Venue
La Marina de València
La Marina de València, Calle de la Aduana, Moll de Ponent, s/n, 46024 Valencia, Spain

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Event Date Thu Jun 18 CEST - Sat Jun 20 CEST (over 4 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Thu Jun 18 11:00am - Sat Jun 20 11:00am
Location La Marina de València
Calle de la Aduana, Moll de Ponent, s/n, 46024 Valencia, Spain
Region EMEA
Details

Webit.Festival is the only event that gathers in one place business, politics, science and media and stimulates the communication between them.

Webit stands for a global community and a series of events around the world. The Webit Global Community consists of over 100 000 digirati, policy makers, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists and experts fascinated by technology and fostering the digital transformation in the business and the society.

Webit.Foundation is committed to boosting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in EMEA and Asia and improving the state of innovation for a better future. Annually, we grant over $1 million to startups from all around the world through our Founders Games - the biggest startup competition in the world. And also providing awards of over €200 000 for the winning startup.

10 Key facts:

1.) Webit is so BIG - we build a small city to host it.

2.) Unlike many events, Webit publishes list of the real attendees who allowed us to share part of their profiles. Thus you may plan your business networking and make the most of your visit.

3.) Over 73% of all 15'000+ attendees are C-level executives, founders, investors or top policy makers! Whoever you rub shoulders with is a decision maker you may discuss business.

4.) Webit.Festival Europe delegates are: 2500 from startups, 500 investors, 3500 from SMEs, 3000 from large enterprises, 500 accredited media and 1000 policy makers, municipalities, government organizations.

5.) Webit hosts over 300 exhibitors and sponsors. Among them: Mastercard, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, VISA, SAP, Huawei, VMware, BulPros,UBB - KBC Group, FI Bank, Amgen, Bayer, Novartis, Saab, Astellas, eMag, Turner, Fox, Viacom, Playboy TV, AMC, Wolf Theiss, Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency, UK Innovate, Italian Trade Agency to name a few.

6.) Webit.Festival is among the top 3 Europe's largest and most impactful innovation and tech events, which was selected as flagship innovation event for the Presidency of the Council of EU in 2018.

7.) Webit hosts over 15 independent, parallel summits and over 100 meetups, partners events, workshops and round tables. The Webit parties are also world famous powered by Fashion TV, Fashion One, Playboy TV, Dorcel, Red Bull and others.

8.) The featured 200 startups as part of the Founders Games are selected from over 4000 applications! Unlike other events when you get lost in the "startup crowd" - at Webit you may go straight to business!

9.) Webit is among the few platforms in the world to provide access to top, selected EU startups, global and regional enterprise leaders and decision makers and EU policy makers all at the same time and place - Webit.Festival Europe.

10.) Webit.Festival has been featured in all major media including: The Economist, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Al Jazeera, VentureBeat, CNBCe, CNN, Arabian Business Magazine, CNN Turk, NTV, bTV, Nova TV, Bloomberg TV, thousands of media article and blog posts all around the world.

Speakers

2020 Speakers

Mariya Gabriel
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission

Dirk Hoke
Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

Tim Draper
SpaceX, Tesla, TwitchTV, Skype, Baidu, Global venture capitalist

Adam Cheyer
Founder of Siri, Samsung, Vice President of R&D

Thomas Debass
Managing Director Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State

Cassie Kozyrkov
Chief Decision Scientist, Google

Natalia Oropeza
Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Siemens

Raja Rajamannar
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President, Healthcare, Mastercard Worldwide

Hon. Fabian Picardo
Prime minister, Gibraltar

Javier Villamizar
Partner, Softbank Investment Advisers

Sandy Carter
Vice President, Amazon Web Services

Chuck Porter
Chairman, Crispin Porter + Bogusky

Sir Martin Sorrell
Executive Chairman, S4 Capital

Edna Conway
Vice President and General Manager of Global Security, Risk and Compliance, Microsoft

Vivek Bapat
Board Member & SVP, SAP

Huda Buhamaid
Chief Marketing Officer, Dubai Holding

David Hanson
Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Hanson Robotics

