techsylvania

2017 Edition

In the 4th year, Techsylvania consolidated its position as a bridge between IT experts, founders and entrepreneurs of the international and local system. The 2017 edition featured speakers from top companies such as NVIDIA, SAP, Allianz Ventures, Financial Times, Amazon, Wunderlist, McKinsey, 500 Startups, SamsungNEXT and many more.

Over 1500 people attended  talks on the three main pillars of the event—code, product, funding—and also case studies and discussion panels on topics such as challenges entrepreneurs face in the first year of business, opportunities to invest in local ecosystems and women leadership in business.

Days

Participants

Speakers

Connected Devices

2017 Edition Speakers

Harsh Sinha

VP of Engineering at TransferWise

United Kingdom

Jerry Kennelly

Chairman and CEO at Riverbed Technology ($3.6 billion technology company)

USA

Alison Lowndes

Artificial Intelligence DevRel at NVIDIA

United Kingdom

Konrad Kaschek

General Manager at Bosch Cluj Factory

Romania

Shahar Nechmad

Co-Founder & CTO at Novus Summit & Credit Stacks

USA

Gabriela Nistor

Deputy CEO at Banca Transilvania

Romania

Patrizio Mapelli

CEO at NTT DATA EMEA

Italy

Tomasz Stachlewski

Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services

Poland

Ralph Simon

Chief Executive & Founder of Mobilium Global (The Inventor of the Ringtone)

United Kingdom

Diana Calfa

Managing Partner at Morphoza

Romania

Paddy Power

Head of Communications at Paddy Power Betfair

Ireland

Stefan Glaenzer

Founding Partner at Passion Capital (Best European Angel Investor)

United Kingdom

Wei-Chun Tai

Partner at Mosley Ventures

USA

Christian Renner

Managing Director at Kompass Digital

Germany

Simon McDougall

Regional Leader EEMA at McKinsey Digital Labs

United Arab Emirates

Alexis Bonte

Co-Founder & CEO at eRepublik Labs / Exec in Residence at Atomico

Spain

Martin Wezowski

Chief Designer at SAP

Germany

Elena Mustatea

Entrepreneur

United Kingdom

Chad Fowler

Divisional CTO at Microsoft / Venture Partner at BlueYard Capital

USA

Sergiu Biris

Co-Founder & CEO at Zonga

Romania

Tariq Krim

Founder & CEO at Jolicloud (WEF Young Global Leader)

France

Bradley Kirkland

CEO at Stone Soup Tech Solutions

USA

Tugce Ergul

Co-founder at Angel Labs

USA

Richard Still

Technical Director at Financial Times

United Kingdom

Philipp Kandal

Techsylvania Chairman & VP of Engineering at Telenav

Germany

Rabin Yaghoubi

Entrepreneur, Executive, Investor (Google, DoubleClick, Babylon Health)

United Kingdom

Newton Howard

Director of the MIT Synthetic Intelligence Lab / Professor at the University of Oxford

USA

Felix Petersen

Managing Director Europe at Samsung NEXT

Germany

Min-Sung Sean Kim

Digital Health Partner at Allianz Ventures

Germany

Sal Dhanani

Co-Founder and Co-President at Telenav

USA

Andy Tryba

Co-founder & CEO of RideAustin & Crossover

USA

Mike Costache

Managing Partner at KrowdMentor

USA

Brett Putter

Founder & CEO at CultureGene

United Kingdom

Daniel Ramamoorthy

Founder & CEO of Treehouse

Ireland

Bogdan Herea

CEO & Founder of PITECH+PLUS

Romania

Tobias Jaeger

Managing Partner at AXIOM Venture Capital

Germany

Krating Ponpool

Partner at 500 Startups (Thailand’ s Business Man of The Year)

Thailand

Philipp Petrescu

Venture Partner at Hof Capital

Germany

Josef Dunne

Founder of Champion Prints 3D

United Kingdom

Yinne Yu

CIO at Dickson Poon’s Family Office

USA

Tiberiu Moisa

Deputy CEO at Banca Transilvania

Romania

Jama Nateqi

Co-Founder of SYMPTOMA

Austria

Vincent Mouret

Regional Director Europe at OT-Morpho

France

Michal Skowronek

Head of Market Development CEE at MasterCard

Poland

Pep Gomez

Chairman at NUMA Barcelona

Spain

Constantin von Bergmann-Korn

Investment Manager at Axel Springer Plug & Play

Germany

Agenda

 

