Day 2 | 2023 – Deep Tech Atelier

Deep Tech Atelier

Deep Tech Stage

Space Tech Stage

NOP Industrial Stage

NOP Academic Stage

Topics

10:00 - 11:30

Plug and Play Japan & Commercialization Reactor: Next Level Deep-tech

Masahiro Morizumi

Innovation leader at Asahi Kasei

Chairperson of the Board at Commercialization Reactor Fund

Ferdinand Bartels

Former Chairman of the INAM Board CEO at Lab14

11:30 - 11:35

Importance of Deep Tech: Industry

Ilmārs Osmanis

Founder and CEO at LightSpace Labs & Member Board of Directors at EUROLCDS

11:35 - 12:05

Panel: Deep-Tech - The Journey of Self-Growth for Mission-Driven People

European Innovation Council board member

Anton Adamovitch

Partner, Head of Entrepreneurial Vector at Commercialization Reactor

Verneri Välimaa

Event Specialist | Deep Tech lead at ArcticStartup

CEO of .Contriber

Venture Entrepreneurial Partner at Commercialization Reactor

Business Coach & Strategic Mentor

12:05 - 12:15

Clean Hydrogen

Pēteris Lesničenoks

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

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

General Manager at Estonian Hydrogen Cluster

Pēteris Lesničenoks

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

Co-Founder at ETGAS; Partner at Enertecgreen Ltd.

13:30 - 14:40

Startup Demo Pitches | Environment, Energy & Circular Economy

Nikolai-Adamovitch

Nikolai Adamovitch

Founder and CEO at Commercialization Reactor

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

Kaspars Liepiņš

Founder at the H2Latvia

Operations & Partnerships at EnergySpin - Energy Solutions Business Accelerator

Szymon Kwiatkowski

Investment Manager at EIT InnoEnergy

Pitch

14:40 - 15:10

Break

Cofee & Snacks

15:10 - 15:30

Promoting the Longevity Biotech Ecosystem Internationally

Chief Science Officer at Vetek (Seniority), Israel

15:30 - 15:40

Baltics - the next Cleantech powerhouse

Imants Martinsons

Director Latvia at Cleantech for Baltics

15:40 - 16:10

How can a deep-tech start-up prepare for the scale-up stage?

Chairperson of the Board at Commercialization Reactor Fund

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

Communications Officer at NATO

Alessandra Scotti

Institutional relations & scouting at LIFTT

16:10 - 17:10

Startup Demo Pitches | Space, Computing & Electronics

Nikolai-Adamovitch

Nikolai Adamovitch

Founder and CEO at Commercialization Reactor

Alessandra Scotti

Institutional relations & scouting at LIFTT

Peteris Marculans

Managing Partner at Overkill Ventures & Venture Partner at Accelerace

Member of the Council of the Latvian Space Industry Association

Pitch

17:00 - 18:00

Closing remarks (Wrap-up) and reception

10:00 - 10:05

Session intro: Space Law

Accenture Europe Space GTM Lead, SPACE Ecosystem & Partnership Lead, Head of Innovation Accenture Baltics

10:05 - 10:15

Space Law: Putting in Place Common Rules on Safety, Security & Space Sustainability

Gustavs Zilgalvis

Founding Director, Center for Space Governance

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

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

Nikolai-Adamovitch

Nikolai Adamovitch

Founder and CEO at Commercialization Reactor

Gustavs Zilgalvis

Founding Director, Center for Space Governance

Accenture Europe Space GTM Lead, SPACE Ecosystem & Partnership Lead, Head of Innovation Accenture Baltics

11:20 - 11:35

ESA BIC Estonia: From Zero to Space Heroes

Contract Officer, ESA Business Incubation Centre Estonia

11:35 - 11:45

Lithuania’s ESA BIC Road Map

Geda Daškevičiūtė-Lazauskienė

Project Manager, ESA Business Incubation Centre Lithuania

11:45 - 11:55

ESA BIC Latvia - Concept, Status Quo & Aspirations

Angelina Bekasova

Angelina Bekasova

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

11:55 - 12:15

Panel discussion: What’s in for Start-ups in ESA BICs?

