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EUvsVirus Matchathon: ACCOMPLISHMENT DAY

2 June (Tuesday)

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10:30 || SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

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19:00 || CLOSING CEREMONY

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

Juan de Antonio (Founder & CEO at Cabify)

Mike Butcher (Editor At Large at TechCrunch)

Link for Demo Day and Matchathon Videos - youtube.com/c/EUvsVirus


Thursday (Demo Day)

Friday (Matchathon)

Saturday (Matchathon)

Sunday (Matchathon)


21 May (Thursday - DEMO DAY) - Demo Day Videos


10:00 || INSPIRATIONAL TALK

Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Deputy Head of Innovation Ecosystems - European Innovation Council (European DARPA) at European Commission))

Andrea Kozma (Director, CEU InnovationsLab)

Gleb Maltsev (Data-Driven Pitch Coach)


10:10 || EUvsVirus Recap and Metrics / Program of the Day


10:15 || HEALTH & LIFE DOMAIN: INVESTOR SPEECH

Tonko Wedda (Director of Health at Rockstart), tonko@rockstart.com


10:20 || HEALTH & LIFE DOMAIN: PRESENTATIONS (PART 1)

Michal Kazda (CoroVent)

Alex Butean (Dattum)

Simon Kuttruf (HomeNurse - monitoring ambulant patients over the phone)

Pierre-Antoine Bastian (Measuring taste)

Fran Guillén (PVT-COVID)

Ezequiel Hidalgo Galache (REhaBUILD)


11:08 || BREAK + INVESTOR SPEECH

Donatas Keras (Entrepreneur and investor, founding partner@Practica Capital)

Arvydas Bložė (Early stage investor | Baltic ventures in Europe)


11:15 || HEALTH & LIFE DOMAIN: PRESENTATIONS (PART 2)

Pauline O'Callaghan (SensWear)

Denis Avrilionis (Smart Screening Tool)

Andrei Ţaranu (ViraTrace)

Matthias Kaiser (xT BioE)

Dragan Savic (Sewers4COVID)


11:55 || BREAKOUT SESSION (Health & Life, Other)


12:45 || RECAP OF THE MORNING

Gleb Maltsev (Data-Driven Pitch Coach)


12:55 || BUSINESS CONTINUITY DOMAIN: INVESTOR SPEECH

Mali Baum (CEO & Founder of WLOUNGE ecosystem & MAGDA GROUP upcoming European fund of funds)


13:00 || BUSINESS CONTINUITY DOMAIN: PRESENTATIONS (PART 1)

Gregorio Magno Toral Jiménez (Ciclogreen)

Arnaud de Moissac (Deal with aleas, save lives (DCbrain))

Renata Bade Barajas (GreenBytes)

Gyula Kövesdán (Linistry for safe retail)


13:32 || BREAK + INVESTOR SPEECH

Falco Weidemeyer (Senior Partner | Head of Reshaping Results EMEIA)


13:37 || BUSINESS CONTINUITY DOMAIN: PRESENTATIONS (PART 2)

Allan Segebarth (Co-founder, MAGGY - Social Distancing Made Easy)

Anupam Kundu (Safe Access)

Kumardev Chatterjee (Unmanned Life - Autonomous Drone Disinfection for Covid-19 in Smart Cities)


14:01 || BREAKOUT SESSION (Business Continuity)


14:20 || REMOTE WORKING AND EDUCATION DOMAIN: INVESTOR SPEECH


14:25 || HEALTH & LIFE DOMAIN: PRESENTATIONS

Stefano Marinoni (COO, aiLearning)

Valentina Di Felice (Dynamic - DYNAMIC row for Coronavirus emergency)

Elena Gervasio (SmartCoach4Resilience)

Margherita Vigo (Jobiri)


14:57 || BREAKOUT SESSION (Remote Working & Education)


15:15 || SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COHESION DOMAIN: INVESTOR SPEECH

Fabiola (Stachels) Hochkirchen (Investor, Business Angel, M&A, Consulting)


15:20 || SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COHESION DOMAIN: PRESENTATIONS

Boris Mihov (Aidbind)

Sofie Wahlström (BrightAct)

Ulrich Scharf (Occupation-Shifter (by Skilllab))

Juho Juopperi (Signet.app - Online trust re-imagined)

Harm Jan Arendshorst (OpenGate)


16:00 || BREAKOUT SESSION (Political Cohesion, Other)


16:20 || DIGITAL FINANCE DOMAIN: INVESTOR SPEECH

Linas Dicpetris (EY Advisory Partner)


16:25 || DIGITAL FINANCE DOMAIN: PRESENTATIONS

Vytautas Karalevicius (Bankera Business Care)

Yuri Narozniak (Datafolio D3P)

Tarek Ghobar (Disposable digital wallets - PointCheckout)

Jari Ala-Ruona (Smartphones4good - S4G)


16:57 || BREAKOUT SESSION (Digital Finance, Other)


17:20 || THANKS to Participants, EUvsVirus Matchathon Organization Team, and European Commission


17:30 || CALL FOR NETWORKING




22 May (Friday - MATCHATHON) - Matchathon Videos


14:00 - SPEED DATING - details for participation in the Slack workspace


17:00 - Opening Ceremony with Jean-Eric Paquet, John Parkhouse, Julie Teigland, and the EUvsVirus Leadership Team

JEAN-ERIC PAQUET (Director-General of Research and Innovation of the European Commission)

