Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · Person Adel Al-Saleh is the CEO of SES Satellites, one of the world's largest satellite operators headquartered in Luxembourg with a fleet spanning geostationary and medium Earth orbit. He also serves as Vice-Chair of the Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA), giving him a prominent role in shaping global satellite industry policy and regulatory affairs. Al-Saleh has led SES through major strategic initiatives including the O3b mPOWER medium Earth orbit constellation expansion and the high-profile C-band spectrum clearing in the United States. He is a widely recognized executive voice in the global space and telecommunications sector.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and former CTO of Sorare, building the blockchain-based fantasy-sports platform he started with Nicolas Julia in 2018.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and co-CEO of Mirakl, leading the marketplace-software company's US and global expansion. He co-founded the company with Philippe Corrot after an earlier e-commerce venture.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Agnes Molnar is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and Regional Director (RD), one of approximately 160 Microsoft Regional Directors recognized globally as elite technology community ambassadors. She works as an independent consultant, mentor, and life coach with deep expertise in Microsoft Power Platform, SharePoint, and enterprise Microsoft technologies. Molnar is a widely recognized speaker at major European Microsoft ecosystem conferences and is known for combining technical depth with coaching on soft skills and career development.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A pharmacist by training and former Elan executive, he invests across biopharmaceuticals and medical devices and has helped guide the firm's three funds and more than €425M under management.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania · Person Technical retrospectives and patterns expert, author of "Retrospectives Antipatterns," who teaches teams how to run effective retrospectives and apply software patterns. She is an announced speaker at Codecamp Cluj-Napoca 2026.
Oslo, Norway · Person Retired Norwegian Olympic and World champion alpine ski racer who has built a second career as an entrepreneur and investor backing sport, technology, and consumer ventures. He speaks on performance, resilience, and building businesses, and is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of Fuse Energy and an early Revolut executive who served as its chief revenue officer. He started Fuse to build a vertically integrated renewable-energy and battery business.
Madrid, Spain · Person Co-founder and co-CEO of Seedtag, the contextual-advertising AI company he started in 2014 with fellow ex-Googler Jorge Poyatos. He leads commercial growth of Seedtag's cookie-free advertising platform.
Alpbach, Austria · Person Italian legal scholar and Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris, founder of the civic advocacy organization The Good Lobby, focused on citizen participation and European democracy. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 European Forum Alpbach.
Madrid, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of Spotahome, the Madrid-based mid- to long-term rental marketplace. He co-founded the proptech in 2014 to let tenants book verified homes online without in-person viewings, backed by Seaya and others.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Co-founding partner of Vastpoint Ventures, a 2025 seed fund investing in AI, B2B SaaS and techbio. She was an early employee at ElevenLabs, where she built the AI-safety team and led core partnerships during its rise to unicorn status, and previously co-founded a Cambridge deep-tech startup.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Executive at Silk Bank, a Georgian financial institution active in digital banking and payments. He is an announced speaker at FUTURUM Payments Georgia 2026 in Tbilisi.
London, GB · Person Alex Baldock is the Chief Executive Officer of Currys plc, the United Kingdom's leading consumer electronics retailer listed on the London Stock Exchange. He has overseen the company's strategic shift toward agentic AI and omnichannel customer service innovation. Baldock is a confirmed keynote speaker at NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, addressing the pillar of agentic AI and customer services.
London, United Kingdom · Person Serial UK entrepreneur who founded Cazoo, the online used-car retailer, after building Zoopla and LoveFilm. A prolific consumer-internet founder, he took Cazoo public via SPAC in 2021.
Paris, France · Person Alex Kaluzny serves as Chief Technology Officer at Doctolib, one of Europe's foremost digital health unicorns, where he leads engineering and technical architecture for a platform used by over 80 million patients across France, Germany, and Italy. In this role he drives the company's technology strategy including its expansion into AI-assisted clinical tools and cross-border healthcare services. He is a prominent figure in the European health technology ecosystem and a recognised speaker on digital health innovation and enterprise technology at European policy forums.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of Wayve, pioneering end-to-end deep learning for self-driving rather than hand-coded rules. A Cambridge PhD, he raised one of Europe's largest AI rounds from SoftBank, Microsoft and Nvidia.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Engineering leader at Zencoder working on AI-assisted software development and developer tooling. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Alexander Aleksiev is the Chief Technology Officer of Ampeco, a Bulgarian EV charging management software company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Sofia. Ampeco has raised $42 million in total funding, including a $26 million Series B round led by Revaia with participation from BMW i Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures, and Cavalry Ventures. The platform manages over 250,000 charge points across more than 70 markets globally, serving 200+ customers. Aleksiev speaks at DEV.BG All in One 2026 on the topic of AI agents in software development and their impact on engineering roles.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Developer relations engineer at VoidZero and a Nuxt and Vue.js ecosystem contributor, known for his web development teaching and open-source tooling work in JavaScript and TypeScript. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Munich, Germany · Person Alexander Rinke is Co-founder & Co-CEO of process-mining giant Celonis. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Alexander leads process-mining giant Celonis.
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person Co-founder and General Partner of PSV (PreSeed Ventures) Tech. He backs technical founders at the earliest stage and supports them through the journey from research and prototype to first institutional venture rounds across the Nordic region.
Vienna, Austria · Person Alexander Wrabetz is Vienna's Commissioner for AI in Media and the former long-serving Director General of ORF, Austria's public broadcasting corporation. He is a prominent figure in Austrian and European media policy, having led ORF through major digital transformation phases over multiple terms. At the 4GAMECHANGERS AI-Day 2026, he argued for cross-sector cooperation among public and private broadcasters to address economic pressures from advertising losses and accelerate AI adoption.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Nabla, the clinical-AI assistant for clinicians. A repeat AI founder, he previously built VirtuOz and Wit.ai (acquired by Facebook) and led conversational-AI research at Meta.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Qonto, the business-banking platform for SMEs and freelancers he co-founded in 2016. He scaled it into one of Europe's most valuable fintechs, backed by Tiger, TCV and Alven.
Iași, Romania · Person Senior Cloud Engineer at CrowdStrike specialising in scalable cloud infrastructure and security engineering. He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026, where he addresses developers and architects on cloud systems.
Łódź, Poland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Kubota, the listed Polish lifestyle brand best known for reviving the iconic Kubota flip-flop. She and her co-founders relaunched the dormant brand in 2018 and grew it into a multi-channel e-commerce and retail business.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder of Wayve and a machine-learning researcher who completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge alongside co-founder Alex Kendall before starting the autonomous-driving company.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Person Amir Salihefendic is the Founder and CEO of Doist, the company behind Todoist, one of the world's most widely used task management and productivity applications with tens of millions of users globally. He founded Todoist in 2007 and built Doist into a profitable, bootstrapped, fully remote-first company without external venture capital funding. Salihefendic is a widely cited thought leader on async-first work culture, sustainable remote work practices, and building durable software businesses outside the VC model.
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person Founder and Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium, Denmark's first dedicated deep-tech venture fund, which closed at €60M in 2025. He invests in science-rooted spinouts across quantum computing, cleantech, new materials, biotech and new space, primarily from Nordic technical universities.
Stavanger, Norway · Person Anders Opedal is President and CEO of Equinor, Norway's state-controlled energy company with operations in over 30 countries and one of the world's largest offshore oil and gas producers. He assumed the CEO role in November 2020, overseeing Equinor's strategy to expand into offshore wind, solar, and hydrogen alongside its legacy hydrocarbon business. Equinor is the main partner of the Scale-Ups venue at ONS 2026, supporting energy startups and scale-ups at the Stavanger event.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Executive at Gate.com (Gate.io), a global cryptocurrency exchange. He is an announced speaker at FUTURUM Payments Georgia 2026 in Tbilisi, addressing crypto markets and payments.
Munich, Germany · Person General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, where he leads investments in AI, software infrastructure and fintech. He is well known for data-driven venture research and writing on how machine learning is reshaping early-stage investing in Europe.
Munich, Germany · Person André Schwämmlein is Co-founder & CEO of the long-distance mobility company Flix (FlixBus). A founder in the German startup ecosystem, André leads the long-distance mobility company Flix (FlixBus).
Valletta, Malta · Person André Xuereb is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Merqury Cybersecurity, a Malta-based cybersecurity firm. As a founder and CEO in the cybersecurity space, he is an active and recognised figure in Malta's growing information security community. He is a confirmed speaker in the Cybersecurity track at TechTok 2026.
Berlin, Germany · Person André Zayarni is Co-founder & CEO of the vector-database company Qdrant. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, André leads the vector-database company Qdrant.
Munich, DE · Person Andreas Hoerning is the Chief Executive Officer of Westwing Group AG, a publicly listed European home and living e-commerce company headquartered in Munich, Germany, with operations across multiple European markets. He leads Westwing's strategy around community-driven commerce, social retail, and influencer partnerships. Hoerning is a confirmed keynote speaker at NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Entrepreneur and leader of the Kameris Group, a Cypriot business group. He is an announced speaker at the INSPIRE 2026 Entrepreneurial Festival in Cyprus.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Warsaw and the National University of Singapore, specialising in relativistic quantum information. He is also an internationally recognised photographer known for the high-contrast 'Dragan effect' and has directed campaigns for Netflix, HBO and PlayStation.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person American psychologist, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author of 'Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance'. She co-founded the non-profit Character Lab and is a leading researcher on grit and self-control, and is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Founder and CEO of Selia Fullcommerce, an e-commerce and fullcommerce services company. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Ann Mettler is Vice President for Europe at Breakthrough Energy, the climate-focused investment and advocacy organization founded by Bill Gates to accelerate clean energy innovation globally. She previously led the European Political Strategy Centre, the in-house think tank of the European Commission, and served as Executive Director of The Lisbon Council from 2003 to 2014. She is a prominent voice on European clean energy technology and innovation policy, and a confirmed speaker at the ONS 2026 Strategic Conference.
Oslo, Norway · Person Welsh graphic designer specialising in film and renowned for creating the props and graphic design for movies such as Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. Author of 'Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps', she is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Swedish entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Lovable, a Stockholm-based AI coding startup that lets people build software through natural language. He previously co-founded the e-commerce product-discovery company Depict.ai and was an early engineer at Sana Labs, with earlier research work at CERN.
Oslo, Norway · Person Arild Kristensen holds dual senior roles as COO of Norway Health Tech and Director of Health at Validé, placing him at the center of health innovation facilitation and ecosystem management in Norway. He is a key moderator and organizer for the Healthtech Festival series, the flagship event connecting healthcare providers, technology companies, and decision-makers across the Norwegian health sector. His work spans health cluster strategy, innovation facilitation, and bridging the gap between public healthcare institutions and private technology companies.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Arman Obosyan is the CEO of Skytel, one of Georgia's established telecommunications and technology companies. He spoke at Change Inspire 2026, a major annual technology conference held in Tbilisi in its seventh year, addressing an audience of 1,000+ IT professionals and business leaders. As a chief executive in Georgia's technology and telecom sector, Obosyan is a notable figure in the country's enterprise technology landscape.
Paris, France · Person Founder and CEO of Brevo (formerly Sendinblue), the digital marketing and CRM platform he started in 2012 to give small businesses affordable email and automation tools, scaling it across Europe and beyond.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Senior full stack engineer at Tiptap, building the headless rich-text editor framework used across modern JavaScript and web applications. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Hamburg, Germany · Person Arne Blankerts is Co-Founder of thePHP.cc, a Germany-based software consultancy specializing in PHP architecture, clean code, and software quality best practices. He is a recognized speaker and educator in the PHP and broader software development community, with expertise in software design, refactoring, and dependency injection. Blankerts has contributed extensively to open-source PHP tooling and regularly presents at major PHP and software conferences across Europe and internationally. He co-leads thePHP.cc alongside PHPUnit creator Sebastian Bergmann.
Oslo, Norway · Person German product leadership expert, co-founder of Hey Clarity, and curator of the Product at Heart conference, with a long career building and coaching product teams. A well-known figure in the European product management community, he is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Dr. Artemis Kontou is a Senior Researcher and Entrepreneur at KIOS Center of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, where she applies deep learning methodologies to healthcare diagnostics and monitoring challenges. She is the founder of Tseepor and co-founder of Malloc, a cybersecurity startup, demonstrating her trajectory from academic research to technology entrepreneurship. She is a confirmed speaker at the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, representing the intersection of AI research and startup building within the Cyprus innovation ecosystem.
Paris, France · Person Arthur Bataille is the CEO of NEVERHACK Group, a European cybersecurity company headquartered in Paris, France, that provides AI-native defence services, managed detection and response, and EU-sovereign security infrastructure to organizations across Europe. Under his leadership, NEVERHACK has expanded across multiple European countries and established itself as a key player in the EU cybersecurity market. He is a confirmed opening speaker at the Nordic Baltic Security Summit 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI, the open-weight large-language-model company that became Europe's flagship AI lab. A former DeepMind researcher, he co-founded Mistral in 2023 and raised some of Europe's largest AI rounds.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Pennylane, the accounting and financial-management platform for SMEs and accountants. He scaled it into one of France's fastest-growing fintechs, backed by Sequoia and Partech.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Co-founder and Partner at Movens Capital. Serial tech entrepreneur and investor; founder and CEO of NetSprint (2000–2018), a Polish search engine that grew into a CEE adtech/martech group. Led Movens Fund 1 (2020–2023) to invest roughly €14M across 20 CEE startups before co-anchoring Fund 2 (€60M, 2025). Board roles and angel investments across fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS in Poland and CEE.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Software engineer and developer advocate, lead of the SolidStart project and a core contributor to the Solid.js JavaScript framework, working as a fullstack engineer in the developer-tools space. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Audrey Scozzaro Ferrazzini serves as Vice President of Government Affairs at Qualcomm, one of the world's leading semiconductor and wireless technology corporations. Based in Europe, she represents Qualcomm before EU institutions and national governments on matters including the European Chips Act, 5G spectrum policy, mobile connectivity standards, and digital competitiveness strategy. She is a prominent industry voice in European technology and semiconductor policy discussions, regularly engaging with senior EU officials and member state governments.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Electra, the fast EV-charging network deploying hubs across Europe. He co-founded the company in 2021 and raised large rounds from Eurazeo, PGGM and others.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of TravelPerk, the Barcelona-based business-travel management unicorn. He previously founded the hotel-software startup Hotel Ninjas (acquired by Booking.com) before launching TravelPerk in 2015.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Balazs Horvath is the Founder and Lead Architect of VisualLabs, a Hungarian technology company specializing in Microsoft Power Platform, Business Intelligence, and AI-driven automation solutions. He is an active speaker in the European Microsoft community, presenting on topics including multi-agent architectures and autonomous agents built on Microsoft's Business Application and cloud stack. Horvath also supports the Hungarian Microsoft practitioner community through sponsorship and participation in the annual Shift+Enter Summit.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Bart Groothuis is a Dutch Member of the European Parliament (MEP) who played a central role in shaping European cybersecurity legislation, including the NIS2 Directive. Prior to his parliamentary career, he held positions at the Dutch Ministry of Defence with a focus on cyber operations and digital security. He is widely regarded as one of Europe's leading political voices on cybersecurity, digital sovereignty, and cyber defense policy.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Investment Director at Movens Capital. Focused on pre-seed and seed dealflow across CEE, with emphasis on SaaS, climate tech, and industrial software. Works closely with portfolio on fundraising and metrics operationalisation.
The Hague, Netherlands · Person Bas Dunnebier serves as Chief Science and Technology Officer (CSTO) at AIVD (Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst), the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service. In this senior executive role he oversees the agency's technological research, cyber capabilities, and innovation programs. He is a key figure in the Dutch national security and cybersecurity landscape, bridging intelligence operations with advanced technology development.
Munich, Germany · Person Bastian Nominacher is Co-founder & Co-CEO of process-mining giant Celonis. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Bastian leads process-mining giant Celonis.
