Conference Program
Join us for a riveting day featuring 2 stages – our Main Stage, dedicated to 20+ top notch international speakers unveiling the future of work, data and learning & our Startup Stage where you will have the chance to see the top 12 startups from Central Europe pitching their projects and see investors & the most innovative corporations in the region in heated, interesting debates.
Main Stage
08:30 - 09:30 | Registration |
09:30 - 09:40 | Opening of FutureNow Conference Natalia Kiskova, Head of HubHub Barbora Ruščin, host |
09:40 - 10:05 | Morning Keynote: Education, Entrepreneurship and Happiness Peter Vesterbacka, Founder of Slush & Lightneer, former CMO at Angry Birds Fantastic education and an entrepreneurial mindset are the key to happiness. How can we transform education together to get there? |
10:05 - 10:35 | Interactive discussion: EdTech disruptors Olli Vallo, Co-Founder, Kokoa Agency Jannie Jeppesen, CEO, Swedish EdTech Industry Joel Hellermark, CEO, Sana Labs moderated by David Ryan Polgar Joel (Sweden), Olli (Finland) and Jannie (Sweden) are visiting us from countries with awe-inspiring education systems. They will demonstrate how tech can help both kids in schools and adults working to broaden their horizons. |
10:35 - 10:55 | Knowledge: Gained via Technology, Shared in Analog, Expanded through Collaboration Travis Sheridan, President, CIC Venture Cafe Global Institute During this talk, Travis will share examples of learning strategies that lead to diverse sectors learning and building together. |
10:55 - 11:15 | Self-driving & AI : Sci-fi or Reality? Gergely Debreczeni, Chief Scientist, AIMotive The presentation will give a short overview on the current state-of-the-art in the field of automated vehicles and will also discuss some of the challenges and open questions. |
11:15 - 11:45 | Managing Digital Transformations, Disruption, and Innovation Jonas Kjellberg, Co-creator of Skype, Investor BCG Digital Ventures In this interactive talk, Jonas Kjellberg will speak about the disruptors or “game changers” who are remaking the world of business around us. |
11:45 - 12:00 | Fireside chat with Jonas Kjellberg moderated by David Ryan Polgar |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
13:00 - 13:30 | Interactive discussion: Talent in Tech Eva Nedelkova, Founder, Digileaders, Managing Partner, MissionC Bhuvana Vijayan, Engineering Lead, Zalando Katerina Gabova, HR Director, Kiwi.com moderated by David Bizer, Founder, TalentFountain Our panelists will prepare you for the workplace of the future and help you keep up with the fast paced changes on the job market, with a completely new skillset necessary for the workplace of the future. |
13:30 - 13:55 | Artificial Intelligence: Who's In Charge? Joanna Bryson, Associate Professor at University of Bath, Leading AI specialist Joanna will talk about the responsibilities of programmers, companies, governments, and machines themselves when building ever-improving synthetic intelligence. |
13:55 - 14:20 | How Machine Learning Transforms Human Learning Joel Hellermark, CEO, Sana Labs Joel will talk about pioneering the development of algorithms that will radically transform education into a pleasant, personalized experience. |
14:20 - 14:50 | Break |
14:50 - 15:15 | The Difficulty of Fighting Hate Speech and Misinformation Online David Ryan Polgar, Tech Ethicist and Digital Citizenship expert David will share his insights on hot topics such as what content should be banned on social media and how and how to approach and respond to false information online.
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15:15 - 15:40 | Building Effective Innovation Ecosystems Tim Rowe, Founder & CEO, Cambridge Innovation Center Tim will show us how local communities and governments can build a thriving innovation district in their cities.
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15:40 - 16:05 | Interactive discussion: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Pavel Kordik, Associate Professor at Czech Technical University in Prague, Co-founder of Recombee and UNICO.AI Matteo Penzo, Executive Technology Director, Frog Zoltán Prekopcsák, VP Data & Analytics, RapidMiner Gergely Debreczeni, Chief Scientist, AIMotive moderated by Monty Munford, Forbes columnist and tech writer for The Economist and the BBC Our panel will show you how is AI shaping the world around us and what will it mean for your day to day life at home and at work in the future. |
16:05 - 16:15 | Announcement of Top 6 Startup Awards finalists |
16:15 - 16:40 | Break |
16:40 - 17:05 | How Can Tech-enabled Mentorship Drive the Future of Work? Hayley Sudbury, Founder & CEO, WERKIN Hayley will showcase what does a diverse and inclusive organization look like and how can technology make it happen. |
17:05 - 17:25 | Evening Keynote: The Unexpected Power of AI to Change the World Kriti Sharma, VP AI, Sage Kriti will walk us through the good, the bad and the ugly truth behind AI, and explain how to use AI for Good. |
17:25 - 17:40 | Fireside Chat with Kriti Sharma moderated by Monty Munford, Forbes columnist and tech writer for The Economist and the BBC |
17:40 - 18:00 | Break |
18:00 - 18:30 | Opening of Startup Awards Andrej Kiska, President of the Slovak Republic Peter Kolesar, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Neulogy Nima Motazed, Managing Director and Head of Swiss Re Slovakia, Platinum Partner of FutureNow
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18:30 - 19:40 | Top 6 pitching competition |
19:40 - 20:20 | Keynote: What Could a School Set up by Startupers & Ran Like a Startup Achieve? Peter Halacsy, Co-founder, Prezi & CEO, Budapest School Peter will paint a picture of a school built on startup tools and ideas, such as design thinking, service design, agile prototyping, learning organization, distributed system and lean. With added fresh mindset, would it fail or not? |
20:20 - 20:45 | Award Ceremony & Closing |
21:00 - | Afterparty KC Dunaj |
Startup Stage
10:10 - 10:15 | Opening of Startup Stage Bohumil Pokštefl, CEO of Kontentino |
10:15 - 10:40 | The Startup Mindset with Peter Halacsy, Co-founder & CTO & board member of Prezi In each and every phase of your new company you must always do something you have never done in the past. So you be ready to accept that you are not so great and you have to learn. |
