Speakers & Experts

Speakers & Experts include industry specialists from international research and academia as well as leading international business executives and investors and corporates, who will share their expertise in the various presentation and discussion sessions throughout the two day event.

Camilla Andersson

and Managing Director

Fabian Invest AS (Norway)

Simon Andrews

Vice President

Silicon Valley Bank (United Kingdom)

John Bailey

Primer Corporation (Belgium)

Iain Bennett

Sector Leader - Digital and Creative Industries

Northwest Regional Development Agency - NWDA (United Kingdom)

Tomas Bennich

Sweden Mobile Association (Sweden)

Jiri Berger

Chief Executive Officer

e-FRACTAL Ltd. (Czech Republic)

Magnus Bergman

CrossConnect Network Group (Sweden)

Debra Charnley

Head of ICT

Northwest Regional Development Agency - NWDA (United Kingdom)

Nils-Olof Forsgren

CEO

Uminova Innovation (Sweden)

Simon Glassman

Segment Marketing, Wireless

Tele Atlas (United Kingdom)

Alberto Grilo

Madeira Tecnopolo S.A. (Portugal)

Bengt Hallström

Technology Department

Swedish Road Administration (Sweden)

Ritchie Head

Project Director

RTC North Ltd (United Kingdom)

Adam Hillestrøm

Business Development

Risø Research Centre/ Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)

Antonio Hyder

Citylogo.com (Spain)

Luc Francis Jacobs

Gialco (Belgium)

Mark Jefford-Baker

Business Innovation Manager

Ericsson AB (United Kingdom)

David Jouarisse

Chief Venture Officer

Akka Venture (France)

Marie A. Kluth

Go4Venture (United Kingdom)

Peter Leather

Business Support Manager

Liverpool Ventures (United Kingdom)

Kajsa Lundfall

Visibilly (Sweden)

Rusi Marinov

Associate professor of Information science

New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)

David Martínez Simarro

Head of the Information and Communication Technologies Department

AINIA Technological Center (Centro Tecnológico) (Spain)

Jari Mieskonen

Managing Partner

Conor Venture Partners Oy (Finland)

Christian Nagel

Partner

Earlybird Venture Capital (Germany)

Raul Oliveira

iPortalMais (Portugal)

Earnest D. Paylor II

President and CEO

WorldTech International LLC (United States)

Søren Fogt Petersen

Sales and Marketing

Mobintech A/S HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY NOVERO GROUP! (Denmark)

Bjørn Erik Reinseth

Partner

Ferd Capital (Norway)

Bena Roberts

Chief Analyst

Gomo News and Strategy (United Kingdom)

Jacob Sand

Capital+ Management Aps (Denmark)

Diana Saraceni

General Partner

360° Capital Partners (Italy)

Raul Elmano Silva Caires

of the Board

Madeira Tecnopolo S.A. (Portugal)

Jeremy Silver

CEO

Sibelius Software (United Kingdom)

Jose Basilio Simões

President

VegaVentures (Portugal)

Steven Smith

ICT Industry Sector Director

Merseyside ICT & Merseyside Special Investment Fund (United Kingdom)

John Tidmarsh

Investment Executive - Sustainable Technology Fund

E-Synergy (United Kingdom)