i9 CONFERENCE

Inspiration for turning today’s entrepreneurs into tomorrow’s leaders. Speakers include founders of fast-growing companies, leading investors and influencers.

The day focus will be on how to take the innovation to the next level and make it grow. We will have panels of investors that will discuss the future of investing, workshops on raising capital and IP protection.

This day is fully focused on innovation generation. You will meet and learn from innovation leaders on how to generate, foster and build ideas.

Latest Speakers

BILL LIAO

Bill Liao is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, with a track record of successful companies including the successful European business community XING.com of which he is co-founder.

PRAVEEN GUPTA

Praveen Gupta has been recognized as a thought leader in areas of innovation and excellence. He has developed the Stat Free Six Sigma methods that have been translated and used worldwide.

PATRICK VLASKOVITS

Patrick Vlaskovits is an entrepreneur, mentor and author. He has founded two startups and co-wrote The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development: A Cheat Sheet to The Four Steps to the Epiphany.

Brant Cooper is a Customer Development “practitioner”, coach, and mentor with more than 17 years of success bringing high tech products to market. He recently authored The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development.

Constance Lütolf-Carroll

Constance Lütolf-Carroll is an educator and entrepreneur. She is Lecturer of ESADE Business School and a member of the Business Policy Department.

MARC NAGER

Marc Nager is the Director and the CEO of Startup Weekend, a 54-hour events where developers, coders, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas and create startups.

ALEX FARCET

Alex is the co-founder of Startupbootcamp, a European startup accelerator programme, 3 month micro seed mentorship program currently running in Copenhagen and Madrid and will soon be expanding to London and Berlin.

BRAD FELD

Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over twenty years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures.

CLINT NELSEN

Clint Nelson is the Director of Startup Weekend, a Seattle non-profit that runs weekend-long brainstorming sessions for entrepreneurs around the world.

STEFAN LINDEGAARD

Author of the book “The Open Innovation Revolution: Essentials, Roadblocks, and Leadership Skills”, Stefan is a Copenhagen-based author, speaker, network facilitator, blogger and strategic advisor.

October 26-28, 2014
Lisbon, Portugal