Agenda
- Day 1 2018.05.15
- Day 2 2018.05.16
Spodek Arena Main Stage
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10:00-10:20 SPEECH
Unicorn or Dragon: How to tap into the Chinese Market for Growth?
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10:20-11:00 THE FUTURE OF MONEY
Finance in the era of a revolution
×Finance in the era of a revolution
- Operating online. Banking revolutions, fintech and virtual currencies
- New systems of payment and money circulation. What does ‘an innovative bank’ mean today?
- Blockchain – as a starting point. On its future uses
- Fintechs. A promised land for young companies/enterprises?
- Banks and start-ups. What and who do finance investors/clients seek?
- New business models - platforms
×Finance in the era of a revolution
Łukasz Grass - Editor-in-Chief, Business Insider Polska
Sara Koślińska - CEO, Limitless
Benoit Legrand - Chief Innovation Officer, ING Group
Jakub Więcław - CEO, inviPay SA
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11:20-12:35 THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENT
Technologies for climate
×Technologies for climate
- Sustainable development and climate and environmental protection as a market trend. ‘Clean’ technologies as an opportunity for European industry
- The place and role of the idea of sustainable development in the strategies pursued by companies/enterprises. Requirements, objectives, directions of actions, and models of co-operation
- What do start-ups and mature business do for the environment? A review of good practices – solutions, undertakings and programmes
- Up-to-date innovations – technologies for energy efficiency and emissions reduction; increased use of renewable energy sources
- Smart means clean and emission-free. Smart city/home/environment/workplace
- Regulatory and financial support for environmental protection technologies
×Technologies for climate
Maciej Adamczyk - Member of the Board, XTPL
Joanna Erdman - Vice-President of the Management Board, ING Bank Śląski SA
Piotr Hołubowicz - CEO, SEEDiA Sp z o.o.
Artur Kupczunas - Vice-President, Saule Technologies
Wiktor Warchałowski - CEO, Co-Founder, Airly
Michał Wroński - Editor, PortalSamorzadowy.pl, WNP.PL
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12:35-13:00 SPEECH
The 11 steps of building online business
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13:30-14:15 THE FUTURE OF YOUR BUSINESS
Go global
×Go global
- Is there not enough space in Poland? Possibilities, examples and scenarios
- What business models, or even industries, make a start-up ‘eligible’ for global expansion?
- Mistakes of the youth. What should be avoided at the first stage of expansion?
- Together or apart? The meanders of foreign co-operation with stronger entities
- How to effectively support young companies/enterprises in foreign markets? Support instruments
×Go global
Artur Kupczunas - Vice-President, Saule Technologies
Greg Pietruszyński - CEO, Founder, Growbots
Jakub Prokop - Journalist, Tech Department, WNP.PL
Borys Syczewski - Head of Sales Operations, DocPlanner
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14:15-15:15 THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
Technology versus Humanity. To overcome the contradictions
×Technology versus Humanity. To overcome the contradictions
- A new wonderful world? Risks resulting from the dynamic development of technology
- Automatic machines and robots. Will they take our jobs? Will they create new specialities?
- Is AI more dangerous than a bomb? ‘Destructive technologies’: How not to lose control?
- Artificial intelligence and artificial empathy. Humans and machines – new possibilities and new relations
- Technologies versus the phenomena of social exclusion, addiction and alienation
×Technology versus Humanity. To overcome the contradictions
Iwona Grochowska - Co-Founder, CEO, Nais
Marek Havrda - Strategy Adviser, GoodAI, Prague, Czech Republic
Michal Kořan - Founder, President, Global Arena Research Institute
Stefan Thurner - President, Complexity Science Hub, Vienna
STAGE A (Mezzanine Floor)
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11:20-11:35 SPEECH
Future of work
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11:35-11:50 SPEECH
URBAN QUEST
×URBAN QUEST
Olena Kolikhova - Head of Startups in Poland, Microsoft
Renata Nowakowska - Innovation Manager, Skanska SA
Sławek Potasz - Founder, CEO, InMotion
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11:50-12:05 SPEECH
How the illusion of artificial intelligence will affect our budgets
×How the illusion of artificial intelligence will affect our budgets
Andrzej Marek - Business Developer, PaniAla.pl
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12:05-12:25 SPEECH
How the local authorities of Tel-Aviv support the start-ups and how they maintain Tel Aviv as the core of the start-up nation
×How the local authorities of Tel-Aviv support the start-ups and how they maintain Tel Aviv as the core of the start-up nation
Liron Ben Eliahu - Digital Strategy and Development Manager, Tel Aviv Municipality, Israel
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12:25-13:00 INSPIRATION-KNOWLEDGE-BUSINESS
Defeated at the start: How to work out the PR of a start-up enterprise?
×Defeated at the start: How to work out the PR of a start-up enterprise?
- Why do communication and PR cause so many problems for start-up creators?
- To use an agency, to choose a freelancer or to roll up your sleeves and call the media yourself?
- How much does PR cost?
- A sapper can only be wrong once: How to determine the moment we are ready to present our company/enterprise to journalists? What and how to prepare for?
- Examples of failure and success in the Polish market.
×Defeated at the start: How to work out the PR of a start-up enterprise?
Sebastian Stępak - Managing Director, MSL, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Związek Firm Public Relations
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13:30-14:15 THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENT
Smart cities and electromobility
×Smart cities and electromobility
- What does ‘smart’ stand for? Energy, mobility, the environment, living conditions, and management?
- Latest technologies in cities. Communication, leisure, health, education, flats…
- Global leaders and Polish metropolises
- Electromobility–city–the environment. Is the ‘Polish way’ feasible? Companies/enterprises in action
- Are local governments good clients for start-ups?
