PLENARY CONGRESS

Alberto Pezzi, President. The Competitiveness Institute
Amit Kapoor, Honorary Chairman. Institute for Competitiveness, India
André Vanyi-Robin, Co-founder. BesTV
Bradley Horowitz , Vice President Product . Google
Campbell Murray, Managing Director. Novartis Venture Funds
Carlos Álvarez, Executive Vice-President . CORFO
Cristiano Carlutti, Vice President of European Sales and Operations. TESLA
Dave McClure, Startup Investor (FF Angel Fund, fbFund). Founders Fund
David Ladd, Venture Partner. Mayfield
Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder. Foursquare
Diana H. Frazier, Co-founder & Managing Director . FLAG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Fergal Mullen, Partner . Highland Partners
Garrett Gruener, Co-Founder and Director. Alta Partners Bay Area
Graham O'Keeffe, Partner. Atlas Venture
Gurbaksh Chahal, Founder. Gwallet.com
Henry Chesbrough, Director / Visiting Professor / Strategic Advisor. Center for Open Innovation, Berkeley / ESADE Business School / KIM
Isaac de la Peña , Head of internet strategic initiatives. NOKIA
Joan Bellavista, President. IASP
John Riggs, Vice President. Alcatel-Lucent Ventures
Klaus Haasis, CEO. MFG Baden Wüttenberg
Lex De Lange, CEO. Zernike Group Holding B.V
Lluis Font , Chairman. NTR Global
Malcom Parry, Managing Director. Surrey Research Park – University of Surrey, UK
Marcos Cuevas , CEO and Founder. Layers.com
Mario Girard , Vice-President. Quebec Entrepr. Foundation.
Mark Harris, VC. INTEL
Martin Kelly, Partner . IBM Venture Capital
Morris Teubal, Professor of Economics. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Raivo Tamkivi, Counsellor. Tallinn Technology Park TEHNOPOL
Randy Komisar, Partner. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Richard Florida, Director of Business and Creativity. Martin Prosperity Institute
Stefan Heuser , Chief Executive Officer . Siemens Technology-To-Business Center
Stephen Seuntjens, Lifestyle Incubator. Philips
Tea Petrin, Vice-President of the Board of Advisors. The Competitiveness Institute
Verne Harnish, CEO. Gazelles

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