GCV Symposium 2023 | Cvent | 19 June 2023 | etc.venues County Hall, County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7PB, UK

• Build relationships over three days in London that create co-investment and deal flow opportunities
• Dive into the specialist themes that matter to you on June 20 by taking part in dedicated breakout sessions and workshops
• Learn from global industry leaders as they share their expertise on June 21 in keynotes, fireside chats and interactive panel sessions
• Network with CVCs, VCs and innovation-drivers before, during and after the event on our unique event app
• Take advantage of professional learning and CVC development opportunities through GCV Institute-led sessions
• Join us on the evening of June 21 for a spectacular networking drinks reception open to all attendees

2023 Speakers

Stéphane Ouaki
Head of Department, European Innovation Council

Shiva Dustdar
Director and Head of EIB Institute, European Investment Bank

Alar Karis
President of Estonia

Stefan Gabriel
CEO, Hitachi Ventures

Bill Taranto
President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

Eileen Tanghal
Founder & General Partner, Black Opal Ventures

Mike Smeed
Managing Director, Venture Capital, Inmotion Ventures

Rinat Yogev
Partner, GM Ventures

Joerg Landsch
Head of Central Corporate Venture Capital, Deutsche Bank

Modwenna Rees-Mogg
CEO, Athla Capital Management

Miles Kirby
CEO, Deeptech Labs

Chris Wade
Co-Founder & Partner, Isomer Capital

James Mawson
Founder and CEO, Global Corporate Venturing

Maija Palmer
Editor, Global Corporate Venturing

Nicolas Sauvage
President, TDK Ventures

Luca Gori
Co-Chair Emerging Growth and Venture Capital, DLA Piper

Thierry Heles
Editor, Global University Venturing

Sara Wallin
CEO, Chalmers Ventures

Michael Poisel
Executive Director, PCI Ventures

Jonathan Tudor
Investment Partner, Clean Growth Fund

George Freeman
Minister of State (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation), UK Government

Sarah Landsted
Operating Partner, Maersk Growth

Juan Palacios
Managing Director, Btomorrow Ventures

Liz Arrington
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Global Corporate Venturing Institute

Catherine Lewis La Torre
CEO, British Patient Capital

Gen Tsuchikawa
CEO, Sony Innovation Fund

Helen Anijalg
Co-Founder, Roofit Solar

Lukasz Garbowski
Investment Director, Btomorrow Ventures

Todd Stavish
Managing Partner, SRI Ventures

Thomas Park
Co-Founder and Partner, BDC

Berhnard Mohr
Managing Director, Evonik Venture Capital

Janice Mawson
Managing Director, Global Corporate Venturing Leadership Society

Kendra Rauschenberger
Vice President, Siemens Energy Ventures

Ahti Heinla
Co-Founder and CTO, Starship Technologies

Alisa Band
Partnerships & Investments, Henkel Tech Ventures

Golnaz Borghei
CVC Lead, PwC Germany

Matt Hastings
Deputy Director, Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund

George Kellerman
Managing Director, Woven Capital

Justin Watkins
Partner, Faegre Drinker

Rico Dähler
Business Development Manager, Swisscom Ventures

Kathryn Scheckel
Managing Director and Head of Global Ventures, Hines

Tjerk Joustra
Global Implementation Manager, Shell Ventures

Maarja Pehk
Head of Investor Relations and FDI in the UK, Estonian Investment Agency

Miriam Eaves
Organisation Partner, bpLaunchpad

Mark Hannan
Decarbonisation Partner, Corporate Investing, Mach49

Christian Lindener
Co-Managing Partner EMEA, Mach49

Patrick FitzGerald
Partner, Mach49

Clayton Williams
Managing Director, In-Q-Tel

Nacho Gimenez
Managing Partner, Bp ventures

Bruce Niven
Executive MD - Strategic Venturing, Aramco Ventures

Ella King
Venture Principle, Bp ventures

Sean Wright
Investment Principle, JLL Spark Global Ventures

Victor Boyajian
Global Chair, Dentons Venture Technology Group

Nicole Leblanc
Partner, Woven Capital

Marty Reid
Interim Executive Director, SETsquared

Howard Mitchell
Head of Innovation, HS2

Phillip Lockwood
Head of the Innovation Unit, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO

Hector Shibata
Head of AC Ventures, Corporate Venture Capital fund of Arca Continental

Gurdeep Kohli
Founding Member, SC Ventures

Kim Moore
Editor, Global University Venturing

2023 Partners

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• BP
• Dentons
• MACH49
• Set Squared
• TDK Ventures

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Aramco Ventures
• Btommorow Ventures
• DLA Piper
• Faegre Drinker

SILVER PARTNERS:
• Henkel Tech Ventures
• Invest Estonia
• NATO OTAN

EVENT PARTNER:
• Emerald