Birmingham, United Kingdom · Person Founder and CEO of Gymshark, the fitness-apparel brand he started from his parents' garage as a teenager and bootstrapped into a billion-pound business before its first outside investment.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Specialist in applied artificial intelligence for commercial environments at Molin AI, focusing on how AI tools can be deployed in practical e-commerce and retail use cases. He is an announced speaker at the XXII E-Commerce Conference 2026 in Budapest.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Software engineer and test-automation specialist at trivago N.V., focused on quality engineering and developer productivity. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Riot, the employee-cybersecurity platform for awareness training and phishing simulation. He previously co-founded and was CTO of the open-banking startup October.
Dunkirk, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Verkor, the low-carbon battery-gigafactory company building cells for electric vehicles in northern France, backed by Renault, EQT and Macquarie.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder of Factorial and a partner in the Itnig startup ecosystem in Barcelona, where he has founded and backed multiple SaaS companies. He focuses on company-building and operations across the Itnig portfolio.
Vienna, Austria · Person Bernhard Albrecht is Co-CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4, Austria's leading commercial broadcaster and digital entertainment group. He drives the company's AI strategy and digital transformation agenda across its portfolio of TV and digital channels. At the 4GAMECHANGERS AI-Day 2026, he emphasized moving from AI buzzwords toward genuine practical implementations in media production and marketing.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Managing Director at Arthaum Group, working across finance, technology and strategic advisory. She is an announced speaker at Eurasia Tech Week 2026 in Istanbul.
Palo Alto, United States · Person Co-founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Bridge, the Dublin- and London-based growth-equity firm. A serial semiconductor and technology entrepreneur, he leads the firm's transatlantic 'Bridge Model', helping European deep-tech companies scale into the US market.
Los Angeles, US · Person Brieane Olsen is the Chief Executive Officer of PacSun (Pacific Sunwear), a leading American lifestyle fashion brand and retail chain centered on youth culture. Under her leadership, PacSun has become a recognized pioneer in community-driven retail and influencer-commerce integrations. She is a confirmed keynote speaker at NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, speaking on creating community and embracing influencers.
New York, United States · Person Bryony Cole is the Founder of Future of Sex, a global media and research platform exploring the convergence of technology and human sexuality, and the creator of the Sextech School. She is widely recognized as a pioneer in the sextech industry, known for her TED talk and long-running podcast on the future of sex and technology, which have established her as a sought-after international speaker and entrepreneur. Her work bridges technology entrepreneurship, human behavior, and innovation in an emerging consumer-tech sector, and she is a confirmed speaker at AI Summit Budapest 2026.
Budapest, Hungary · Person UK-based testing specialist and quality coach with over 18 years of experience across a range of industries and development methodologies, focusing on holistic quality engineering and exploratory testing. He is an announced rising-star keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of Nothing, the London consumer-electronics brand behind the Phone and Ear products. He previously co-founded OnePlus and is one of the most closely followed hardware founders in tech.
Valladolid, Spain · Person Carlos Moro is a Spanish entrepreneur and founder of Bodegas Familiares Matarromera, one of Spain’s leading wine groups, known for combining viticulture with innovation, R&D and sustainability across food, cosmetics and biotechnology ventures.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder and executive president of Holaluz, the Barcelona green-energy retailer she co-founded in 2010 and took public on BME Growth in 2019. She is a prominent advocate for Spain's renewable-energy 'rooftop revolution.'
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Chief Technology Officer at Incredible Holding GmbH and a web development educator active in the JavaScript and frontend community. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Paris, France · Person Caroline Chopinaud is the Chief Executive Officer of Hub France IA, the national federation uniting France's artificial intelligence ecosystem with over 300 member organisations and 160+ AI startups. In her role she leads advocacy, working groups, and European partnerships for France's AI community. She is a prominent AI ecosystem figure and serves on the Advisory Board of Big Data & AI Paris 2026.
Munich, Germany · Person German entrepreneur and investor, founder and owner of the Munich-based Maschmeyer Group and a long-running investor on the TV show Die Höhle der Löwen (the German Shark Tank). He runs the investment arms seed+speed Ventures and Alstin Capital, and previously founded and led financial-services firm AWD.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is the Director General of DIGITALEUROPE, Europe's leading digital industry trade association, a position she has held since 2019. A Danish national based in Brussels, she is one of the most influential voices in European technology policy, regularly engaging with EU institutions on legislation covering artificial intelligence, data governance, cybersecurity, and the digital single market. She serves as the primary spokesperson for the digital industry in European legislative processes and oversees major industry events including the DIGITALEUROPE Summer Summit.
Vienna, Austria · Person Colombian legal scholar and professor at NYU School of Law, chair of the Earth Rights Research and Action program, working on human rights, environmental law and the rights of nature. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and environmental law.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CTO of Alan and a prominent French tech operator who previously worked on data and ML at Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. He also co-founded the AI startup Mistral AI as an early backer-operator.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of H (formerly H Company), the Paris AI lab building frontier agentic models. He launched it in 2024 with one of Europe's largest seed rounds, backed by Xavier Niel, Accel and others.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Chief Technology Officer of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the open-source foundation behind Kubernetes and the broader cloud-native ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Sofia 2026, addressing the regional cloud-native developer community.
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person Co-founder and General Partner at PSV and CEO of PSV Foundry, the Technical University of Denmark's investment and incubation arm. She works at the intersection of university research and venture creation, helping turn deep science into fundable Nordic startups.
Berlin, Germany · Person Christian Bertermann is Co-founder & CEO of the used-car marketplace AUTO1 Group. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Christian leads the used-car marketplace AUTO1 Group.
Munich, Germany · Person Christian Bruch is President and CEO of Siemens Energy, a global technology company focused on the energy transition with revenues exceeding €35 billion and approximately 100,000 employees across 90 countries. He assumed the CEO role in 2020, guiding the company through its spin-off from Siemens AG and subsequent restructuring efforts including challenges within the Siemens Gamesa wind turbine business. At ONS 2026, he chairs the Strategic Conference Committee, shaping the programme agenda for one of the world's largest energy forums in Stavanger.
Frankfurt, Germany · Person Christian Eggers serves as President for the Central European region at Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and AI infrastructure division of Alibaba Group, one of the world's largest technology conglomerates. In this executive role he oversees business development, enterprise partnerships, and cloud adoption strategy across Central Europe, making him a key decision-maker in the regional enterprise technology ecosystem. He is a confirmed speaker at AI Summit Budapest 2026, where he represents Alibaba Cloud's cloud and AI portfolio for European markets.
Berlin, Germany · Person Christian Hecker is Co-founder & CEO of the mobile broker and bank Trade Republic. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Christian leads the mobile broker and bank Trade Republic.
Iași, Romania · Person Independent consultant and author of "Microservices in .NET," focused on distributed systems and microservice architecture. He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026, covering microservices and .NET.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Partner and co-founder of Heartcore Capital. Based in Copenhagen, he invests in consumer technology and software founders across Europe and has been part of the firm since its 2007 origins as Sunstone Technology Ventures.
Berlin, Germany · Person Co-founder and General Partner of Earlybird Venture Capital (founded 1997). Based in Berlin, he invests across deep tech, fintech and enterprise software and has been a board member and backer of multiple European category leaders over Earlybird's 29-year history.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Christiana Aristidou is a transnational technology lawyer with over 28 years of experience, specialising in blockchain regulation, AI legal oversight, and cross-border technology law. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Hybrid LawTech Firm, a practice that bridges legal expertise with emerging technology across multiple jurisdictions. She is a confirmed speaker at the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, representing the intersection of legal innovation and technology governance.
Gothenburg, Sweden · Person Christina Brinck is the President of Volvo Group Venture Capital, the corporate venture arm of the Volvo Group focused on investing in transformative technologies for sustainable transportation, logistics, and manufacturing. She leads strategic CVC investments in deep tech and software startups that align with the Volvo Group's long-term innovation agenda across mobility and industrial sectors. Brinck is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026 representing the corporate venture perspective in the Nordic ecosystem.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Christina Ioannou is the CEO and Founder of Arete Strategy AI, a consultancy operating across the EU and MENA regions that specialises in AI policy and strategic advisory services. She is a Policy Advisor recognised by the European Commission for her contributions to AI governance and regulatory frameworks, positioning her as a notable voice in European AI policy. She is a confirmed speaker at the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, bringing cross-jurisdictional expertise in AI strategy and public policy.
Oslo, Norway · Person American author, lecturer at Stanford University, and expert on goal-setting and high-performing teams, best known for her book 'Radical Focus' on objectives and key results (OKRs). A veteran product and design leader, she is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Christine Leurquin is CEO Belgium and Senior Director of European and Public Affairs at Aldoria, a French space safety and sustainability startup specializing in space debris tracking and collision avoidance services. Aldoria operates a ground-based radar network dedicated to monitoring objects in low Earth orbit, providing commercial and institutional clients with conjunction analysis and space traffic alerting services. Her dual role combines executive leadership for Belgian operations with EU-level public affairs activities, making her a key interface between the space sustainability startup ecosystem and European policymakers.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Planted, the Zurich-based food technology company he co-founded in 2019 as an ETH Zurich spin-out. Jenny led Planted through a CHF 70 million Series B in 2021 and expanded the company's plant-based meat products across Swiss supermarkets, Germany, and European food service channels. Planted's wet extrusion technology, developed from ETH Zurich research, produces fibrous plant-based textures that closely mimic animal protein.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Co-founder of Nodes & Links, a startup applying AI to project risk and delivery. He is an announced speaker at the INSPIRE 2026 Entrepreneurial Festival in Cyprus.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of InnovaFeed, one of the world's largest insect-protein producers, turning insects into sustainable feed and fertiliser at industrial scale, backed by Temasek and Qatar Investment Authority.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CTO of Dataiku, leading engineering for the data-science platform. A former VLC media-player core developer and Exalead engineer, he is one of France's well-known technical founders.
London, United Kingdom · Person Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Allica Bank, the UK SME-focused challenger bank. A serial fintech founder who previously built and led Funding Options before joining Allica, he is an announced 2026 speaker at the Open Banking Expo UK & Europe in London.
Vienna, Austria · Person British-Canadian author, journalist and digital-rights activist, a special advisor to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and prolific commentator on technology, platforms and the open internet. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Beekeeper, the Zurich-based frontline workforce platform he co-founded in 2012 with Flavio Pfaffhauser. Grossmann led Beekeeper through a Series C in 2021 backed by Atomico, Alpana Ventures, and Swiss Post, bringing total funding to over $100 million. The platform scales to over 1,000 enterprise customers including Marriott, Hilton, and Heathrow Airport, serving workers in manufacturing, hospitality, retail, and logistics without corporate email addresses.
Lisbon, Portugal · Person General Partner at Indico Capital Partners and co-founder of Talkdesk, the contact-centre software unicorn. A Forbes 30 Under 30 alumna and one of Portugal's best-known tech entrepreneurs, she invests in early-stage software and AI companies across Southern Europe.
Bucharest, Romania · Person Venture Partner at Earlybird focused on Central and Eastern Europe. He co-built the Earlybird Digital East franchise (now Bek Ventures) that produced the UiPath and Trendyol outcomes, and continues to bridge Earlybird with the CEE founder ecosystem.
San Francisco, US · Person Dana Lawson is the Chief Technology Officer at Netlify, the leading web development and deployment platform powering millions of modern sites and applications globally. Prior to Netlify, she held senior engineering leadership roles at GitHub, where she was recognized for scaling engineering teams and culture at high-growth developer platforms. She is a prominent speaker at major developer conferences and a widely respected voice on engineering culture, developer experience, and platform scalability.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Senior developer advocate at PagerDuty and a JavaScript and React engineer focused on state management and developer experience across the web platform. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Picnic, the Amsterdam-based online grocery delivery company, where he leads engineering, data and the in-house machine-learning platform that powers its app-only model. He is a confirmed speaker at TechEx Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, presenting on applied AI and data at scale.
Berlin, Germany · Person Daniel Khachab is Co-founder & CEO of the AI food-supply-chain platform Choco. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Daniel leads the AI food-supply-chain platform Choco.
Munich, Germany · Person Daniel Metzler is Co-founder & CEO of the orbital-launch company Isar Aerospace. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Daniel leads the orbital-launch company Isar Aerospace.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Founder of Pokélink and a JavaScript developer building real-time web and streaming tools for online communities. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Open-source software engineer at Vercel and lead of the Nuxt core team, the Vue.js meta-framework, focused on the modern JavaScript and TypeScript web development ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf.
Munich, Germany · Person Daniel Wiegand is Co-founder & CEO of the eVTOL air-mobility company Lilium. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Daniel leads the eVTOL air-mobility company Lilium.
Berlin, Germany · Person Vice President of the Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency), Germany's regulator for electricity, gas, telecommunications, post and railways, with a focus on digital infrastructure and AI governance. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI, Data & Quantum Summit (AIDAQ) in Berlin.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Index Ventures, based in London, and one of Europe's most influential technology investors. He has led or backed Discord, Dropbox, Figma, DeepL, Etsy and Supercell, and topped the Forbes Midas List Europe in 2025. He has been central to Index's transatlantic consumer and design-led software franchise.
Warsaw, Poland · Person CEO of Polski Standard Płatności, operator of the BLIK mobile-payment system, since 2017. He previously built SkyCash Poland into one of the country's fastest-growing mobile-payments companies as its CEO, and held senior roles at Interia.pl.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Programmer and author, co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer and a signatory of the Agile Manifesto, a longstanding influence on software craftsmanship and developer practice. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, reflecting on pragmatic programming in the age of AI.
Berlin, Germany · Person David Nothacker is Co-founder & CEO of the digital road-freight platform Sennder. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, David leads the digital road-freight platform Sennder.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder and former co-CEO of Typeform, the Barcelona-based online form and survey platform. A designer by background, he co-created Typeform's conversational form experience that grew into a global SaaS product.
Berlin, Germany · Person David Schneider is Co-founder of the fashion e-commerce giant Zalando. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, David leads the fashion e-commerce giant Zalando.
London, United Kingdom · Person Reinforcement-learning pioneer who led the AlphaGo and AlphaZero projects at DeepMind, and a founder of Ineffable Intelligence. He is one of the most cited researchers in modern AI.
Helsinki, Finland · Person David Sonnek is the CEO of Navigare Ventures, a Nordic venture capital and ecosystem development organization focused on supporting deep tech startups across Scandinavia and Finland. He has played a significant role in building cross-border collaboration between Nordic startups, investors, and research institutions, and is a regular participant in the Nordic technology conference circuit. Sonnek is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Vice President for Georgia and Armenia at Mastercard, leading payments and digital-commerce partnerships in the region. He is an announced speaker at FUTURUM Payments Georgia 2026 in Tbilisi.
London, United Kingdom · Person Managing Partner and Head of Europe & Israel at Eight Roads Ventures, the global venture platform backed by Fidelity. He leads the firm's growth-stage investments in European and Israeli software, fintech and consumer companies.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Platform engineer working on applied AI at Zephyr Cloud, a long-time developer advocate and web testing and tooling specialist in the JavaScript ecosystem. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Dublin, Ireland · Person General Partner at ACT Venture Capital, where she has built her career since the 1990s. A chartered accountant and former KPMG corporate-finance professional, she invests across software, health tech and deep tech and works closely with founders on growth and exits.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and COO of Nabla, leading operations and partnerships for the clinical-documentation AI company used by thousands of practitioners.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Financial-services regulatory expert and former Chair of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, now at DKA Financial Consultants. She is an announced speaker at the Digital Assets and the Future of Finance Summit 2026 in Cyprus.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Chief executive of Creative Navy, a UX design agency, and a confirmed speaker at SmashingConf Antwerp 2026. He focuses on evidence-based user experience design, usability and the design of complex interfaces for digital products.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Irish entrepreneur and co-founder of Intercom, the customer-communications and AI customer-service company, where he serves as Chief Strategy Officer overseeing product strategy and R&D from its Dublin and London offices. He previously co-founded Exceptional and is a frequent speaker on SaaS, product and growth.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Founding and managing partner at SMOK Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe. A physics graduate, she co-founded ReaktorX and was a leading figure in the Polish startup community before moving into venture capital, and has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30.
