final practical information - Unconvention 2017

Unconvention 2017 23-25 January, Brussels #GrowGlobal #Unconv17

FINAL PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Where young Europeans with innovative ideas meet inspiring game changers who support them, and will experience alltogether the future

www.unconvention.eu

MAIN TOPICS & SESSIONS Smart Cities: Today and Tomorrow Monday 23rd 15:00 - 15:45 @Chancellery Auditorium

VR Showcase: the next big social experience Monday 23rd 12:30 - 20:00 @Chancellery Auditorium

Artificial Intelligence: will the robots take your job? Monday 23rd 16:45 - 17:30 @Chancellery Auditorium

Plenary Session: 4th Industrial Revolution Monday 23rd 18:00 - 19:00 @Chancellery Auditorium

Growing Global in a post-Brexit World Tuesday 24th 10:00 - 12:00 @European Parliament

Living in an Autonomous Machines World Tuesday 24th 14:00 - 14:45 @Chancellery Auditorium

InnoPitch: Differentiate yourself with your innovative idea Tuesday 15:15 - 16:15 @Chancellery Auditorium

Women entrepreneurs innovating in Europe Tuesday 24th 16:15 - 17:05 @Chancellery Auditorium

VIP dinner & First European Drone Awards (invite only)

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Tuesday 24th 18:30 - 21:00 @European Parliament

AGENDA

Monday 23rd January 2017

10:00 - 10:30 InnoPitch Registration at Chancellery Auditorium 10:30 - 12:30 InnoPitch Mentoring Session (Invite-Only) 12:30 - 14:00 Registration | Lunch 12.30 - 20.00 VR Showcase

Selected Start-ups to exhibit and perform live demonstrations of their technologies in the Virtual Reality Sector

14:00 - 14:20 Opening Reception 14:20 - 15:00 EU Drone Presentation 15:00 - 15:45 Smart Cities: Today and Tomorrow 15:45 - 16:45 Coffee Break VR Showcase 16:45 - 17:30 Artificial Intelligence: will the robots take your job? 17:30 - 18:00 VR Showcase 18:00 - 19:00 Plenary Session: How can EU startups survive and thrive in the 4th Industrial Revolution? 19:00 - 20:00 Networking Cocktail

Leading technology and solution providers will be showcasing their products and services addressing the needs of the Smart and Safe City.

AI advances though hugely beneficial, may threaten jobs and uncover a range of legal, regulatory, and ethical issues.

The state of our World and new trends, giving the recent advances in technology and dynamics of society in particular, the opportunities and risks brought about by the confluence of rapidly advancing technology and uncontrolled globalization.

Drink and VR experience

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AGENDA

Tuesday 24th January 2017

09:00 - 10:00 Registration at the European Parliament 10:00 - 12:00 Policy Session: Growing Global in a Post Brexit world (Registered-Only) 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break Move to BNP Chancellerie

What are the main changes in term of innovation policies that EU faced in the last 5 years? How Brexit is impacting the UK & EU startups? Future recommendations and suggestions.

14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break

The leading autonomous vehicle, drone, robot makers will discuss how autonomous machines can be valuable for society. Do the machines that understand the world and respond positively become imminent? The session will also feature policy makers who will discuss what kind of smart regulations, taxes, require for the brave new World.

15:15 - 16:15 InnoPitch Competition: Pitching Session

InnoPitch 2016 takes the top 12 finalists and puts them through an intense mentoring workshop with the Europe’s top mentors and investors.

14:00 - 14:45 Living in an Autonomous Machines world

16:15 - 17:05 Meet the finalists of the EU Prize for WomWomen entrepreneurs en Innovators and the Rising Innovator innovating in Europe 2017 organised by the European Commission Directorate for Research, Science and Innovation

17:05 - 17:15 InnoPitch Award Ceremony

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Awarding the European Young Innovator 2016

17:15 - 18:00 Closing Plenary

Major announcement

18:30 - 21:00 VIP Dinner & EU Drone Awards (invite only)

Welcome to the 1st European Drones Awards at the European Parliament

VIP Dinner & 1st EU Drone Awards (Jury) @18:30 - 21:00 at European Parliament

Dominique Riquet European Parliament

Michal Mazur PwC

Philippe Duvivier Parrot

AGENDA

David Hoffman Intel

Kumardev Chatterjee EYIF President

Wednesday 25th January 2017

09:00 - 11:00 Venture Forum (Invite-Only) 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 - 13:00 Venture Forum