×Smart cities and electromobility
Sebastian Ernst - Member of the Supervisory Board, Director of the R&D Department, Gradis Sp. z o.o.
Ewa Mikos - Business Development Manager, Siemens Sp. z o.o.
Bartosz Piłat - Journalist, urban policy expert
Piotr Sędzik - CEO, Founder, Footsteps
Bogumił Sobula - Deputy Mayor of Katowice
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14:15-15:00 THE FUTURE OF YOUR BUSINESS
A start-up at ‘auction’
×A start-up at ‘auction’
- An idea and its valuation. How much are start-ups worth?
- The value of a start-up according to its creators. To measure the value of the unmeasurable…
- Where to seek help? Are professional advisers needed?
- An investor prepares a valuation. Intentions, criteria and processes
- How to become credible? The market as a verifier
×A start-up at ‘auction’
Rafał Celej - Partner, Kondracki Celej Adwokaci Sp. p.
Maciej K Król - Head of Sales & Standard Excellence, Business Link
Arkadiusz Regiec - CEO, Beesfund.com
Piotr Rudzki - Director, PwC
Bartek Sibiga - Founder, DDOB
STAGE B (Mezzanine Floor)
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11:20-12:00 INSPIRATION-KNOWLEDGE-BUSINESS
From zero to hero? Give a boost to your enterprise!
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12:00-13:00 INSPIRATION-KNOWLEDGE-BUSINESS
Partners of young companies/enterprises. Start-ups and investors. Does the coin have one or two sides?
×Partners of young companies/enterprises. Start-ups and investors. Does the coin have one or two sides?
- Stages of a young enterprise’s development and its financing. ‘Take money from anywhere, as long as you do it effectively’?
- Be a manager – start earning money right away! Why on earth should it work? And who is to succeed?
- No two investors are equal. From a bloodsucker to an angel. And what about the stock exchange?
- Capital in mentoring. A reality or just empty rhetoric?
- The pros and cons of the joint support offered by the state and the EU.
- A contract: That sounds mighty! What to ask for and what to protect oneself from?
- The Golden Book of Polish Venture Capital: the first run of 2018 report by Startup Poland
×Partners of young companies/enterprises. Start-ups and investors. Does the coin have one or two sides?
Michał Chojkowski - Chairman of the Board, Akcelerator Technologiczny Gliwice Sp. z o.o. (Technology Accelerator in Gliwice)
Maciej Gnutek - Investment Associate, Innovation Nest
Julia Krysztofiak-Szopa - President, Startup Poland
Włodzimierz Kuc - Deputy Director, Department of Commercialization, The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)
Marian Owerko - Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, Bakalland SA
Marek Ulman - Coordinator of Equity Instruments, National Contact Point for Financial Instruments of the EU
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13:30-14:30 INSPIRATION-KNOWLEDGE-BUSINESS
Incubators and accelerators – just a measure, not an end
×Incubators and accelerators – just a measure, not an end
- On the benefits resulting from this kind of help. How to actively take advantage of it?
- What should one pay attention to when filing for membership?
- Corporate accelerators and incubators: fake operation, fashion and image. Are there exceptions to the rule? (speech by an expert – illustrated with examples and, optionally, attended by a representative of a start-up – as a spectacular example)
×Incubators and accelerators – just a measure, not an end
Anna Brussa - Director of the Startups Development Department, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)
Bartłomiej Budnicki - Head of Ideation, Business Link
Beata Cichocka-Tylman - Director, PwC
Aleksandra Monsiol-Szatkowska - Chief Specialist, Investors Assistance Department, Katowice City Hall
Krzysztof Sułek - Innovation and Bussines Development Division, PGNiG SA
Bingo Stage
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09:30-11:00 THE FUTURE OF THE MARKET
The new consumer
×The new consumer
- Consumers 20+ – the ‘new consumption’ generation. Models of behaviour and their volatility
- To reach young people. Digital communication channels. How to use them?
- Personalisation, joint participation and availability instead of possession? What do new consumers expect?
- The art of influence: influencers, followers and trendsetters
- Sport, e-sport and leisure – areas that allow reaching young consumers
×The new consumer
Marcin Giżycki - Deputy Chairman of the Board, ING Bank Śląski SA
Maciej Herman - CEO, LOTTE Wedel
Adrian Kostrzębski - ESL Polska
Włodzimierz Schmidt - Chairman of the Board, IAB Polska
Bartek Sibiga - Founder, DDOB
Olimpia Wolf - Journalist, portalspozywczy.pl
Łukasz Zaleśny - Strategy & Innovation Director, Blue 449
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11:30-13:00 THE FUTURE OF THE MEDIA
Digitisation in the media world
×Digitisation in the media world
- The media market in the digital era. Directions and visible consequences of transformations
- How has digitisation affected the media market? New possibilities for recipients, editorial offices and advertisers
- The latest technological solutions (Big Data, in-depth content analysis) and their proper use. How to catch the attention of readers and satisfy their needs?
- The growing number of paying readers and the revenues from e-commerce for premium publishers
- The trends of tomorrow. The new audience and new models of content perception as a challenge for the media
- The impact of social media on traditional media coverage
×Digitisation in the media world
Joanna Bekker - Business Development Director, Polityka Insight
Danuta Breguła - Director of Online Strategy & Business Development, Gazeta Wyborcza
Magdalena Chudzikiewicz - Member of the Board, Polska Press Group
Tomasz Jażdżyński - Chairman of the Board, Gremi Media SA
Tomasz Machała - Vice-President for Publishing, Wirtualna Polska Group
Maciej Maciejowski - Member of the Board, TVN
Vadim Makarenko - Publisher of websites on the subjects of data and technologies, Gazeta Wyborcza
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