Pitch
10:30 - 12:15
Reverse Pitches by Investors

Jana Budkovskaya
CEO @ Beamline Accelerator

Christopher Mills
Discovery partner at Kiilto Ventures

Zygimantas Susnys
Managing Partner at Iron Wolf Capital

Raimondo Pili
Senior Corporate Partnerships and Investor relations at Plug And Play

Erki Ani
General Partner at SFV

Dominykas Milasius
Investment Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures

Céline Triquel
Head of R&D Open Innovation (Servier)

Serban Mogos
Investment Manager, TRUMPF Venture

Yuri Navarro
Managing Partner at Kanata Ventures

Inge Grini
Co-founder @ Intellectual Labs
Pitch
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch Break
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Challenges Across Different Ecosystems

Anton Adamovitch
Managing Partner, Partnerships & Ecosystem Architect @ Commercialization Reactor; EIT Community Officer of Latvia @ EIT

David Ordonez
NATO Innovation Fund

Vaido Mikheim
Deep Tech Project Lead @ Startup Estonia

Leonardo Rocchetti
Investor at Plug and Play Tech Center

Michalis Stangos
President and Partner of L Stone Capital
14:35 - 15:00
Deep Tech Talent Initiative - Jewel in the crown of EIT

Verneri Välimaa
Founder, Impactology

Natalie Cernecka
Manager @ EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative

Anton Adamovitch
Managing Partner, Partnerships & Ecosystem Architect @ Commercialization Reactor; EIT Community Officer of Latvia @ EIT

Aija Hermane-Sabule
CEO @ WatchBuilt

Liga Zuka
Director or Rīga Stradiņš University Innovation Centre
15:00 - 15:30
Networking Break
Networking
15:30 - 16:10
Deep-tech support in Latvia – lessons learned

Anda Asere
Journalist at Labs of Latvia & Co-founder of Finday.lv

Agnese Oļševska
Director of Innovation and Technology Department at the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)

Liene Briede
RTU Vice-Rector for Innovation, Board Member of the European Innovation Council

Aleksandrs Parfinovics
CEO, Co-founder @ Naco Technologies

Ieva Jagere
Head of Private Equity Department at ALTUM

Angelina Bekasova
Space and Innovation Policy Senior Expert, Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

Krists Avots
Tet Chief Development & Strategy Officer
Pitch
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch Break
Lunch
15:00 - 15:30
Networking Break
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
Baltic Biotech Ecosystem

Igors Berkovics
Co-Founder at Biocatalyst Foundation

Emilio Parisini
ERA Chair, Biotechnology Group, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis

Donatas Staniulis
Executive Director at LithuaniaBIO

Janis Locs
Director at RTU Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering and Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence
09:00 - 10:30
Startup Demo Semifinals (Growth Stage)
Pitch
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch Brake
13:00 - 15:00
Communicate or die - scientists on communication

Ieva Treija
Editor in Chief "Labs of Latvia"

Anda Asere
Journalist at Labs of Latvia & Co-founder of Finday.lv

Elina Lidere
Head of Innovation Ecosystems at Latvijas Mobilais Telefons

Krista Krumina
Co-founder of "TrueSix"

Tatjana Pladere
Head of the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Latvia

Viktors Haritonovs
Faculty of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Institute of Civil Engineering, Senior Researcher

Aleksejs Zolotarjovs
Leading researcher, Head of Optical metarials laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia

Ingus Pērkons
Researcher at the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR"

Arita Dubņika
Scientific Direction Leader

Daniela Godiņa
PhD in Natural Sciences (Chemistry) Researcher at Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

Oskars Teikmanis
Researcher at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI) and board member of the Latvian Association of Young Researchers.
09:30 - 10:30
What is Big Science Market and as a Deep Tech Company Why You Should Know More?

Paolo Acunzo
Director of BSBF 2024 and Head of service, Industry Liaison Officer Network Italia in ENEA

Alise Pīka-Ozola
Industry Liaison Officer for Latvia at CERN, LIAA

Giovanni Anelli
Knowledge Transfer Group Leader Industry, CERN

Adam William Horridge
Procurement Officer, CERN

Dāvids Štēbelis
ESA Industrial Coordinator
10:45 - 11:45
The Key to Succeed in EIC Accelerator
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch Break
Lunch
12:00 - 13:30
SpaceTech Discussion Roundtable by LatBan

Nikolai Adamovitch
Founder and CEO at Commercialization Reactor

Angelina Bekasova
Space and Innovation Policy Senior Expert, Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

Cyril Golub
Venture Capital professional, Chairman of the Latvian Business Angel Network, Board Director at European BAN Association

Andris Baumanis
UniLab, Member of the Management Board

Ella Kalniņa
Managing Partner at Navigate the Future

Miks Dzenis
Cēsis Space Center, Head of the Space Intelligence Center

Pavels Razmajevs
Eventech, Chief Operations Officer

Andris Treijs
Heephotonic.eu, Chief Executive Officer

Jekaterina Kuzmina
Board Member 2AM

Alexey Nikolas
2AM, Co-Founder & Member of the Board
13:00 - 15:00
On The Wave of Technology

Dr. Anda Ikauniece
Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Marine Monitoring Department

Dr.Agnese Stunda-Zujeva

Dāvids Štēbelis
ESA Industrial Coordinator

Uldis Garančs
LIAA, ELWIND

Joel Lindholm
Under Ytan, CEO and Co-Founder

Magnus Hansten
Nemo Seafarms, CEO

Svetlana Lampiga
Investment and Developments Agency of Latvia (LIAA)

Dr. Ausra Baradoke
Deep Scientific, CEO and Founder