European Photonics Venture Forum 2018

Tuesday 29 May 2018

10:30 Registration Investment Readiness Session
11:00 Welcome Peter Doyle, Tech Tour
11:10 Best pitch and presentation format Audra Shallal, BOSS Consulting
11:45 Coaching session: Healthcare / Medtech I Coaching the selected companies for their presentations
11:45 Coaching session: Industrial / Environmental photonics technologies I Coaching the selected companies for their presentations
11:45 Coaching session: Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals I Coaching the selected companies for their presentations
12:00 Informal Networking Lunch with investors & partners
13:45 Networking break (CEO's and coaches)
14:30 Investor-only Session “Public – private partnering on scaling up in photonics”
14:30 Coaching session: Healthcare / Medtech II Coaching the selected companies for their presentations
14:30 Coaching session: Industrial / Environmental photonics technologies II Coaching the selected companies for their presentations
14:30 Coaching session: Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals II Coaching the selected companies for their presentations
16:30 Registration to main event
17:00 Welcome William Stevens, Tech Tour
17:05 Opening Keynotes Lucilla Sioli, European Commission, Directorate-General CONNECT
17:20 Opening Keynote Corporate speaker – Global Demand for Photonics innovation – David Castrillo, Hamamatsu Photonics
17:30 Opening Panel: 'Investing and Scaling Up in Photonics: Opportunities & Challenges'
18:10 Bus transfer to city center Barcelona
18:45 Guided tour in The Maritime Museum
19:45 Welcome Keynote Gerardo Pisarello Prados, Barcelona City Hall
19:50 Keynote Arcadi Navarro, Generalitat (Catalan Government)
19:55 Keynote Jean-Luc Beylat, Photonics21
20:05 Fireside Chat - Energetiq Success Story
20:25 Elevator Pitches of the selected companies: ‘Each startup will make a one-minute elevator pitch'
21:00 Networking Dinner
22:30 Bus transfer to hotels

Wednesday 30 May 2018

08:30 Registration & welcome coffee
09:00 Welcome Lluis Torner, ICFO
09:05 Welcome Sergio Sáez, Secpho
09:10 Opening Hugo Thienpont, ACTPHAST 4.0
09:15 Fireside Chat: The fundraising case of MedLumics
09:45 Move to break-outs
10:00 Presentation session: Healthcare / Medtech I
10:00 Presentation session: Industrial / Environmental photonics technologies I
10:00 Presentation session: Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals I
11:30 Networking coffee break & One2One meetings with Entrepreneurs and Investors
12:15 Presentation session: Healthcare / Medtech II
12:15 Presentation session: Industrial / Environmental photonics technologies II
12:15 Presentation session: Electronics, Hardware & Peripherals II
13:45 Networking lunch & One2One meetings
15:30 Announcement of EVC Finalists & closing remarks by the Organizers & Hosts

*Programme subject to change