10:00 Opening Remarks by Executive Producers
10:10 Keynote: Martin Wezowski (SAP) – Let’s Map, Build and Inspire a Future We All Want to Live In
10:40 Talk: Harsh Sinha (TransferWise) – Scaling a Global Product
11:00
Talk: In Conversation with Felix Petersen (SamsungNEXT) – From Scratch to Launch: How to Make Your Product Stand Out From the Beginning
Philipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator
11:20
Talk: Krating Ponpool (500 Startups) – How to Expand into Asia
11:40 Coffee Break – Hosted by Telenav
12:00 Talk: Min-Sung Sean Kim (Allianz Ventures) – Opportunities in Digital Health
In Conversation with Jama Nateqi (SYMPTOMA)
12:20 Panel
Investing in the local ecosystem
Mike Costache (KrowdMentor) – Moderator
Konrad Kaschek (Bosch)
Jerry Kennelly (Riverbed)
Patrizio Mappelli (NTT Data)
Tiberiu Moisa (Banca Transilvania)
12:50 Talk: Jerry Kennelly (Riverbed) – From Startup to Scaleup
13:10
Talk: Pep Gomez (NUMA Barcelona) – Accelerators or Incinerators ? Is it Really an Option for Me as an Entrepreneur?
13:30 Lunch – Hosted by Banca Transilvania
14:40
Talk: Alison Lowndes (Nvidia) – Fueling the Artificial Intelligence Revolution with Gaming
15:00
Panel:What are the Challenges You’ll Face in the First 12 Months of Starting a Company?
Christian Renner (Kompass Digital) – Moderator
Josef Dunne (Champion Prints 3D)
Philipp Petrescu (Hof Capital)
Felix Petersen (Samsung Next)
15:30 Talk: Paddy Power (Paddy Power Betfair) – Standing Out
15:50 Talk: Simon McDougall (McKinsey) – How Should Startups Engage with Large Corporates Pursuing Digital Transformation
16:10 Talk: Tobias Jaeger (AXIOM Venture Capital) – 7 Hollywood Hustles That Can Help You Run and Grow Your Company
16:30 Coffee Break – Hosted by Yopeso
16:50 Hackathon Winners Present On Stage
17:10
Panel:Future of Banking
Philipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator
Omer Tetik (Banca Transilvania)
Shahar Nechmad (Credit Stacks)
Michal Skowronek (MasterCard)
Vincent Mouret (OT-Morpho)
17:40
Talk: Tomasz Stachlewski (Amazon) – Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud – How to Build Smart Applications?
17:50
Talk: Husein Kanji (Hoxton Ventures) – Why VC’s aren’t Impressed with Just a Good Business
18:00
Keynote: Chad Fowler (Wunderlist) – The Best Experience Wins
11:15-12:00 Legal Challenges for Startups. From Setting-up the Relationship with the Investors to Data Protection – Alexandra Cohutiu (Laurentiu, Laurentiu & Associates)
12:00 – 13:00 How To Pitch – Daniel Ramamoorthy (Treehouse)
If you have a startup, this is the “go-to place” for you. Among the networking opportunities, we prepared you a session with the pitching master, 3x entrepreneur, industry catalyst and startup coach, Daniel Ramamoorthy. He will show you the practical insights on learning how to say your story effectively and make the pitch memorably for the right reasons.
14:30 Startup Avalanche
Session One (VIP ticket holders ONLY)
16:30
Coffee Break
16:50-19:00
Startup Avalanche
Session Two (VIP ticket holders ONLY)
10:00 Opening Remarks by Executive Producers
10:10 Keynote: Ralph Simon (Mobilium) – What’s Coming Next – Latest and Coolest Best New Tech Trends & Products from Around the World
10:50 Talk: In Conversation with Alexis Bonte (eRepublik & Atomico) – What Qualities Should Romanian Entrepreneurs Have in Order to Attract the Attention of International Investors? Sergiu Biris (Zonga) – Moderator
11:20
Talk: Sal Dhanani (Telenav) – ‘Don’t Ever Give Up!’ – The Most Important Lesson Learned in Building Two $200M+ Businesses
11:40 Coffee Break – Hosted by Bosch
12:00
