Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2018 | Global Corporate Venturing | 22 May 2018 | etc.venues County Hall, Riverside Building, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB, UK

Join 400+ business leaders from the corporate venturing and wider high growth business ecosystem for the two-day 2018 GCV Symposium covering innovation and strategy. Now in its eighth year, the GCV Symposium has experienced exponential growth, attracting an enviable list of speakers and international senior delegates. This year we’re moving a short distance along the Thames to Westminster, for what will be another must-attend occasion in London for professionals in and around the corporate venturing ecosystem.

2018 Speakers:

Graham Stuart
Minister for Investment, Department of International Trade

Grant Allen
Head of Ventures, ABB Group

Ali Amin
CEO, Co-founder, UBI Global

Kaloyan Andonov
Reporter, Global Coporate Venturing, Analyst, GCV Analytics

Tony Askew
Founder Partner, REV Venture Partners

Paolo Bavaj
Head of Corporate Venturing, Henkel Adhesive Technologies

Aurore Belfrage
Head of Together, EQT Ventures

Karen Brooks
Projects Director, SETsquared

Mark Brooks
Assoc. Director, Innovation & Strategic Partnerships, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants

David Byard
Project Manager, Technology Venturing, BP Group Technology

Laurel Buckner
SVP, Managing Director, ATN Ventures

Roel Bulthuis
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Merck Ventures

Joern Caumanns
CFO, Bertelsmann Investments

Laura Chicurel
Founder and CEO, Innova360

Krishna Chokani
Managing Partner, Zone Startups India Fund, Partner, Chokhani Group

Boon Ping Chua
CEO, SPH Ventures

Holly Colbo
Marketing Director, GE Business Innovation

Lorna Davis
CEO, Danone

Itxaso del Palacio
Investment Partner, Microsoft Ventures

Camilla Dolan
Principal, Burda Principal Investments

Shiva Dustdar
Head of Division Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank

Mark Felix
Investment Manager, Dow Venture Capital

Neil Foster
Partner, Corporate (M&A, Private Equity), Baker Botts

Christine Gulbrandsen
Senior Vice President, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of California System

Stefano Gurciullo
Technology Lead, Redstone VC

Martin Haemmig
Adj. Professor, CeTIM and GLORAD

Douglas Hansen-Luke
Executive Chairman, Future Planet Capital

Thierry Heles
Editor, Global University Venturing

Tom Heyman
President, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC)

Paul Holland
General Partner, Foundation Capital

Megumi Ikeda
Managing Director, Hearst Ventures, General Manager, Hearst Ventures Europe

Ram Jambunathan
Managing Director, SAP.iO

Ilonka Jankovich
Venture Partner, Randstad Innovation Fund

Jalak Jobanputra
Founding Partner, Future\Perfect Ventures

Clare Jones
COO, What3Words

Oliver Keown
Senior Associate, Healthcare Investing

Karen Kerr
Executive Managing Director, GE Ventures

Uwe Kirschner
Vice President Corporate Strategy/Business Model innovation, Robert Bosch GmbH

Jon Koplin
Managing Director EMEA, Cisco Investments

Tim Lafferty
Chief Operating Officer, Global Corporate Venturing

Benoît Legrand
Chief Innovation Officer, ING, CEO ING Ventures

Crispin Leick
Managing Director, EnBW New Ventures GmbH

Jacqueline LeSage Krause
Managing Director, Munich Re / HSB Ventures

Toby Lewis
Chief Executive and Founder, Novum Insights

Charmian Love
Founder, Corporate Impact X

Mason Maini
Senior Director, Business Development, Pitchbook

Andre Marquis
Senior Fellow, Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program

Antoine Maurel
Investment Manager, Orange Digital Ventures

James Mawson
Founder and Editor in Chief, Global Corporate Venturing

James McClurg
Head of Investments (London), Sky Startup Investments & Partnerships

Paul Morris
Chief Investment Officer, VC Unit, DIT - Department for International Trade

Mark Muth
Director, Corporate Venturing, PwC

Girish Nadkarni
President, Total Energy Ventures

Sharon O'Dea
Co-founder, Lithos Partners

Eric Osiakwan
Managing Partner, Chanzo Capital

Matt Perkins
Chief Executive Officer, Oxford University Innovation Ltd.

Jonathan Pulitzer
Managing Director, GE Ventures

Susana Quintana-Plaza
Partner, next47 GmbH

Vishal Ramaswamy
AVP Business Development, Tracxn

Andrew Rear
Chief Executive, Munich Re Digital Partners, Munich RE

Alan Renwick
Co-founder, Urbs Media

John Riggs
Principal/Partner, PwC

Julio Romo
Communications Consultant, Digital and Innovation Strategist, Founder, twofourseven

Brian Schettler
Managing Director, Boeing HorizonX Ventures

Jonathan Serafaty
Data Scientist Investor, Telstra Ventures

Raj Singh
Managing Director, JetBlue Technology Ventures

Yair Snir
Managing Director, Dell Technologies Capital

Vinay Solanki
Head of Commercial Growth Fund, Channel 4

Karen Stafford
Regional Director - Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe, Intel Capital

Tony Stanco
Executive Director, National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)

Jessica Straus
Entrepreneur in Residence, GE Ventures

William Taranto
President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC

Trond A. Undheim
Founder, Yegii, Inc

Luca Verre
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Prophesee

Eze Vidra
Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures

Scott Walcheck
Founder, CEO & Chairman, Trōv

Mike Wall
Founder/President, Wall Technology Advisors, former Chairman and CEO, Amplidata

Tom Whitehouse
Chairman, LEIF

Jim Wilkinson
CFO, Oxford Sciences Innovation plc

Bryan Wolf
Managing Director, Datacenter & Cloud Infrastructure, Intel Capital

Francesca Wuttke
Managing Director/Investment Principal Europe, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC

Linda Yates
CEO & Founder, Mach9

Kotaro Yamagishi
CEO, Keio Innovation Initiative

2018 Sponsors:

PLATINUM:
• BP Ventures
• GE Ventures
• Proseeder Corporate Venture & Innovation
• PwC

SILVER:
• Baker Botts
• Intel Capital

EVENT:
• Future Planet Capital
• Field House Associates
• Preqin
• Marchmont Capital Partners

DATA:
• Pitchbook