November 9th: Networking dinner for all participants at VALVET
Holmamiralens torg 2, Skeppsholmen
| 19.00 | Welcome cocktail |
| Welcome addresses by: Marie Reinius, Managing Director, SVCA and Brigitte Baumann, President of EBAN |
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| 19.30 22.30 |
Networking Dinner End of dinner |
November 10th: Winter University at Grand Hôtel
Södra Blasieholmshamnen 8
Morning moderated by: Marie Reinius
| Pre-event session (invitation only) Breakfast from 7.45 to 8.45 Venue: Grand Hotel Stimulating female entrepreneurship and investing EBAN Contribution to the Swedish Presidency of the EU Moderated by: Brigitte Baumann, CEO of Go Beyond and President of EBAN |
| 9.00 | Coffee and registration | |
| 9.30 |
Welcome to Stockholm and short SVCA briefing Marie Reinius, Managing Director, SVCA |
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| 9.45 | EBAN update on market statistics and trends Brigitte Baumann, President of EBAN and CEO Go Beyond Ltd |
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| 10.00 | Key note speech; A Nordic start-up – Now a global fast growing corporation John Elvesjö, Executive Vice President, Tobii Technology The Tobii story of an “impossible” business idea based on an unproven technology that managed to secure financing, growth and now worldwide recognition. www.tobii.com |
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| 10.30 11.00 |
Networking break Break-out sessions |
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| Session 1: | Preparing for Exits: - Daniel Wild, Business Angel (GER) - Peter Bougdanos, Business Angel (US/FIN) - Alina Chateau, Business Angel (FR) - John Nogrady, Director, Microsoft Emerging Business Team Moderator: Dusan Stojanovic, Business Angel |
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| Session 2: |
Different investment tools used by early stage investors and why (use of equity, convertible bonds, etc.) |
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| 12.00 | Report from the break-out sessions by the moderators Dusan Stojanovic and Joseph de Gheldere |
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| 12.15 | Developing business angel policy in different national contexts – some important considerations Sofia Avdeitchikova, Ramböll/CIRCLE (S) |
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| 12.45 | Networking and lunch break | |
| 14.00 |
Presentation of EBAN-BDO Report on Stimulating the early stage investment market in Europe through fiscal incentives and co-investment funds Cristina Dias, Senior Manager, BDO Portugal |
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| 14.20 | Break-out sessions | |
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Case studies: top performing investments and their management teams 5-7 minute presentation about experience and lessons learnt, followed by a discussion - Andrzej Brud, Business Coach, Chalmers Innovation (S) - Lukasz Gadowski, Partner, Team Europe Ventures (D) - Ricard Söderberg, Active Venture Partners (E) Moderator: Luigi Amati, Meta Group (I) |
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| Break-out 2: | Attracting more women angels to the European market Introduction; The Swedish authorities support five women business angel networks. Motives and goals for the activity and the results so far. - Madeleine Sparre, Dedicera, commissioned by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth Panel members: - Leila Swärd Ramberg, Theia (S) - Jennifer Naylor, Golden Seeds (US) - Claude Rameau, Business angel (FR) Moderated by: Brigitte Baumann, President of EBAN & CEO, Go Beyond Ltd |
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| Break-out 3: | Debate about BAN management tools Based on the survey conducted near EBAN members: - What are the current tools used by business angel networks and what could be the ideal features of such a tool? - What can EBAN do to help its members to mainstream the use of such tools? Moderated by Paulo Andrez, Chair of EBAN’s Research Committee and Philippe Gluntz, Member of the EBAN Executive Committee |
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| 15.10 | Report from the moderators | |
| 15.40 | Panel debate: How to organize business angel investments for a win-win smooth transition to VCs - Tiphaine Hue, Simon et Associés (F) - Hans Otterling, Northzone Ventures (S) - Company case study: Fredrik Uhrström, Episerver (S) Moderated by: Anthony Clarke, GLE Growth Capital (UK) |
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| 16.40 | Invitation to the next EBAN Congress, Istanbul Deniz Sezgin, Metutech |
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| 16.50 | Closing addresses | |
| 17.00 | Networking cocktail for all participants at the Grand Hotel | |
| * Speakers to be confirmed.
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