room: Entrance Hall, imec 1 14:15 Pitching Session I Big Data, Cloud Services, SaaS 14:15, Room: Auditorium Moderator: Pietro Strada, Silverpeak Industry Expert: Martina Barabas, Deeptech Equity NL Nicolas Biet, The Faktory Fund Christian Claussen, Ventech Sven De Cleyn, imec.istart Roland Dennert, Cipio Partners Koen De Waele, Volta Ventures Michael Dimelow, Bloc Ventures Michael Engelmann, imec.xpand Sam Hields, Open Ocean Capital Michael Labriola, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Presenter: Cecile Maye, AckTao SA Mustafa Ergen, AMBEENT Rupert Stuffer, cplace Stefano Onofri, Cubbit Veronica Orvalho, Didimo Inc Sebastian-Friedrich Kowitz, Talpa Solutions Noel Hurley, YellowDog Pitching Session II Medical Devices, Digital Health 14:15, Room: Caf-1A Moderator: Helen McBreen, Atlantic Bridge Industry Expert: Christophe Bodin, CBO Consulting Johannes Boghaert, Verve Ventures Frank Bulens, imec.xpand Jose Campos, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Ian Cresswell, R3i Ventures Erhan Kilicozlu, ACT Venture Partners Steven Konsek, Applied Ventures Steven Levecke, Capricorn Partners Giuseppina Pavesi, down2business Yan Yang, Copenhagen Capacity Presenter: Sam Guilaume, aryballe technologies Jean-Damien Louise, Axorus Nadav Cohen, Blink Energy Daniel Blackman, Compedica Gianfranco Giannella, Hyris Tobias Hahn, NVision Imaging Technologies Iwan Van Vijfeijken, Pulsify Medical Pitching Session III Semiconductors, Sensors, Optics 14:15, Room: Tower 2A Moderator: Olivier Rousseaux, imec Industry Expert: Antonio Avitabile, Sony Innovation Fund Jean-Michel Chardon, LOGITECH International SA Jean-Michel Deligny, Silverpeak Pejman Hafezi, Samsung Electronics UK Simon King, Octopus Ventures Raymond Klaassen, ING Netherlands Alain le Loux, Cottonwood Technology Fund Maxime Mallet, Jolt Capital Edward Schneider, Quan Technology Fund Koen Schrever, KBC Focus Fund Presenter: Fabrizio Del Maffeo, Axelera AI Paul Sandberg, Axign Julien Roquette, Blue Industry and Science Thomas Haals Londorf, NIL Technology ApS Carl Smets, Spectricity Andrea Rusconi Clerici, USound 15:45 Coffee Break & One2One Meetings 15:45, Room: Entrance Hall, imec 1 16:30 Pitching Session IV Cybersecurity, Data Management 16:30, Room: Auditorium Moderator: Steven Lambert, Capricorn Partners Industry Expert: Simon Alexandre, The Faktory Fund Johannes Behringer, Cusp Capital Liliia Chechel, Shell Ventures Przemyslaw Danowski, Warsaw Equity Group Stephan Decher, Zaz Ventures Thomas Depuydt, SmartFin Capital Michael Engelmann, imec.xpand J D Englehart, In-Q-Tel Kristjan Laanemaa, Karma Ventures Michal Natora, Emerald Technology Ventures Presenter: Shahram Mossayebi, Crypto Quantique Pieter Delaere, dScribe Emil Syundyukov, Longenesis Rob Leslie, Sedicii Laurent Balmelli, Strong Network Pitching Session V Semiconductors, Electronics, Processors 16:30, Room: Caf-1A Moderator: Filip De Weerdt, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) Industry Expert: Antonio Avitabile, Sony Innovation Fund Jean-Michel Deligny, Silverpeak Gokhan Guner, ACT Venture Partners Edward Schneider, Quan Technology Fund Rudi Severijns, KBC Focus Fund Florian Theyermann, FCF Fox Corporate Finance Amani Tlili, imec.IC-link Diva Tommei, EIT Digital Peter Vanbekbergen, imec.xpand Sander Verbrugge, Innovation Industries Torsten Wipiejewski, Huawei Technologies Presenter: Menno Lindwer, GrAI Matter Labs Sumeet Kumar, Innatera Nanosystems Hamed Sadeghian, Nearfield Instruments Wim Van Thillo, Pharrowtech Philippe Notton, SiPearl Gilles Hamou, UPMEM Pitching Session VI IoT, Mobility, Space 16:30, Room: Tower 2A Moderator: Paul Gillespie, SH Gillamor Stephens Industry Expert: Nuno Carvalho, KBC Focus Fund Klaas de Boer, QFWventures Alberto Emprin, 3LB Seed Capital David Ford, Silverpeak Alexander Sasha Galitsky, Almaz Capital US Martin Jankoski, CNB Capital Daniel Kahn, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Simone