Program October 5
When: October 5, 09.00-12.00
Where: Palmstedtsalen, Kårhuset, Chalmers University of Technology (map)
With reservation for changes.
08.30 Registration opens
09.00 Program starts
Introduction and welcoming addresses
Magnus Aronsson, Managing Director, ESBRI
Mats Lundqvist, Director, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship
Karl Malmström, CEO, CONNECT West Sweden
Randy Mitchell, Senior Strategist for Private Equity and Venture Capital, U.S. Department of Commerce
The role of academia in commercialization
Anders Flodström, Professor, Royal Institute of Technology
Taking your idea to the market – the role of venture capital
Andrew Farquharson, Managing Director, InCube Ventures
Crowdfunding – the new trend in financing innovation
Sara Hanks, Co-founder and CEO, CrowdCheck
10.20 Coffee break and networking
10.50 Is it possible to create a Silicon Valley outside of the Bay Area?
Kimberlie Cerrone, Founder and CEO, Tiatros
Peter Cohn, Partner, Orrick
Clare Fairfield, Chairman of the Venture Capital Institute
Andrew Farquharson, Managing Director, InCube Ventures
Sara Hanks, Co-founder and CEO, CrowdCheck
12.00 End of program
Stockholm, forum day
Hotel Birger Jarl, Birger Jarlsgatan 61A
Stockholm, seminar day
Hotel Birger Jarl, Birger Jarlsgatan 61A
Umeå
Hörsal G, Humanisthuset, Umeå University
Gothenburg
Palmstedtsalen, Kårhuset, Chalmers University of Technology
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