11:35 - 12:05
Panel: Deep-Tech - The Journey of Self-Growth for Mission-Driven People

Liene Briede
European Innovation Council board member

Anton Adamovitch
Partner, Head of Entrepreneurial Vector at Commercialization Reactor

Verneri Välimaa
Event Specialist | Deep Tech lead at ArcticStartup

Rein Lamberpuu
CEO of .Contriber

Erick Pastor
Venture Entrepreneurial Partner at Commercialization Reactor

Marcel Gasser
Business Coach & Strategic Mentor
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 13:30
Panel: HydrogenNow – What Baltics Can Do

Kaspars Liepiņš
Founder at the H2Latvia

Dr. Šarūnas Varnagiris
Head of Lithuanian Hydrogen Energy Association

Sven Parkel
General Manager at Estonian Hydrogen Cluster

Pēteris Lesničenoks
Researcher at ISSP UL (Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia)

Ivars Pinkulis
Co-Founder at ETGAS; Partner at Enertecgreen Ltd.
13:30 - 14:40
Startup Demo Pitches | Environment, Energy & Circular Economy

Nikolai Adamovitch
Founder and CEO at Commercialization Reactor

Vaido Mikheim
Deep Tech Project Lead at Startup Estonia Project Manager at Tartu Science Park

Kaspars Liepiņš
Founder at the H2Latvia

Marko Koski
Operations & Partnerships at EnergySpin - Energy Solutions Business Accelerator

Szymon Kwiatkowski
Investment Manager at EIT InnoEnergy
Pitch
14:40 - 15:10
Break
Cofee & Snacks
15:40 - 16:10
How can a deep-tech start-up prepare for the scale-up stage?

Ilona Gulchak
Chairperson of the Board at Commercialization Reactor Fund

Oliver Hasse
Managing Director at INAM - Innovation Network for Advanced Materials & Managing Partner at Oceanis Ventures

Lauren Covetta
Communications Officer at NATO

Alessandra Scotti
Institutional relations & scouting at LIFTT
16:10 - 17:10
Startup Demo Pitches | Space, Computing & Electronics
Pitch
10:15 - 11:20
Discussion: Latvia is looking into ways to define the national space law concept

Prof. Dr. Mahulena Hofmann
University of Luxembourg, Full professor of the SES Chair in Satellite Communication and Media Law

Paul Liias
Head of Space at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for Estonia

Nikolai Adamovitch
Founder and CEO at Commercialization Reactor

Gustavs Zilgalvis
Founding Director, Center for Space Governance

Kristaps Banga
Accenture Europe Space GTM Lead, SPACE Ecosystem & Partnership Lead, Head of Innovation Accenture Baltics
11:55 - 12:15
Panel discussion: What’s in for Start-ups in ESA BICs?

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

Andrus Kurvits
Contract Officer, ESA Business Incubation Centre Estonia

Geda Daškevičiūtė-Lazauskienė
Project Manager, ESA Business Incubation Centre Lithuania

Andrejs Berdņikovs
Head of the LIAA Technology Business Centre
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
Networking
15:50 - 17:00
Discussion: What Does it Take to Educate & Keep Young Professionals in their Homeland?

Elīna Gaile-Sarkane
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Riga Technical University

Eyal Ben-Ze'ev
Space entrepreneur, speaker and educator

Frank Danesy
Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Mannheim; Founder and CEO, Intelsource

Anaïs van Wynsberghe
Investment manager, SpaceFounders France

Pauls Irbins
President of the Latvian Space Industry Association

Anna Andersone
CEO, Chair of the Board at Riga TechGirls
10:00 - 10:40
Exploring the Future of Photonic Technology: Innovation, Application, and Nanomaterials | Panel discussion

Oskars Teikmanis
Research Assistant at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science

Ph.D. Arturs Bundulis
Leading researcher at the Laboratory of Organic Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics

Ph.D. Julien Zichi
Technical Sales Engineer at Hamamatsu Photonics

Ph.D Hannah Joyce
Professor in low dimensional electronics at the University of Cambridge
10:40 - 10:55
Break
Coffee & Snacks
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
14:50 - 15:10
Break
Coffee & Snacks
10:00 - 10:40
Exploring the Future of Photonic Technology: Innovation, Application, and Nanomaterials | Panel discussion

Oskars Teikmanis
Research Assistant at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science

Ph.D. Arturs Bundulis
Leading researcher at the Laboratory of Organic Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics

Ph.D. Julien Zichi
Technical Sales Engineer at Hamamatsu Photonics

Ph.D Hannah Joyce
Professor in low dimensional electronics at the University of Cambridge
10:40 - 10:55
Break
Coffee & Snacks
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
14:50 - 15:10
Break
Break
12:30 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:15 - 14:30
Project Stories & Videos 1

Aigars Lauzis
BeTRITON

Juris Vencels
Co-Founder at Trafolo

Armands Jurjevs
CEO at ABLabs

Anete Grosberga
CEO and Co-Founder at ForQueenBee

Sandris Mūriņš
Serial entrepreneur, inventor & public speaker

Jānis Upmanis
Co-founder and CEO at getUgo

Deniss Gradalevs
Transmission engineer; sound engineer & musician

Linda Zeltiņa
VIZULO Commercial director
14:30 - 15:00
Break
Coffee & Snacks