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February 29

Cambridge UK v Silicon Valley - Tea with Hermann Hauser

Hermann Hauser - Amadeus Capital (UK)
Burton Lee - Stanford Engineering (CA)


In Session Seven we present Hermann Hauser, a serial tech entrepreneur who is today considered one of the 'grandfathers' of venture capital in his adopted country, the United Kingdom. Located one hour by train north of London, the Cambridge technology cluster is Europe's closest analogue to Silicon Valley, and is home to not only Amadeus Capital, but also to ARM, Autonomy (HP) and numerous other tech and biotech enterprises, many of which have been spun out from Cambridge University laboratories. How did the Cambridge tech cluster happen? How is it similar and different from Silicon Valley? Where is it headed today? Our afternoon tea with Hermann will explore these and many other aspects of 'The Cambridge Phenomenon' which is poorly understood in Silicon Valley. We depart here from our usual two-speaker format to present one of Europe's most distinguished venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in order to do a 'deep dive' into this extremely important topic.

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March 7

From Comets to Startups - Building Europe's SpaceTech Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Harm Botter - ExxFire (NL)
Michael Asshauer - Familo (DE)
Mark Evans - Adaptix Imaging (UK)
Frank Salzgeber - European Space Agency


In our final Session Eight we present three founders from the European Space Agency (ESA) business incubator network across Europe, which is operated by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme office in Noordwijk (NL). These startups employ space-derived technologies to solve major challenges for European and global enterprises and consumers in medical imaging, secure data storage and family management. Our fourth speaker, Frank Salzgeber, leads ESA's efforts in SpaceTech startup acceleration, scaling and venture finance. His work at ESA is today at the cutting edge - globally - of public sector space-related technology transfer and commercialization.

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Hewlett Teaching Center | Auditorium 201
Stanford University, Engineering Campus
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Stanford, CA 94305

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Schedule 2016 - Year Eight

January 4

European Startup 'Bridges' in Silicon Valley

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Gro Eirin Dyrnes - Norway

Board Member

Nordic Innovation House - Silicon Valley
@InnorHouse || @GroDyrnes
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Olav Bryn - Norway

Founder & Board Member

Zaptec
@Zaptec_AS
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Tero-Pekka Alastalo - Finland

President & Co-Founder

Blueprint Genetics
@BPGenetics || @TAlastal
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Armann Kojic - Iceland

CEO & Founder

Apon
@AponApps || @ArmannK
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Soren Juul Jorgensen - Denmark

Executive Director

Innovation Center Denmark - Silicon Valley
@ICDK || @SorenJuulJ
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Dirk Kanngiesser - Germany

CEO & Co-Founder

German Accelerator
@GAccelerator || @Dikaheto

January 11

Croatia & Slovakia - Electric Car
and Sustainable Home Founders

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Mate Rimac - Croatia

CEO & Founder

Rimac Automobili
@AutomobiliRimac || @MateRimac
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Igor Žáček - Slovakia

CEO & Co-Founder

EcoCapsule || Nice Architects
@EcoCapsuleSk || @NiceArchitects

January 25

Turkey & Romania - Food Delivery
and Wearables Startups

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Melih Ödemiş - Turkey

Co-Founder

Yemeksepeti
@Yemeksepeti || @MelihOdemis
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Radu Georgescu - Romania

Board Member, Vector Watch & Founding Partner, GECAD Group

Vector Watch || GECAD Group
@Vector_Watch || @GeorgescuRadu
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Alberto Onetti - Italy

President, Mind The Bridge; Professor, University of Insubria; Coordinator, Startup Europe Partnership

MindTheBridge || Startup Europe Partnership
@MindTheBridge || @AOnetti
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Tugce Tasci - Turkey

President, Stanford Turkish Student Association

Stanford Turkish Student Association (TSA)
@TSAStanford || @Tuuce_

February 1

European Market Entry
for Silicon Valley Startups

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Gabriel Hubert

New Markets

Stripe
@Stripe || @GabHubert
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Darian Shimy

VP, Engineering

Weebly
@Weebly || @DShimy

February 8

Macedonia & Berlin - Women's Health Startups and
Balkans Startup Accelerators

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Ida Tin - Germany

CEO & Co-Founder

Clue
@Clue || @IdaTin
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Irena Chaushevska - Macedonia

CEO & Founder

NewMan's Business Accelerator
@NewMansBA || @Chaushevska

February 22

Vienna & Portugal - Startup Marketplaces and
Artificial Intelligence FinTech #BigData Founders

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Andreas Tschas - Austria

CEO & Co-Founder

Pioneers Festival
@Pioneers || @AndreasTschas
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Nuno Sebastiao - Portugal

CEO & Co-Founder

Feedzai
@Feedzai || @NSebastiao
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Marko Turpeinen - Finland

Director

EIT Digital - Silicon Valley Hub
@EIT_Digital || @MTurpeinen
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Marian Gazdik - Slovakia

Director

Startup Grind - Europe
@StartupGrindLD || @MGazdik

February 29

Cambridge UK v Silicon Valley (Lecture)

Tea with Hermann Hauser

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Hermann Hauser - UK

Partner and Director

Amadeus Capital Partners
@AmadeusCapital || @HermannHauser
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Burton Lee - Silicon Valley

Lecturer - European Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Stanford Mechanical Engineering
@Europreneurs || @BurtonLee

March 7

From Comets to Startups - Building Europe's SpaceTech Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

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Frank Salzgeber - Germany

Head

ESA Technology Transfer Office
@Space4Europe || @FrankSalzgeber
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Harm Botter - Netherlands

CEO & Founder

ExxFire BV
@ExxFireGlobal
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Michael Asshauer - Germany

CPO & Co-Founder

Familonet GmbH
@Familo || @Miolek
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Mark Evans - UK

CEO & Co-Founder

Adaptix Imaging Ltd
@AdaptixImaging || @MarkAndrewEvans
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Burton Lee - Silicon Valley

Lecturer - European Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Stanford Mechanical Engineering
@Europreneurs || @BurtonLee

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