Los Angeles, United States · Person Executive advisor to Web3 founders and brands on digital strategy and NFTs, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Advises companies entering the Web3 and metaverse space.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Founder of EFEVRE TECH, a Cypriot technology company. He is an announced speaker at the INSPIRE 2026 Entrepreneurial Festival in Cyprus.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Executive at BitOK, a crypto compliance and analytics company. He is an announced speaker at FUTURUM Payments Georgia 2026 in Tbilisi, covering crypto compliance and payments.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Software engineer at Sentry and maintainer of TanStack Query, a widely used data-fetching and state-management library for the React and JavaScript ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Geneva, Switzerland · Person Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, leading global efforts on digital connectivity and AI governance. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
Berlin, Germany · Person German politician serving as Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space, and previously Minister of State for Digitalisation. A long-standing advocate for Germany's digital and deep-tech agenda, she is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI, Data & Quantum Summit in Berlin.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Partner at Newion investing in European B2B software founders. He backs enterprise SaaS and automation companies across the Benelux and DACH regions and supports portfolio companies on growth and operational execution.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Engineer at Redis specialising in databases, caching and real-time data systems. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Founder and leader of the Hyperion Group, with a background spanning energy trading and entrepreneurship. He is an announced speaker at the INSPIRE 2026 Entrepreneurial Festival in Cyprus.
Oslo, Norway · Person Product leader and Director of Product at Google working on YouTube, with prior senior product roles including at Netflix and Uber. A respected voice on product management, leadership, and building for global users, she is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CTO of Poolside, leading research on AI for code. He previously founded the code-analysis company source{d} before co-founding Poolside with Jason Warner.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Co-founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Bridge, based in Dublin. A chartered accountant and veteran technology-finance executive who took several companies through IPOs and acquisitions, she has helped build Atlantic Bridge into a €1.2bn+ growth-equity platform.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and co-CEO of Pigment, the business-planning and forecasting platform. A former Index Ventures investor and Google analyst, she co-founded Pigment in 2019 and grew it into a fast-rising enterprise SaaS.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Executive at TBC Wealth Management, part of TBC Bank, focused on wealth and asset management services. He is an announced speaker at FUTURUM Payments Georgia 2026 in Tbilisi.
Iași, Romania · Person Data scientist at E.ON Software Development working on data science and machine-learning applications in the energy sector. She is an announced speaker at Codecamp Iași 2026.
Kyiv, Ukraine · Person Ukrainian fashion designer and founder of the Gasanova fashion brand, known internationally for its runway collections. She is an announced speaker at the Forbes Entrepreneurs Forum 2026 in Kyiv.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Sustainability Project Manager in Smart Infrastructure at Siemens Switzerland, working on sustainability initiatives within the industrial and building-technology business. She is an announced speaker in the Hidden Figures Awards program at the 2026 #wetechtogether Conference in Zurich.
Salamanca, Spain · Person Emilio Corchado is the CEO and founder of Startup OLÉ and a professor at the University of Salamanca, where he has built one of Spain’s largest open-innovation and entrepreneurship platforms connecting startups, corporates, investors and academia.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Design practitioner at Ampersand and a confirmed speaker at SmashingConf Antwerp 2026, where she shares hands-on techniques and workflows for designers and design engineers working on product design and user interfaces.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Emma Johnson is Senior Principal at M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, one of the world's leading science and technology companies. Based in the Netherlands, M Ventures invests globally in life sciences, healthcare, and biotechnology, and Emma focuses on identifying and supporting early- to mid-stage biotech companies across Europe and beyond. She is an active participant in the European life science VC ecosystem.
Paris, France · Person Emmanuel Bernard is a software engineer and open-source leader who created Hibernate ORM, Hibernate Search, and Hibernate Validator, three foundational frameworks in the Java enterprise ecosystem used by millions of developers worldwide. He served for many years as a member of the Java Community Process (JCP) Expert Groups for the Java Persistence API and Bean Validation, directly shaping the standards that underpin Java enterprise application development. Previously a Distinguished Engineer at Red Hat, he now leads Hexactgon and remains an influential voice in the Java and open-source community.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person CEO of Clickmelive, a live-commerce and digital sales technology company. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. A biotechnologist with a PhD and former Enterprise Ireland and Elan experience, she leads investments across biopharma and diagnostics and manages many of the firm's cross-sector relationships.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of Wallbox, the Barcelona EV-charging company that listed on the NYSE. A former Tesla charging engineer, he co-founded Wallbox in 2015 to build smart home and public charging hardware and software.
Hamburg, Germany · Person Eray Basar is the CEO of IMG.LY, a Hamburg-based software company specializing in AI-powered creative editing tools and developer SDKs for photo and video manipulation. Under his leadership, IMG.LY has grown into a leading provider of embedded creative technology used by companies globally to integrate design capabilities into their products. He speaks at the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative tooling, and is confirmed as a speaker at Forward Festival Berlin 2026.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and former CEO of Ledger, the crypto hardware-wallet maker he co-founded in 2014 and grew into a global security leader. A serial entrepreneur, he is also a well-known figure in French startup media.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder of Planted, the Zurich-based food technology company he co-founded in 2019 from ETH Zurich research. Stirnemann's background in food engineering contributed to the development of Planted's proprietary wet extrusion platform for plant-based meat. The company raised CHF 70 million in 2021 and distributes products across Switzerland, Germany, and broader European markets.
Trondheim, Norway · Person Erlend Solem is the CEO (Daglig Leder) of Trondheim Tech Port, the organization that positions Trondheim as Norway's technology capital. He leads a cluster of over 100 member companies and institutions spanning ocean technology, healthcare, energy, and digitalization, and is an active speaker and moderator at Trondheim Tech Port innovation events. Solem represents the organization's mission to increase Norway's innovation power through cross-sector collaboration between industry, academia, and the public sector.
Caracas, Venezuela · Person Founder and CEO of Unalivio, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Works on blockchain-based solutions for financial access and crypto adoption in emerging markets.
Iași, Romania · Person Independent solution architect, Microsoft MVP and author of "Azure Infrastructure as Code," specialising in Azure, DevOps and infrastructure automation. He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Port of Antwerp-Bruges, leading the port's digital transformation and innovation strategy. He is a confirmed speaker at the DroneHorizon summit during Port of the Future Week 2026 in Antwerp.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Ester Sklarsky is Principal at Sound Bioventures, a Nordic life science venture capital firm specializing in early-stage biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medtech companies in Scandinavia and the broader European region. She is an active investor and participant in the Nordic life science investment community. Sound Bioventures is one of the leading dedicated life science VCs focused on the Nordic ecosystem.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder and CEO of Multiverse, the apprenticeship-focused alternative to university that reached unicorn status. He started the company to widen access to high-quality careers through applied training rather than degrees.
Redmond, United States · Person Eve Psalti is Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft, one of the world's largest technology companies, where she leads AI strategy and enterprise initiatives. She is a recognized voice in applied AI leadership and has represented Microsoft at major international industry summits, including the AI Tech Summit 2026 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer at MCI Capital. She oversees the firm's operations, fund administration and value-creation work with portfolio companies across the CEE technology and e-commerce sectors.
Lausanne, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Astrocast, the Lausanne-based satellite IoT company he co-founded in 2017 as an EPFL spin-out and ESA BIC Switzerland resident. Jordan led Astrocast from a nanosatellite concept to a publicly listed company on Euronext Growth Oslo, building a LEO constellation that provides two-way IoT connectivity to remote locations across agriculture, maritime, and infrastructure sectors.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and president of Vestiaire Collective, the global resale marketplace for pre-owned luxury fashion she co-founded in 2009, helping pioneer the circular luxury economy.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Fawzi Goussous is the Founder and CEO of Qualia Solutions, an award-winning AI company delivering custom AI agents, voice assistants, and business automation solutions. He leads a team focused on practical AI deployments for enterprise clients across Cyprus and the broader MENA region. He is a confirmed speaker at the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, where he presents on applied AI deployment and intelligent automation for business.
Salamanca, Spain · Person Federico Bueno is Vice-rector for Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Salamanca (USAL), leading knowledge transfer, university spin-offs and entrepreneurship initiatives connecting academia with the startup ecosystem.
Madrid, Spain · Person Co-founder and co-CEO of Jobandtalent, the staffing-marketplace unicorn he started in 2009. He leads the company alongside co-founder Juan Urdiales, scaling its on-demand workforce platform internationally.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Executive Partner at MCI Capital, promoted to the role in 2026. He focuses on the firm's e-commerce and SaaS investments and has been involved in key holdings such as idoSell, working across deal origination, execution and portfolio growth in CEE.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder of Beekeeper, the Zurich-based frontline workforce platform he co-founded in 2012 with Cristian Grossmann. Pfaffhauser contributed to Beekeeper's technical architecture and product development, helping build the platform now used by over 1,000 enterprise clients globally. The company raised over $100 million and became one of Zurich's leading enterprise SaaS success stories.
The Hague, Netherlands · Person Chief Information Security Officer at NN Group, the Dutch insurance and asset management company, responsible for cyber security strategy across the group. She is a confirmed speaker at TechEx Europe 2026 in Amsterdam on enterprise cyber resilience.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, the enterprise AI and data-science platform he co-founded in 2013. He grew it into a global leader valued in the billions, backed by ICONIQ, Tiger and a16z.
Vienna, Austria · Person Florian Kaps is an Austrian entrepreneur and analog media advocate, best known as co-founder of The Impossible Project, the initiative that saved Polaroid instant film from extinction and restarted global production of analog instant photography. He is also the founder of Supersense, a Vienna-based cultural concept store and event space dedicated to analog art, music, and photography. Kaps is a prominent figure in entrepreneurial ventures at the crossroads of analog culture and contemporary creative communities.
Munich, Germany · Person Florian Seibel is Co-founder & CEO of the dual-use drone maker Quantum Systems. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Florian leads the dual-use drone maker Quantum Systems.
Munich, Germany · Person Francesco Sciortino is Co-founder & CEO of the stellarator fusion-energy startup Proxima Fusion. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Francesco leads the stellarator fusion-energy startup Proxima Fusion.
Paris, France · Person Founder and former CEO of BlaBlaCar, the long-distance carpooling platform he started in 2006 and grew into a global ride-sharing leader. A high-profile figure in French tech, he also co-founded the lobby group France Digitale.
Saclay, France · Person Frédéric Pascal is the Director of the DataIA Institute at Université Paris-Saclay and Vice-President for AI at Paris-Saclay University, one of France's leading research universities. DataIA is France's premier AI research and training institute, bringing together approximately 800 researchers across 47 laboratories and receiving official Cluster-IA certification from the French government in 2024. Pascal is a key figure in France's academic AI ecosystem and serves on the Advisory Board of Big Data & AI Paris 2026.
Lisbon, Portugal · Person Managing Director at EDP Ventures, where he leads energy-transition and cleantech investments for the corporate VC arm of EDP across Europe and the Americas, working closely with portfolio companies to deploy their technology within EDP's operations.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Developer and partner at Belgian web agency Spatie, prolific open-source author of widely used Laravel packages and host of the Laravel and PHP community. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, sharing practical Laravel and package-development insights.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Dust, building AI agents for the enterprise. A repeat founder, he previously co-founded the product studio Alkemics and worked at Stripe before starting Dust.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and former CEO of Skyscanner, the Edinburgh travel-search company that became one of Scotland's defining tech successes before its acquisition by Ctrip for around £1.4bn.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person American management expert, London Business School visiting professor, and one of the world's most influential business thinkers. Co-author of 'Humanocracy' and 'Competing for the Future', he challenges leaders to reinvent management and organisations, and is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
Valletta, Malta · Person Gege Gatt is the Chief Executive Officer of ebo.AI, a Malta-based conversational AI platform company focused on customer engagement automation for enterprises. He is a recognised figure in the Maltese technology and AI ecosystem and a frequent speaker at major industry events. Gatt is a confirmed speaker in the Data & AI track at TechTok 2026.
Vienna, Austria · Person British-Canadian computer scientist and cognitive psychologist widely regarded as a godfather of deep learning, a 2024 Nobel laureate in Physics and Turing Award winner for his work on neural networks. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference.
Cambridge, United Kingdom · Person George Malliaras is the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge, a leading researcher in bioelectronics and the use of organic electronic materials for medical devices and neural interfaces. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Bordeaux, France · Person Georges Hadziioannou is a professor at the University of Bordeaux and a pioneer in organic and polymer electronics, conducting research on functional materials for energy, displays and flexible devices. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Iași, Romania · Person Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft working on .NET MAUI and cross-platform app development. A prolific conference speaker and author, he is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026 on building cross-platform applications.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Giorgi Gvenetadze is the COO of Flutter CEE, the Central and Eastern European division of Flutter Entertainment, one of the world's largest publicly traded online gambling companies with a market capitalisation exceeding $30 billion. In his role he oversees operational expansion across high-growth markets in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, navigating regulatory complexity and building local infrastructure. He is a regular speaker at major iGaming industry conferences including SBC Summit Tbilisi, where he addresses regional market entry strategies and sustainable growth.
Geneva, Switzerland · Person Co-founder of Index Ventures alongside Neil and David Rimer in 1996. Over more than two decades he helped build Index into one of the world's most successful venture firms before transitioning to an emeritus advisory role.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Software delivery consultant and author of books including Specification by Example and Impact Mapping, known for his work on collaborative requirements and product engineering. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, focusing on human-centered software delivery in the age of AI.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and former CTO of Deliveroo, where he built the early technology platform alongside Will Shu before the company's rapid European expansion.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Chief Compliance Officer at ECOMMBX and a leader of the ACAMS Cyprus Chapter, specialising in financial compliance and anti-money-laundering. He is an announced speaker at the Digital Assets and the Future of Finance Summit 2026 in Cyprus.
Paris, France · Person Guillaume Laforge is a Developer Advocate at Google and one of the most recognized figures in the Java and open-source software ecosystem. He is the creator of Apache Groovy, a widely adopted dynamic programming language for the Java Virtual Machine, and has contributed to numerous Java community standards and tooling efforts over more than two decades. Laforge is a prolific international conference speaker and a recognized thought leader in cloud-native Java development and generative AI tooling for developers.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Mistral AI, leading model research. He previously led the LLaMA project as a research scientist at Meta AI before co-founding Mistral.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder and CEO of Checkout.com, the payments processor he bootstrapped before it became one of Europe's most valuable fintechs. A Swiss entrepreneur based in London, he is among the wealthiest people in UK tech.
Munich, Germany · Person Gundbert Scherf is Co-founder & Co-CEO of the defence-AI company Helsing. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Gundbert leads the defence-AI company Helsing.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Gunilla Osswald is CEO of BioArctic AB, a Swedish biotechnology company focused on neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. BioArctic co-developed lecanemab, marketed as Leqembi, a groundbreaking amyloid-targeting antibody therapy approved for early Alzheimer's disease in partnership with Eisai. She is one of the most prominent biotech executives in the Nordic region, leading a company that achieved a major therapeutic milestone.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Vice Chairman of Horoz Logistics, a major logistics and supply-chain operator supporting cross-border e-export. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder of Snyk, the developer-security company, and previously CTO of Akamai's web-experience business after it acquired his startup Blaze. A prolific application-security expert and author.
Reykjavik, Iceland · Person Halldór Snær Kristjánsson is the CEO, Game Director, and co-founder of Myrkur Games, an Icelandic game development studio. He also serves as Chairman of the Icelandic Game Industry (IGI), making him a central figure in Iceland's game development ecosystem. He is a confirmed speaker at the Reykjavík Game Summit 2026, organized by Game Makers Iceland.