Angelina Bekasova

Angelina Bekasova

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

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

13:00 - 13:30

Reach for the Stars - Astrophotography

David "Deddy" Dayag

Astrophotographer

13:30 - 13:45

Space for Bioeconomy: Earth Observation to Protect Earth’s Health

Gordon Campbell

Head of Enterprise EO Data Applications Division Earth Observation Programmes Directorate, ESA

13:45 - 14:00

Space for Engineering & Optics: Bringing Industries Together to Observe the Earth

Tali Arava Bachar

Elbit Systems, Senior Space Program and Business Development Manager

14:00 - 14:15

Space for Engineering: ESA from Europe to the Moon: Europe and Latvia at the Moon Orbiting Station Lunar Gateway

ESPRIT project manager, ESA

14:15 - 14:30

Space for Biomed: MELiSSA Project

Sandra Ortega Ugalde

ECLSS Engineer at HE Space Operations, ESA

14:30 - 15:00

Networking Break

Networking

15:00 - 15:05

Space as a Gateway to New STEM Human Capital | video

Anton Pozdnyakov

Science Communicator and Content Producer

15:05 - 15:20

STEM: Human Capital Development via Space, Career Opportunities

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

15:20 - 15:30

Career Opportunities within the EU Space Programme

Sjurdur Djurhuus

Talent Acquisition Officer at EU Agency for the Space Programme

15:30 - 15:40

How to Become a Space Nation via Education

Space entrepreneur, speaker and educator

15:40 - 15:50

Inspiration for Education and Careers in Space Industry | online

Engineer at Airbus DS

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

Space entrepreneur, speaker and educator

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

Anaïs van Wynsberghe

Investment manager, SpaceFounders France

President of the Latvian Space Industry Association

CEO, Chair of the Board at Riga TechGirls

17:00 - 18:00

Closing remarks (Wrap-up) and reception

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

10:55 - 11:15

Novel approach to Ammonia detection

CEO of the spin-off company OG Sense

11:15 - 11:35

CMOS LIDAR for Space Exploration

Ph.D. Anders H. Hansen

Research Scientist at SINTEF Digital, Smart Sensor Systems

11:35 - 11:55

Optical Measurement Technologies for Weather Monitoring Applications

Ph. D Grant Aivazian

Optical Scientist

11:55 - 12:15

How Hamamatsu enables novel optical gas sensing applications

Ph.D. Julien Zichi

Technical Sales Engineer at Hamamatsu Photonics

12:15 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch

13:00 - 13:20

Imaging for displays and augmented reality - Quo vadis?

Ph.D. Ainars Ozols

Chief Technology Officer at EuroLCDs

13:20 - 13:40

Imaging Sensors of Modern Battlefield

Sales and Marketing Director at Senop Oy

13:40 - 14:00

Optical motion capture technology

Fredrik Müller

Chief Strategy Officer at Qualisys AB

14:00 - 14:20

Novel optical concept for pre-operative assessment of multifocal intraocular lenses

Bernhard Nußbaumer

Chief Business Development Officer at ACMIT Gmbh

14:20 - 14:50

The beauty of imaging - a wide range of applications

Ph.D. Ainars Ozols

Chief Technology Officer at EuroLCDs

Bernhard Nußbaumer

Chief Business Development Officer at ACMIT Gmbh

Fredrik Müller

Chief Strategy Officer at Qualisys AB

Chief Exacutive Offer at Kimmy Photonics

14:50 - 15:10

Break

Coffee & Snacks

15:10 - 16:25

Best Poster Awards | Nordic Photonics and Electronics Forum

Ph.D. Andris Anspoks

Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics

Ph.D. Caroline Amiot

Project Manager at Photonics Finland

Dr.Lennart B.M. Svensson

Co-founder & Management PhotonicSweden

Ph.D. Cord Arnold

Associate professor at Lund University

Valters Jekabsons

Head of LIAA in Sweden

16:25 - 17:00

Networking Break

17:00 - 18:00

Closing remarks (Wrap-up) and reception

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

10:55 - 11:20

Biophotonic techniques for rare disease diagnostics and evaluation of antibacterial resistance

Emilija Vija Plorina

Researcher at Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy

11:20 - 11:35

A portable sub-ns pulsed MIR laser source for sensing

CEO of SLF Svenska Laserfabriken AB

11:35 - 12:00

Semiconductor nanowires for optoelectronics

Ph.D Hannah Joyce

Professor in low dimensional electronics at the University of Cambridge

12:00 - 12:15

Polymer Photonic Platform: application centered photonic platform

Ph.D. Arturs Bundulis

Leading researcher at the Laboratory of Organic Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics

12:15 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch

13:00 - 13:25

Fundamentals of photonic quantum technologies

Ph.D. Vyacheslavs Kashcheyevs

Professor of quantum physics at University of Latvia

13:25 - 13:40

Vector magnetometer based on NV centers in diamond

Researcher at the University of Latvia

13:40 - 14:05

Quantum Photonics using Structured Photons

Associate Professor at Tampere University

14:05 - 14:20

Quantum applications with diamond needles

Mariam Quarshie

Nanophotonics researcher at the University of Eastern Finland

14:20 - 14:50

Panel discussion - Quantum

Ph.D. Vyacheslavs Kashcheyevs

Professor of quantum physics at University of Latvia

Researcher at the University of Latvia

Associate Professor at Tampere University

Dr.sc.ing. at Riga Technical University

14:50 - 15:10

Break

Break

15:10 - 16:25

Best Poster Awards | Nordic Photonics and Electronics Forum

Ph.D. Andris Anspoks

Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics

Ph.D. Caroline Amiot

Project Manager at Photonics Finland

Dr.Lennart B.M. Svensson

Co-founder & Management PhotonicSweden

Ph.D. Cord Arnold

Associate professor at Lund University

Valters Jekabsons

Head of LIAA in Sweden

16:25 - 17:00

Networking Break

17:00 - 18:00

Closing remarks (Wrap-up) and reception

11:00 - 11:05

The key to success - Norway Grants

Kristīne Stakena

Growth Stage moderator

11:05 - 11:20

Opening remarks Norway Grants

Ambassador of Norway to Latvia

Kaspars Rožkalns

Director General at Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

Magnar Ødelien

Programme Director, EEA Norway Grants at Innovation Norway

11:20 - 11:30

Progammme Business Development address

Laura Štrovalde

Deputy Director General for Investment and Energy issues

11:30 - 12:00

Technology Business center – a way to your own technology company

Andrejs Berdņikovs

Head of the LIAA Technology Business Centre

Viesturs Sosārs

Program Director of INO Pre-acceleration program at RBS

CTO and Co-Fouder at Fluffy Unlimited

12:00 - 12:30

Networking Break

12:30 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch

13:00 - 16:00

From Idea to the Product | Workshop at conference room Sigma

Anders Mellberg

Senior Industrial Designer at Eker Design AS

13:15 - 14:30

Project Stories & Videos 1

Co-Founder at Trafolo

Armands Jurjevs

Anete Grosberga

CEO and Co-Founder at ForQueenBee

Sandris Mūriņš

Serial entrepreneur, inventor & public speaker

Co-founder and CEO at getUgo

Deniss Gradalevs

Transmission engineer; sound engineer & musician

VIZULO Commercial director

14:30 - 15:00

Break

Coffee & Snacks

15:00 - 15:55

Project Stories & Videos 2

Ph.D Kaspars Grīnbergs

Ph.D in Industrial Engineering

Richard Fomrats

CTO at Vanilla travel

Founder at REHAD

Founder at CastPrint

15:55 - 16:45

Panel discussion: Innovations within Norway Grants accelerate the path to the Green Deal

Magnar Ødelien

Programme Director, EEA Norway Grants at Innovation Norway

Ph.D Kaspars Grīnbergs

Ph.D in Industrial Engineering

Viesturs Sosārs

Program Director of INO Pre-acceleration program at RBS

Dr. Daniel Bengtsson Blücher

Head of Corrosion and Tribology at SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

16:45 - 17:00

How well do you know Norway Grants? | quiz

17:00 - 18:00

Closing remarks (Wrap-up) and reception

09:30 - 12:00

Baltic Session on EIC Pathfinder and Transition challenges at conference room Sigma

European Innovation Council board member

Stella Tkatchova

EIC Programme Manager for Space Systems & Technologies

09:30 - 11:00

Biotech Breakfast by Biocatalyst Foundation at Conference room Lambda

Andrii Shekhirev

Co-Creator at Biocatalyst Foundation; CEO at Enzymity

Igors Berkovics

Co-Creator at Biocatalyst Foundation; CEO at Zound Medical

The Rector of Riga Technical University

Rolando Delgado

General Affairs at MGI and Senior Project Manager at Riga City Council

13:00 - 14:00

Horizon Europe Survival Kit: how to navigate through the European funding opportunities? at Conference room Gamma

Marija Plotniece

Senior Expert at the National Contact Point for Horizon Europe

Dr.sc.ing. Jūlija Asmuss

Senior Expert of Latvian Council of Science; Horizon Europe NCP

Senior expert of the Latvian National Contact Point

13:30 - 14:30

Gain clarity to solve your most urgent challenges - Mastermind group session with .Cocoon & Conference room Lambda

Farhad Ansis Lipenitis

.Cocoon Program CEO

15:00 - 16:00

From Idea to the Product | Workshop at conference room Sigma

Anders Mellberg

Senior Industrial Designer at Eker Design AS