EU startups pitch in front of EU and US investors. 20min per startup

Workshop Sessions 09:30 - 10:00 Registration at BNP Chancellery 10:00 - 11:00 • Design Thinking by iNNOGY (Gold Partner) • Presentation and Pitch Impact Skills by Peter Hopwood • Build the Future by Growing Employability by JADE (part one) 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 - 12:30 • Digitalizating integrations by Club Globals • EU Funding for SMEs & Startups by EU Starup Services • Build the Future by Growing Employability by JADE (part two) 14:00 - 15:00 • Patent Assessment by European Patent Office

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AGENDA EU Drone Awards

Tuesday 24th January 2017

The VIP dinner at the European Parliament upon invitation

Meeting point at 18.30 at the Ex-Info Point Center next to Altiero Spinelli entrance, Place Luxembourg side

18:45-19:00 Welcome drink and welcoming speeches by Dominique Riquet, MEP Vice-chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and Kumardev Chatterjee, EYIF Founder and President

19:00-19:10 Opening keynote speech by Matthew Baldwin, European Commission, Deputy Director-General, DG MOVE 19:10-19:25 Presentation of PWC “Clarity from Above” by Michal Mazur, Partner at PWC Poland 19:25-19:45

Video presentation of the finalists

19:45-20:25 Panel discussion: “Challenges and opportunities for the drone economy in Europe and the world: is the EU ready?” Jacqueline Foster, MEP, Rapporteur on the RPAS report Joshua Salsby, European Commission, Member of the Cabinet of Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner of Transport David Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer, Intel Philippe Duvivier, Corporate Business Development, Parrot Luc Tygat, Director Strategy and Safety Management, EASA Nicholas Zylbeglajt, Co-Founder, Vice-President of the EYIF (moderator) 20:25-20:55 EU Drone Awards announcement, three awards: “Best manufacturer” “Best drone-based solution” “Best emerging company” 20:55-21:05 Announcement by Dirk Alhborn Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc 21:05-21:10 Final words by Dominique Riquet, MEP Vice-chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and Kumardev Chatterjee, EYIF Founder and President

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SPEAKERS on Monday 23rd January 2017 Opening Reception @14:00 - 14:20 MC host

Kumardev Chatterjee Nicholas Zylberglajt EYIF President EYIF Co-Founder

Sandra Rey Glowee

Max Jadot BNP Paribas Fortis

Peter Hopwood Hopwood Communications

EU Drone Awards Presentation @14:20 - 15:00 Presentation of the 1st ever EU Drone Awards at the European Parliament Awarding 3 main categories Kumardev Chatterjee EYIF President

Smart Cities: Today and Tomorrow @15:00 - 15:45 moderator

Dr. Susana Sargento VeniamWorks

Agnes Uhereczky The WorkLife Hub

David Litwak Mozio

Artificial Intelligence: will the robots take your job? @16:45 - 17:30 moderator

Chris Verhoeven Delft University of Technology

Mady Delvaux S&D

Mark Coeckelbergh University of Viena

David Hoffman Intel

Mustafa Suleyman DeepMind

Plenary Session: 4th Industrial Revolution @18:00 - 19:00 moderator

Kumardev Chatterjee Andrus Ansip EYIF President European Commission

Kristina Tsvetanova BLITAB

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Tytus Cytowski Cytowski & Partners

Paul-François Fournier Bpifrance

SPEAKERS on Tuesday 24th January 2017

Growing Global in a post-Brexit world @10:00 - 12:00 at European Parliament moderator

Eva Paunova EPP Group

Isidro Laso European Commission

Nicholas Zylberglajt EYIF Co-Founder

Simon Schaefer The Factory & Startup Europe Summit

Vilhelm Carlstrom Business Insider Nordic

Living in an Autonomous Machines world @14:00 - 14:45 at Chancellery moderator

Thomas Birr innogy (Gold Partner)

