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European Photonics Venture Forum 2019
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Wednesday
26 Jun
Thursday
27 Jun
Wednesday 26 June 2019
12:00
Registration & Welcome
12:00, Room: Entrance West
12:30
Networking Lunch
limited to participants at the Photonics Venture Forum
12:30, Room: Entrance West, Restaurant "Käfer am See", area "Seeblick"
14:00
CEO Coaching Session
Chair of Coaching Session: Carlos Lee
14:00, Room: B12
Coach:
Steve Frisken
,
Cylite
Andreas Umbach
,
AUCCEPT Consulting GmbH
Investor only Tour
An investor only tour will be organised to showcase the most successful photonics companies exhibiting at Laser World of Photonics lead by an expert in the field.
14:00, Room: B12 - meeting point
15:30
Coffee Break
16:00
Opening Session
16:00, Room: B13
Speaker:
Tanja Baltus
,
Tech Tour
Reinhard Pfeiffer
,
Messe München GmbH
Hugo Thienpont
,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
16:15
Panel Discussion
VCs and corporates
16:15, Room: B13
Moderator:
Franz Lehmann
,
Trumpf Venture GmbH
Presenter:
Paul Gillespie
,
Gillamor Stephens
Audra Shallal
,
BOSS Consulting
Werner Steinhoegl
,
European Commission DG CONNECT
Hugo Thienpont
,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Peter Vanbekbergen
,
imec.xpand
17:00
Fireside Chat
Effect Photonics fundraising case
17:00, Room: B13
Presenter:
James Regan
,
EFFECT Photonics
Pietro Strada
,
Silverpeak
17:20
"Elevator Pitch" session
1 min per company
Each company will have the opportunity to deliver their short 1-min "elevator pitch" and introduce themselves. Interested participants are encouraged to attend other companies' formal presentations on June 27th.
18:00
Networking dinner
with all participants at the Laser World of Photonics
20:30
End of the day
Thursday 27 June 2019
08:30
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00
Company Presentation Session I
Lasers
09:00, Room: B12
Industry Expert:
Stephen Anderson
,
SPIE
Christian Claussen
,
Ventech
Friedhelm Dorsch
,
TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG
Jose Pozo
,
EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium
Kurt Weingarten
,
Tarkas Ventures
Presenter:
Teja Philipp
,
Mr Beam Lasers GmbH
Jari Sillanpää
,
Nanofoot Finland Oy
Florian Emaury
,
Menhir Photonics AG
Irina Sorokina
,
ATLA Lasers
Evangelos Skoulas
,
Biomimetic
Vadim Kiyko
,
Hypermemo Oy
Company Presentation Session II
Industrial & Environmental Photonics Technologies
09:00, Room: B21
Industry Expert:
Willem Bulthuis
,
WBX Ventures
Stephan Decher
,
Zaz Ventures
Joachim de Sterke
,
Photon Delta
Thomas Hessler
,
Lake Sarnen Consulting
Francesco Leone
,
Start up Business Copilot
Audra Shallal
,
BOSS Consulting
Presenter:
Michael Zervas
,
LiGenTec
Florian Petit
,
Blickfeld
Ismo Kauppinen
,
Gasera Ltd
Benjamin Buchbach
,
Infrasolid GmbH
Krzysztof Gebarski
,
SMARTTECH 3D
Company Presentation Session III
Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals
09:00, Room: B22
Industry Expert:
Richard Clarke
,
PowerPhotonic Ltd
Marek Kotelnicki
,
VIGO Ventures
Patrick Morrissey
,
IPIC
Sebastian Stamm
,
Fluxunit - OSRAM Ventures
Torsten Wipiejewski
,
Huawei Technologies
Presenter:
Ilmars Osmanis
,
LightSpace Technologies, SIA
Kim De Nolf
,
QustomDot
Matthias Schmitz
,
K|Lens GmbH
Chiara Greganti
,
VItreaLab GmbH
Alexander Mityashin
,
micledi micro-displays
10:30
Coffee Break & One2One Meetings
10:30, Room: B11
11:30
Company Presentation Session IV
Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals
11:30, Room: B12
Industry Expert:
Christophe Bodin
,
CBO Consulting
Pierre Garnier
,
Jolt Capital
Tonino Greco
,
Sony Europe Venturing
Martyn Macpherson
,
Stella EOC
Mark Smyth
,
MCCI Ireland
Presenter:
Ralf Knoll
,
INOPTEC Ltd.
Tomas Sluka
,
CREAL3D
Aleksandra Pedraszewska
,
VividQ
Claude Florin
,
Fastree3D SA
Jorma Palmen
,
LaDiMo Oy
Kayvan Mirza
,
Optinvent
Company Presentation Session V
Medtech & Fiber Optics
11:30, Room: B21
Industry Expert:
Kevin Donnelly
,
Enterprise Ireland
Tom Harvey
,
CPI
Alain le Loux
,
Cottonwood Technology Fund
Zhigang Qian
,
Hexinyuan Investment Management
Wojtek Smolinski
,
VIGO Ventures
Antonio Teixeira
,
PICadvanced S.A.
Presenter:
Mark Evans
,
Adaptix Ltd
Remco Nieuwland
,
Somni Corporation B.V.
Christian Nauck
,
PreciPoint GmbH
Nicolas Elvemo
,
GlucoSet AS
Carl Smets
,
Spectricity
Company Presentation Session VI
Industrial & Environmental Photonics Technologies
11:30, Room: B22
Industry Expert:
Paul Gillespie
,
Gillamor Stephens
Novica Mrdovic Vianello
,
Star Tech Ventures
Julian Riebartsch
,
btov Partners
Peter Vanbekbergen
,
Imec.xpand
Peter Vanlaeke
,
SOLVAY S.A.
Presenter:
David Schuppisser
,
Insolight
Valérian Giesz
,
Quandela
Damian Gardiner
,
Optomel Ltd
Denis Kiselev
,
Plair SA
Vicente Calvo
,
Comptek Solutions Ltd.
13:00
Networking Lunch & One2One Meetings
13:00, Room: B11
14:00
EVC Finalist Ceremony
14:00, Room: B13
15:00
End of the Photonics Venture Forum 2019
15:00, Room: B13