Munich, Germany · Person Hanno Renner is Co-founder & CEO of the HR software unicorn Personio. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Hanno leads the HR software unicorn Personio.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Hans Roth is Senior Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at Red Hat, the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions and an IBM subsidiary. In this role he oversees Red Hat's business across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, driving enterprise adoption of open source technologies including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift Kubernetes platform, and Ansible automation. He is a senior technology industry executive with significant influence in the European enterprise software and cloud infrastructure market.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Accel in London, investing in enterprise software, AI and fintech. His portfolio includes Vinted, Celonis, Miro, Deliveroo and Personio, and he has been a long-standing figure in Accel's European franchise.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Head of the E-Export, Digital Marketing and Disruptive Technologies Department at the Ministry of Trade of Türkiye. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person CEO of Ozon Global Türkiye, leading the marketplace's expansion for Turkish exporters. She is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Engineering manager with a background spanning mathematics, software development and software testing, and a former community manager at Ministry of Testing. She leads engineering teams across the globe and is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
New York, United States · Person Helima Croft is Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets, where she leads analysis of global energy markets, geopolitical risk, and commodity pricing for one of the world's leading investment banks. A former CIA energy analyst, she is widely regarded as one of the most cited experts on oil market dynamics and energy geopolitics, regularly advising governments and major financial institutions. She is a confirmed speaker at the ONS 2026 Strategic Conference in Stavanger.
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person Co-founder and General Partner of PSV (PreSeed Ventures) Tech, Denmark's most active pre-seed fund. She invests in early-stage software, AI and digital-infrastructure founders across the Nordics, writing first institutional cheques into pre-product-market-fit companies.
Munich, Germany · Person Co-founder and General Partner of Earlybird Venture Capital, which he started in 1997. One of Europe's most experienced venture investors, he focuses on deep tech, fintech and insurtech and has helped build Earlybird into a ~€2.5bn multi-fund platform backing companies such as N26, Isar Aerospace and Aleph Alpha.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of Improbable, the simulation and virtual-worlds company backed by a16z and SoftBank. He is a vocal advocate for the technical foundations of the metaverse.
Cambridge, United Kingdom · Person Austrian-British technology entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of the Cambridge-based venture firm Amadeus Capital Partners. He earlier co-founded Acorn Computers, the company whose work led to the ARM processor architecture, and has spent decades backing deep-tech, semiconductor and life-science startups across Europe.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Chief Data Officer at ABN AMRO, the Dutch banking group, where she leads enterprise data strategy and analytics. She is a confirmed speaker at TechEx Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, addressing data and AI leadership in financial services.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CTO of Malt, leading the technology behind the freelance marketplace he started with Vincent Huguet in 2013.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Professor of Marketing at Yıldız Technical University and an authority on digital marketing and e-commerce in Türkiye. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Madrid, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of Fever, the Madrid-founded live-entertainment discovery platform that scaled globally with backing from Goldman Sachs and Accel. He co-founded Fever in 2014 to help people discover local experiences and events.
Limassol, Cyprus · Person Economist at Bocconi University and SAFE, and a former member of the ECB Supervisory Board, specialising in banking and monetary policy. He is an announced speaker at the Digital Assets and the Future of Finance Summit 2026 in Cyprus.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Technology executive at Dell Technologies focused on enterprise infrastructure and digital transformation. He is an announced speaker at the 5th Digital Cyprus Conference 2026 in Nicosia.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Regional Director for Northern Europe at Meta, working on advertising and commerce solutions for businesses. She is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Madrid, Spain · Person Spanish entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the digital road-freight marketplace OnTruck and is also a co-founder of the AI cardiology startup Idoven. He is an active figure in the Madrid startup ecosystem across logistics and health tech.
Helsinki, Finland · Person Inka Mero is the Founder and Managing Partner of Voima Ventures, a Finnish deep tech venture capital firm focused on science-based startups in quantum computing, synthetic biology, and advanced materials. She is one of Finland's most prominent venture investors and a vocal advocate for translating Nordic academic research into globally competitive companies. Mero is a regular keynote speaker at deep tech and innovation events across Europe and is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Irakli Davarashvili is the CEO and Founder of Promofy, an AI-driven gamification and player retention platform for the iGaming industry, which won gold at Pitch ICE 2026 in Barcelona. With 12 years of experience in iGaming, he has worked with major casino brands to develop player engagement and retention strategies using AI-powered personalisation and free-to-play mechanics. Promofy is based in Tbilisi and has expanded its operations into Latin America and other emerging markets.
Oslo, Norway · Person Norwegian medical doctor, PhD, and Associate Professor in artificial intelligence at the University of Agder, and one of Norway's most prominent voices on AI in healthcare and society. Author of a book on AI in medicine, she is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
London, United Kingdom · Person General Partner at Notion Capital investing in B2B software and AI across Europe. With a PhD and a background spanning operating and investing roles, she works with founders scaling from product-market fit toward growth.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder of Doctolib, part of the founding team that built the medical-booking platform into a European health-tech leader alongside CEO Stanislas Niox-Chateau.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania · Person Software development consultant and trainer known as "The Code Whisperer," running Diaspar Software Services and teaching test-driven development, refactoring and evolutionary design. He is an announced speaker at Codecamp Cluj-Napoca 2026.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Government Relations and Public Affairs lead at SHEIN, the global online fashion and lifestyle retailer. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Helsinki, Finland · Person Jacob Fellman is a Partner at NGP Capital, a global venture capital firm with Nordic roots that originated from Nokia's venture investment program and now invests independently in technology companies across Europe, the United States, and Asia. He focuses on deep tech and software investments with a strong presence in the Nordic startup ecosystem. Fellman is a confirmed investor speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of PhysicsX, applying AI to engineering simulation for aerospace, automotive and energy. He was previously co-founder and chief scientist of QuantumBlack, acquired by McKinsey.
Iași, Romania · Person Software architect and lean/agile consultant, a pioneer of software patterns and organisational patterns, working through Gertrud & Cope. He is an announced speaker at Codecamp Iași 2026.
Espoo, Finland · Person Jan Goetz is the CEO and Co-founder of IQM Quantum Computers, a European leader in superconducting quantum computing hardware headquartered in Espoo, Finland. IQM designs and manufactures quantum processors for research institutions, national supercomputing centers, and commercial users across Europe and beyond. He is a central figure in the European quantum technology ecosystem and a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Index Ventures leading the firm's fintech practice from London. He sits behind investments in Adyen, Robinhood, Wise, Alan and Collibra, and has been a long-standing board member at several of Europe's most valuable financial-technology companies.
Berlin, Germany · Person Jan Oberhauser is Founder & CEO of the workflow-automation company n8n. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Jan leads the workflow-automation company n8n.
Cologne, Germany · Person Jarosław Kutyłowski is Founder & CEO of the AI translation company DeepL. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Jarosław leads the AI translation company DeepL.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Board member at KI Next, the investment arm of Kulczyk Investments, where he oversees communications, investor relations and public affairs and helps run the InCredibles startup programme. A former economic journalist, he was editor-in-chief at Puls Biznesu, Gazeta Prawna and Newsweek Polska.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Poolside, the AI lab building frontier models for software development. He was previously CTO of GitHub and a managing director at Redpoint Ventures.
Munich, Germany · Person Head of Quantum Technologies at Airbus, where he leads the aerospace group's research and application of quantum computing and quantum sensing for aviation and space. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI, Data & Quantum Summit (AIDAQ) in Berlin.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Product designer and author working with Fuller, and a confirmed speaker at SmashingConf Antwerp 2026. He specialises in mobile app design, design systems and product design, sharing practical methods for designers and design engineers.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Alan, the French digital health insurer he started in 2016 to rebuild health cover around a simple app and preventive care. Under him Alan became one of France's most valuable fintechs, backed by Index, Coatue and Temasek.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and Chief R&D Officer of Bioptimus, building foundation models for biology. A leading machine-learning researcher, he was previously a research lead at Google Brain and Owkin and a professor at Mines ParisTech.
Berlin, Germany · Person President and Managing Director of global VC firm General Catalyst, leading its European business. A German entrepreneur, she founded early-stage firm La Famiglia (merged into General Catalyst in 2023) and sits on the boards of defence company Helsing and AI company Mistral, investing across AI, climate and industrial transformation.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Northzone based in London, investing across software and fintech in Europe. He works with founders from seed through growth and is a prominent voice on European venture and scale-up building.
Salamanca, Spain · Person Jere Erkko is a Finnish games and entertainment entrepreneur associated with the early Angry Birds / Rovio lineage, working on mobile gaming, brand-building and entertainment ventures. He speaks on gaming, product virality and scaling consumer hits internationally.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person Swedish business leader and the former CEO and President of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, where he championed sustainability and value-based leadership. A globally respected voice on purpose-driven business, he is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
London, United Kingdom · Person Public Policy & Vulnerability Manager at Monzo Bank, the UK digital challenger bank, where she works on financial inclusion, consumer protection and open-banking policy. She is an announced 2026 speaker at the Open Banking Expo UK & Europe in London.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Jessica Martinsson is Director General and CEO of SwedenBIO, Sweden's national trade association for the life science sector representing biotech, pharmaceutical, and medtech companies. She leads the organization that owns and produces Nordic Life Science Days, the largest partnering event in the Nordic life science industry. She advocates for Swedish life science competitiveness and innovation policy at national and EU levels.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Partner at Northzone in Stockholm, investing in consumer and marketplace companies across the Nordics and Europe. She backs early-stage founders and supports them through scaling and follow-on rounds.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Partner and CEO of Heartcore Capital, the Copenhagen consumer-tech VC he co-founded in 2007 (as Sunstone Technology Ventures). He has backed European category leaders including Tink, Trustpilot and GetYourGuide and is one of the Nordics' most active early-stage investors.
Porto, Portugal · Person Executive Vice-President of Portugal Ventures, helping lead the state-backed venture firm's investment activity across digital, industrial, healthcare and tourism technology companies in Portugal.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Joel Larsson is a Partner at Pale Blue Dot, the Swedish venture capital fund dedicated exclusively to early-stage climate technology companies. He is an active investor in the Nordic and European climate tech ecosystem, backing startups working on decarbonization across energy, food, and industrial sectors. Larsson is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026 and a prominent voice in the Nordic climate investment community.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder of OakNorth and earlier co-founder of Copal Amba with Rishi Khosla. He has spent his career building financial-data and lending businesses.
Geneva, Switzerland · Person Senior Director of Research and Engineering at Google DeepMind, leading research teams working on foundational machine learning and applied AI. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
Berlin, Germany · Person Johannes Reck is Co-founder & CEO of the travel-experiences marketplace GetYourGuide. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Johannes leads the travel-experiences marketplace GetYourGuide.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Managing Partner of ACT Venture Capital, Ireland's most established venture firm, which he joined in 1996. A former chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association, he has led ACT through six funds and exits including the sale of Decawave to Qorvo and SoftBank's investment in Cubic Telecom.
Santa Barbara, USA · Person John Martinis is a distinguished quantum computing physicist and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He previously led Google's quantum hardware team as chief scientist and spearheaded the landmark 2019 demonstration of quantum supremacy using Google's 53-qubit Sycamore superconducting processor. He is a confirmed keynote speaker at Finnish Quantum Days 2026 in Jyväskylä, Finland, in September 2026.
Dublin, Ireland · Person General Partner at ACT Venture Capital, focused on early-stage software and enterprise technology. He brings operating experience from Misys and Enterprise Ireland and leads investments from seed through Series A across the Irish and UK ecosystems.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder and CEO of Hopin, the virtual-events platform he built after a health condition limited his travel; it became one of the fastest-growing UK startups of the pandemic, reaching a multi-billion-dollar valuation backed by a16z and General Catalyst.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Jonas Dupont is an investment professional at EIFO, Denmark's state-backed investment and export financing fund. At Ignite Odense 2026 he speaks on investment decision-making, covering how institutional investors evaluate innovation, growth potential, leadership teams, and strategic fit when deploying capital. His role at EIFO places him at the centre of Denmark's public startup financing infrastructure, making him a key ecosystem figure for Danish founders seeking growth capital.
Kristiansand, Norway · Person Swedish entrepreneur, investor, and educator best known as one of the co-creators of Skype, the internet telephony service later acquired by eBay and Microsoft. He is a serial founder and keynote speaker on disruptive innovation and 'zero to one' value creation, and is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and former CTO of Monzo, where he built the engineering organisation behind the challenger bank's mobile-first platform. He previously co-founded GoCardless with Tom Blomfield.
Espoo, Finland · Person Joost Elstak is SVP Missions at ICEYE, a Finnish space technology company founded in 2014 that operates one of the world's largest commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellations. ICEYE is widely regarded as one of the most prominent European space startups and a unicorn, providing near-real-time Earth observation data for disaster management, insurance, maritime, and government applications. In his role, Elstak oversees mission operations and delivery for ICEYE's growing customer base across both commercial and government sectors globally.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of Factorial, the Barcelona HR software unicorn. A serial entrepreneur from the Itnig ecosystem, he previously founded Redbooth (Teambox) before building Factorial into a global HR platform for SMBs.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder of Neon, the Zurich-based Swiss challenger bank he co-founded in 2018 with Julius Krieg. Sandrock previously held roles in banking and payments before launching Neon, which grew to over 200,000 customers. Neon operates as Switzerland's leading mobile-first bank, running on a banking-as-a-service partnership with Hypothekarbank Lenzburg.
Madrid, Spain · Person Co-founder and co-CEO of Seedtag, the contextual-advertising AI company. A former Google executive, he co-founded Seedtag in 2014 to build privacy-first, cookie-free contextual ad technology now used across Europe, LatAm and the US.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Founder of Cryptal, a Georgian cryptocurrency exchange and digital-asset platform. He is an announced speaker at FUTURUM Payments Georgia 2026 in Tbilisi.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Business Transformation Manager at Lulu Financial Holdings, focused on fintech transformation and cross-border payments. He is an announced speaker at Eurasia Tech Week 2026 in Istanbul.
Alpbach, Austria · Person Nobel laureate economist and professor at Columbia University, former chief economist of the World Bank, known for work on information economics, inequality and globalization. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 European Forum Alpbach in Tyrol.
Madrid, Spain · Person Founder and CEO of Cabify, the Madrid-based ride-hailing and mobility platform and one of Spain's first tech unicorns. A former management consultant and Stanford MBA, he founded Cabify in 2011 to build a multi-modal mobility company focused on Spain and Latin America.
Madrid, Spain · Person Juan Flames is the CEO of BME (Bolsas y Mercados Españoles), the operator of Spain’s stock exchanges and financial markets, part of the SIX Group, with a focus on capital markets, listings and access to financing for companies.
Madrid, Spain · Person Co-founder and co-CEO of Jobandtalent, the Madrid-based workforce-management and staffing marketplace unicorn backed by SoftBank. He co-founded the company in 2009 to digitise temporary-work matching across Europe and the Americas.
Berlin, Germany · Person Julian Teicke is Co-founder & CEO of the insurtech platform Wefox. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Julian leads the insurtech platform Wefox.
Berlin, Germany · Person Julian Weselek is Co-founder & CEO of the online travel company Tourlane. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Julian leads the online travel company Tourlane.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CTO of Filigran, leading engineering for its open-source threat-intelligence and breach-and-attack-simulation platforms.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder of Neon, the Zurich-based Swiss challenger bank he co-founded in 2018 with Jörg Sandrock. Krieg led product and growth for Neon, helping the app reach over 200,000 Swiss customers with free everyday banking accounts and integrated savings products. Neon operates through a banking-as-a-service partnership with Hypothekarbank Lenzburg.
