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Best Practices for Putting Your City and Country on the Global Startup Map

October 22, 2 pm - 5 pm, Zenwork, Prague

How can startups become an engine to economic growth? How do states become cheerleaders to innovation and not blockers? How do states attract capital and talent to create a global startup landscape? How to ensure that startups are not viewed as hype? Those are pressing questions for many policymakers and ecosystem builders.

Join us for focused panel discussions and an afternoon filled with actionable insights and best practices from the CEE region as well as the whole of Europe. This event is intended for policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts passionate about fostering thriving startup ecosystems.

Agenda

13:30 - Open Door / Registration

14.00 - Welcome

14.05 - 14.15 Keynote Speech - Arthur Jordão - ESNA

14.15 - 15.15 States: From Blockers to Cheerleaders: Understanding the role of policymakers in fostering innovation and creating an environment where startups can thrive. Lessons from leading startup hubs on creating vibrant and globally recognized startup landscapes.

Hosted by Clark Parsons, European Startup Network

Insights

  • Myrthe Hooijman | Techleap
  • Markus Raunig | Austrian Startups
  • Tomek Snazyk | Startup Poland
  • Tomas Karakolev | McKinsey & Co.

15.15. - 15.30 Coffee Break

15.30 - 16.30 Attracting Capital and Investments: Strategies for making your region an attractive destination for venture capital and investments. How to increase institutional investments into venture capital? What are the concrete policies that are needed for financial and human capital inflow?

Hosted by Karel Obluk, Evolution Equity Partners and Czech Business Angels Association

Insights

  • Or Haviv | Arieli Capital

16.30- 17.00 Networking

* Due to limited space, the organizers reserve the right to select participants based on their relevance to the topics being discussed.

Meet our

Selected Speakers & Participants

Arthur Jordão

European Startup Nations Alliance
Executive Director
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Clark Parsons

European Startup Alliance
CEO
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Myrthe Hooijman

Techleap
Director of Ecosystem Change & Government Affairs
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Tomasz Snażyk

Startup Poland
CEO
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Markus Raunig

Austrian Startups
Chairman
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Karel Obluk

Czech Business Angels Association
Investor
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Vít Horký

Czech Founders z.ú.& VC
founder
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Tomáš Karakolev

McKinsey & Company
Senior Expert
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Jakub Nešetřil

Česko.Digital
Chairman of the Board
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Kateřina Šolcová

Charles University Innovations Prague
CTO
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Petr Chládek

JIC
Director
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Jan Čurn

Apify
Founder & CEO
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Ory Weihs

Founder & Investor
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Petr Šíma

Depo Ventures
Co-founder
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Markéta Přenosilová

Czechinvest
Startup Ambassador
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Or Haviv

Arieli Capital
Partner and Head of Innovation
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Petr Šmíd

Rockaway Ventures
CEO
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Andrew Gray

Tilia Impact Ventures
General Partner
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Tomáš Lapáček

Prague Innovation Institute
Director
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Pavel Laube

National Development Investments, a.s.
National Development Bank
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Nik Pantovič

Founder
KiloMayo
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