Speakers
Luís Filipe Costa
CEO
IAPMEI
(Portugal)
Nelson de Souza
President of the Executive Committee
Competiveness Programme - QREN
(Portugal)
Vladimiro Feliz
City Councillor
Câmara Municipal do Porto
(Portugal)
João Fernandes
Board Member
InovCapital
(Portugal)
Mario Rui Silva
Executive Board Member
ON.2 Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
(Portugal)
Diogo Vasconcelos
Chairman
APDC
(Portugal)
Paulo Andrez
Vice-President
European Business Angel and Early Stage Funds Association
(Belgium)
Michael Backes
Associate
eVenture Capital Partners
(Germany)
Antonio Caixinha
Responsible Fixed and Convergent Product Development
Vodafone
(Portugal)
José Ferrari Careto
Board Member
Anacom
(Portugal)
Henrique Carreiro
Microsoft
(Portugal)
Ana Isabel Dias
Head of Innovation Management and Business Development
Portugal Telecom
(Portugal)
Nicolas Goulet
Managing Partner
Adara Venture Partners
(Spain)
Vítor Magalhães
Business Development
BySide
(Portugal)
João Ricardo Moreira
Marketing Director
Optimus
(Portugal)
Antonio Neto
Global Account Director
Alcatel-Lucent
(Portugal)
Eurico Neves
Founder & CEO
Inova+S.A.
(Portugal)
Carlos Oliveira
Entrepreneur and Innovator
Pathena
(Portugal)
Cláudia Queirós
Mobile Broadband Solutions Manager
Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda.
(Portugal)
Tiago Silva Lopes
Multimedia
Portugal Telecom
(Portugal)
Sergio Luis Silvestre
Vice President for Marketing & Alliances and Chief Marketing Officer
WeDo
(Portugal)
Paulo Simões
Consultant
Egon Zehnder International
(Portugal)
William Stevens
Founder & CEO
Europe Unlimited
(Belgium)
Marko Torkkeli
Publications Director
The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM)
(United Kingdom)
Laura Urquizu
Director
Banca Civica / Capital Semilla / Negocios Emergentes
(Spain)
Expert Reviewers
This list includes leading international venture capitalists, corporates, investors, international business executives & prestigious experts in their field, who will share their expertise in the various discussion sessions and high-potential Company Presentation Sessions.
Heitor Benfeito
Investment analyst and company management
InovCapital
(Portugal)
Iain Bitran
Executive Director
The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM)
(United Kingdom)
João Coelho Borges
Partner
Magnum Capital Partners
(Portugal)
Marco Catarino
Operations Director
Beta - Sociedade de Capital de Risco, S.A.
(Portugal)
Ana Isabel Dias
Head of Innovation Management and Business Development
Portugal Telecom
(Portugal)
Jorge Miguel Figueira
Executive Coordinator
University of Coimbra
(Portugal)
José Fernando Figueiredo
SPGM - Sociedade de Investimento
(Portugal)
Nicolas Goulet
Managing Partner
Adara Venture Partners
(Spain)
Jose Guerreiro de Sousa
Principal
ES Ventures
(Portugal)
Frédéric Lardieg
Principal
Vodafone Ventures
(United Kingdom)
Ricardo Luz
President
Invicta Angels
(Portugal)
Hugo Magalhães
Management Board
EuroCloud Portugal
(Portugal)
Catarina Maia
Executive Manager
A2B SGPS
(Portugal)
Rusi Marinov
Associate professor of Information science
New Bulgarian University
(Bulgaria)
Celso Martinho
Board of Administrators
Portugal Telecom
(Portugal)
Eurico Neves
Founder & CEO
Inova+S.A.
(Portugal)
Jim Penberthy
Corporate Relations
Pera
(United Kingdom)
Hans Rijckenberg
Managing Director
Regional Experts
(Netherlands)
Bruno Rodrigues
Microsoft
(Portugal)
Jose Basilio Simões
President
VegaVentures
(Portugal)
Nuno Soares
Director
Inova+S.A.
(Portugal)
Nicholas Steiner
Director of Corporate Development
NDS Group plc
(United Kingdom)
Arne Strand
Managing Director
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(United Kingdom)
François Tison
General Partner
360° Capital Partners
(Italy)
Siegfried Verstappen
Senior Investment Promotion Executive
Invest Hong Kong
(Belgium)
Jan Vocke
Telia Company
(Sweden)
Paul Webber
Director
Europe Unlimited
(Belgium)
