8:30-9:30 Registration

All startups pitch for total of 6 minutes (4 minutes pitch and 2 minutes q/a) to panel of investors and audience members

9:30-10:45 Session 1
TECH & INVESTING TRENDS FOR CONSUMER &, ENTERPRISE APPS, DEVICES AND PLATFORMS INCLUDING BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTO

SONY Corporate Alliances and Investments, Europe, Tony Seeff
Bay Angels, Managing Partner, Jordan Wahbeh
Mahindra Partners, Director, US Venture Investments & Partnerships, Amit Sridharan
7 Gate Ventures, General Partner, Alireza Rahnema
TheFabric, Astush Pande, Head Product and Market
AMSYS Blockchain, CEO, Aman Quadri
Bloccelerate VC, General Partner, Kate Mitselmakher
Chainfund Capital, Partner, Elvina Kamalova
CryptoOracle, James Haft, Co-Founder
Galaxy Capital Partners, Managing Partner, Dave Misra
Moderator: Ultrafund, Ann Shin, Founder

11:00-12:15 Session 3
STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT FUNDING FOR STARTUPS FROM VC and ANGELS and DOING DEALS WITH SILICON VALLEY

Panel followed by startups pitching

Bund Capital, Partner, Howie Fan
FM Ventures, Managing Director, Adam Grill
Fundpire, Angel Investor, Gena Vazquez
Ricci Global, Nick Ricci, Founder
Alta Global, Partner, Brian Cummings
Andelan Ventures, Partner, Jeff Allen
Moderator: Read Write Labs, Kyle Elicott

11:00-12:15 Session 4
DOING DEALS WITH SILICON VALLEY INVESTORS
Panel followed by startups pitching

Mahindra Partners, Director, US Venture Investments & Partnerships, Amit Sridharan
SVSO, Investor, Alan Clayton
Rhapsody Ventures, Director, Vincent Lui
Vostoc Fund, Partner, Sergey Vostrikov
Espeed Capital, Managing Director, Alan Xing
Ultrafund, Partner, Ann Shin
Moderator: Jordan Wahbeh, Managing Director, Bay Angels

12:15 - 12:45 INVESTOR DEMO SHOWCASE
All startups presenting ( morning or afternoon) will meet with investors only in the Demo Showcase.

12:00 - 6:00 DEMO SHOWCASE OPEN

12:45-1:30 Networking Lunch
At least one investor seated at each table with startups.

1:30-3:30 Session 5
RAISING FUNDING FROM GLOBAL INVESTORS: NEW YORK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CHINA, EUROPE, OTHER REGIONS

Nordic Eye, Managing Partner, Richard Sussma
Ken Kousky, Executive Director, BlueWater Angels Network
Flightpath Capital, Managing Partner, Jamie Cohen
Angelus Funding, Stephan Reckie, Founding Partner
P rivate Capital Network, CEO, Ken Hubbard
RedBridge Capital, Cervantes Lee, CEO
Moderator: TheFabric, Astush Pande, Head Product and Market

1:30-3:30 Session 6
GLOBAL TECH & INVESTING TRENDS FOR SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

TekStart LLC, Managing Partner, Howard Pakosh
Scalator Ventures, Herman Schindler, Founder
Angelus Funding, Jerome Wong, Managing Member
Angel Investor, Aji Pila (judge oly)
Elmcore, CEO, Felix Danciu
ams AG, Angel Investor / Sr. Director & GM, Tristan Joo
Moderator: Aventus Law, Angel, Anil Advanti

3:30-4:00 INVESTOR DEMO SHOWCASE

All startups presenting ( morning or afternoon) will meet with investors only in the Demo Showcase.

4:00-5:00 Reception

European American Pitch Award with United Airlines

8:30-9:30 Registration

9:30-10:45 TECH PITCH
Tech Trends and Investing Opportunities
Followed by Startups Pitching

9:50-10:30 Diversity Keynote: From Universal to Personal: The business of inclusion and why it matters

by Nidhi Singh, Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead, India, Middle East, Africa, CEE, France, Microsoft

10:30-11:00 How can diversity drive our future success?

by Rita Veres, Market Lead, SingularityU Budapest Chapter Ambassador, Aon Hewitt

11:00-11:20 Coffee break

OPEN to learn from best practices - Track1

11:20-11:35 Fireside chat: at the workplace as an LGBTQ person

11:35-12:05 The Power of Allies

by Chris Moody, Lead Business Analyst, Commodity Risk, Regulatory and Finance – Integrated Supply Trading,

Pride Network co-chair, United Kingdom, BP

12:05-12:20 Fireside chat: at the workplace as a Roma person

12:20-13:00 Are we there yet? - Roma inclusion at workplaces

panel discussion with Viktoria Gerner, Project Coordinator for Integrom, The Boston Consulting Group, and

Sándor Lakatos, CEO, Novapapír

13:00-14:30 Lunch

GET INSPIRED: LEADERSHIP & HR

14:30-15:00 How Accenture builds its gender balanced team and a women-inclusive workplace

by Alena Sochorová, Managing Director and Diversity Sponsor, Accenture CMT Consulting Lead in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania), Accenture

15:00-15:30 Diversity tactics that work - Actionable ways to improve diversity in your organisation

by Holly Fawcett, Curriculum Development Director, SocialTalent

15:30-16:30 Designing a diverse team and becoming an inclusive leader

panel discussion with Edina Heal, Country Director, Google,

Jane Ellis, Citi Shared Service Centre Budapest Head, Enterprise Supply Chain EMEA Head, Citi Shared Services EMEA Head, Citi

Judit Zolnay, CEO, General Manager, Metlife Hungary, and

Peter Arvai, co-founder, CEO, Prezi, Gabriella Vidus, Chief Executive Officer, RTL Hungary

16:30-16:50 Coffee break