Katia Bassi
CMO, Lamborghini

Ajay Bhalla
President Cyber and Intelligence Solutions, Mastercard for CyberTech

Vern Brownell
President, D-Wave Systems

Sophia
World’s First Humanoid Robot, Hanson Robotics

Jesus Mantas
Managing Partner, IBM Global Business Services

Mark Thompson
NYTimes Bestselling Author

Jane Wakely
Chief Marketing Officer, Mars

Saskia Steinacker
Vice President Digital Transformation, Bayer

Guile Lindroth
Associate and AI Director, Realbotix

Prof. Shafi Ahmed
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities

Kat Borlongan
Director, French Tech mission

Pedro Pablo Pérez
CEO Business Security Unit, Telefónica

Heather Mills
Founder, VBites

Paul Maassen
Chief, Country Support, Open Government Partnership

Michael Peters
CEO, Euronews

Norm Johnston
Global CEO, Unruly

Anna Zhilyaeva
VR Artist, Dream Brush

Rik Ferguson
Global VP Security Research, Trend Micro

Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan
Chief Technology Officer, RSA

Diana Kelley
Cybersecurity CTO, Microsoft

Pierre Noel
Chief Security & Privacy Officer, Huawei

David Mayman
CEO, JetPack Aviation

Raj Samani
Chief Scientist, McAfee

Alan Adojaan
CEO & Marketing, Yanu AI

Toby Redshaw
SVP, Enterprice Innovation 5G Solutions, Verizon

Marjan Delatinne
Global Head of Banking, Ripple

Fabrizio Hochschild
Secretary General Special Adviser, United Nations

Kabir Barday
Founder and CEO, OneTrust

Nabil Malouli
VP, Global e-Commerce, DHL Supply Chain

Lt Col Jennifer “JJ” Snow
AFWERX Innovation Officer, U.S. Air Force, SAF-A8I, the Pentagon

Bruce Dell
Chairman Of The Board, Founder, CTO, Euclideon

Jekaterina Govina
Top 100 Women in Fintech, Bank of Lithuania

Alexandru Cosoi
Chief Security Strategist, Bitdefender

David Bray
Director GeoTech Center, Atlantic Council

Azran Osman-Rani
Founder, Naluri Hidup

Eugene Borukhovich
Founding board member, Your.Coach.Health

Sergio Osle Varona
President, Movistar+

Saniye Gülser Corat
Director, Division for Gender Equality, Office of the Director-General, UNESCO

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
CEO, Ipsos Global Affairs

Dr. Mmantsetsa Marope
Chair Director of International Bureau of Education, Unesco

Balaji Viswanathan
CEO, Invento Robotics

Nico Gabriel
President, Sixt SE

Matt Lowe
CEO and Founder, performance-io

Charles Travail
CEO, Interbrand

Anoushesh Ansari
CEO, XPRIZE Foundation

Ivan Verbesselt
Senior VP Marketing, NAGRA

Jorge Muzy
CEO, Valor Health

Elizabeth Rossiello
CEO and Founder, Co-Chairperson, AZA Finance

Dr. Jordi Serrano - Pons
Founder and CEO, UniversalDoctor

Yamen Saraiji
Project Senior Assistant Professor, Keio University

Dr. Hendrik Brandis
Co-founder & Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital

Dr. Stefano Bini
Founder of Digital Orthopaedics Conference, Prof. Orthopedic Surgery UCSF

Lucien Engelen
CEO, Transform.Health

Dr. Zayna Khayat
Future Strategist, SE Health

Nicole Hill
Director, Healthcare Sector, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Thierry Fautier
VP Video Strategy, Harmonic

Victor Savevski
Chief Innovation Officer, Humanitas Healthcare Group

Danny Tomsett
CEO, UneeQ

Mariya Filipova
VP of Innovation, Anthem, Inc

Assen Andonov
Founder & CEO, Assen Aeronautics

Sabarish Gnanamoorthy
Founder, WaypointAR

Peter Stark
Speaker of the Board, Infinity Media

Oriol Badia Rafart
CEO, Malloy Aeronautics

James Butland
VP of Global Banking, Airwallex

Dr. Rafael Grossmann
Surgeon, Educator, Futurist, Innovator, RafaelGrossmann.Health