Lausanne, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of SOPHiA GENETICS, the Lausanne-based clinical AI company he co-founded in 2011 as an EPFL spin-out. Camblong led SOPHiA GENETICS for over a decade from a university genomics project to a Nasdaq IPO in July 2021, raising $228M and building a federated clinical AI network used by over 780 healthcare institutions in 70 countries for genomic analysis in oncology and rare disease diagnostics.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners, where he leads medical-device investments. He brings operating and finance experience to the firm's medtech portfolio, supporting companies through clinical development, regulatory milestones and exits.
London, United Kingdom · Person General Partner at Notion Capital focused on European B2B software, AI and fintech. He invests at Series A and supports portfolio companies on the path from early revenue to scale.
Prague, Czech Republic · Person General Partner at KAYA VC, the Prague-headquartered early-stage fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe, which closed a €70M fund in 2025. He joined KAYA in 2018, founded a B2B SaaS startup in between, and now invests from pre-seed to Series A in AI, developer tools and vertical software.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Partner at Inovo Venture Partners specialising in data science, AI and deep tech. He built the firm's internal AI-powered sourcing tooling and was promoted to Partner in 2025, leading investments in machine-learning and science-driven startups across CEE.
Iași, Romania · Person Integration architect and co-founder of BridgingTheGap, focused on enterprise integration patterns and software architecture. He is an announced speaker at Codecamp Iași 2026.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Chief Security Officer at Hamburg Port Authority and a confirmed speaker at the DroneHorizon summit during Port of the Future Week 2026 in Antwerp, addressing port security, resilience and the use of unmanned systems for critical infrastructure.
Kyiv, UA · Person Kateryna Chernohorenko served as Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 2023 to 2025, overseeing technology modernization and digital transformation within Ukraine's defense ministry during a period of active armed conflict. She is a prominent figure in Ukraine's defense-technology ecosystem and participates in events connecting military innovation with the broader tech industry and investment community.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Data scientist and privacy engineer, author of Practical Data Privacy, specialising in machine learning, data security and responsible AI systems. She is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, where she presents on designing and running AI agents locally and securely.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Software engineer best known for creating Extreme Programming and Test-Driven Development and for his influence on agile software practices. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, where he addresses software engineering, testing and developer productivity.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Kevin Dalgaard is Senior Principal at Lundbeckfonden BioCapital, the venture capital investment arm of the Lundbeck Foundation, one of Denmark's largest private foundations dedicated to advancing research in brain and neurological diseases. He evaluates and manages life science investments across the Nordic and global biotech ecosystems. Lundbeckfonden BioCapital is a key and highly respected institutional investor in the Scandinavian life science community.
London, United Kingdom · Person Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge based in London. With an operating background at Microsoft and Digital Equipment Corporation, he leads growth-stage investments across enterprise software, semiconductors and deep tech in Europe and the US.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Web development educator behind Embrace the Cascade, widely known for teaching CSS and modern frontend techniques to developers worldwide. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Warsaw, Poland · Person President of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Poland since 2022, with over two decades in senior technology leadership. She was previously managing director at SAP Poland, general manager at Xerox Poland and an enterprise director at Microsoft CEE.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Software engineer at Vay (formerly at Uber), working on autonomous-driving and large-scale distributed systems. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Founder and Chairman of Lakestar, the Zurich-based venture capital firm he founded in 2012, which manages over 2 billion euros across early- and growth-stage funds. A German venture capitalist, he was an early backer of Skype, Facebook, Spotify, Airbnb, Revolut, Klarna and Coinbase, and also founded the NATO Innovation Fund.
Hasselt, Belgium · Person Koen Vandewal is a professor at Hasselt University researching organic semiconductors, photovoltaics and optoelectronic devices, with a focus on charge-transfer states and solar energy conversion. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Wroclaw, Poland · Person Managing Partner and co-founder of Hard2beat, where he leads legal and structuring with over a decade of experience on €100M+ transactions. He previously worked alongside the founding team at Shape VC and supports Hard2beat's deep-tech portfolio.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Bulgarian software engineer and JavaScript expert, author and trainer, working at Trusti.bg. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
Skopje, North Macedonia · Person Kristijan 'Kitze' Ristovski is the founder of Sizzy, a browser built specifically for web developers that enables responsive design testing across multiple device viewports simultaneously within a single window. A recognized figure in the JavaScript and frontend development community, he is known for his work on developer productivity tooling and his educational content on building profitable indie developer products. He is an active voice in the Balkan developer and startup ecosystem and a recurring speaker at international tech conferences.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Kristina Ekberg is Partner at HealthCap, one of Europe's largest dedicated life science venture capital firms, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. She focuses on biotech and pharmaceutical investments in the Nordic region and beyond. HealthCap has been one of the most active life science investors in Scandinavia for more than two decades, managing multiple funds with a strong track record of exits.
Oslo, Norway · Person General Manager of Microsoft Norway, leading the technology company's commercial, cloud, and artificial-intelligence business in the Norwegian market. A seasoned technology executive focused on digital transformation and responsible AI adoption, she is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of Wise (formerly TransferWise), the cross-border payments company he started with Taavet Hinrikus to cut the cost of international money transfers. He took Wise public via a 2021 direct listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Swedish test developer and AI accountability advisor running the consultancy Northern Test Consulting, with more than a decade of experience across telecommunications, cloud and embedded systems. A long-time international conference speaker and former EuroSTAR programme chair, he is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Yokoy, the Zurich-based AI-powered spend management platform founded in 2019. Mangelsdorf led Yokoy through a CHF 80 million Series B in 2022 led by Sequoia Capital, one of the largest Swiss fintech rounds of that year, and expanded the company from DACH into the UK and the Netherlands, building deep integrations with SAP and Oracle for enterprise finance automation.
Vienna, Austria · Person German engineer and technology executive serving as Chief Technology Officer of NXP Semiconductors, a leading global semiconductor company, with deep expertise in automotive, IoT and edge computing. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 Technology Talks Austria conference.
Madrid, ES · Person Laura Fernández Plaza is the Chief Executive Officer of AWWG (All We Wear Group), a Madrid-headquartered global fashion group managing brands including Pepe Jeans London, Hackett London, and Façonnable, as well as distribution partnerships for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger in Iberia. She was appointed CEO in March 2026, succeeding Marcella Wartenbergh, and brings nearly two decades of experience at the group including prior roles as CFO and Chief Transformation Officer. Fernández Plaza is a confirmed speaker at NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show Europe.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and former CTO of H and a deep-learning researcher who previously worked at Google DeepMind on AlphaGo and AlphaZero, bringing frontier-model expertise to the Paris AI startup.
Berlin, Germany · Person Lawrence Leuschner is Co-founder & CEO of the micromobility operator TIER Mobility. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Lawrence leads the micromobility operator TIER Mobility.
Vienna, Austria · Person Scientist and entrepreneur working at the intersection of AI and drug discovery, focused on using computational methods to rescue and repurpose previously failed drug candidates. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and drug discovery.
Alpbach, Austria · Person Albanian-born political theorist and Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science, an award-winning author writing on freedom, justice and democracy. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 European Forum Alpbach.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Polish-Swedish serial entrepreneur who co-founded and scaled PizzaPortal (acquired by Delivery Hero) and the solar-roofing company SunRoof. He has founded more than ten companies, angel-invested in dozens of startups and authored three books on startup fundraising.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Head of Strategy and Communications at Hamburg Port Authority and a confirmed speaker at the DroneHorizon summit during Port of the Future Week 2026 in Antwerp, focusing on port strategy and cross-port collaboration on autonomous technology.
Miami, United States · Person Web3 advocate and public speaker known for the 'Crypto at the Border' initiative, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Speaks internationally on crypto adoption, financial inclusion, and the social impact of blockchain.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Founder and academic at Next Academy, focused on marketing, branding and entrepreneurship education. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Limassol, Cyprus · Person Executive at Bitwise Europe, a digital-asset investment manager, focused on crypto investment products. She is an announced speaker at the Digital Assets and the Future of Finance Summit 2026 in Cyprus.
Kyiv, Ukraine · Person Ukrainian entrepreneur and founder of the One By One brand, building a consumer business in Ukraine. She is an announced speaker at the Forbes Entrepreneurs Forum 2026 in Kyiv.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Neoplants, bio-engineering houseplants to capture indoor air pollutants. A former Google strategist, he co-founded the deep-tech startup with biologist Patrick Torbey.
Vienna, Austria · Person Technology leader at Prewave, a Vienna-based supply-chain risk and ESG monitoring startup that uses AI to track disruptions and compliance risks across global supplier networks. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 Technology Talks Austria conference.
Oslo, Norway · Person Managing Director of Digital Norway (Digitalt Norge), a national non-profit initiative that helps Norwegian businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, accelerate digital transformation and adopt data-driven technologies and artificial intelligence. She is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Chief Digital and Information Officer at Sandoz, a global generics and biosimilars company, with a career leading large-scale digital transformation across pharmaceutical and technology organizations. She is an announced keynote speaker at the 2026 #wetechtogether Conference in Zurich.
Paris, France · Person Founder and CEO of Swile, the employee-benefits and meal-voucher super-app. He previously founded the adtech company Teads, one of France's biggest tech exits, before starting Swile in 2017.
Tel Aviv, Israel · Person Lotem Finkelstein is the Director of Threat Intelligence & Research at Check Point Research, the dedicated threat intelligence division of Check Point Software Technologies, one of the world's largest cybersecurity companies. He leads a global team of analysts and researchers tracking advanced persistent threats, malware campaigns, and emerging cyber attack vectors. Finkelstein is a widely cited cybersecurity expert and a regular contributor to industry threat intelligence reports and publications.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Chief Marketing Officer at Dedoles, a fast-growing Central European direct-to-consumer fashion and lifestyle brand, with expertise in marketing measurement and return on investment. He is an announced speaker at the XXII E-Commerce Conference 2026 in Budapest.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Accel focused on fintech, marketplaces and consumer companies. He has led or backed Trade Republic, Vinted, Tines, Swan and Synthesia, working with European founders from seed through growth.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Eight Roads Ventures investing in software and fintech across Europe. She led the firm's investment in spend-management unicorn Spendesk and works with growth-stage founders scaling internationally.
Lisbon, Portugal · Person General Partner at EDP Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Portuguese energy group EDP. He leads investments in renewable energy, grid, storage and energy-transition technologies, aligning startup innovation with EDP's decarbonisation strategy.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Global VP of Sales at DRYAD, driving commercial growth for technology products in international markets. He is an announced speaker at Eurasia Tech Week 2026 in Istanbul.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Investment Director at Movens Capital. Drives sourcing and execution across fintech, edtech, and healthtech opportunities in Poland and the broader CEE region; previously in product and operating roles in tech-enabled services.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Partner at Movens Capital. Investment professional focused on CEE early-stage tech, with deal experience across SaaS, fintech, and digital health. Works with founders on go-to-market, fundraising strategy, and cross-border expansion from Poland into Western Europe and the US.
Houston, United States · Person Lydia Kavraki is the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science at Rice University, internationally recognised for her work in robotics, motion planning, artificial intelligence and computational biomedicine. She is a plenary speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Wroclaw, Poland · Person Managing Partner and co-founder of Hard2beat. He previously ran the Shape VC BRIdge Alpha programme (36 portfolio companies, 2019–2023) and now invests in early-stage Polish deep-tech startups across cybersecurity, medtech, biotech and dual-use technologies.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Partner at Movens Capital and pricing / commercial strategy specialist, known for advising B2B SaaS and marketplace companies on monetisation, pricing architecture, and revenue operations. Joined Movens to lead growth-stage deal work and post-investment commercial support.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Partner at Inovo Venture Partners focused on developer tools, DevOps, deep tech and enterprise B2B software. He works with technical founders building global infrastructure and engineering products from Central and Eastern Europe.
Paris, France · Person Maha Radhakrishnan, MD, is Executive Partner at Sofinnova Investments, one of Europe's leading dedicated life science venture capital firms. A physician-scientist by training, she brings deep expertise in biopharmaceuticals and drug development to evaluating and supporting therapeutic companies across oncology, rare diseases, and CNS disorders. She is a prominent investor and speaker in the European and global biotech ecosystem.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Zowie, the AI customer-service platform she started in 2019 (originally Chatbotize). A software-engineering graduate of AGH University in Kraków, she has scaled Zowie to serve enterprises like L'Oréal and InPost, raising around $20M from investors including Tiger Global, and has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30.
Berlin, Germany · Person Malte Kosub is Co-founder & CEO of the conversational-AI customer-service platform Parloa. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Malte leads the conversational-AI customer-service platform Parloa.
San Francisco, United States · Person Mandy Andress is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Elastic, a major enterprise software and data observability platform. She is also recognized as an investor and board member in the cybersecurity sector, bringing extensive experience in enterprise security strategy and risk governance. Andress is a prominent figure in the global cybersecurity community and a frequent speaker at leading industry events worldwide.
Cambridge, United Kingdom · Person Manish Chhowalla is the Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge, a leading researcher in two-dimensional materials, nanomaterials and their applications in electronics and energy. He is a plenary speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Prague, Czech Republic · Person Web developer, author, and trainer specialising in web accessibility, HTML, and CSS. A recognised voice in the accessibility community and a confirmed speaker at FrontKon 2026 in Prague, where he covers building inclusive, standards-based web interfaces.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners, Ireland's largest dedicated life-sciences fund, which he established in 2008 after a career at Elan and GlaxoSmithKline. He has led biotech investments behind exits including Inflazome (Roche) and Calypso Biotech (Novartis).
Geneva, Switzerland · Person Chair and CEO of Salesforce, the enterprise cloud-software company he co-founded in 1999, and a prominent advocate for stakeholder capitalism and ethical technology. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
Kristiansand, Norway · Person Head of Physical AI at the global technology and consulting firm Capgemini, working on the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and the physical world. He researches and applies embodied and physical AI to industrial use cases, and is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of Heura Foods, the Barcelona plant-based food company. An activist-entrepreneur, he co-founded Heura in 2017 to build one of Europe's fastest-growing plant-based meat brands.
Paris, FR · Person Marc Lolivier is the General Delegate (Délégué Général) of FEVAD, the Fédération du E-Commerce et de la Vente À Distance, which is France's principal trade federation for e-commerce and distance selling. He is a prominent voice in French and European digital commerce policy, representing the sector at national and international forums. Lolivier is a confirmed speaker at NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show Europe in Paris, addressing agentic AI and customer services.
Iași, Romania · Person Enterprise architect and international conference speaker focused on enterprise systems integration and architecture. He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026 addressing architects and engineers.
Porto, Portugal · Person President and CEO of Portugal Ventures for the 2025–2027 term, leading Portugal's state-backed early-stage venture firm within the Banco Português de Fomento group. He oversees the firm's pre-seed to Series A investments across technology, health and tourism startups nationwide.
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person Founder and Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium, the Nordic deep-tech fund she co-launched in 2024. She focuses on industrial biotech, energy, robotics and future-of-compute spinouts, helping technical founders commercialise research with patient venture capital.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Designer at UWV and a confirmed speaker at SmashingConf Antwerp 2026, presenting hands-on approaches to design systems, accessibility and user experience for large-scale digital services.
Vienna, Austria · Person Austrian venture capital investor and General Partner at Speedinvest, one of Europe's most active early-stage funds, with a focus on deep tech, industrial technology and hardware startups. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 Technology Talks Austria conference.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Technology specialist at Google working on cloud and AI solutions. He is an announced speaker at the 5th Digital Cyprus Conference 2026 in Nicosia.
New York, United States · Person Project Lead at Bancor Protocol, a decentralized liquidity and DeFi protocol, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Works on automated market-making and on-chain liquidity infrastructure.
