Speakers

European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union

Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

Director-General, Directorate General for Research and Innovation (RTD)

Deputy Director-General for Innovation, Prosperity and
International Cooperation in DG Research and Innovation

Acting Director for ERA & Innovation, DG Research & Innovation

Director, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

Director of Directorate A – Defence Policy in the Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space

EIC Board President

President of the ERC Scientific Council

President, Business Angels Europe & Director, META Group (ESIL project coordinator)

Joint CEO EBRAINS AISBL; Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH; Director of the C. and O. Vogt Institute of Brain Research, University Hospital Düsseldorf

Cabinet Expert (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection)

Founder & CEO, HEALANT

EIC Board Member, Founder & CEO of Genisys, Co-Founder of BeCentral Tech Campus

Founder, Tomorrowland

Innovation Networks manager, European Patent Academy, EPO

Director of Nicolab

CEO & Co-Founder at DeltaSpark

Director-General, Allied for Startups

Chief Impact Officer at Contentsquare, Former Board Member at the European Innovation Council (EIC)

EIC Board Member, Honorary Professor, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL IIPP) and Member of the Artificial Intelligence International Council, Spain

Policy officer, EIC representative in the US

CEO of Belgium’s EpiCURA

Researcher, CNRS and École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France

Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

EIC Board member, Global Director of Innovation, Galp

Scientific officer, SME Office, Regulatory Science and Innovation Task Force

Founder and Chief Data Citizen Collibra

Programme Director, imec.istart

EIC Scaling Club, Council Member

CEO & Co-founder, Axelera AI

Director, European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)

Programme Coordination Manager (EYE coordinator), EISMEA

Professor for Innovation Management, Freie Universität Berlin, EIC Board Member

President of HSL Technologies (HySiLabs)

Tech to Market Project Adviser, EIC Transition

CEO and Co-founder, Elon Road

Policy Analyst, EU Policy Lab, Joint Research Centre

Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of Galway

Project Adviser, EISMEA

EEN Slovakia project manager, EIC NCP

CEO and founder of Focused Energy

Senior Advisor, META Group

Programme Coordination Manager, EIC Pathfinder

CEO and co-founder of Zparq

Programme and Call Manager at EIC Accelerator, EISMEA

Founder, VentureClient.org

CEO & Co-founder, IQM Quantum Computers

Business Analyst at EISMEA

CEO, Infinite Orbits

Co-founder and Venture Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners

Research Team Leader, VTT

EIC Board Member, European Innovation Council & Active Angel Investor

Chief Growth Officer, Multiverse Computing

CSO & Co-founder, Shealed

Founder and CTO of Voltrac

Head of the Taskforce on Startups and Scaleups, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

General Manager, Startup Global Scale Up Department at KITA (Korea International Trade Association) / Ph.D. in International Trade

Women Leadership Programme Coordinator, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

VP Intellectual Property and Grant Financing, Skeleton Technologies

Senior Project & Event Manager

Business Support Coordinator at EU-Japan Centre

CEO, DSD AS Group & EIC Board Member

EIC Board Member, Managing Director at Think Tank The Company

Chief Executive Officer of Novo Holdings A/S

Founding director of Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation SPRIND

Director of EuroQuity at Bpifrance

Senior Investment Officer advising the EIC Fund at the European Investment Bank

Co-Founder & CTO of SpiNNcloud Systems GmbH

Senior Expert, Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions, European Commission

EIC Ambassador

President, Catalyse Europe

CEO and Co-founder, CorPower Ocean

Co-founder & CEO SOLAR MATERRIALS

EIC Ambassador, Partner at Shield Capital

Project Manager, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) Support Office

Professor at Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management

Head of Unit, EIB, EIC Investment Services to EIC Fund

Executive Vice President, Dubai World Trade Centre

Co-founder, Director and Chairman of the Board of Skyy Holdings

Chief Revenue Officer at Stripe

EIC Board member, Founder and CEO, R8ER

Founder and CEO of Mawsonia

Shareholder and managing partner at META Group

Vice President of the European Investment Bank Group (EIBG)

Investment manager, eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners

CEO of the European Startup Network

Head of Unit Common Data and Knowledge management in DG Research and Innovation

Head of Unit for the EIC Accelerator, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

Director for Innovation, Start-ups, and Investments at CEA

Research Associate, Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Policy Adviser, EIC Coordination and Analytics Team, EISMEA

Chair of Pharmaceutics at the University of Liverpool's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Policy Advisor, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

Member of Commissioner Zaharieva Cabinet (EC)

Co-founder, Carbon Equity

Programme Coordinator: Investors, EISMEA

Co-Founder at Iris.ai

Institutional relations and scouting manager, LIFFT

Head, Innovation Lab, UNIDO

Technical physician and Portfolio Delivery Manager for Data and AI, Isala Hospital

Co-founder & Co-CEO, Prewave

Public speaker, podcaster and athlete

Associate Professor at the Institute of Paper, Pulp and Fiber Technology at Graz University of Technology

EIC Ambassador, Founder, Experior VC and Founder, European Women in VC

Head of Sector, EIC Business Acceleration Services, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

EIC Board Member, Co-founder of BitDegree, Ogvio and EdTech Lithuania

CEO Sparrow Quantum

Team Leader for Valorisation of EU Research, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

EIC Programme Manager for Health and Biotechnology

Chairwoman & Founding Partner, BeAble Capital

Coordinator of the Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy Networks

Innovation Procurement Programme Coordinator, European Innovation Council and SME Executive Agency (EISMEA)

Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Manager of the Hub for EU Defence Innovation at the European Defence Agency

Director, Cleantech for Europe

EIC Board Member, Venture Partner at Kvanted

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist of BelfortLabs

Head of Biotope Ventures

Co-founder of JOIN Capital

Trained economist

Business Development Manager for Hydrodynamics and Testing at RISE Maritime (SSPA Maritime Center)

Director for the Research & Innovation Common Implementation Centre (CIC) in the European Commission

Vice President of Startup Ecosystem at NVIDIA