10:40 - 11:10 | Pitching Round 1 3 of our Top 12 competition startups pitching for the win! ContracTool is a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution, primary focus is to help companies streamline, improve and automate their contract management process resulting in lower opex, decreased risk exposure and increased revenue, and secondly a platform that shall transform antiquated contracts industry using AI, machine learning and smart contracts into fully autonomous environment. Ernest is an automated financial advisory delivered as SaaS—a platform for enabling behavior change. Flex TV streams addictive at-home live and on-demand HIIT classes while using an Apple Watch to count reps in real-time and gamify the experience. |
11:10 - 11:40 | Pitching Round 2 3 of our Top 12 competition startups pitching for the win! Fleximodo Technology platform that uses data transmission via IoT networks to solve parking difficulties. It consists of a smart parking vehicle detector that reliably tracks parking occupancy in particular slots and a permit card that validates parking through a cloud-based server smart parking application. Glycanostics is developing a diagnostic kit for clinical labs, as well as home tests, to start a new era of early stage prostate and breast cancer diagnostics, much more reliable and cheaper compared to what´s currently a gold standard. innobie offers a digital and modern solution for education. With AR technology it redounds experience-based learning process. |
11:40 - 12:00 | Pitching Round 3 2 of our Top 12 competition startups pitching for the win! JAASPER – The Robin Hood of Consumers offers consumers an easy and affordable access to professional legal advice. [n]fibrecare is the first dry sheet nanofiber mask in the world. It´s an European alternative to a Korean flagship product focusing on both advanced technology and a unique user experience. |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
13:00 - 13:45 | Pitching Round 4 4 of our Top 12 competition startups pitching for the win! Secret City Trails is a marketplace for self-guided city discovery games via a web app. During games people solve a trail of riddles. Along with each riddle, they unlock stories about the sights and area they are in as well as (secret) recommendations to hidden gems and wonderful cafes and bars It promotes cultural heritage as well as local and independent businesses. Specter Hockey, aims to revolutionize hockey tape used by professional and amateur hockey players all around the world by introducing SPECTER HOCKEY TAPE, an innovative product that we have developed with Zdeno Chara, captain of the Boston Bruins. Sundose is a healthcare technology company dedicated to simplifying consumer health, starting with a 100% customized supplement. YesElf helps people to gain digital skills in visual and very easy and simple way, break any obstacles in moving forward within company. YesElf software platform provide seamless experiences across all web applications and enterprise softwares (like ERP, CRM or HCM) without any additional personal training or support. |
13:45 - 14:15 | Get the Culture Right and Unlock the Secrets of Talent Attraction and Management, David Bizer, CEO & Founder of Talent Fountain The right team is one of the strongest predictors of startup success. The best teams are the ones who are deeply aligned with the culture of the company. In this talk, learn about great examples of startup culture and how to implement your own unique and vibrant culture based on a set of solid values. Use the basis of your culture as the cornerstone of your talent attraction and talent management strategy enabling you to build exceptionally high-performing teams. |
14:15 - 14:30 | Break |
14:30 - 14:55 | Tokenization of Businesses Jaroslav Luptak, Investment Manager, Neulogy Ventures Josef Tetek, Cryptocurrency consultant, XIXOIO Pavel Brilliant, Blockchain & FinTech Product Manager, Distributed Lab moderated by David Stancel, Vice President, Blockchain Slovakia Blockchain has emerged as infrastructure not only for new asset class of cryptocurrencies but also for legacy world financial instruments. Tokenization and ICO are the buzzwords taking the startup world by storm. Should the startups try to tokenize their businesses? If so, what kind of token models are appropriate? And when does it make sense for a company to issue equity on blockchain? The panel will discuss the ICO frenzy, and new models of financing businesses via assets issued on blockchain. |
14:55 - 15:30 | Values as a Foundation of Business Growth Peter Gažík CEO at O2 SLOVAKIA Martin Neštepný Group Leasing Director at HB Reavis Michal Čarný Director of Business Development at MasterCard moderated by Bohumil Pokštefl, CEO of Kontentino
Discussion with representatives of 3 gold partners of FutureNow – HB Reavis, Mastercard and O2. These innovative companies & key stakeholders in the regional business ecosystem will share their insights on scaling how to scale and grow a company without compromising values and the importance of business agility in Central Europe.
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15:30 - 16:00 | The Future of Startup Funding Laura Grimmelmann, Vice President, Accel Stephane Gantchev, Partner, LAUNCHub Ventures moderated by Bohumil Pokštefl, CEO of Kontentino |
16:00 - 16:30 | Creating a Win-Win Synergy between Startups & Corporations Mary MacPherson President & CEO of Slovak-American Foundation Peter Matúš Board Member of Tatra Banka Andrej Juris Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Západoslovenská distribučná, a.s. moderated by Bohumil Pokštefl, CEO of Kontentino
Discussion with representatives of 3 gold partners of FutureNow – Tatra Banka, ZSE and the Slovak American Foundation. These innovative companies & key stakeholders in the regional business ecosystem have years of experience in cooperating with startups and will share their insights on what they are looking for when collaborating with startups, some successes and failures from the past and how incorporating a startup mindset has helped them grow and sustain competitive advantage. |
16:30 - 17:00 | From Slovakia to Silicon Valley, Peter Ondruška, CEO and Co-founder of Blue Vision Labs |
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