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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 |
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.
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
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