The Accelerator Assembly Conference 2016
Salamanca, September 7-8th, 2016
Venue:
Hospederia Fonseca
Calle Fonseca 2
37002
Salamanca,
Spain
The main event of the network is the Accelerator Assembly
Conference, in September 2016, in Salamanca. This event aims
to bring together the members of the Accelerator Assembly network
to share best practices, understand global accelerator trends and
reflect on future models for supporting entrepreneurs as well as
connect the accelerators with the European
Commission.
The Salamanca AA Conference activities
included:
1. Panels:
Latest Acceleration
Trends
Why are corporates into
startups?
2. Accelerator pitching session
3. Accelerator office hours
4. Accelerator Assembly workshops
1. Panels:
Latest Acceleration Trends
7th of September: 11:30 - 12:00 in
auditorium
This panel will present and discuss the latest trends for accelerators across Europe and what this means for startups.
Christopher Haley
NESTA
Head of New
Technology
CRISTINA FANJUL
CEEI Asturias
Director
Angel Garcia
Rivas
Startupbootcamp IoT & Data
Tech
Founding Partner
Sebastian Muller
Impact Accelerator
Director
Dilyan Dimitrov
Eleven Accelerator Venture Fund
Co-Founder
Why are corporates into Startups?
7th of September: 12:00 - 12:30 in Auditorium
Corporates have become increasingly interested in reaching out to startups through various ways, such as corporate accelerators. In this panel, we'll be discussing the different motivations for corporates and what opportunities are there for entrepreneurs to take advantage of.
Oscar Cantalejo
Investiment Manager
Paloma Castellano Sanz
Wayra
Madrid
Director
Jorge Calderon
Board of Directors
Tomas Coca
Repsol Foundation
Head of Entrepreneurs Evaluation
Christopher Haley
NESTA
Head of New Technology
2. Accelerator pitching sessions
7th of September - 12:00-13:30 in Future
Room
Slot 1: 12:00 - 12:30
Startupbootcamp IoT & Data Tech - Angel
Garcia
Industrio - Jari
Ognibeni
hardware.co - Iva Jankovic
Metxa - Laura
Unzueta
Slot 2: 12:30 -
13:00
IMPACT Accelerator
- Daniel
Twal
Spain Startup Factory - Bruno
Dureux
NUMA
Barcelona
ADE - Javier García
Díez
Slot 3: 13:00 -
13:30
EuraTechnologies - Anh-Tai HOANG
BIND 4.0, Startup!! Basque Industry Accelerator Program - Juan
Manuel Esteban
Startup Braga - Miguel Amador
StartUp Europe Accelerator by Finnova - Juan
Manuel
Revuelta
3. Accelerator office
hours
7th of September - 15:30 - 19:30 in the Accelerator Assembly corner
Participating accelerators:
EIT Digital
Metxa
Startupbootcamp IoT & Data Tech
Cloud Incubator HUB
Startup Scaleup
EuraTechnologies
IMPACT Accelerator
Startup Braga
Eleven
NUMA Barcelona
StartUp Europe Accelerator by Finnova
Technoport
4. Accelerator
Assembly
workshops
Accelerators
– Why? How? What?
8th of September - 11:00 - 11:30 in
Future Room
Learn about: the value of accelerators, finding the right programme for your project and how to get into one.
Angel Garcia
Rivas
Startupbootcamp IoT & Data
Tech
Founding Partner
Accelerator Q&A session
8th of September - 11:00 - 11:30 in Future Room
AMA session with participating accelerators
Bernardo Martinez
Conector Startup Accelerator
Director
Dilyan Dimitrov
Eleven Accelerator Venture Fund
Co-Founder
Juan Manuel Esteban Gorostiola
Basque Government
Head of Service in entrepreneurship area
Josetxu Silgo
Metxa
Founder & Partner
Miguel Amador
Startup Braga
Program Manager for Nano Health & Health Tech
Presentations of accelerators:
Gallery
Attending
Accelerators:
If you have any questions, please contact the Accelerator Assembly team here.