Valletta, Malta · Person Mark Camilleri Gambin is the Chief Executive Officer of Talexio, a Malta-based HR technology company providing workforce management, payroll, and people analytics solutions to businesses. As CEO of one of Malta's prominent enterprise software companies, he is a notable figure in the local technology and business landscape. He is a confirmed speaker at TechTok 2026.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Senior engineer at Replay.io and a maintainer of Redux, the widely used state-management library for JavaScript and React applications. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Berlin, Germany · Person Marko Wenthin is Co-founder of the banking-as-a-service platform Solaris. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Marko leads the banking-as-a-service platform Solaris.
St. Gallen, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Terra Quantum, the St. Gallen-based quantum-as-a-service company he co-founded in 2019. Pflitsch built Terra Quantum to bridge near-term quantum hardware with practical enterprise problem-solving in finance, pharma, logistics, and energy using hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. He previously worked in finance and technology entrepreneurship. Terra Quantum raised a Series A backed by Lakestar and Investcorp and has established research partnerships across European academic institutions.
New York, United States · Person Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cogito Capital Partners. Based largely in New York, he leads the firm's transatlantic growth-stage investing, helping Central and Eastern European software companies scale into the US market.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Index Ventures focused on consumer, marketplace and mobility companies. He has led the firm's investments in Revolut, Deliveroo, Personio and Algolia, working closely with European founders scaling into global markets.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Staff software engineer at Medallia focused on web performance and the React and JavaScript ecosystem, and an active conference speaker on frontend engineering. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Managing Partner at Newion, the Amsterdam B2B software venture firm. He leads early-stage investments in enterprise SaaS across the Benelux, DACH and Nordic regions, taking active board roles with founders during the critical first phase after a seed or Series A round.
Berlin, Germany · Person Mathis Büchi is Co-founder & CEO of the tax-filing app Taxfix. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Mathis leads the tax-filing app Taxfix.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the AI voice and audio company. A former Palantir deployment strategist, he started ElevenLabs with childhood friend Piotr Dabkowski to build lifelike text-to-speech and voice cloning.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Executive at CITEA, the Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association, supporting the country's tech ecosystem. She is an announced speaker at the 5th Digital Cyprus Conference 2026.
Berlin, Germany · Person Founder and CEO of Bonuz, a Web3 social and identity platform, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Builds decentralized social and reputation infrastructure for the Web3 ecosystem.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Swedish entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Legora, a Stockholm-based legal-AI platform he started in 2023 to help lawyers work alongside AI agents. He holds dual degrees in computer science and business and previously held roles at McKinsey and in venture capital.
Berlin, Germany · Person Partner at Heartcore Capital, based in Berlin, who joined from Accel in 2013. He invests in consumer and software companies across Europe and is a well-known writer and commentator on early-stage venture capital.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Lucis, an AI startup backed by Singular, Kima Ventures and General Catalyst. He co-founded the company to apply generative AI to professional workflows.
Paris, France · Person Maxime Verrière serves as SVP and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Arianespace, the French launch services company that is one of the world's leading providers of commercial satellite launch services. Arianespace, headquartered near Paris, has been a cornerstone of European space access since its founding in 1980 and operates the Ariane, Soyuz, and Vega launch vehicles from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou. In his C-suite role, Verrière is responsible for driving Arianespace's strategic direction and transformation agenda during a highly competitive period for the European launch industry.
Berlin, Germany · Person Maximilian Tayenthal is Co-founder of the German mobile bank N26. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Maximilian leads the German mobile bank N26.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Director General of Exports at the Ministry of Trade of Türkiye, overseeing national export policy. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Berlin, Germany · Person Michael Cassau is Founder & CEO of the tech-rental subscription company Grover. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Michael leads the tech-rental subscription company Grover.
Hamburg, Germany · Person Michael Fritz is the Co-Founder of Viva con Agua, one of Germany's best-known social enterprises, headquartered in Hamburg. Viva con Agua operates a 'for-good' business model that channels revenue from commercial activities — including water, energy, and music events — into clean water and sanitation projects across Africa and Asia. Fritz is active in the German social entrepreneurship ecosystem and is a confirmed keynote speaker at Future Tech Fest 2026 in Düsseldorf.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Eight Roads Ventures focused on enterprise software and the consumerisation of enterprise. Previously at Accel in London and Warburg Pincus, he backs European B2B software companies at growth stage.
Berlin, Germany · Person Michael Wax is Co-founder & CEO of the digital freight-forwarding company Forto. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Michael leads the digital freight-forwarding company Forto.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Head of Google for Startups in Central and Eastern Europe, including the Google Campus in Warsaw, since 2019. One of Google's first employees in Poland, he has spent nearly two decades supporting the regional tech ecosystem through startup programmes and partnerships.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Co-founder and Partner at Movens Capital. 17+ years in venture capital, innovation, and fintech. CEO of SkyCash (2009–2013), scaling it into one of Poland's leading mobile payment platforms. Co-founded Business Angel Seedfund and LBA, among Poland's first organised angel networks. Focus at Movens on fintech, payments, and enterprise SaaS.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Partner at Inovo Venture Partners, one of Poland's leading early-stage funds. Before venture capital he was COO at Booksy and held roles at foodpanda and Rocket Internet, giving him operational depth in marketplaces and e-commerce; his investment focus includes B2B and healthcare.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Partner at Northzone based in Amsterdam, focused on enterprise software, AI and infrastructure investments across Europe. He previously invested at Accel and brings an operating background to early-stage portfolio companies.
Vienna, Austria · Person AI researcher working on self-supervised learning and world models, contributing to advances in machine perception and representation learning at a leading AI research lab. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and world models.
Madrid, Spain · Person Miguel López-Valverde is an advisor for digitalization with the Community of Madrid regional government, working on public-sector digital transformation, innovation policy and support for the technology ecosystem.
Iași, Romania · Person Software Architect at Systematic and an Oracle ACE Associate with deep expertise in enterprise software and databases. She is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026, presenting on software architecture.
Iași, Romania · Person Technical lead and Microsoft MVP focused on software craftsmanship, .NET development and engineering leadership. She is an announced speaker at Codecamp Iași 2026, presenting to developers and architects.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Mikael Bäck is a Vice President and Corporate Officer at Ericsson, the Swedish multinational telecommunications and networking equipment company headquartered in Stockholm. He is a recognised industry advocate for European digital infrastructure policy, engaging with EU institutions and governments on topics including 5G rollout, 6G development, and open radio access networks. His role at Ericsson encompasses strategic engagement with European policymakers on connectivity, network sovereignty, and the future of wireless infrastructure investment across the continent.
Oslo, Norway · Person British designer, creative director, and photographer who founded Kus—Studio, with a career spanning web and brand design for technology companies. Known for his distinctive visual style and large following in the design community, he is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
Solingen, Germany · Person Founder and CEO of Dash0, an AI-native observability platform. He previously co-founded and led Instana to a roughly 500 million dollar acquisition by IBM in 2020, and earlier co-founded German software-engineering firm codecentric. A serial founder and prolific B2B angel investor across cloud, DevOps and AI.
Geneva, Switzerland · Person Co-founder of Index Ventures, which he started in Geneva in 1996. A foundational figure in European venture capital, he backed early successes including Skype, MySQL, Last.fm and Supercell, and shaped Index's evolution into a transatlantic firm before stepping back from active partnership.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder and Managing Partner of DN Capital, a London-based early-stage venture firm that backs software, digital media and fintech companies across Europe and the United States. A venture investor for over two decades, he has also served on the board of the pan-European trade body Invest Europe.
Vienna, Austria · Person American journalist and media executive serving as Chief Executive Officer of The Atlantic, former editor-in-chief of WIRED, and a frequent commentator on technology, AI and society. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and safety.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and former CTO of Ledger, designing the secure-element architecture behind its hardware wallets. He is a long-standing expert in Bitcoin and embedded security.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of BlaBlaCar, having led the company's growth, fundraising and acquisitions from COO to chief executive. He previously worked as a venture investor in Silicon Valley.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Sorare, the fantasy-sports platform built on NFTs and licensed with football, NBA and MLB. He raised one of Europe's largest rounds, led by SoftBank, in 2021.
Cambridge, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder of Darktrace and its long-time CEO and later Chief Strategy Officer, helping pioneer the 'immune system' approach to enterprise cybersecurity using machine learning.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Senior developer advocate at Grafana Labs specialising in performance testing and observability, having joined through the k6 load-testing project. A long-standing voice in the testing community, she is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Bristol, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of Graphcore, the Bristol-based AI chip company building Intelligence Processing Units. A veteran semiconductor entrepreneur, he previously co-founded Picochip and XMOS.
London, United Kingdom · Person Niki Buys is the co-founder and partner at Pledge Ventures, the venture capital arm of Founders Pledge, which invests in high-growth technology companies whose founders have made binding commitments to give a meaningful portion of their proceeds to charity. She spent over six years at Founders Pledge in roles including Chief Experience Officer before co-launching the fund in 2023 alongside CEO David Goldberg. Pledge Ventures operates on a rules-based model across sectors and geographies to create a flywheel between entrepreneurial success and social impact.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Niklas Blomberg is Executive Director of the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), a major public-private partnership joint undertaking established by the European Union and EFPIA with approximately €2 billion in funding for health research and innovation. He oversees one of Europe's most significant health R&D programmes, bridging academia, industry, regulators, and patient organisations. He is a key figure in European health innovation policy and ecosystem building.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Software engineer at Progress Software focused on developer tools and application platforms. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia, presenting to developers and architects.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Bulgarian software engineering professional working at IBM, focused on enterprise software development and architecture. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia, where he presents to a developer and architect audience.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of Revolut, which he scaled from a multi-currency card into one of the world's most valuable fintechs, with tens of millions of customers and a full UK banking licence. A former derivatives trader, he is among Europe's most prominent fintech founders.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Nino Gvazava is the CEO of HT Solutions, a leading IT consulting and technology services firm headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia. She delivered the opening keynote at Change Inspire 2026, reflecting her position as one of the most prominent technology leaders in the Georgian market. Under her leadership, HT Solutions has grown to serve 200+ enterprise and SMB clients while also organizing Georgia's flagship annual technology conference.
Roubaix, France · Person Founder and chairman of OVHcloud, the European cloud and hosting provider he started in 1999 and built into the region's largest independent cloud, taking it public on Euronext Paris in 2021.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Blockchain and software engineer at LimeChain, building decentralised applications and distributed-ledger systems. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
Berlin, Germany · Person Oliver Merkel is Co-founder & CEO of the instant-grocery delivery company Flink. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Oliver leads the instant-grocery delivery company Flink.
Oslo, Norway · Person Austrian typography consultant and designer who runs 'Pimp my Type', a platform teaching designers and product teams how to use type effectively in user interfaces and brands. A popular educator on font selection and UI typography, he is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person CEO of Karaca International, leading global expansion for the Turkish homeware and lifestyle brand. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person General Secretary of ETID (the Turkish E-Commerce and Internet Association), supporting the country's digital-commerce ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Czech software engineer and creator of PHPStan, the popular static analysis tool for PHP that helps developers find bugs before runtime. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, where he discusses static analysis and code quality in modern PHP.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of Glovo, the Barcelona-based on-demand delivery platform that became one of Spain's largest tech companies before its acquisition by Delivery Hero. An aeronautical engineer by training, he built Glovo from a 2015 Barcelona startup into a multi-country delivery network.
Wrocław, Poland · Person Architect and designer who developed FiDU technology at ETH Zurich — a process of inflating flat laser-cut steel into three-dimensional forms. He leads Zieta Studio in Wrocław across industrial design, art and architecture; his PLOPP stool is a widely recognised example of the technique.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person General Partner at Northzone, the pan-European venture firm, splitting time between Stockholm and New York. A long-standing fixture of Nordic venture, he led Northzone's landmark investments in Spotify and iZettle and has shaped the firm's growth into a multi-billion-euro platform.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder of Planted, the Zurich-based alternative protein company he co-founded in 2019 as an ETH Zurich spin-out. Bieri contributed the food science foundation that underpins Planted's wet extrusion platform. Planted's products — planted.chicken, planted.pulled, planted.kebab — are sold in leading Swiss and German retailers and food service chains.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person China expert, author and keynote speaker on innovation and technology trends, and a confirmed keynote speaker at the DroneHorizon summit during Port of the Future Week 2026 in Antwerp, addressing global innovation and strategic autonomy.
Paris, France · Person Patrick Pouyanné is Chairman of the Board and CEO of TotalEnergies, one of the world's five largest integrated energy companies with operations in over 130 countries and revenues exceeding €200 billion annually. He has led TotalEnergies since 2014, steering its transition toward a multi-energy strategy encompassing LNG, solar, wind, and electricity alongside oil and gas. He is a confirmed speaker at the ONS 2026 Strategic Conference in Stavanger, Norway.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person American culture and talent expert who served as Chief Talent Officer at Netflix, where she architected the influential Netflix Culture Deck. She is the author of 'Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility' and advises companies on culture and people, and is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
London, United Kingdom · Person Dutch business leader who was CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019, where he launched the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan and dropped quarterly earnings guidance. He co-authored Net Positive and co-founded the London-based foundation IMAGINE, advocating sustainable and equitable business.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder and CEO of Thought Machine, the cloud-native core-banking platform. He previously founded a speech-technology company acquired by Google, where he built voice systems before turning to banking infrastructure.
Stavanger, Norway · Person Chief Digital Officer at Aker BP, the Norwegian exploration and production energy company, where she leads digital transformation and data-driven operations across the oil and gas value chain. With a background in digital industry and technology leadership, she is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Software engineer working with MongoDB and an active voice in the Laravel and PHP developer community, focused on databases and backend engineering. She is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, addressing data persistence and developer experience.
Prague, Czech Republic · Person Technology leader heading IT at Direct pojišťovna / Direct Technologies, where he led the rebuild of the insurer's core systems around AI and multi-agent delivery. A confirmed speaker at FrontKon 2026 in Prague on AI-first software delivery.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at MCI Capital, where he leads investment strategy across the firm's expansion and buyout deals in SaaS, e-commerce, fintech and digital infrastructure throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Lausanne, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Nexthink, the Lausanne-based Digital Employee Experience platform he co-founded in 2004 as an EPFL spin-out. Bados led Nexthink for two decades from a university research project to a Nasdaq-listed company, raising hundreds of millions from Lightspeed Growth and Permira before the February 2024 IPO. The platform scaled to over 1,000 enterprise customers across 190 countries, processing data from more than 15 million endpoints.
Madrid, Spain · Person Spanish serial deep-tech entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CTO of Devo (formerly Logtrust), the data analytics and security platform, and later co-founded and led Onum, the real-time telemetry-pipeline company acquired by CrowdStrike in 2025.
Salamanca, Spain · Person Pedro José Martínez is the Councilor for Economic Promotion at Salamanca City Hall, responsible for local economic development, business attraction and support for innovation and entrepreneurship in the city of Salamanca.
Helsinki, Finland · Person Pekka Laurila is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder of ICEYE, the Finnish company that pioneered commercial SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite technology for earth observation. ICEYE has grown to operate one of the world's largest commercial SAR satellite constellations, serving customers in insurance, government, and disaster response globally. Laurila is a well-known figure in the Nordic space technology and deep tech ecosystems and is a keynote speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Alpbach, Austria · Person Austrian banking executive and Chief Executive Officer of Erste Group Bank, one of Central and Eastern Europe's largest financial services providers, with a long career in retail and digital banking. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 European Forum Alpbach.
