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Speakers

Discover the speakers of the EIC Summit 2026 edition. We are adding speakers on a regular basis when their attendance is confirmed. Don't hesitate to come back to this page later on to discover the full panel of speakers.   

Speakers

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

Director, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

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

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

Kat Borlongan

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

Photo of Francesca Bria

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

Photo of Ana Casaca

EIC Board member, Global Director of Innovation, Galp

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

Dreher Carsten

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

João Farinha

Policy Analyst, EU Policy Lab, Joint Research Centre

Dr Pau Farràs

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

Programme and Call Manager at EIC Accelerator, EISMEA

Jan Goetz

CEO & Co-founder, IQM Quantum Computers

Co-founder and Venture Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners

András G. INOTAI

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

Sara Jud

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

Founding director of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIND)

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

Professor at Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management

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

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

Karl Nehammer

Vice President of the European Investment Bank Group (EIBG)

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

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

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

Policy Advisor, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

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

Agnieszka Stasiakowska

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

Vassilis Tsanidis

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

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

Federica_Zanca

EIC Programme Manager for Medical Technologies and AI in Healthcare