Tech Tour Photonics 2021

Riccardo Aimerito

Co-founder & Partner

ERA Kapital (Italy)

Sofie Baeten

Managing Partner
Qbic (Belgium)

Gernot Berger

Senior Investment Manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) (Germany)

Gregory Bernstein

Executive-in-Residence
EQT Ventures (Sweden)

Ivo Blij

Director Corporate Lending
NIBC Bank N.V. (Netherlands)

Christophe Bodin

Director
CBO Consulting (Belgium)

Alvise Bonivento

Partner
Indaco Venture Partners (Italy)

Daniel Carew

Principal
IQ Capital Partners (United Kingdom)

Nuno Carvalho

Investment Director
KBC Focus Fund (Belgium)

Richard Clarke

Finance Director
PowerPhotonic Ltd (United Kingdom)

Joachim de Sterke

CFO
PhotonDelta (Netherlands)

Stephan Decher

Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Francois-Xavier Dedde

Partner
Omnes Capital (France)

Miguel Del Canizo

Partner
Bullnet Capital (Spain)

Kevin Donnelly

Research Officer
Enterprise Ireland (Ireland)

Friedhelm Dorsch

Principal Expert Technology Scouting
TRUMPF GmbH (Germany)

Peter Doyle

Business Coach, VUB as coordinator of PhotonHub Europe
ACTPHAST 4.0 (Belgium)

Alberto Emprin

General Partner
3LB Seed Capital (Italy)

Johan Feenstra

CEO
SMART Photonics B.V. (Netherlands)

Sergi Ferrando

Business Development
ICFO - Institute of Photonic Sciences (Spain)

Ana Gebejes

Head of Projects
Photonics Finland (Finland)

Massimo Gentili

Observer: Board of Directors
WISE (Italy)

Panagiotis Georgiadis

Head Of Business Development
Alpes Lasers SA (Switzerland)

Paul Gillespie

Partner
SH Gillamor Stephens (United Kingdom)

Yavor Gochev

Investment Manager
Innovation Capital (Bulgaria)

Tonino Greco

Senior Chief Technology Analyst
Sony Innovation Fund (United Kingdom)

Jose Guerreiro de Sousa

Partner
Armilar Venture Partners (Portugal)

Jose Luis Gómez

Analyst
Bullnet Capital (Spain)

Robert Harrison

Joint Managing Partner
Sonnenberg Harrison Partnership (Germany)

Tom Harvey

Healthcare Photonics Lead
CPI (United Kingdom)

Félix Henry

Venture Capital Analyst
Omnes Capital (France)

Thomas Hessler

CEO
LIGENTEC (Switzerland)

Eoghan Hickey

Principal & Head of Research
Jolt Capital (France)

Sebastian Händschke

Head
Digital Innovation Hub Photonics (Denmark)

Oliver Kahl

Principal
MIG Capital AG (Germany)

Erhan Kilicozlu

Managing Partner
ACT Venture Partners (Turkiye)

Simon King

Partner
Octopus Ventures (United Kingdom)

Pieter Klinkert

Fund Manager
PhotonDelta (Netherlands)

Petri Laine

Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures (Finland)

Carlos Lee

Director General
EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium (Belgium)

Irene Lo Vecchio

Key Account Manager Photonics
Berlin Partner GmbH (Germany)

Jan Meise

CEO
AMS Technologies AG (Germany)

Novica Mrdovic-Vianello

General Manager & Founder
Star Tech Ventures (Italy)

Daniele Panarese

Innovation Consultant
Ciaotech Srl (Italy)

Francesco Pessolano

CEO & CoFounder
Flanders make (Belgium)

Paul Phelan

Independent Consultant
Paul Phelan Consulting (Ireland)

Zhigang Qian

Director
Wuxi Capital (China)

Julian Riebartsch

Associate
btov Partners (Germany)

Hans Rijckenberg

Managing Director
Regional Experts (Netherlands)

Santiago Royo

Secretariat
Fotónica21 (Spain)

Edward Schneider

Founder & Managing Director
Quan Technology Fund (Switzerland)

Karsten Scholz

Corporate Development Manager at L&L Products
Karsten Scholz (Germany)

Rudi Severijns

Investment Director
KBC Focus Fund (Belgium)

Audra Shallal

Managing Director
BOSS Consulting (France)

Mason Sinclair

Deep Tech Investor
Octopus Ventures (United Kingdom)

Wojtek Smolinski

Managing Partner
VIGO Ventures (Poland)

Mark Smyth

Tyndall National Institute (Ireland)

Sebastian Stamm

Investment Manager
Fluxunit - ams OSRAM Ventures (Germany)

Victor Szabo

btov Partners (Germany)

Antonio Teixeira

Founder
PICadvanced S.A. (Portugal)

Ian Tracey

Co-Founder
Anchored (United Kingdom)

Matthias Trinker

Chief Financial Officer
ficonTEC (Germany)

Ulrich Trog

Joanneum Research ForschungsgmbH (Austria)

Andreas Umbach

CEO
AUCCEPT Consulting GmbH (Germany)

Alexander van Os

Co-Founder
Venture IQ B.V. (Netherlands)

Peter Vanbekbergen

Partner
imec.xpand (Belgium)

James Wilson

Senior Analyst
Silverpeak (United Kingdom)

Torsten Wipiejewski

Business Development Manager
Huawei Technologies (Germany)

Kim Neel Wyon

Senior Partner
Optiteam (Denmark)

Aleksey Yerpylov

Project Manager
United Metallurgical Company (AO OMK) (Russian Federation)