10:00 - 10:20
Opening
Krišjānis Kariņš
Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
Kaspars Rožkalns
Director General at Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Diana Lapkis
Space-tech Stage Host
Member of the Council of the Latvian Space Industry Association
Member of the Council of the Latvian Space Industry Association
Olga Barreto Goncalves
Deep-tech Stage Host
CEO at Latvian Startup Association
CEO at Latvian Startup Association
Artis Ozoliņš
Smart-tech Stage Host
Technology journalist and enthusiast
Technology journalist and enthusiast
11:10 - 12:15
What technologies to bet on: Innovation trends and opportunities
Liene Briede
European Innovation Council board member, Director of Science and Innovation department of RTU
Dr. Tonino Greco
Senior Chief Technology Analyst at SONY Corporate Technology Strategy Division EU
Madara Kalniņa-Kalnmale
CEO at LightSpace Labs
Jekaterina Novikova
Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation
Nikita Kazakevics
Director of Innovation and Technology Department of LIAA
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 13:40
Deep Tech Start-up competition
Olga Barreto Goncalves
Deep-tech Stage Host
CEO at Latvian Startup Association
CEO at Latvian Startup Association
Klara Brandstätter
Managing Director of I.E.C.T.
Dr. Ferdinand Rudolph-Bartels
General Manager of SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GmbH
Mikko Korhonen
Business and Strategy Development Professional
Magdalena Jabłońska
Foundation for Technology Entrepreneurship MIT EF CEE accelerator
Toby Moore
Managing Partner at Imprimatur Capital Fund Management
Pitch
14:15 - 14:25
Break
Coffee & Snacks
Pitch
15:10 - 15:20
Break
Coffee & Snacks
15:20 - 16:20
Discussion "Potential of deep tech investing - expectations management"
Ilona Gulchak
Commercialization Reactor’s team member
Dr. Thomas Kostka
Head of Corporate Venturing at ALTANA AG
Ieva Jansone - Buka
Board Member at ALTUM
Vaido Mikheim
Deep Tech Project Lead at Startup Estonia
Klara Brandstätter
Managing Director of I.E.C.T.
Dr. Lars Frølund
Special Advisor for Innovation at NATO
16:20 - 16:30
Break
Coffee & Snacks
Pitch
Jury discussion
Results & Awards (during dinner)
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 13:45
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Beyond the Northern lights: Photonics in the Nordics
PhD Andris Anspoks
Director of Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia
Ainārs Knoks
Customer solutions manager at Materize
Dr. Lennart B.M. Svensson
Management and co-founder of PhotonicSweden
Juha Purmonen
Executive director at Photonics Finland. Co-founder of SoftColor and Photonics Finland Cluster. Member of Board of Stakeholders in Photonics21 platform.
15:30 - 15:45
Break
Coffee & Snacks
18:30 - 20:30
Dinner
Dinner & Networking
Dinner
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
14:10 - 15:15
Discussion "Space & Humans: lowering barriers, creating opportunities"
Dr. sc. ing. Tālis Juhna
Vice-Rector for Research of RTU, Ambassador of European Innovation Council
Guntars Kitenbergs
Head of the Department of Physics at University of Latvia
Angelina Bekasova
Space & Innovation Policy Senior Expert at Ministry of Economics
Petr Kapoun
CEO at TRL Space
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
Professor of Innovation Management
Pauls Irbins
President of the Latvian Space Industry Association
Lauma Sīka
Deputy director of Department of Higher education, science & innovations of Ministry of Science and Education
15:15 - 15:30
Brake
Coffee & Snacks
17:00 - 18:00
Latvian Space Start-up pitches - what the industry can do.
Petr Boháček
TRL Space, Co-owner and Space strategy manager
Petr Kapoun
CEO at TRL Space
Mauro Piermaria
Head of Innovation and Space Economy at Italian Space Agency
Niklas Österberg
Investment Manager at Arctic Ventures
Karol Brzostowski
Engineer & Country Desk Officer in ESA
Marija Kokare
Co-Founder & CEO 2 AM LTd.
Nikolas Trutiak
CEO & Founder of HYMET Thermal Interfaces. Advisor at ChemCode. Advisor at FIXAR Global
Artem Axelrod
Co-founder and COO at Mission Space
Dr.phys. Sergejs Fomins
Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia. Senior Researcher/ Co-author of technology
Aleksejs Klokovs
CEO of VIRATEC Ltd.
18:30 - 20:30
Dinner
Dinner & Networking
Dinner
12:10 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
18:30 - 20:30
Dinner
Dinner & Networking
Dinner