European Start-Up Days 2018

Spodek Arena • Katowice, Poland • May, 15-16 2018

Accompanying event to the 10th European Economic Congress 2018

Accompanying event – the 8th European Economic Congress 2016

European Economic Congress is the largest business event in Central Europe. The Congress is a three-day series of debates, meetings and accompanying events attended by 7 500 guests from Poland and abroad – the most prominent figures of politics, science, economy and business as well as chairmen of the largest corporations and investors. In more than a hundred of debates and discussions take part every year several hundred speakers. Each year, the events of the Congress are reported on by several hundred journalists from Polish and European media and news agencies.

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What for?

The initiative will integrate young, innovative entrepreneurs with outstanding experts, successful businessmen, CEOs of Polish and foreign companies, people with passion and an innovative approach to running business.

Knowledge
- Accelerator programmes
- Financing of business development
- Exchange of ideas, discussion of the latest trends
- Discovering investment opportunities
- Support for validating, piloting and implementing solutions in start-ups
Inspiration
- Opportunity to listen to creators of global brands, business visionaries and discoverers
- Chance to present yourself to corporations that cooperate with innovative start-ups
- Spread your wings! Revolutionary career perspective for students and graduates
- Establishing valuable relations and becoming part of a wonderful community of talented, young entrepreneurs, leaders of the IT industry, as well as experienced speakers
- Share your experiences and history of success, which will inspire young entrepreneurs
Cooperation
- Chance for open dialogue: start-ups – investors – organisations supporting businesses
- Opportunity to raise capital for starting up, developing or beginning international expansion
- Establishing cooperation with potential investors and industry experts
- Building a network of contacts and long-term relations between young entrepreneurs and representatives of mature businesses
- Occasion to present your products, find new clients and move your business onto a higher level

2
DAYS
40
SPEAKERS
500
STARTUPS
2000
ATEENDEES

Our recommendations!

Read opinions about our event. Find out who and why recommends us.

DARIUSZ ŻUK
CEO, POLSKA PRZEDSIĘBIORCZA
Corporations are looking for innovations, new energy and ideas for the future – and a model for competing in a world that is changing ever more rapidly. Start-ups are organisations whose aim is scaling up quickly, but for that they require partners who can offer them a global market and experience. These two worlds, I believe, have not yet found an ideal form of cooperation, neither in Poland, nor globally. That is why we are creating this event at least to partly help in working out such a model, and to provide corporations and start-ups, and thus Poland and Europe, too, with a chance for faster growth.
TOMASZ GONDEK
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SAULE TECHNOLOGIES
In Poland, we have people with great ideas! Investors should be able to reach these people and show, as partners, what possibilities there are – and this is often lacking. We know that start-ups are in search of management knowledge, capital, and, often, a trusted business angel... European Start-up Days is a great new opportunity to find both.
MONIKA ŻOCHOWSKA
CEO, PHENICOPTERE
Trade fairs, trade missions, EU funds… Each effective way to obtain business partners, clients, or capital for the development of innovative concepts or businesses is good. The European Economic Congress and European Start-up Days as a part of it offer opportunities for courageous people to get the attention of those who can assist in turning plans into reality.
WOJCIECH KUŚPIK
CEO, GRUPA PTWP SA
When deciding to organise the European Start-up Days as part of the European Economic Congress, we were convinced that this forum would create an opportunity to associate those who have strong business experience and investment capital with seed, innovative initiatives or businesses and to then strengthen these original ideas with development capital and management consulting. We have heard enough talk in Poland about assisting start-ups… We are interested in cooperation and providing them with real support.