Lavizzari, Sony Europe Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan, Garnier & Co Svenja Nentwig, eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners Florian Schlehuber, Zaz Ventures Benjamin Wainstain, Innovacom Christian Ziach, High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) Presenter: Matthias Piekarczyk, BOX ID Systems GmbH Emmanuel Till-Vattier, Codasip Alexa Sinyachova, Moeco Manuel Betancourt, NeutronStar Systems 18:15 Bus Transfer to the Networking Dinner Venue 18:15, Room: Entrance Hall, imec 1 18:30 Evening Reception - Registration & Welcome Drinks 18:30, Room: De Hoorn 19:15 Welcome and Short Speeches by Hosts 19:15, Room: De Hoorn Moderator: William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe Iva Tchetinova, Tech Tour Speaker: Jean-David Malo, EIC and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) Olivier Rousseaux, imec Xavier Vanrolleghem, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) 20:00 Networking Dinner with Buffet 20:00, Room: De Hoorn 22:30 End of the Tech Tour Deep Tech, Day 1 Thursday 10 November 2022 08:45 Registration & Welcome Coffee 08:45, Room: Entrance Hall, imec 1 09:30 Company Elevator Pitches II 1-min pitch of Deep Tech selected companies + EIC Growth Club companies per session 09:30, Room: Auditorium 10:00 Networking Break & One2One Meetings 10:00, Room: Entrance Hall, imec 1 10:45 Pitching Session VII AI, Industrial Software, ML 10:45, Room: Auditorium Moderator: Alexander Sasha Galitsky, Almaz Capital US Industry Expert: Jose Campos, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Jean-Michel Chardon, LOGITECH International SA Liliia Chechel, Shell Ventures Przemyslaw Danowski, Warsaw Equity Group Sven De Cleyn, imec.istart Koen De Waele, Volta Ventures Steven Lambert, Capricorn Partners Helen McBreen, Atlantic Bridge Katerina Pramatari, Uni.Fund Pietro Strada, Silverpeak Ke Zhang, Capricorn Partners Presenter: Vadim Rogovskiy, 3DLOOK Hans Elstner, rooom AG Alexander Bley, sewts GmbH Johan Jardevall, Smart Robotics Christian Stein, Threedy GmbH Tobias Naegeli, Tinamu Labs Suhas Patel, Tvarit GmbH Pitching Session VIII Computer Vision, AR, Photonics 10:45, Room: Caf-1A Moderator: Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan, Garnier & Co Industry Expert: Stephan Decher, Zaz Ventures Vincent Hebbelynck, PMV Simon King, Octopus Ventures Alain le Loux, Cottonwood Technology Fund Maciej Pasternak, Abacus Alpha Olivier Rits, KBC Focus Fund Olivier Rousseaux, imec Presenter: Tomas Sluka, Creal Carsten Brinkschulte, Dryad Networks GmbH Boudewijn Docter, EFFECT Photonics Ilmars Osmanis, LightSpace Labs (Technologies) Hani Sherry, TiHive Pitching Session IX 3D Technologies, Power Devices 10:45, Room: Tower 2A Moderator: Nuno Carvalho, KBC Focus Fund Industry Expert: Lajla Aganovic, LOGITECH International SA Samir Ahmad, Deeptech Equity NL Johannes Boghaert, Verve Ventures Klaas de Boer, QFWventures David Ford, Silverpeak Paul Gillespie, SH Gillamor Stephens Jan Goesaert, Silk Road Partners BV Pejman Hafezi, Samsung Electronics UK Simone Lavizzari, Sony Europe Torsten Wipiejewski, Huawei Technologies Christian Ziach, High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) Presenter: Sadok Ben Dkhil, Dracula Technologies Timothee Le Quesne, Energysquare Rudy Cohen, Inbolt Karl McGoldrick, LionVolt BV Marcel Strobel, Quantica 12:15 Closing Keynote Our Quantum Future 12:15, Room: Auditorium Speaker: Juha Vartiainen, IQM Quantum Computers 12:30 Closing Remarks 12:30, Room: Auditorium Moderator: Iva Tchetinova, Tech Tour Speaker: Jo De Boeck, imec Daniel Gassmann, EIC and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe 12:45 Networking Lunch & One2One Meetings Lunch kindly offered by imec.xpand 12:45, Room: Entrance Hall, imec 1 14:15 Afternoon Tour Imec 300mm Cleanroom Visit 15:30 End of Tech Tour Deep Tech 2022 in Leuven
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