PODIM Conference 2019 | PODIM Conference | 21 May 2019 | Hotel Habakuk, Pohorska ulica 59, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

We are connecting 1000+ 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 Alps-Adriatic & Western Balkan Region.

2019 Speakers

Sheel Mohnot
500 Startups

John Harthorne
MassChallenge

David Rose
Warby Parker & MIT Media Lab

Amrit Dhir
Google

Danyelle Pollock
Freelancer

Enis Hulli
500 Startups

Letitia Seglah
Startup Manufactory

Rune Theill
Rockstart

Cristobal Alonso
Startup Wise Guys

Anuj Adhiya
The Predictive Index

Maurizio Rossi
H-FARM

Bret Siarkowski
MedScience Ventures

Mela Chu
BLCKSWN

Alexis Kopikis
Alexify.co

Marco Trombetti
Pi Campus

Henry Hwong
Cunningham Collective

Joshua Reola
Cisco Webex Innovation

Dr. Ulrich Kleipaß
Roland Berger

Stephan Schambach
NewStore

Nejc Škoberne
Cone-headed Cat

Nuno Gonçalves Pedro
Grishin Robotics and Strive Capital

Tristan Pollock
500 Startups

Lisa Kuttner
WhataVenture

Ivo Remmelg
EstBAN

Krisztina Toth
EMG Group

Mariano Kostelec
UniPlaces

Krzysztof Gawrysiak
Cyber Armadillo Inc.

Žiga Drev
OriginTrail

Stefan Perkmann Berger
WhataVenture

Florian Kandler
GetFunding.how

Stefan Holzer
Independent Innovation Consultant

Alexandre Massart
Blend Ventures

Živana Žerjal
She's Well

Tanja Sternbauer
Female Founders Global

Itamar Lesuisse
Argent

Francois Marmion
Manao

Andrej Mertelj
Datalab

Daniel Cronin
AustrianStartups

Matt Kuppers
Startup Manufactory

Jonas Schneider
Startup Alm

Toni Balažič
Panvita

Maja Tomanič Vidovič
Slovene Enterprise Fund

Francois Mazoudier
TMRW

Jasmina Henniova
Pioneers.io

Dr. Guenther Dobrauz
PwC Legal

Grega Potokar
ABC Accelerator

Stoyan Yankov
Productivity & Performance Strategist

Markus Raunig
AustrianStartups

Christian Holloway
Digital Manufacturing

Jan Dovolil
Creative Dock

Chuck Goldman
SkyX Systems Corp.

Anu Oks
EstBAN

Markus Lang
Speedinvest

Jes Nordentoft
Accelerace

Saša Arsenovič
Municipality of Maribor

Michel Scian
H-FARM

Urban Lapajne
Start:up Slovenia

Rok Upelj
Movalyse

Bogy Skowronski
MIT Enterprise Forum and Nomad Fund

Jugoslav Petkovič
Flaviar/Yougo.vc

Rumen Iliev
LAUNCHub

Nina Dremelj
AlpVent

Julien Coustaury
Fil Rouge Capital

Herwig Springer
i5invest

Jan Habermann
Credo Ventures

Nejc Novak
Novak Law

2019 Sponsors and Partners

CO-ORGANIZERS:
• Slovene Enterprise Fund
• Republic of Slovenia

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• European Commission

GOLDEN UNICORDN AND KEY INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Sava Zavarovalnica
• DeweSoft
• Italian Trade Agency
• Center za Kreativnost
• Build
• ABA Invest in Austria

UNICORN PARTNERS:
• Nova KBM
• European Investment Bank
• Iskratel Startup

OUTLINE PARTNERS:
• Vienna Business Agency
• ABC Accelerator Group
• FIL Rouge Capital
• Revology
• Technoloski Park Ljubljana
• Patheon Farming
• ESA Business Incubation Centre
• TMRW

STARTUPPERS:
• Press Clipping
• Sinhro Mobile First
• Soundbiro
• Technocenter Univerze v Mariboru

PROGRAM PARTNERS:
• Equaleyes
• What a Venture
• D-Labs
• CorpoHub
• Koruza
• (U)Centrix
• South Central Ventures

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS:
• Pioneers
• European Startup Network
• Startup Europe Ambassador
• Female Founders
• StartupEurope CEE Network
• Startup Europe Western Balkans Network
• StartNet Carinthia
• Austrian Startups

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Vecer
• Finance
• Der Brutkasten
• Maribor24
• Adverta