Programme


 
PROVISIONAL AGENDA

15/16
/  April 2010 I Istanbul I Turkey I

http://congress2010.eban.org 

 Day 1, 15th April 2010

Moderated by: Stuart Rock, Real Deals 

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome from EBAN and METUTECH-BAN
Brigitte Baumann, President of EBAN/Claire Munck, Managing Director EBAN
Prof. Ahmet Acar, President of METU and METUTECH BAN, (TR)
09:30 – 10:00 Key note speech – inspirational angel experience and Q&A
Jan Andersen, Business Angel (D)
 
10:00 – 10:30 Key information about Turkey and the Turkish start-up and BA scene
Tanil Küçük, Chairman, Istanbul Chamber of Industry
Nihat Ergün, Minister, Ministry of Industry & Trade of Turkey
 

10:30 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 What's hot and what's not: Investment sectors of interest to early stage investors: What do LPs like to invest in?
Haluk Zontul, Teknoloji Yatirim Inc. (TR)
Sven Lingjaerde, Endeavour Vision
Margus Uudam, Ambient Sound Investments (EE)
Frank Salzgeber, European Space Agency
Moderated by: John Huston, Angel Capital Association (US)
12:30 – 13:45  Lunch Including 6 prearranged affinity/networking tables animated by EBAN Board Members 

Table 1

Environmental and social investments

 

Animated by Brigitte Baumann, Go Beyond

 

Table 2

Medical Devices

 

 

 Animated by Joseph de Gheldere, Be Angels (B)

 

Table 3

Cross border

 

 

Animated by Arne-G. Hostrup, f.u.n. netzwerk nordbayern gmbh (D)

 

Table 4

New Media/ICT Investing

 

 

Animated by Philippe Gluntz,

France Angels (FR)

 Table 5

Co-investment funds

 

 

Animated by Paulo Andrez, FNABA (PT)

 Table 6

Federations of networks

 

 

 

Animated by Sergi Mora, Accio (E)

 
14:00 – 15:00 Break-out sessions
Break out 1:  Creating winning national ecosystems
Jochebed Heiland, Policy Advisor, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs: Rationale behind support to Dutch Federation in 2009 and key collaboration with government (NL) 
Johannes Velling: Director of the department start-up and start-up financing, Ministry of economics and technology (D)
José Romano, Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative and European Investment FUND
Antoni Abad, ESBAN (ES)
Moderator: Philippe Gluntz, France Angels (FR)
Break out 2:  Collaboration between business angels and seed funds
Ziya Boyacigiller, Galata Business Angels (TR)
Malcolm Begemann, B.A.T. fund, (NL)
Moderator: Arne-G. Hostrup, f.u.n. netzwerk nordbayern (D)
Break out 3:  Cross border collaboration: networks and initiatives
Thierry Baujard, Media Deals
John May, Co-Chairman World Business Angels Association (WBAA)
Sally Goodsell, Finance South East,UK about Ready for Equity!2
Moderator: Jean-Marc Blankert, Go Beyond
Break out 4 : How to get started – making your first investments
Valerio Caracciolo, Italian Angels for Growth (I)
Diane Roberts, HALO Ireland (IRL)
Dr. Wentz, Business Angel, Member of BAAR (D)
Moderator: Jacek Blonski, Lewiatan Business Angels (PL)
Break out 5 : Higher Education Institutions and early stage investing
Guilhem Bertholet, HEC Angels (FR)
Jean-Philippe Lallement, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL (CH) 
Luisa Alemany, Director of the ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute (ES)
Moderator: Niko Slavnic, BAN Slovenia, Angel Investor (SL)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break and participants go back to the main session room
15:15 – 15:30 Reporting from the moderators
15:30 – 16:00 Special presentation from EVCA: The changing face of VC in Europe
Hendrik Brandis, Managing partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, Chairman of EVCA’s Venture Platform Council 
16:00 – 17:00 What’s hot in the market: Transforming initiatives
Anthony Clarke, Chairman BBAA - UK Awareness campaign and latest statistics, (UK)
Matey Nedkov, Canadian Angel Capital Association -Co-investment summits including at cross border level for business angels
Nicolas Fritz, General Manager France Angels – A federation as the engine and catalyst behind the growth of the angel market
Sam Rosenbalm, Emerging Business Team, Microsoft -conencting the best BizSpark start-ups to early stage investors
Moderated by: Modwenna Rees-Mogg, Angel News (UK)
 
End of day one

19:00             Shuttles leave hotel to the Ataköy Marina
19:30             On the boat - Cocktail
20:30             Award Ceremony – Gala Dinner-DRESS CODE: Black Tie

Award Ceremony Animator: Frank Peters, Frank Peters Show (Twitter: @FrankPetersShow)
Animation :TBA
 
Day 2, 16th April 2010
Moderated by: Modwenna Rees-Mogg, AngelNews (UK)
09:00 – 10:00 Developing successful exit opportunities? Panel debate about future prospects
Helen Rodwell, Partner, CMS – Presentation of CMS European M&A Survey a rigorous analysis of nearly 500 European M&A deals that CMS has worked on in 2007 and 2008, offering a unique insight into European M&A deal culture.
Jeffrey Sohl, Initial Public Offerings and Pre-IPO Shareholders: Angels Versus Venture Capitalists, Centre for Venture Research, (US)
Göktekin Dinçerler, Turkven, (TR)
Mark Harris, Director for Higher Education and Research, Intel
Moderator:
Modwenna Rees-Mogg, Angel News (UK)

10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break

 

10:20 – 10:30 Special BDO presentation about ongoing research on fiscal incentives and funds, Cristina Dias, BDO

10:30 – 11:30 Raising an Early Stage Fund 
Candace Johnson, Sophia BA and Success Europe (FR) 
Elbruz Yilmaz, Inovent, (TR) 
Luis Filipe Costa, President of IAPMEI, (PT)
Uli Fricke, Triangle Ventures (D) 
Moderated by: Sven Lingjaerde, Endeavor Vision

11:30 – 12:30 One year after: Angels reflect on their last investment year
Alphan Manas, Brightwell Hldings BV, Serial Angel Investor, (TR)
Ari Korhonen, Lagoon Capital (FI)
Sasha Mirchandani, Co-founder Mumbai Angels India
Fuat Sami, Founder of Lab-X Business Angels (TR)
Moderated by: Frank Peters, Past Chairman Tech Coast Angels (Twitter:@FrankPetersShow)

12:30 -- 12:45 Introduction to the next eban events (Winter University and Congress 2011)
12:45 – 13:00 Closing speeches and summing up
13:00 -- 14:00 Buffet Lunch (Table reserved for newly elected Board members)
15:00 -- 17:00   
End of day two

 

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Partners

 

Media Sponsors

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Award Sponsors