João Bocas
The Wearables Expert

Dr. Zubin Daruwalla
Director, PwC South East Asia Consulting

Brian Collins
Chief Creative Officer & Co-founder, COLLINS

Kaydon Stanzione
CEO, Jaunt Air Mobility Summit

Heimo Hammer
CEO, kraftwerk

Dr. Mathias Goyen
Chief Medical Officer, GE Healthcare

Matthew Holt
Co- Chair, Catalyst Health 2.0

Dr. Nivedita Lakhera
Physician, writer, artist, speaker

Rich Walker
Managing Director, Shadow Robot Company

Anu Acharya
CEO, Mapmygenome

Dr. Gautam Gulati
Venture Partner, FundRx

Nikki Mendonça
Global President, AIO, Accenture

Dr. Tamaz Georgadze
Co-founder & CEO, Raisin

J. Carl Ganter
President, Vector Center

Lubomir Vassilev
Founder & CEO, iRise Mechanics

Kohei Kurihara
Tokyo Chapter Governent Blockchain Association, President | CollaboGate, Chief Marketing Officer

Limor Shmerling Magazanik
Managing Director, Israel Tech Policy Institute

Vicente Aguilera Díaz
Co-founder, Internet Security Auditors

Maria Rua Aguete
Executive Director, IHS Markit

Dr. Asif Dhar
Chief Health Informatics Officer and Principal, Deloitte

Roger Ver
CEO, Bitcoin

François Richard
Co-Founder & CEO, Lanéva

Rajesh Dhuddu
Head of Blockchain Practice, Tech Mahindra

Claus Risager
CEO, Blue Ocean Robotics

Mandy GIlbert
Founder, Creative Niche

Debajani Mohanty
Author

Dr. Tolga Kurtoglu
President, PARC, a Xerox company

Jan Goetz
CEO and Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers

Dr. Marta-Gaia Zanchi
Founding managing partner, Nina Capital

Naveen Jain
Founder & Executive Chairman, Moon Express

Lorena Boix Alonso
Acting Director, Policy Strategy and Outreach, DG CONNECT, European Commission

Michele Romanow
Co-Founder & President, Clearbanc

Dave Grannan
CEO, Light

Poramin Insom
Founder, Zcoin

Dr. Loubna Bouarfa
Founder and CEO, Okra Technologies

Jillian Godsil
Journalist, Broadcaster & Co-Founder, Blockleaders.io

Caesar Oliveira
Cyber Defense Manager, Uniper Energy

Dr. Domenico Veneziano
Founder, INTECH

Evelina Lavrova
Founder & CEO, DeCrypto PR

Prof. Til Wykes
Professor of Clinical Psychology & Rehabilitation, Kings College London

Alberto Porciani
CEO, Top Doctors

Junaid Bajwa
Global Leader for Strategic Alliances, Digital Accelerator, MSD

Christopher Hafner
Executive Director, Grovelands

Meagen Eisenberg
Chief Marketing Officer, TripActions

Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Founder and Managing Director, Teserakt

Aly Madhavji
United Nations, Consultant, Blockchain Founders Fund, Managing Partner

Anisha Singh
Founding Partner, She Capital

Pei Chen
Director, Financial Services and Fintech, ConsenSys

Laura Urquizu
CEO & Partner, Red Points

Gianluca Sgueo
Policy Analyst, European Parliament

Jaromir Beranek
Chairman of the IT and Smart City Committee, City of Prague

Antonio Grasso
Founder and CEO, Digital Business Innovation

Teo Tijerina
CEO & Co-founder, Onko Solutions

Akash Gaurav
CEO & co-founder, Auxesis Group

Dr. Gopichand Katragadda
Founder and CEO, Myelin Foundry

Rana Gujral
CEO, Behavioral Signals

Daniel Avital
Chief Strategy Officer, Cheq

Aviya Arika
Chief of Blockchain, AVIYA

Dr. Adrien Ko
CEO, BioKortex

Stas Tushinskiy
CEO & Founder, Instreamatic

Husayn Kassai
CEO and Co-Founder, Onfido

Kristen Anderson
Co-founder & CEO, Catch

Devon Krantz
Managing Director, Linum Labs

Elena Sinelnikova
Founder, CryptoChicks

Mark Mulready
Vice President of Cyber Services, Irdeto

Ajay Chander
Vice President of Research, R&D lab, Fujitsu

Thomas Crampton
Global Chair, Edelman Digital

Erzsébet Fitori
Director General, FTTH Council Europe

Sponsors & Partners

2020 Exhibitors and Partners

• Google
• Bayer
• SAO
• mastercard
• IBM
• European Commission
• Microsoft
• Huawei
• Nestle
• Paypal
• Cisco
• vmware
• Adobe
• nielsen
• Akamai
• Generali
• Qualcomm
• Samsung
• Siemens
• ING
• Telus
• Telekkom Austria Group
• Visa
• Softlayer