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8:30 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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OPENING AND PLENARY SESSIONS
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9:00 |
Opening
Brigitte Baumann, President of EBAN and Chiara de Caro, General Manager
Heinz Zourek, Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry European Commission
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9:30 |
The Belgian early stage investment ecosystem: networks, co-investments, policy environment
Joseph de Gheldere (BeAngels) and Reginald Vossen (BAN Vlaanderen), BE
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10:00 |
Building a company to exit: perspectives from the entrepreneur, investor and adviser
Bart van Coppenolle, Metris -sold to Nikon- (BE)
Alexis Bogaert, Head Dexia Private Equity
Frédéric de Laminne, Head of Listings, NYSE Euronext Brussels (BE)
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11:00 |
Networking break |
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11:30 |
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS - MORNING
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SESSION 1 |
Online matching platforms: opportunities and limitations
Jochen Haller, exchangeBA AG (D)
Karsten Wenzlaff, European Expert Network on Culture (EENC)
Cedric Guyot - Partner, CMS DeBacker Legal
Moderated by: Paulo Andrez, FNABA (PT)
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SESSION 2 |
Using social media to promote BAN/Seed fund activities
A workshop animated by Gilles Bindels, CEO of Social Labs Europe
Margaret McGovern, PYMWYMIC (NL)
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SESSION 3 |
The role of business angels in financing rescue/turnaround companies
Patrick Van Roey, Member of BAN Vlaanderen (B)
Joris Wille (Software 4family)
Moderated by Philippe Gluntz, France Angels (FR)
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SESSION 4 |
Case study: using JEREMIE to set up an angel co-investment fund: Lithuania
Arvydas Strumskis, Chairman of Business Angel Fund I, (LT)
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12:30
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LUNCH TABLES
Choose your lunch table!
Ask your questions to representatives of the European Investment Fund, the European Investment Bank and different Directorates of the European Commission.
Organised in collaboration with EURADA.
TABLE 1. Supporting investment in renewable energy
Aurelio Politano, Seconded National Expert on financial & business support to clean-tech, DG Environment
TABLE 2. Investing in commercial results of research – Focus on ICT
Jean David Malo, Research Programmes and Capacity, Head of Unit, DG Research
Pierre Marro, Strategy for ICT Research & Innovation, DG Infso
TABLE 3. Financing the Creative Industries
Gunnar Magnusson, Project Officer / Economist, MEDIA Programme, DG Education and Culture
Remi Charrier, Head of Product Development, Mandate Management, Product Development & Incubation, European Investment Fund
TABLE 4. Financing social innovation
DG MARKT
TABLE 5. Supporting Female entrepreneurship
Anna Danti, Policy Offer, Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship, DG Enterprise & Industry
TABLE 6. Co-investment funds with business angels
You-Ha Hyun, Investment Manager, European Investment Fund
TABLE 7. Financing innovation Through Regional Policy
Rudi Asselbergs and Hanna Dudka, policy analysts, DG Regional Policy
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14:00 |
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS - AFTERNOON
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SESSION 5 |
Case study: Halo – Rebooting a BAN and ecosystem
Alan Watts, Halo Northen Ireland (UK)
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SESSION 6 |
Start-up accelerators and virtual incubators: their contribution to financing early stage start-ups
David Bizer, Hack Fwd (D)
Ramón Suárez, Beta Working Group and Founders Institute (B)
Luigi Capello, Enlabs Incubator and Accelerator (I)
Moderated by: Jacek Blonski, Lewiatan Business Angels (PL)
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SESSION 7 |
Attracting more women to business angel networks
Delivered by Brigitte Baumann, CEO of Go Beyond with 20% women angels
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PLENARY SESSIONS
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15:00 |
Collaboration with Bureau Van Dijk
Introduction by Paulo Andrez, Lead of the EBAN Research Committee
Transparency to promote track record in early stage investing
Lisa Wright, Director, Zephyr
First results of the survey on European early stage venture capital
Luigi Amati, Vice-President EBAN and CEO Meta Group
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15:30 |
Driving value and gearing for exits
Alex Brabers, Chairman of EVCA's Strategic Exit Taskforce and Executive Vice-President Venture Capital GIMV
Walter Van Uytven, Director BeCloud, Belgacom
Moderated by Nelson Gray, LINC Scotland
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16:30 |
Wrap-up and closing session
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