Talk: Andy Tryba (Crossover) – How to Start an Uber in 4 Weeks
12:20
Panel: Opportunities and Challenges to Succeed from Eastern Europe
Philipp Kandal (Telenav) – Moderator
Bogdan Herea (PitechPlus)
Rabin Yaghoubi (Entrepreneur, Executive, Investor)
Bradley Kirkland (Stone Soup Tech Solutions)
Philipp Petrescu (Hof Capital)
12:50
Startup Avalanche FINALS
13:30
Lunch – Hosted by Banca Transilvania
14:20
Talk: Jennifer Beecher (SoundCloud) – 10 Principles for Building Better Products
14:40 Talk: Flaviu Simihaian (iMedicare) – How to Sell your First Customers
15:00
Panel: Women in Technology
Jen Wieczner (Fortune) – Moderator, Steffi Czerny (DLD Media), Lisa Enckell (Approach), Jennifer Beecher (Soundcloud), Lisa Lang (ElektroCouture)
15:30 Talk: Jan Hichert (Riverbed) – Modus Operandi: from Startup to Successful Tech Exit
15:50 Talk: Lisa Enckell (Approach) – Getting your App Off the Ground
16:00 Talk: Stefan Fountain (PR.co) – I Don’t Often Fail, But When I Do …
16:30 Coffee Break
16:50 Talk: Tom Laster (Facebook) – Building to Stand Out in the Evolving Marketing Technology Ecosystem
17:10
Talk: In Conversation with Joyce Shen (Thomson Reuters) – Technological Innovations in the Enterprise Sector
Lucian Mindruta (DigiFM) – Moderator
17:30
Talk: Frank Meehan (SmartUp) – Scaling a Company to International Success Using the Cluj Tech Scene
17:50
Talk: Mark Post (Maastricht University) – Meet the New Meat
18:10
Keynote: Ioana Cozmuta (NASA) – Innovation at the Edge of Space: an Engine for Global Opportunities
18:40
Closing Ceremony & Startup Avalanche Winners
22:00
After Party
11:00 – 12:00 Lessons from Startup Success and Failures – Constantin Von Bergmann-Korn and Daniel Dierkes (Axel Springer Plug and Play)
This workshop will cover important learnings from startup successes and failures. Founders who are looking to raise their pre-seed and seed investment will be provided with hands-on advice regarding topics such as cap table, team setup and business model.
12:00 – 13:00 Building high performing distributed agile teams – Sarah McCasland (Modus Create)
he concept of Internet of Things is present today in every aspect of our lives. At this workshop, Bosch will show a few use cases of data acquisition and interpretation from sensors, which help us to better understand IoT. We will have fun with a short hands-on experience.
14:40 – 15:40 Sensors, Sensors Everywhere – Paul Sucala and Paul Marian (Bosch Engineering Center Cluj)
The concept of Internet of Things is present today in every aspect of our lives. At this workshop, Bosch will show a few use cases of data acquisition and interpretation from sensors, which help us to better understand IoT. We will have fun with a short hands-on experience.
15:40 – 15:50 Break
15:50 – 16:50
Autonomous Cars, eMobility and Digitalization – Cornel Amariei (Continental)
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. We will discuss about self driving cars, electric mobility, connected vehicles and industry 4.0. The keynote will be held by Cornel Amariei – Innovation Manager at Continental, Inventor, Author and Forbes 30 under 30 Europe member.
16:50 – 17:00
Break
17:00 – 18:00 The Internet of Simulation: Building Intelligent Systems – David McKee (University of Leeds)
His workshop will be about the introduction of Internet of Simulation (IoS) paradigm as an extension of IoT in a world where connectivity, data analysis, virtual prototyping, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are and will continue to be important for future systems.
 
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