PODIM Conference 2018 | PODIM Conference | 15 May 2018 | Maribor, Slovenia (Hotel Habakuk), Pohorska ulica 59, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Regional Startup Ecosystem Epicenter. We are connecting 800+ brilliant startups, investors, corpos and other stakeholders with global minds and leaders and serving as an effective platform for investing in the most promising startups from the region. We are bridging the global and regional startup ecosystems with a massive impact in the European Adriatic & Western Balkans.

2018 Speakers

Dr. Miro Cerar
Prime Minister of the Republic, Slovenia

Dr. Andrej Fištravec
Municipality of Maribor, Slovenia

David Rose
MIT, USA

James Haliburton
Topp Design & Innovation, Sweden

Shira Abel
Hunter & Bard, USA

Mike Sigal
500 Startups, USA

Nuno Gonçalves Pedro
Strive Capital, USA

David Prais
Cofound.it, Slovenia

Carolyn N. Spencer
Amazon, USA

Carlos Eduardo Espinal
Seedcamp, UK

Steli Efti
Close.io, USA

Brian Joseph Flynn
Founder Partners, USA

Henry Hwong
Cunningham Collective, USA

Dr. Guenther Dobrauz-Saldapenna
PwC Legal, Switzerland

Chuck Goldman
VUI & Sky Ventures Group, USA

Neeraj Berry
Sprig, Berlin

Bernadine Bröcker Wieder
Vastari, UK

Žiga Vavpotič
Outfit7, Cyprus

Alexandre Massart
Blend Ventures, UK

Maris Prii
Swisscontact, Switzerland

Enis Hulli
500 Startups, Turkey

Darwin Dubon
Dunkin' Brands, USA

Chris Out
RockBoost, NL

Heinrich Schmid-Schmidsfelden
Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Austria

Sara Usinger
SwissContact, Switzerland

Jan Habermann
Credo Ventures, Czech Republic

Jonathan Grover
Plantronics, USA

David Parrish
T-Shirt and Suits, UK

Matt Kuppers
Startup Manufactory, UK

Philippe Gluntz
Business Angels Europe, France

Letitia Seglah
Startup Manufactory, UK

Markus Lang
Pioneers Ventures, Austria

Boštjan Špetič
OutBrain, Slovenia

Florian Kandler
GetFunding.how, Austria

Philippe Suchet
Spider Capital Partners, USA

Nina Nikolikj
SwissContact, Macedonia

Johannes Naumann
Deutsche Post DHL Group, Germany

Muhamed Turkanović
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, Slovenia

Barnabás Málnay
EIT Digital, Hungary

Gorazd Justinek
Center for European Perspective & Start:up Balkan program, Slovenia

Boris Koprivnikar
Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenia

Philippe Thiltges
WhatAVenture, Austria

Aleksander Tõnnisson
Buildit, Estonia

Martin Mössler
Science Park Graz and ESA BIC Austria, Austria

Alenka Suhadolnik
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia

Jure Mikuž
South Central Ventures, Slovenia

Daniel Cronin
AustrianStartups, Austria

Tatjana Zabasu
South Central Ventures, Slovenia

Matej Rus
Initiative Start:up Slovenia & PODIM Conference, Slovenia

Urban Lapajne
Initiative Start:up Slovenia, Slovenia

Peter Frankl
Finance, Slovenia

David Bojanovič
D·Labs, Slovenia

Tilen Travnik
D·Labs, Slovenia

Primož Škerget
D·Labs, Slovenia

Janže Račečič
D·Labs, Slovenia

Julien Coustaury
Fil Rouge Capital, Slovenia

Nejc Novak
Novak Law, Slovenia

Arnaud Saint-Paul
The Give Foundation, France

Matjaž Slak
Cofound.it, Slovenia

Luka Sučić
HUB385, Croatia

Marko Filej
Sporty.co, Slovenia

Matej Golob
CorpoHub, Slovenia

Bjarke Wolmar
Thinkers50 Europe, Denmark

Ana Osredkar
Servis 8, Slovenia

Aleš Pustovrh
ABC Accelerator, Slovenia

Cristobal Alonso
Startup Wise Guys, Denmark

Iztok Hočevar
Cofound.it, Slovenia

Jakob Gajšek
ABC Accelerator, Slovenia

Wiktor Rybicki
Innovation Nest, Poland

Daniela Bervar Kotolenko
CorpoHub, Slovenia

David Braun
DASHR, leAD Sports Accelerator, Germany

Ed Rivera
DigitalWorks, USA

Igor Madzov
South Central Ventures, Macedonia

Fabio Pianesi
EIT Digital, Italy

Matevž Petek
Povio Labs, Slovenia

Jaka Levstek
D.Labs, UK

Vasja Bočko
IRYO.IO, Slovenia

Pierre Marro
DG Connect, EC, Belgium

Luigi Amati
META, Italy

Thomas Kösters
EIT Digital, Italy

Josef Gröblacher
Nova KBM, Slovenia

Dan Lupu
Earlybird Venture Capital, Romania

Farid Edrisian
Karanobin - Innovation group, Iran

2018 Sponsors, Partners and Organizer

GENERAL SPONSOR:
• Nova KBM Ready for tomorrow.

ORGANIZER:
• Start up Slovenia

COORGANIZERS:
• Slovene Enterprise Fund
• Republic of Slovenia. Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• European Commission
• Invest EU
• Enterprise Europe Network

MAIN SUPPORTER:
• Maribor
• Invest in Maribor

GOLDEN UNICORN AND KEY INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Kolektor
• Sava
• Iskratel
• Telekom Slovenije
• Iconomi
• Outfit 7
• Posta Slovenije
• DeweSoft
• Esa
• Science Park

UNICORN PARTNERS:
• Digital
• South Central Ventures

OUTLIER PARTNERS:
• Abc Accelerator Slovenia
• Interreg

STARTUPPERS
• Press Clipping
• Sinhro
• Soundbiro

PROGRAM PARTNERS
• Corpo Hub
• What a Venture
• D Labs
• Interreg
• Red Orbit

MAIN PARTNERS:
• US Embassy
• Pioneers

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS:
• Austrian Starups
• Esn
• Startup Europe Ambassador

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Vecer
• Finance
• Startaj.si
• Cision
• Der Brutkasten
• MP

START UP BALKAN PARTNERS:
• Cep
• British Embassy

SUPPORTERS:
• Gospodarska
• Univerza v Mariboru
• Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands

SLOVENES ABROAD PARTNERS:
• Republika Slovenija

SPONSORS:
• Terme Maribor
• Cafe co