Co-founder of Apple

Chief Executive, Developper and co-founder of EDEN Project

Deputy CEO, Tech City

Author, thought-leader & Researcher, US

Co-author of "The Lean Entrepreneur"

Conference Moderator, Quest & Associates

Founder and Director, Büro für Kulturpolitik und Kulturwirtschaft

President of EBN & ANCES, Director of BIC Euronova, Malaga, Spain

CEO of NORIBIC, Derry, United Kingdom

Researcher, ENEA, Italy

Co-founder of XING, CEO of FINAXIS AG, Australia

Managing Director of Social Innovation Camp

Microsoft Western Europe HQ

Researcher at INDACO, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Foresight Programme, Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Investment, United Kingdom

Director of WESTBIC, Galway, Ireland

Managing Director of GateGarching, Munich, Germany

Head of Unit, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission

Director of EBN

Head of Business Unit of Sviluppo Basilicata, Italy

Chief Executive, UKBI

Michael J. Gorman

Founding Director of Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin

Timothy Brundle

Director, Invest Northern Ireland

Bernd Reichert

Head of Unit "SMEs”, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Pia Areblad

Director Strategic Alliances, TILLT, Sweden

Bryan Keating

Chair of MATRIX, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel

Mark Nagurski

Director, CultureTECH Festival, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Susana Seabra

Senior Consultant, SPI, Portugal

Nuno Gomes

Vice-President of BICS – National Network of Portuguese BICs

Valeria Fascione

Director, Innovation and Development Department of Fondazione IDIS

Bruno Wattenbergh

Brussels Enterprise Agency

Maria Alice Lahorgue

General Director at Instituto Becker

Ann Branch

Head of Unit, DG Education and Culture, EC

Managing Director, Wuxi China Europe International Technology Transfer Center

Chair of DigiBIC High Level Advisory Board

Creativity Unit, DG Connect, EC

Senior Partner at Peacefulfish, Berlin

Dublin BIC & Halo Business Angel Partnership

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)

CEO of Soundwave

Senior Consultant, EBN

Head of Quality and Technical Assistance of the European BIC Network (EBN)

Secretary General, Assembly of European Regions (AER)

Coordinator for the Enterprise Europe Network, Invest NI

NI City of Derry / Londonderry A European Region

Collaborative R&D Support Service, Invest NI

Manager, NI Collaborative R&D Support Service

Laser Application for Diagnostics and Metrology, ENEA

European Research Manager, Queen’s University Belfast

NI Horizon 2020 Manager, DETI