Conference
Speakers
A line-up to startle your innovation spirit
Meet the speakers who are building what's next:
- All topics
- Product
- Growth
- Team
- Founders
- Innovation
Bruce McCarthy
Founder @ Product Culture
World's #1 Product Roadmaps Expert, Author of "Product Roadmaps Relaunched", Serial Entrepreneur & Leader of Product Teams.
Matt Lerner
Founder @ Startup Core Strengths
Europe #1 Growth Expert, creator of Startup Core Strengths — one of the best growth programs for startups worldwide.
Erin
Staples
Developer Relations & Community Expert
Experience in building healthy communities at their intersection with product, seasoned with marketing coordination and strategic planning
Sultan
Seitbekov
Lead Product Manager @ Miro
User-focused and data-driven Product Leader with experience in building startups, high-performing product teams and products from scratch.
Julia Steier
Product Manager @ Google
Data-driven Product Manager with a background in computer science, a passion for design, and the desire to build products that matter.
Andrew
Michael
Host @ CHURN.FM
Leading Product Churn Expert and seasoned entrepreneur with 12 years of experience in digital growth companies as a founder or senior manager.
Lucia
Collara
Product Expert
Product Teams Development Expert, Product Director, Lecturer at TAG Innovation School, Product Tank Co-Organizer, with over 10 years of experience in overseeing tech, product design and product management departments.
Valentin
Radu
Founder & CEO @ Omniconvert
Go-to-Market Expert, Founder at Omniconvert CVO Academy, and Co-host at The eCommerce Growth Stories
Eden
Bidani
Conversion Copywriter @ Green Light Copy
Conversion Copywriting & Acquisition Expert, helping SaaS and tech companies acquire more customers, more profitably.
Ivan Kovalyov
VP of Product @ Payhawk
Engineer turned Product Manager, now leading product managers and product organizations. Ivan wore different hats: founding member, Manager, and now VP at a Series B organization.
Liviu Herman
Chief Product Officer @ Tazz
Experience in Product Management, with a high focus in putting together people, technology and processes to achieve business and organizational success.
Christoph
Auer-Welsbach
Co-Founder @ Kaizo
Hybrid Workforce Leader, Deep Tech Investor, Founder & Product Manager with a strong background in finance, strategy, AI, blockchain & Web3.
Ivan
Burazin
Chief Developer Experience Officer @ Infobip
The Co-Founder of Shift, the biggest dev conference in SEE, acquired by Infobip & Codeanywhere, the first cross-platform Cloud IDE
Stéphane Ouaki
Head of Department @ European Innovation Council (EIC)
Head of Department - European Innovation Council (EIC) in the newly established European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Ondrej Bartos
General Partner @ Credo Ventures
Early stage investor, with investments in UiPath, PriceFX, Productboard and many more.
Kirsten Connell
First Cheque Fund @ Octopus Ventures
Kirsten leads the pre-seed fund at Octopus Venture focused on B2B SaaS, FinTech, and Digital Health across Europe. She has spent the best part of the last decade working alongside some of Europe’s most exciting high-growth startups.
Gilles De Clerck
Founder & Growth Strategist @ Ablaze Growth Studio
Leading European Growth Expert, skilled in getting, keeping and monetizing customers.
Dan Lupu
Partner @ Earlybird Venture Capital
Investor in technology companies such as UiPath, FintechOS. Computer science and business background.
Carlos Espinal
Managing Partner @ Seedcamp
Top European Investor, with a funding history of 9 unicorns and thought leader at Seedcamp Podcast.
Mick
Halsband
VC Founder @ Lunar Ventures
Tech leader turned early-stage deep tech investor, backing technical founders building the technology giants of the future.
Andreas Munk Holm
Founder & Host @ The European VC
Andreas is Europe's LP hypeman, aka founder of The European VC - the go-to podcast and connector of the European venture industry.
David Cruz e Silva
Founder & Host @ The European VC
David is Europe's LP dealmaker, aka founder of The European VC - the go-to podcast and connector of the European venture industry.
Monica Obogeanu
Startup Programs Manager @ Orange
Manager of the Orange Fab Romania program, facilitating collaborations between innovative startups and Orange.
Mihaela Paun
Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Consumer Solutions Group @ Bitdefender
Accomplished marketing executive with an innovative and results-driven approach, focused on leveraging marketing transformation in digital marketing and sales
Enis
Hulli
General Partner @ 500 Startups Istanbul
Investor and advisor in early-stage technology companies and the host of cc:, a podcast on growth journeys.
Zosia Wanat
Senior CEE Correspondent @ Sifted
Zosia Wanat is a Sifted senior reporter covering startups in central and eastern Europe. Previously she worked for POLITICO and MLex in Brussels as a policy reporter and for the Financial Times as a reporter in London, Paris, and Warsaw.
Cathy White
Founder & Director @ CEW Communications
Startup & Venture Communications Specialist focused on PR, content creation, and social media.
Bogdan Iordache
General Partner @ Underline Ventures
Seasoned investor with over 9 years experience in helping CEE startups grow and meet their global goals. Founder of How to Web and Conectoo.
Bogdan Ripa
VP of Product Management @ UiPath
Entrepreneur at heart & startup co-founder, currently expanding UiPath's product suite as the Vice President of Product.
Ivaylo Simov
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Eleven Ventures
The Co-founder and Managing Partner of Eleven - the most active early-stage investment fund in Southeastern Europe with more than 150 investments.
Marvin Liao
Partner & Board Member @ Gamegroove Capital
Investor and adviser in technology companies, formerly a Partner at venture capital fund 500 Startups, running the SF based accelerator program.
Andra Zaharia
Content Marketer @ The Content Habit
Content marketing specialist for cybersecurity companies, with over 10 years of experience, helping them drive organic growth.
Borys Musielak
Founding Partner
@ Smok Ventures
Early-stage investor in CEE, previously engineer turned entrepreneur.
Elena Vrabie
Sales & Senior Content Manager @ The Recursive
Innovation Reporter at The Recursive with 10+ years of experience as a freelance writer based in Bucharest, Romania
Cristian
Munteanu
Founder & Managing Partner @ Early Game Ventures
VC with a background as a tech entrepreneur in Romania and the US (Seattle and Silicon Valley).
Alexandru
Bogdan
CEO @ ROCA X
CEO at ROCA X, Strategist, Investor, Growth Marketer, Experience Designer
Adriana Spulber
Head of Communications @ Underline Ventures
Adriana has been part of or around startups for more than a decade. After failing at a startup, she joined How to Web to rephrase how a tech conference should communicate. and later Pago fintech as their marketing manager, where she is now growing a b2c payments' product.
Vlad Andriescu
Editor-in-Chief @ Start-up.ro
The editor-in-chief of start-up.ro —the coolest place to find out about the most interesting startups. He has a 10 years experience in the media landscape and he's constantly looking for founders who are not afraid of making mistakes and changing the world.
Nicoleta Cherciu
Partner Digital and Technology Law @ Sirbu & Vornicu Law
Tech-savvy lawyer and researcher. She is currently Partner at Sirbu & Vornicu Law where she leads the Digital and Technology Law practice where she advises companies, including start-ups, on IT law, IP law, data protection, cybersecurity, and corporate law matters.
