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