JOHN PARKHOUSE (CEO and Senior Partner, PwC Luxembourg)

JULIE TEIGLAND (EY EMEIA Area Managing Partner and EY Global Leader – Women)

ISIDRO LASO BALLESTEROS (#EUvsVirus EU Coordinator and Deputy Head of Innovation Ecosystems - EIC at European Commission)

Michael Ionita (Initiator and Co-Coordinator)

Scotty Shaw (EUvsVirus CTO / National Curator of the United States (BusDev & Marketing))

Carolina Emanuelson (Private Partnerships)

Berat Kjamili (Public Authorities)

Renata Petrevska Nechkoska (Academic Institutions)

Veronica Bandu (Projects)

Natasa Kurucki (Programme)

Elena Poughia (Operations)

Smaranda Balut (Marketing)


17:45 - Pitching Session (Projects to Partners)


19:00 - Interviews - "The Future of the Startup and Investment Landscape"

Francisco Velazquez (Axon Partners Group, Founder and President)

Dominic Jacquesson (Index Ventures)

Marco Marinucci (Founder and CEO, Mind The Bridge)

Vera Futorjanski (Board Member, LEAD Ventures)

John Thornhill (Financial Times Innovation Editor and Founder of Sifted)




23 May (Saturday - MATCHATHON) - Matchathon Videos


09:00 - Morning Wake-Up Show


10:00 - Partners Stories - "How The Private Sector Works With Startups To Fight COVID"

Victoria Hernandez (Caixa Bank, Board Member (NED))

Nicolas Verschelden (ABInbev, Managing Partner DTA)

Amrita Sarkar, Ph.D. (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Senior Venture Capital Business Development Manager)

Jacob Claerhout (Partech Partners, Venture Capital Analyst)

Nicole Büttner (Merantix Labs, Co-Founder & CEO)


11:30 - Incubation Session - "Beyond Matchathon: Linking Your Project To The Innovation Ecosystem"

Andrea Kozma (Director, CEU InnovationsLab)

Ana Barjasic (CEO Connectology and Global Entrepreneurship Network Europe)

Ales Pustovrh (Investor, Founder, Researcher, Teacher)

Alexandru Marchis (Policy and Public Affairs Consultant)


14:00 - Women Leaders During The Crisis

Iida Kambur (Law & Business, Team Hypanel)

Dr. Ana Iorga (Buyer Brain, CEO and Chief Neuroscientist)

Dr. Nora Khaldi (Nuritas, Founder and CEO)


16:00 - Successful Stories - "From Idea to Investment"

Sean Kane (CEO, Co-Founder and head of F6S)

“Community Heroes” Project Team

“Skyrocket Your Team” Project Team


18:00 - Successful International Team Story - "Building A Company Purely Being Digital" with Guide Your Guide

Giannis Giannarakis (Coordinator of actions against Corona Virus (GreecevsVirus) initiative of the Ministries of Digital Governance, Development & Investment & Health )

Jonathan Nelson (Hacking Venture Capital, Managing Director, HACK Fund | Founder CEO, Hackers/Founders)

"Guide Your Guide" Project Team




24 May (Sunday - MATCHATHON) - Matchathon Videos


09:00 - Morning Wake-Up Show


10:00 - Partners Stories - "How The Public Sector Works With Startups To Fight COVID"

Elif Kosok (Coordinator of Venture Capital Support Group, TUBITAK)

Isik Asar (Coordinator of Biotechnology Group, TUBITAK)

Paola De Bernardi (University of Torino)

Simona Grande (University of Torino)

Arune Urte Matelyte (Manager, GovTech Lab Lithuania)

Lander Bosch (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)


11:30 - Reflections With Experts - Research, Innovation, And Entrepreneurship

Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Deputy Minister of Development and Investments | Research, Innovation and Technology)

Alberto Conde Mellado (OECD Digital Expert Advisor for SMEs & CEO and Co-founder xabet)

Ann Rosenberg (SVP for UN Partnerships at SAP)


12:00 - Leadership of EU Mayors

Emil Boc (Mayor Cluj-Napoca, former Prime Minister, România)

Francisco de la Torre (Mayor of Málaga, Spain)


12:45 - SPEED DATING - details for participation in the Slack workspace


14:00 - Your Startup Journey

Adam Somlai-Fischer (Co-Founder of Prezi)


16:00 - Successful Stories - "How Academica, Businesses, And Public Sectors Work Together"

Renata Petrevska Nechkoska (EUvsVirus PM of Academia and R&D)

Carolina Emanuelson (EUvsVirus Private Partners Head)

Berat Kjamili (EUvsVirus Public Authorities Head)

Hila Lifshitz-Assaf (Stern School of Business, New York University)

Alain Bindels (Head of Innovation Facilitation & Digitalization, Roche)

Montserrat Daban (Scientific and International Relations Director, BioRegion of Catalonia)


18:00 - Wrap-Up Session

JEAN-DAVID MALO (Director, European Innovation Council)

Miguel Arias (Global Entrepreneurship Director at Telefonica, Business Angel, Entrepreneur)

Nikolaos Stergiannis (Head of Account Managers and Specialist Support)




24 May (Wednesday - MATCHATHON) - Matchathon Videos


12:00 - Investment Readiness with PwC


13:00 - SPEED DATING


17:00 - Co-Innovation Builder Tool with CORSHIP