Kristiansand, Norway · Person Belgian entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author who co-founded the innovation consultancy nexxworks. A globally recognised keynote speaker on the impact of technology, disruption, and the 'never normal' on business and society, he is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Peter Ivanov serves as Head of Caucasus and Central Asia at Google Cloud, overseeing the company's cloud business development and go-to-market strategy across these strategic emerging markets. He spoke at Change Inspire 2026, Georgia's flagship annual technology conference in Tbilisi, in its seventh edition. His senior regional leadership role at Google Cloud makes him a key figure driving enterprise cloud adoption and digital transformation across the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Vienna, Austria · Person Austrian software engineer and entrepreneur, founder of PSPDFKit and a prominent voice in AI agents and developer tooling, more recently building in the AI agent space. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and agents.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Marketing and consumer-behaviour specialist at Diverzum, focusing on Generation Z shopping behaviour and how younger consumers engage with online retail brands. He is an announced speaker at the XXII E-Commerce Conference 2026 in Budapest.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Accel investing in cloud, SaaS, AI and security across Europe and Israel. He authors Accel's influential annual Euroscape report tracking the region's cloud and AI momentum.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Mirakl, the marketplace and e-commerce software platform he co-founded in 2012. He scaled it into a global SaaS leader valued at over $3.5bn, backed by 83North, Permira and others.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of papernest, the platform that automates household subscriptions and contracts. A former McKinsey consultant, he co-founded the company in 2015 and expanded it across Europe.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CTO of Yokoy, the Zurich-based AI-powered spend management platform founded in 2019. Sahli led the technical architecture of Yokoy's AI engine for expense reports and invoice automation, helping scale the platform to enterprise customers across Europe after the company's CHF 80 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Staff software engineer at Netlify working on web platform and developer tooling for the modern JavaScript ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · Person Pierre Limouzin leads venture capital investment activities for the EIC Fund at the European Investment Bank (EIB), focusing on breakthrough and deep tech companies across Europe including in the space sector. The EIC Fund is the equity arm of the European Innovation Council, deploying equity and quasi-equity investments into high-potential European startups and scale-ups commercializing frontier technologies. His role makes him a key figure in the European public venture ecosystem and a significant source of institutional capital for space entrepreneurship and new space ventures.
The Hague, Netherlands · Person Pieter Cobelens is a former Director-General of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), the Netherlands' agency responsible for military intelligence collection, counterintelligence, and signals intelligence. He has extensive experience in strategic national security, international intelligence cooperation, and military cyber operations. Following his government career, Cobelens has been active as a speaker, commentator, and advisor on intelligence and security policy topics.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Partner at Newion focused on early-stage B2B software companies in Europe. He works with technical founders building enterprise SaaS, supporting go-to-market and scaling from first institutional capital through growth.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Co-founder and CEO of MAHI, working on autonomous and maritime technology solutions. He is a confirmed speaker at the DroneHorizon summit during Port of the Future Week 2026 in Antwerp, addressing autonomous systems for ports.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CTO of ElevenLabs, leading the research behind its speech-synthesis models. A former Google machine-learning engineer, he co-founded the company with Mati Staniszewski.
Cambridge, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and former CEO of Darktrace, the Cambridge cyber-AI company she led to a 2021 London IPO. One of the UK's most prominent tech executives, she was appointed a UK investment minister in 2024.
Kristiansand, Norway · Person British entrepreneur and founder and CEO of CENTURY Tech, an artificial-intelligence education technology company. A former barrister and a UK Business Ambassador, she is a prominent voice on AI in education and ethics, and is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Investment Director at Movens Capital. Leads sourcing and diligence across CEE early-stage software and deep tech deals, with focus areas in AI, developer tools, and fintech infrastructure.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Business development professional at Mergado, a product-data and feed-management platform serving online merchants across Central Europe, with a focus on AI-powered shopping experiences. He is an announced speaker at the XXII E-Commerce Conference 2026 in Budapest.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Partner at Movens Capital. Background in finance and operations, leading deal execution and portfolio support for early-stage CEE startups across fintech, enterprise software, and commerce enablement.
Harwell, United Kingdom · Person Rafel Jorda Siquier is the CEO of Open Cosmos, a UK-based space startup founded in 2015 that designs, builds, and operates small satellites and provides end-to-end mission services for governments and commercial customers. Under his leadership, Open Cosmos has grown into a notable player in the New Space sector, securing contracts with the European Space Agency and other institutional clients across Europe and beyond. Jorda Siquier is a recognized figure in the European commercial space ecosystem and advocates for democratizing access to space through low-cost, rapidly delivered satellite solutions.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person Strategist, digital anthropologist, and bestselling author who studies the intersection of technology, culture, and human behaviour, including the book 'Hustle and Float'. She is Executive Director of the Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture and a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
Munich, Germany · Person President of Bitkom, Germany's digital industry association, and Group CEO of Giesecke+Devrient, a Munich-based security technology company. He represents thousands of digital-economy companies and is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI, Data & Quantum Summit organized by Bitkom.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Developer advocate at Auth0 with a background in frontend engineering, testing and developer experience across the JavaScript and web development ecosystem. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Rasmus Errboe is CEO and Group President of Ørsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark, with operations in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. He became CEO in February 2025, succeeding Mads Nipper, having previously served as Deputy CEO, Chief Commercial Officer, and Interim CFO since joining Ørsted in 2012. He was responsible for Ørsted's 2016 IPO and the 2017 divestment of its oil and gas business, and is a member of the Confederation of Danish Industries' Main Board.
Elche, Spain · Person Co-founder and CEO of PLD Space, the Elche-based company developing the Miura family of reusable launch vehicles. He co-founded PLD Space in 2011 to give Europe sovereign access to space for small satellites.
Guildford, United Kingdom · Person Ravi Silva is the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey, an expert in nanotechnology, carbon-based electronics, photovoltaics and energy materials. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Geneva, Switzerland · Person Inventor, futurist and best-selling author known for his work on artificial intelligence, pattern recognition and predictions about technological singularity, and a principal researcher at Google. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
Lille, France · Person Co-founder and CTO of Exotec, leading the engineering behind its autonomous warehouse robots. He co-founded the company with Romain Moulin in 2015.
Lisbon, Portugal · Person General Partner and CFO of Indico Capital Partners, which he co-founded after a career at Caixa Capital. He leads fund operations and investments across enterprise software, fintech and deep tech in Portugal, Spain and Italy.
Budapest, Hungary · Person British software tester, trainer and public speaker known as the Friendly Tester and co-creator of the Automation in Testing namespace, currently a senior architect in quality engineering at Slalom Build. He is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
Prague, Czech Republic · Person Veteran Czech-Slovak JavaScript developer and educator with two decades of frontend experience across companies such as Outreach, Mall.cz, TopMonks, and Economia. He teaches JavaScript through public and corporate courses and speaks regularly at conferences; a confirmed speaker at FrontKon 2026 in Prague.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CEO of OakNorth, the SME-lending bank, which he started after struggling to get a loan for an earlier business. He previously co-founded Copal Amba, sold to Moody's.
Helsinki, Finland · Person Risto Siilasmaa is a Finnish serial entrepreneur and corporate board leader, best known as the founder of WithSecure (formerly F-Secure), one of the most recognized cybersecurity companies to emerge from the Nordic region. He served as Chairman of Nokia from 2012 to 2020, steering the company through its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent and its transformation into a major 5G infrastructure provider. Siilasmaa is a frequent keynote speaker on technology leadership and board governance and is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and former CTO/CPO of Improbable, where he led development of the SpatialOS distributed-simulation engine. He met co-founder Herman Narula at the University of Cambridge.
Berlin, Germany · Person Robert Gentz is Co-founder & Co-CEO of the fashion e-commerce giant Zalando. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Robert leads the fashion e-commerce giant Zalando.
Prague, Czech Republic · Person Socio-technical software architect based in Berlin, focused on frontend architecture, functional programming, and engineering team practices. A confirmed speaker at FrontKon 2026 in Prague.
Freiburg, Germany · Person German AI researcher and entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Black Forest Labs, a Freiburg-based generative-AI lab focused on image and video models. He was previously a research director at Stability AI and, during his PhD at LMU Munich, played a key role in developing the latent diffusion models behind Stable Diffusion.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder of PhysicsX and a physicist who led performance and vehicle science at Formula 1 teams including Mercedes and Renault, where his work contributed to multiple championships.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder of Bioptimus and a machine-learning scientist who previously worked at Google DeepMind and Amazon on large-scale models, now applied to biological foundation models.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Investment Director at Vinthera, focused on venture investment and technology growth across emerging markets. He is an announced speaker at Eurasia Tech Week 2026 in Istanbul.
Lille, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Exotec, the warehouse-robotics company behind the Skypod system. He turned the Lille-based startup into France's first industrial-tech unicorn, serving global retailers.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and co-CEO of Pigment, leading product and engineering. He previously co-founded and served as CTO of the adtech company Criteo before starting Pigment.
Belgrade, Serbia · Person Ronny Fehling serves as Chief AI Transformation Officer at HTEC, a technology company specializing in AI-driven software engineering and digital transformation with offices across Europe and North America. In this C-suite role he is responsible for driving the company's artificial intelligence strategy and transformation programs across client engagements, and is a recognized speaker on enterprise AI adoption.
Lviv, UA · Person Rostyslav Chayka is the Founder and CEO of Lemberg Tech Business School (LemBS), which he has led since its founding in Lviv in 2009. He is also the founder of Lviv Startup Club, a community supporting startups and entrepreneurs in western Ukraine. Chayka serves as Chairman of the organizational committee for the Kyiv Miltech Conference 2026 and has over 17 years of experience organizing technology conferences in Ukraine.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of GetVocal AI, building autonomous voice agents for businesses, backed by Creandum, Elaia and Speedinvest.
Vienna, Austria · Person Austrian executive and Chief Executive Officer of Infineon Technologies Austria, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, and a prominent advocate for research, innovation and industrial competitiveness in Europe. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 Technology Talks Austria conference.
Helsinki, Finland · Person Sabrina Manisalco is the CEO and Co-founder of Algorithmiq, a Helsinki-based quantum computing startup developing quantum algorithms for pharmaceutical and life sciences applications. She is also a Professor of Quantum Information at the University of Helsinki, making her a prominent academic-entrepreneur bridging fundamental research and commercial deep tech. Manisalco is a recognized figure in the European quantum ecosystem and a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Bucharest, Romania · Person Founder and majority owner of Superbet (operating as Super), a technology-driven sports-betting and gaming group he started in Romania in 2008 that has since expanded across Europe and into Latin America. He backs Romanian technology and entrepreneurship initiatives through the group and its ventures.
Barcelona, Spain · Person Co-founder of Glovo, where he leads global and public affairs. A serial entrepreneur active in the Spanish tech scene before Glovo, he helped scale the delivery platform across Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Istanbul, Turkey · Person Senior Vice President at Sygnum Bank leading bank-to-bank integration and enablement for digital-asset banking. He is an announced speaker at Eurasia Tech Week 2026 in Istanbul.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Technology leader at Amazon working on cloud and enterprise solutions. He is an announced speaker at the 5th Digital Cyprus Conference 2026 in Nicosia.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Senior developer advocate at AWS focused on frontend, cross-platform and web development across the JavaScript ecosystem. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Alpbach, Austria · Person French-born Georgian politician and diplomat who served as President of Georgia from 2018, the first woman to hold the office, drawing on a long career in French diplomacy before entering Georgian politics. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 European Forum Alpbach.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Filigran, the open-source cyber-threat-intelligence company behind OpenCTI. A former French cyber-agency leader, he scaled Filigran with backing from Insight, Accel and Eurazeo.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Co-founder and CEO of Scandit, the Zurich-based enterprise computer vision company he co-founded in 2009 as an ETH Zurich spin-out. Mueller led Scandit from a research project into a global B2B platform used by DHL, Sephora, and the NHS, raising over $150M from investors including Atomico, G2VP, and Swisscom Ventures. He holds a PhD in computer science from ETH Zurich, where he worked on mobile augmented reality before commercialising barcode-scanning technology for enterprise use.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Co-founder and CEO of HELLO Labs, a Web3 entertainment and media company, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Develops blockchain-based interactive media and content platforms.
Prague, Czech Republic · Person Archaeologist turned technology strategist and futurist who writes and speaks about artificial intelligence, the future of work, and how emerging technology reshapes society. A confirmed speaker at FrontKon 2026 in Prague.
Ditzingen, Germany · Person Head of Artificial Intelligence at TRUMPF, the German high-tech machine-tool and laser manufacturer, where she leads applied AI strategy across industrial manufacturing. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI, Data & Quantum Summit (AIDAQ) in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany · Person Sascha Konietzke is Co-founder of the headless-CMS company Contentful. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Sascha leads the headless-CMS company Contentful.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Software engineer at Sentry, co-host of the Syntax.fm web development podcast and founder of the Level Up Tutorials education platform for JavaScript and frontend developers. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Hamburg, Germany · Person Sebastian Bergmann is the creator of PHPUnit, the most widely adopted unit testing framework for the PHP programming language, used by millions of developers worldwide. He is Co-Founder of thePHP.cc, a German consultancy specializing in software quality, PHP architecture, and test-driven development. Bergmann is a prolific open-source contributor and internationally recognized speaker at major software development conferences. His work on PHPUnit has had a foundational impact on software quality practices in the PHP ecosystem.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person American author, entrepreneur, and marketing thought leader who has written more than 20 bestselling books including 'Purple Cow' and 'This Is Marketing'. A pioneer of permission marketing and a widely followed blogger, he is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Software engineer and co-founder of NativePHP, a framework for building native desktop and mobile applications with PHP and Laravel. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, presenting on cross-platform application development with PHP.
New York, United States · Person Partner at Index Ventures and one of the firm's leading enterprise and security investors, known for backing Datadog and Wiz. He has been a repeat Forbes Midas List performer and helps anchor Index's US cybersecurity and infrastructure portfolio.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person Canadian innovation strategist and author of 'The Bold Ones', recognised as a leading authority on disruption and the application of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence in business. A former Deloitte strategist, he is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Co-founder of Frontline Ventures and one of Ireland's most experienced technology investors. A veteran of the Irish venture scene, he has backed B2B software companies across multiple fund cycles and now serves the firm as a Partner Emeritus.
Brussels, Belgium · Person Siegfried Jaeken is Managing Director for Data & AI at Accenture, one of the world's leading professional services and consulting firms with annual revenues exceeding $60 billion. In this senior leadership role he oversees Accenture's data strategy and artificial intelligence practice for European markets, guiding enterprise clients through AI-driven business transformations at scale.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder of Depop, the social marketplace for secondhand fashion that became a cultural phenomenon with Gen Z before its acquisition by Etsy. A designer by background, he also co-founded PIG magazine.
Bristol, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CTO of Graphcore and the chief architect of its IPU processor. A serial chip designer, he co-founded Picochip and Element 14 before Graphcore.
Berlin, Germany · Person General Partner at European venture capital firm Creandum, based in Berlin, where he leads the fintech vertical investing across Europe and the US. Before VC he co-founded Foodpanda and HelloFresh US, and began his investing career at Earlybird, leading its seed investment in N26. His portfolio includes Taxfix, Tide and Factorial.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Sofia Lindelöw is the Managing Director for the Nordics at Norrsken Foundation, the Stockholm-based impact organization co-founded by Klarna's Niklas Adalberth. She leads the foundation's community and operations across Sweden and the broader Nordic region, supporting entrepreneurs working on solutions to global challenges in health, climate, and education. Prior to Norrsken she held senior roles at Epidemic Sound and holds an M.Sc. in Technology Management from Lund University.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Accel and one of Europe's most influential venture investors, leading the firm's London office. She has backed Spotify, Monzo, BeReal and KRY, and focuses on AI, consumer and fintech companies across Europe and Israel.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Sotirios Makrygiannis is a former senior Nokia executive who founded AIA Lab, an artificial intelligence advisory firm focused on helping organisations adopt and scale AI strategies. With decades of experience driving technology and innovation at a globally recognised telecommunications company, he now advises enterprises and startups on AI growth strategy and organisational transformation. He is a confirmed speaker at the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, contributing expertise in large-scale technology transformation and AI adoption.
