Experts
Take a look at our speakers scheduled for this event
Expert Jury
Alexander Mityashin
Labbet Advice
Ansgar Kirchheim
Partner
Cipio Partners
Boudewijn Docter
Chief Growth Officer
High Tech XL
Carlos Lee
Director General
EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium
Casper Vissers
Technical investment analyst
PhotonVentures
Hans Tholl
Head of Competence Center for Electro-Optical and Electro-Mechanical Systems
Diehl Defence
Ivana Sersic
Investment Manager Key Tech
BOM Brabant Ventures
Jan Meise
CEO
AMS Technologies AG
Joachim de Sterke
Co-founder & General Partner
PhotonVentures
Jorge Fernández
Investment Associate
Bullnet Capital
Jorinde Hoek
Investment manager
Value Creation Capital
Karolina Dorozynska
Investment Manager
imec.xpand
Laura Mendera
Director Business Development - Corporate Finance services for Tech Scale Ups
CLEAR Financial Advisory
Marco Cravetto
Business Analyst
LIFTT
Naotaka Mukoyama
Senior Manager Tech Scouting
JX Advanced Metals Corporation
Pepijn Rot
Investment Associate
Verve Ventures
Qurein Biewenga
Fund Manager
PhotonDelta
Rembrandt Donkersloot
Associate
FORWARD.one
Richard Clarke
Director General
PHABULOuS Pilot Line
Robert Harrison
Joint Managing Partner
Sonnenberg Harrison Partnership
Simone Lavizzari
Invesment Manager
Join Capital
Simon Wouters
Investment Associate
Capricorn Partners
Stephan Decher
Managing Partner
Zaz Ventures
Steven Leuridan
Partner
Qbic
Taha Adnan
Deal Scout
Zaz Ventures
Vamsi Patti
Hitachi Ventures
Adnan Quazi
Business Development
Hamamatsu Ventures
Alberto Emprin
General Partner
3LB Seed Capital
Andreas Umbach
CEO
AUCCEPT Consulting
Claas Heise
Executive Director
NRW Bank
Cyril Vancura
Partner
imec.xpand
David Waroquier
Partner
Oakland Partners
David Castrillo
Director
Hamamatsu Ventures
Jens Uhlemann
Professor
Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitätInstitute of Particle Technology (LFG)
Nuno Sousa
Chief Medical Officer
Pathena
Pim Claessen
Investment Analyst
BOM Brabant Ventures
Sandra Chabrier
Key Account Manager of Unit Photonics
Berlin Partner for Business and Technology
Christophe Bodin
Director
CBO Consulting
Pasi Pohjala
Partner and Investment Director
Nordic Startup Ventures
Steven Konsek
Principal
Applied Ventures
Emily Meads
Principal
Quantonation
Jeroen Cremers
ScaleUp Capital bv
Joost Waeterloos
European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow
Vishal Nayar
Senior Venture Development Manager
imec
Patrick Claessen
Cottonwood Technology Fund
Speakers
Gernot Berger
Senior Investment Manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
Markus Wilkens
Head of Operations
Photonics21
Olivier Rits
Investment Manager
KBC Focus Fund
Paul Gillespie
Managing Director
Sheffield Haworth
Serban Mogos
Investment Manager
TRUMPF Venture
Vincent Kamphorst
Investment Director
Innovation Industries
William Stevens
Co-Founder & Group Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe
Peter Doyle
Coordinator
PhotonHub Europe
Sam Guilaume
President
Latitude 45 SAS
Michiel Boermans
Product Manager
SMART Photonics
Mehdi Naamoun
PROUD
Presenting Companies
Steve Stoffels
CEO
Aluvia Photonics
Christian Schutte
CFO
Crocus Labs GmbH
David Ciudad
CEO & Co-Founder
Deep Detection
Mikko Juntunen
Founder & CEO
ElFys
Carin Lightner
CEO & Co-Founder
Enantios
Mark Rushworth
Founder & CEO
Finchetto Ltd
Robert Kirchner
CEO & Co-Founder
HETEROMERGE GmbH
Luis Valente
CEO & Co-Founder
iLoF - Intelligent Lab on Fiber
Danae Delbeke
Founder & CEO
Indigo Diabetes
Guillem De La Torre
CEO & Co-Founder
Inmersia
Robert van Tankeren
CEO & Co-Founder
InPhocal
Nadine Buard
President & Co-Founder
IRIDESENSE
Christian Wiest
CEO
iThera Medical
Lauri Koskinen
Chief Product Officer
Kovilta
Jani Tirronen
CEO & Co-Founder
Maculaser Oy
David Cardador Maza
CEO
Mapsi Photonics SL
Jan-Willem Hoste
Director & Founder
Meep
Andrada Muntean
CEO & Founder
NovoViz
Serdar Manakli
Founder, Chairman and CEO
ORIOMA
Alexander Kostenko
Founder
Photosynthetic BV
Leonard Moonen
Founder & CEO
Praxa Sense
Ligia Colina
Co-Founder & CEO
PROUD
Kim De Nolf
Founder
QustomDot
Max Brinkmann
CEO & Co-Founder
Refined Laser Systems GmbH
Matthew CROWLEY
CEO
Scintil Photonics SAS
François SIMOENS
CEO & Co-Founder
STEERLIGHT
Kevin Hockerman
Senior Product Manager
TriLite Technologies
Ronny Timmreck
CEO
VitreaLab GmbH
Johannes Peeters
CEO & Co-Founder
VoxelSensors
Renato Juliano Martins
CEO
Flatlight
Pere Perez-Millan
Founder & CEO
FYLA
Andreas Voelker
CCRAFT
Quentin Bolle
E-S-TEL SRL
Håkan Zadik
Iloomina AB
Francesco Manegatti
NcodiN
John Anderton
Photon IP
Dr. Frank Smyth
Pilot Photonics
Nicolai Walter
Pixel Photonics
Wolfgang Heni
Polariton
Jesper Gretlund
Sparrow Quantum
Theodore Marescaux
Swave Photonics
Amir Ghadimi
Lightium
Simon Forsyth
Liroptic
François Courteau
Femtum