Startup Europe Week

Startup Europe Week is a massive series of meetups happening in over 250 regions with the support of more than 400 organizers happening from 1-5 February 2016.

The purpose of this initiative is to make founders and perspective entrepreneurs aware of the existing resources available in their region and at the European level.

The Startup Europe Week will reinforce the local ecosystem and connect all European regions to help startups flourish and ultimately to provide entrepreneurs a soft-landing support in other markets.

Startup Europe Week is an initiative of Startup Europe – European Commission, with the support of the Committee of the Regions, representing European regional and local authorities.

Join us and discover the power of regions to unleash startup's potential growth.

More details at startupeuropeweek.eu 

Agenda

09.30 – 10.00 Registration

10.00 – 10.15 Welcome by the European Commission: Isidro Laso Ballesteros Head of sector – Startup Europe, DG Connect, EC

10.15 – 10.30 Presentation of Startup Europe Week (SEW): Igor Tasic, Founder and CEO of SEW

10.30 – 10.40 Keynote Speaker: Markku Markkula, President Committee of the Regions

10.40 – 10.50 Keynote Speaker: Andrus Ansip, Vice-President European Commission

10.50 – 11.15 SEW event livestream: 3 SEW cities broadcasted

11.15 – 11.30 Presentation of Startup Europe Regions Network (SERN): Eurico Neves, secretariat coordinator of SERN

11.30 – 12.15 Panel discussion - How to empower local entrepreneurs: Moderator: Robin Wauters, Founder, Tech.eu; Mari Vavulski, Head of Startup Estonia; Riccardo Luna, Digital Champion and Advisor for Digital Economy at Italian Government; Myrna Rodríguez-Hausséguy, Coordinator of Startup Europe Week.

12:15-12:30 Closing remarks.

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