Henk Van Den Eeckhout
Intel, Director for B2B

20+ Years IT history, Experienced and proven Cxx -level communications and influencing. Work experience amongst various different IT channels and customer segments.

Top personal Themes: Activator, Relater, Arranger, Ideation, Responsibility, People Orientation (sponsor of Intel's coaching & mentoring program in 2009 > now)

Experiences:
Reseller Channel / IT Retailers / B2C / B2B / SMB business development.
Partnerships w/ PC Manufacturers’, ISVs, Distributors, IT retailers, IT Systems Integrators and outsourcers.
Held various different jobs within Intel over the last 19 years. Before that, Henk was responsible at Tulip Computers for design and go2market strategies for mainstream PC products.

Petko Ruskov
Professor at The Sofia University

Manage: MSc program "Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Information Technology" Teach:
1. Technology Entrepreneurship
2. e-Business Fundamentals
3. Business Process Management
4. Strategic Management


• Extensive knowledge of computer architectures and networks, software design and maintenance, business processes management, e-Business products and standards, e-Learning, Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation;
• Expertise in IT/IS/MIS education and training ,information systems analyzing, designing, administration and teaching, business processes modeling and management and Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation;
• Comprehensive information systems management and groupware experience of professional teams;
• Skilled at computer networks, Internet marketing, project management and group facilitation, business processes management;
• Ability to write effectively. Published 3 books 2 textbooks and more then 80 papers in conferences and specialized magazines.

Alvise Bonivento

PhD. Investment manager at IMI Fondi Chiusi Sgr, part of the Intesa San Paolo Group and management team member in three VC funds: Atlante Ventures, Atlante Ventures Mezzogiorno, and Atlante Seed. He follows investments all along the pipeline from scouting to deal negotiations and follow up, and is currently serving as Board member of two companies in the ICT domain. Prior to joining IMI Fondi Chiusi, he was an associate and junior manager at McKinsey & Co. at the Mediterranean Complex, where he led several teams in operations and corporate finance projects. Before that, while he was a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley, Alvise worked as a private technology consultant for several Italian major corporations in innovation projects and developed patents on wireless systems for industrial automation. He holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from U.C. Berkeley ('04 and '07) and a Laurea Degree in Communication engineering from the University of Padova ('02).

Michael Cherkassky

Michael is a versatile expert, having both ‘hands on’ development experience and product management background. Throughout his army service in the IAF Special Forces and his professional career, leadership and innovation were a cornerstone of any mission.
Michael had a leading position in several ventures within the Internet domain, both in Israel and Europe, where he took part in product development from idea to revenue and company development from concept to exit.
For 2 years Michael was on the management team of Biztec, Israel’s entrepreneurship challenge, helping teams across the ‘tech’ spectrum achieve their dream of a successful start-up.
Michael holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion, IIT and currently works for Intel, developing next-gen power efficient processors.

Andrea Piccaluga
Istituto di Management
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

Andrea Piccaluga is Professor of Innovation Management at the Istituto di Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (www.sssup.it), where he is coordinator of the PhD programme in Management. He is in the board of Netval (www.netval.it), the Italian network of University Technology Transfer Offices and responsible of the annual survey of Proton Europe (www.protoneurope.org). He has published books and papers in the field of R&D Management and technology transfer. He holds a PhD from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and a Master in Technology and Innovation Management from SPRU (University of Sussex, Brighton). He is Associate editor of the R&D Management Journal and Creativity and Innovation Management Journal. He collaborates with large and medium-sized companies (Knauf, Ansaldo Energia, TT Venture, etc.) in the field of Open Innovation and with the regional governments of Puglia and Tuscany in the field of policies for entrepreneurship and technology transfer. He is member of the board of Elesta srl, a joint venture between Esaote and El.En.

Bartosz Boniecki
INVESTIN

Finance & Accounting graduate, majoring in investment banking. Proven analytical skills obtained from business and financial analyses of start-ups as well as regular financial markets analyses in TV and Internet media.
Currently working at INVESTIN as a Coordinator of Business Analysts Team where he develops financial models, analyzes start-up business opportunities and trains in business planning and modeling.

Małgorzata Dudko
INVESTIN

Małgorzata is a Business Analyst specializing in the commercialization of innovative products on the international market. Thanks to the experience gained in the largest online research agency in Central and Eastern Europe, she has a rich knowledge of the ICT market. She is a graduate of Warsaw School of Economics majoring in Quantitative Methods in Economics and Information Systems specializing in Econometrics and Market Research. She has conducted many market analysis (quantitative and qualitative) for one of the biggest FMCG company and building econometrical models of various variables. Spent hours consulting PhD students in the subject of Valuation of Innovative Technology and Creating Business Plans for EU projects.

Piotr Sławski
Investment Manager
INVESTIN

Manager and Investment Partner responsible for managing the investment proces and investors relations in INVESTIN. In 2007-2011 Board Member of the BBI Seed Fund Ltd.; accountable for co-establishing the fund; responsible for managing the investment process and supervising portfolio companies. In the years 2007-2008, as BBI Capital Fund investment manager, he gained technological seed and start-up projects. Expert in the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) evaluating innovative investment projects. He also served as an expert of the Polish Ministry of Economy at negotiations with the European Commission of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program assumptions. Co-author of principles of projects for supporting business angels network and technological incubators

Zofia Szymańska
Investment Manager
INVESTIN

Started career as a professional in the field of finances and has focused on using the knowledge of finances in order to develop and implement business ideas and strategies. She always considered finances as a tool, whereas business was the goal. This approach pushed her to leave the multinational corporation she worked for to OKAM CAPITAL group where she developed very fast from an expert of business and financial analyses to a Board Member of SPV’s, a decision-making person who was responsible for an assessment of the profitability of new potential projects. Managed a joint venture transaction with Aurec Capital group, one of the richest companies in Israel with a private capital. Consequently developing her business skills and experience, she started work for an investment fund as Investment Manager. She is responsible for development of business models for new technologies and management of the start-up companies.

Laurent Masson
Incubateur Paca-Est

At Incubateur Paca-Est, Laurent Masson helps high-tech entrepreneurs to define and launch their startup. He has also coached teams in the students' entrepreneurship contest of Sophia Antipolis. Prior to that Laurent was was adviser in an entrepreneurial network in Paris for the development of high-growth SMB. He also worked for several years in a big advisory firm as a strategy consultant.

Ophir Marko
BizTEC

Ophir Marko (BSc, Physics) joined his first start-up at the age of 14. Since then he has been involved in two successful start-ups in the semiconductor industry, classified military projects and has become an expert in intellectual property. Today he leads BizTEC, Israel's leading pioneer business plan competition. Based at the Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology, BizTEC helps thousands of entrepreneurs nation-wide to realize their potential by empowering them with the business tools and insights they need to forward their innovation.