The forum will host six sector specific plenary panels. The industry sectors of the panels are Biotech, Wireless, New Technologies, Software, Israel and Investor. Speakers currently confirmed for the panels are:
Biotech:
Chair Frank Gregori,
Head of Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and BioTech Research, BNP
Paribas
Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey,
CEO, Bio-M
Steve Burrill, CEO, Burrill
& Co
Dr. Jörg Neermann,
Managing Partner, DVC
Deutsche Venture Capital
Wireless:
Chair Oliver Haeggberg,
Investment Director, T-Venture
Kaj-Erik Relander, General Partner Europe, Accel
Partners
Dr. Christian Reitberger,
Assistant Director, Apax
Partners Beteiligungsberatung GmbH
Dr. Dietrich Ulmer, CEO &
President, Siemens
Mobile Acceleration (smac)
Franck Delorme, General
Partner, Sofinnova
Partners
New Technologies:
Chair Holger Heims,
Managing Partner, DVC
Deutsche Venture Capital
Barun Dutta, CTO, Alta Berkeley
Tim Keating, Director EMEA,
Intel
Capital Europe
Steffen Hasselwander,
CEO, E.ON Venture
Partners
Software:
Chair Harald Ehren, Head of Inside Business, Financial
Times Deutschland
Werner Dreesbach, Senior
Principal, Atlas
Venture
Dr. Christian Waldvogel,
Director, Viventures
Partners
Michael Wand, Director, Carlyle
Internet Partners Europe
Israel as a Technology Innovator:
Chair Zeev
Holtzman, Board Member, IVA
Israel Venture Association & Founder,
Chairman & CEO, Giza Venture
Capital
Dr. Eli Carmon, Manager,
KPMG Somekh Chaikin
Chemi Peres,
Managing Director & Founder, Pitango
Venture Capital
Jon Medved, General Partner
& Founder, Israel
Seed Partners
Investor Panel:
Chair Alf Grunwald,
Managing Director, Warburg
Pincus
Maximilian Brönner,
Partner, LGT
Capital Partners
Dr. Holger Frommann, Managing
Director, BVK
Dr. Ulrich Geilinger,
Partner, HBM
Partners AG