Heraklion, Greece · Person Spiros Anastasiadis is a professor at the University of Crete and a researcher at the FORTH Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, working on polymers, soft matter, nanostructured materials and surfaces. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Doctolib, the e-health booking and software platform he started in 2013. He scaled it into one of Europe's most valuable health-tech companies, serving hundreds of thousands of practitioners.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CTO of Dust and a former research engineer at OpenAI, where he worked on reasoning and formal mathematics, now building enterprise AI agents.
Vienna, Austria · Person Stefan Kollinger is Chief Innovation Officer at ORF, Austria's public broadcasting corporation, where he leads innovation strategy and digital technology initiatives. He is a key executive responsible for driving ORF's transformation in the face of streaming competition and AI disruption. He participated as a speaker at the 4GAMECHANGERS AI-Day 2026, representing ORF's perspective on practical AI adoption within public media workflows.
Berlin, Germany · Person Austrian-born, New York-based graphic designer and typographer, co-founder of the studio Sagmeister & Walsh, known for album covers, identity work and data-driven art projects on happiness and beauty. A headline speaker at the 2026 Forward Festival Berlin.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and COO/CFO of Synthesia, the AI video-generation platform. He runs the company's operations and finance alongside CEO Victor Riparbelli as Synthesia became one of Europe's most valuable generative-AI companies.
Oslo, Norway · Person Norwegian entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Xplora Technologies, a company that makes smartwatches and connected devices for children. He founded the company after temporarily losing sight of his son, and is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
Lisbon, Portugal · Person Managing General Partner and co-founder of Indico Capital Partners, Portugal's leading independent venture firm. Formerly an executive at Caixa Capital, he has built Indico into a >€244M multi-fund platform and is one of Southern Europe's most prominent early-stage investors, backing companies such as Sword Health and Anchorage Digital.
London, United Kingdom · Person Managing Partner and co-founder of Notion Capital, the London B2B SaaS and fintech firm he started in 2009 with the MessageLabs team. He has backed European software leaders including GoCardless and Currencycloud and helped grow Notion to over $1bn AUM.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and president of Qonto, which he started with Alexandre Prot after the two had earlier co-founded the price-comparison startup Smokio.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Senior quality engineering manager at easyJet responsible for testing strategy and standards in the airline operations area, with over 28 years of testing experience across banking, trading and travel. An award-winning conference speaker, he is an announced keynote speaker at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest.
London, United Kingdom · Person British entrepreneur, investor and author. He founded social-media marketing firm Social Chain in 2014 and later co-founded Flightstory, a media and investment company. He hosts The Diary of a CEO, one of the world's most listened-to business podcasts, and is an investor on the BBC's Dragons' Den.
Iași, Romania · Person Software engineering coach at AllPhi who mentors development teams on engineering practices and craftsmanship. He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026, presenting to a developer audience.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Representative of Exail Robotics Belgium working on autonomous and unmanned maritime systems. He is a confirmed speaker at the DroneHorizon summit during Port of the Future Week 2026 in Antwerp, addressing autonomous robotics for ports and critical infrastructure.
Lillestrøm, Norway · Person Belgian author, entrepreneur, and global thought leader on customer experience and the impact of artificial intelligence on customer relationships. He has written several bestselling books including 'The Offer You Can't Refuse', and is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
Helsinki, Finland · Person Stina Wallmark is Investment Director for Life Sciences at Voima Ventures, a leading Finnish venture capital firm investing in deep technology and life sciences startups. She focuses on early-stage science-based companies in the Nordic and Baltic region. Voima Ventures is recognized as one of Finland's most active investors in transformative science-based innovation across health, biology, and materials.
Oslo, Norway · Person Sveinung Tornås is the CEO of Norway Health Tech, Norway's largest health technology cluster uniting over 350 organizations spanning companies, investors, healthcare providers, municipalities, and research institutions. Under his leadership, the organization drives health innovation through flagship events like the Healthtech Festival series and major public-private partnerships including Health2B at Oslo Science Park. He serves as a keynote speaker at the Healthtech Festival 2026 Stavanger edition, where the theme centers on connecting ecosystem stakeholders and transforming healthcare.
Stavanger, Norway · Person Svend Haakon Kristensen is Head of the Defence Initiative at Laerdal Medical, one of Norway's most internationally recognized medical technology companies, headquartered in Stavanger and operating in over 100 countries. Laerdal Medical is a global leader in emergency medical training equipment, patient simulation, and life-saving solutions used by healthcare systems worldwide. In his role, Kristensen leads efforts in dual-use health technology applications for defence and emergency preparedness, a strategically growing field. He is a panelist at the Healthtech Festival 2026 Stavanger, where defence and preparedness is a dedicated session theme.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cogito Capital Partners, the Warsaw and New York growth-stage VC. Formerly a senior partner at MCI Capital, he backs CEE B2B software scale-ups expanding to the US, including companies such as Allica Bank and Preply.
Tallinn, Estonia · Person Taavi Veskimägi is the CEO and Founding Partner of Sentris Capital, a venture capital firm focused on the Nordic and Baltic energy and deep tech investment landscape. He previously served as CEO of Elering, Estonia's national electricity transmission system operator, giving him deep expertise in Nordic energy infrastructure and the energy transition. Veskimägi is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Person Lawyer at BLC Law Office, advising on financial regulation, fintech and crypto in Georgia. She is an announced speaker at FUTURUM Payments Georgia 2026 in Tbilisi.
Iași, Romania · Person Software testing and quality leader, CEO and Head of Test IO, specialising in AI-driven testing, automation and quality engineering. He is an announced speaker at Codecamp Iași 2026.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Creator of the Laravel PHP framework and founder of the company behind it, one of the most widely used open-source web frameworks. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, where he addresses the Laravel ecosystem and modern PHP development.
Stockholm, Sweden · Person Ted Persson is a Partner at EQT Ventures, the venture capital arm of EQT Group, one of Europe's largest and most active private equity firms. EQT Ventures employs an AI-driven sourcing approach through its proprietary Motherbrain platform to identify and back early-growth technology companies across Europe. Persson is a confirmed speaker and investor participant at NORDEEP 2026.
Prague, Czech Republic · Person Developer relations engineer, author, and international conference speaker focused on web development, JavaScript, and AI tooling. A keynote speaker at FrontKon 2026 in Prague, he is known for talks on modern frontend architecture and developer experience.
Oslo, Norway · Person Managing Partner and head of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Norway, advising leading Norwegian and Nordic organisations on strategy, technology, and transformation. He focuses on how businesses capture value from artificial intelligence and digital change, and is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Back Market, the refurbished-electronics marketplace he co-founded in 2014 to make second-hand devices mainstream. He scaled it into one of Europe's largest circular-economy platforms, valued at over $5bn.
Manchester, United Kingdom · Person Thomas Anthopoulos is a professor at the University of Manchester specialising in printed and large-area electronics, semiconductors and optoelectronic devices for energy and sensing applications. He is a keynote speaker at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 in Thessaloniki.
Berlin, Germany · Person German software entrepreneur and former CEO of GitHub (2021-2025), where he oversaw the launch of GitHub Copilot. Born in East Berlin and educated at Technische Universität Berlin, he is co-founder and CEO of Entire, an open-source AI-agent developer platform.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish entrepreneur, designer, and digital activist who co-founded Denmark's first internet company, Mondo, in 1995 and later created Podio, a widely-used workplace collaboration platform. He is co-founder and CEO of TwentyThree, a video marketing and communication platform, and the initiator of Techfestival Copenhagen, a major annual Nordic festival exploring technology's societal impact. He also serves as chairman of the Copenhagen startup community initiative #CPHFTW and co-founded Nordic Makers, an early-stage startup support network.
Paris, France · Person Founder and CEO of Meero, the AI photography and image-processing company he started in 2016, raising large rounds from Alven, Eurazeo and Prime Ventures to automate visual content at scale.
Berlin, Germany · Person State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, working on industrial, digital and energy policy at the federal level. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI, Data & Quantum Summit (AIDAQ) in Berlin.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder of Monzo and previously GoCardless, and one of the UK's best-known fintech founders. He led Monzo from a prepaid card to a licensed bank with millions of customers before stepping back; he is now a group partner at Y Combinator.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Founder, Managing Partner and CEO of MCI Capital, the Warsaw-listed digital private equity firm he started in 1999. A pioneer of Polish technology investing, he built MCI into the largest mid-market tech PE group in Central and Eastern Europe and has overseen landmark exits including iZettle (sold to PayPal) and Azimo.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Co-founder and Managing Partner of Inovo Venture Partners, Poland's leading seed-stage fund. Previously an investment banker at Rothschild and an investor at Penta Investments, he has led Inovo's backing of companies such as Packhelp, Restaumatic and Symmetrical, and helped raise the firm's three funds totalling roughly €167M.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person Lead mobile developer at Sapphire Holidays, building cross-platform mobile applications with JavaScript and web technologies. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Munich, Germany · Person Torsten Reil is Co-founder & Co-CEO of the defence-AI company Helsing. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Torsten leads the defence-AI company Helsing.
Zurich, Switzerland · Person CEO of This Dot Labs, a Google Developer Expert and RxJS core team member, and a prominent figure in the JavaScript and open-source web development community. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Security researcher and creator of Have I Been Pwned, the widely used service that lets people check whether their accounts have been exposed in data breaches. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, addressing web security and lessons from real-world breaches.
Berlin, Germany · Person Tushar Ahluwalia is Co-founder & CEO of the e-commerce roll-up Razor Group. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Tushar leads the e-commerce roll-up Razor Group.
London, United Kingdom · Person Romanian-born founder based in the United Kingdom, best known as co-founder and CEO of Proportunity, a London proptech lender that used data and machine learning to help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder. He is an active voice in the UK fintech community and is building a new AI-focused venture.
Berlin, Germany · Person Valentin Stalf is Co-founder & CEO of the German mobile bank N26. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Valentin leads the German mobile bank N26.
Vienna, Austria · Person Cosmologist and physicist researching dark energy and the large-scale structure of the universe, applying machine learning to astrophysical data and survey missions. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and galaxies.
Munich, Germany · Person Valérie Bures is Partner and Managing Director for DACH at XAnge, a French institutional venture capital firm backed by La Banque Postale that invests in early-stage technology and deep tech companies across Continental Europe. She leads the firm's expansion and investment activities in the German-speaking European markets, covering Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Bures is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026, representing the Franco-German deep tech investment perspective.
Kristiansand, Norway · Person Professor Emeritus at Boston University's Questrom School of Business and a leading scholar on digital strategy, business models, and how companies compete in a world of artificial intelligence and platforms. Author of 'The Digital Matrix', he is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Back Market, shaping the brand and product behind the refurbished-electronics marketplace he started with Thibaud Hug de Larauze and Quentin Le Brouster.
Paris, France · Person Victor Decrion is Managing Partner at Lauxera Capital Partners, a European venture capital firm specializing in cardiovascular disease therapeutics and cardiometabolic drug development. He is a notable life science investor active in the European and Nordic biotech partnering ecosystem. Lauxera Capital is recognized for its focused thesis in cardiovascular innovation, an underserved area in European life science VC.
Paris, France · Person Co-founder and CEO of Malt, the freelance marketplace connecting companies with independent professionals across Europe. He scaled it into the continent's leading freelancing platform.
Madrid, Spain · Person Vincent Rosso is a French-Spanish entrepreneur who co-founded and led BlaBlaCar's expansion across Spain and Latin America, and later co-founded the carsharing platform Consentido/CONSENTIO. He is a recurring voice on mobility, marketplaces and European startup scaling.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Software engineering leader at Metacube Software with experience in enterprise application development and architecture. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder and CEO of Quantexa, the decision-intelligence company using contextual data and AI to fight financial crime for banks and governments. He founded it in 2016 and grew it to unicorn status.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Co-founder and creative lead of Smashing Magazine, the long-running publication and conference brand for web designers and front-end developers. He curates and hosts the SmashingConf series, including the Antwerp edition, focusing on UX, design systems and complex interface design.
Iași, Romania · Person Software architecture author and consultant, known for the O'Reilly books "Learning Domain-Driven Design" and "Balancing Coupling in Software Design." He is an announced speaker at DevDays Iași 2026, presenting on domain-driven design and software coupling.
Munich, Germany · Person Vlad Larichev is Associate Vice President of Industrial AI at Siemens Advanta, the consulting and IoT-as-a-service division of Siemens AG, a global industrial and technology conglomerate headquartered in Munich. He leads initiatives focused on applying artificial intelligence to industrial settings including manufacturing, automation, and smart infrastructure, and speaks at major AI and industry 4.0 events.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founder and CTO of Revolut, responsible for the engineering platform behind the super-app's rapid global expansion. He previously built trading systems at major investment banks.
Berlin, Germany · Person Romanian-born founder and CEO of Linearity, the Berlin-based design-software company formerly known as Vectornator. He started the product after winning Germany's Jugend Forscht science competition in 2017 and has grown it into a vector and marketing-design tool used by a large global base of creators and teams.
Dublin, Ireland · Person Co-founding Partner of Frontline Ventures, the Dublin and London seed fund backing B2B software companies building across the Atlantic. He has invested across the firm's seed portfolio since 2012 and supports European founders on US go-to-market strategy.
London, United Kingdom · Person Founder and CEO of Deliveroo, the food-delivery company he started in 2013 after struggling to get good food delivered in London. He scaled it across Europe and Asia and led its 2021 IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
London, United Kingdom · Person Co-founding Partner of Frontline Ventures, focused on B2B software and enterprise AI. A frequent writer and podcaster on venture capital, he has helped build Frontline's transatlantic platform and its dedicated US expansion programme for European founders.
Alpbach, Austria · Person German diplomat and former chairman of the Munich Security Conference, a veteran ambassador and foreign-policy expert who now leads the Munich Security Conference Foundation. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 European Forum Alpbach on European security.
Paris, France · Person Partner at Heartcore Capital, based in Paris, who joined from Goldman Sachs in 2013. He leads investments in consumer technology and marketplaces across France and Southern Europe.
Alpbach, Austria · Person German-American political scientist and Professor of Practice at Johns Hopkins University, a widely published author and commentator on democracy, populism and the future of liberal societies. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 European Forum Alpbach.
Antwerp, Belgium · Person Award-winning designer and artist behind Happy Creative Land, known for globally recognised visual work, and a confirmed speaker at SmashingConf Antwerp 2026. She speaks on creativity, visual design and brand-led product design.
Geneva, Switzerland · Person Professor at the Université de Montréal, Turing Award laureate and a founding pioneer of deep learning, and Co-President of the LawZero AI-safety initiative. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
Vienna, Austria · Person Japanese neuroscientist and professor at Kyoto University known for pioneering work on brain decoding and reconstructing mental imagery from neural activity using machine learning. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 TEDAI Vienna conference on AI and the brain.
London, United Kingdom · Person Partner at Frontline Ventures based in London, investing in early-stage B2B software and developer-focused founders across Europe. She is a prominent voice on seed-stage venture and supports portfolio companies through their first scaling phase.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Person Zoë Johnson heads Gubra Ventures as Head of Ventures at Gubra, a Danish bioscience company focused on metabolic diseases and CNS disorders. Gubra Ventures is the investment and partnering arm of Gubra, providing capital and expertise to early-stage biotech companies aligned with Gubra's scientific areas. She is an active investor and connector in the Nordic and European life science ecosystem.
Warsaw, Poland · Person Zofia Sidorska is Operations Manager at Movens Capital, a Warsaw-based multi-stage venture capital fund investing €0.25–3 million in CEE tech companies targeting EU, US, or global market leadership. She handles fund operations, LP reporting, and portfolio-management workflows, and holds a master's degree in Finance and Accounting from Kozminski University (2021–2023). Prior experience includes roles at WSI Capital and Sports Hospitality.
Budapest, Hungary · Person Hungarian economist and university lecturer specialising in international political economy, European integration and the economic environment for business. He is an announced keynote speaker at the XXII E-Commerce Conference 2026 in Budapest, where he addresses the macroeconomic and political context shaping the online retail sector.