Start Summit 2018 | Start Global | 15 March 2018 | OLMA Messen, St. Jakob-Strasse 105, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland

START Summit is Europe’s leading student-run conference for entrepreneurship and technology gathering more than 2000 participants with the aim of connecting relevant stakeholders. We strive for inspiring and educating early-stage founders and students in order to enable innovation.

2018 Speakers

Chris Kemp
First CTO, NASA, Founder, Stealth Space Company

Monique Morrow
Former CTO, Cisco, Founder, The Humanized Internet

Jürgen Schmidhuber
Director & Professor, The Swiss AI Lab

Sam Feldt
DJ & Music Producer, Founder & CCO, Fangage

Hauke Hansen
VP European Supply Chain and Transportation, Amazon

Mona El Isa
Co-Founder & CEO, Melonport

Alicia Asín
Founder & CEO, Libelium

Andrew Sutherland
SVP Technology & Systems, EMEA, Oracle

Petra Ehmann
Augmented Reality, Google

Steffen Ehrhardt
Internationalization &, Startups Lead EMEA Google

Simon Rolfes
Former Football Player, Chairman, GoalControl

Myke Näf
Founder, Doodle

Nikolay Storonsky
Co-Founder & CEO, Revolut

Carmen Hentschel
TV Moderator for Digitalization

Daniel Jung
Edutuber & Matheguru, Founder, Daniel Jung Academy

Sara Weber
Tech Editor, LinkedIn

Thomas Bachem
Founder & Chancellor, CODE University

Jeff Olm
VR/AR Director, Jaunt

Richard Olsen
Founder & CEO, Lykke

Meindert Kennis
CMO / Digital Strategist, Spinnin’ Records

Sonia Antoranz Contera
Associate Professor, Oxford

Maneesh Juneja
Digital Health Futurist

Dimitra Papadopoulou
Co-Founder & CEO, MEHEALTHX

Max Amordeluso
EU Lead Evengelist Alexa, Amazon

Jim Nasr
VP Technology & Innovation, Synchrogenix, Certara company

Johannes Schildt
Co-Founder & CEO, KRY

Alexander Graubner-Müller
Co-Founder & CEO, Kreditech

Jim Hunter
Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist, Greenwave Systems

Andreia Fernandes
Founder & CEO, SEABRAND

Alina Jaworska
Head of Business Development, BIVROST – VR Technologies

Myriam Locher
Founder, Bettermind

Javier Garcia Martinez
Professor, University of Alicante, Princeton, WEF

Martin Enderle
Former CEO, Scout24, Founder & CEO, allmyhomes

Claude Ritter
Co-Founder & CMO, BOOK A TIGER

Andreas Kunze
Founder & CEO, KONUX, WEF Agenda Contributor & Technology Pioneer

Luzius Meisser
Board Member, Bitcoin Association

Spiros Margaris
FinTech Influencer & VC

Dalith Steiger-Gablinger
Co-Founder, SwissCognitive

Angel Versetti
Co-Founder & CEO, Ambrosus

Evelina Georgieva
Co-Founder & CBDO, Pryv

Antoine Amann
Co-Founder & CEO, Echobox

Pascal Kaufmann
Founder, Starmind

Simon Dössegger, CEO, Modum

Klaus Fiala
Editor-in-Chief, Forbes (CH)

Cristian Grossmann
Founder & CEO, Beekeeper

Laurent Grandidier
CEO, Xeltis

Olivier Kennedy
Founder & CEO, Enigma

Jack Vincent
Sales Advisor & Author

Raphael Gindrat
co-founder & ceo, BestMile

Wolfgang Gründinger
Referent, BVDW

Edith Schmid
Co-Founder & COO, Kenzen

Julian Nordt
Co-Founder & Managing Director, ENWAY

Robert Wesley
CEO, KIVU Technologies

Roman Rittweger
Co-Founder & CEO, Ottonova

Peter Ohnemus
Founder & CEO, Dacadoo

Stephan Karpischek
Co-Founder & CEO, Etherisc

Paul Kohlhaas
Director of Business Development, ConsenSys

Val Racheeva
Author, The Female Founders Book

Cedric Schlosser
Founder & CEO, MYI Entertainment

Joe Rice
Data & Enterprise Solutions, EMEA, Twitter

Yann Cotte
Founder & CEO, Nanolive

Marcel Denner
Head Corporate Ventures & Development, Swiss Prime Site

Anthony Charbonnier
Head of Startup Programs, Sigfox

Lorenz Meier
Founder, PX4

Simon Tchedikian
Co-Founder & CEO, Sevenhugs

Oliver Stollmann
Founder & CEO, Actyx

Loulou Van Ravensteijn
Moderator STARTFELD Arena, CoFounder AirWatch

Rouven Dresselhaus
Managing Partner, Cavalry Ventures

Marc Badertscher
Chief Business & Markets Editor, Handelszeitung

Nilson Kufus
Co-Founder & CEO, Nomoko

John Hucker
Board Member, Swiss FinTeCH

Tanja Wittmann-Sutter
Presenter & Journalist

Mick Wilson
Tech Editor, DJ Mag

Vitaly Ponomarev
Founder & CEO, WayRay

Sulinna Ong
VP Artist Marketing, Deezer

Tali Chen
CVP Corporate Development & Chief Evangelist, DSP

Pascal Mathis
Co-Founder, GetYourGuide

Jacqueline Gasser-Beck
Head of Teaching Innovation Lab, University of St. Gallen

Felix Haas
Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

Stefanie Holenweg
Influencer & Moderator, esports.ch

Elmar Schnee
COO, MindMaze

Yosef Akhtman
Co-Founder & CEO, Gamaya

Julien Berta
Co-Founder & CEO, SmartPixels

Jörg Beckmann, Founder & Managing Director, Mobility Academy

Vitomir Jevremovic
Founder, VR All Art AG

Alexander Braun
Assistant Professor, University of St. Gallen

Alexander Lemken
Business Development, ioxp

Alexander Stoeckel
Partner, btov

Carlo Terreni
Co-Founder & General Director, NetComm Suisse

Michael Koch
Head of Digital Factory, Deutsche Bank

Martin Tschopp
Head of Business Development, Helvetia

Cedric Bollag
Founder, GlobalTechBox

Rene Wiedemann
Managing Director, Accenture Switzerland

Robert Broström
Senior Technical Leader UX, Volvo

Ralf Glabschnig
Managing Partner, Lakeside Partners

Phil Norris
Strategic Project Manager, VirtaMed

Thomas Dübendorfer
President, SICTIC

Nina Reinhart
Founder, ginger, Co-Founder, Reinhart Capital

Thomas Scheitlin
President, City of St. Gallen

Roger Dudler
Founder & CTO, Frontify

Timur Sagirosman
Deputy Managing Director, Startfeld

2018 Partners:

GOLD:
• Swiss Prime Site
• EY
• Helvetia
• Deutsche Bank
• Swisscom
• WalderWyss
• VR-AL-ART

SILVER:
• Volvo
• Sulzer
• Raiffeisen

BRONZE:
• Oracle
• Agile E-on
• Salesforce
• Wenger & Vieli
• Farner
• Merck
• IGE IPI
• Sage
• KraussMaffei
• DHL
• Afex

INVESTING PARTNERS:
• B to V
• Cavalry
• Seca