Philippe Duvivier Parrot

Nikolaus Von Peter European Comission


Wouter Remaut Co.Station


InnoPitch Competition@15:15 - 17:15 MC host

Carol Lee PWC

Bart Becks Angel.me

Women entrepreneurs innovating in Europe @16:15 - 17:05 MC host


Wolfgang Burtscher European Commission

Hedda Pahlson-Moller Tiime


Closing Plenary @17:15 - 18:00 Moderator

Kumardev Chatterjee EYIF President

Jyrki Katainen European Commission

Bart Becks Angel.me

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Dirk Ahlborn Hyperloop

Robin Wauters Tech.eu

Wednesday 25th January 2017 Venture Forum EU Startups pitch in front of EU and US investors From 9:00 - 13:00: each startup have 20 minutes @ BNP Chancellery Auditorium, rooms 1 & 2, downstairs -3

Free workshops Register at [email protected] or at the registration desk (seats are limited) Workshop iNNOGY(Gold Partner): Design Thinking by Dr. Susanne Rompel & Dirk Homuth 10:00 - 11:00 @room4 Workshop PETER HOPWOOD: Presentation & Pitch Impact Skills by Peter Hopwood 10:00 - 11:00 @room4 Workshop JADE: Build the Future by Growing Employability by Yann Camus & Mona Herter, workshop made of 2 slots. 10:00 - 11:00 & 11:30 - 12:30 @room5 Workshop CLUB GLOBALS: Digitalizating integrations: How Chat Bots shape the future of global professionals? by Mario Paladini 11:30 - 12:30 @room4 Workshop EU STARTUP SERVICES: EU Funding for SMEs & Startups by Louis Papaemmanuel 11:30 - 12:30 @room3 Workshop EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE: Patent Assessment by Johann Stan 14:00 - 15:00 @room4 @ BNP Chancellery Auditorium, rooms 3, 4 & 5, downstairs -3

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Growing Global in a Post-Brexit World What are the main changes in term of innovation policies that EU faced in the last 5 years? How Brexit is impacting the UK & EU startups? Future recommendations and suggestions. hosted by MEP Eva Paunova Tuesday 24th January 2017 10:00 - 12:00h European Parliament, Brussels Room Pericles - JAN 6Q1

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Gold Partnership with innogy

EYIF is very pleased and proud to announce our Gold Partnership with innogy SE for Unconvention 2017! Who is innogy SE? innogy is an European energy company in Germany. With its three business areas of Renewables, Grid & Infrastructure and Retail, it is well equipped for the work ahead in a modern, decarbonised, decentralised and digital energy world. innogy wants to offer its existing and potential customers innovative and sustainable products and services to help them use energy more efficiently and improve their quality of life. Find out more here! Or, go directly to the website www.innogy.com EYIF invites you to meet Mr. Thomas Birr, Senior Vice President Innovation and Business Transformation, innogy SE, who will share his expertise on Tuesday 24th January 2017 at the panel “ Living in an Autonomous Machines World” from 14.00-14.45. Mr. Thomas Birr is responsible for Innovation and Business Transformation at innogy SE. Having joined RWE in 1999 he held several management and board positions in the areas of key account management, sales and marketing. He also spent a period of time as CEO of one of the largest regional sales and grid companies within the RWE Group. Workshop on Design Thinking by innogy SE Have you ever experienced what is called “design thinking” in innovation? You are invited to attend the free workshop on Design Thinking on Wednesday 25th January 2017 from 10:0011:00, presented by Dr. Susanne Rompel, Head of EU Representative Office at innogy SE in Brussels, together with Mr. Dirk Homuth, Project Manager Innovation at RWE, Germany. You can register for free at [email protected] or at the registration desk In this workshop proposed by innogy SE, you will learn how new products or solutions are developed by using the design thinking approach. Throughout rapid interaction and an agile approach new ideas can be easily generated. Starting from the customer’s point of view, product solutions will be created, tested and get proofed against their value proposition. Elements such as a persona, a business model canvas and rapid prototyping will be explained and put into practice. In the very interactive workshop, you will do many exercises yourself, such as the development of a persona as well as a touchpoint analysis.

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Media Partners

EU observer, our exclusive media partner Reporting on the European Union since 2000, EUobserver is an indispensable news source for anyone who wants to know what is going on in the EU. We publish daily news reports, analysis and investigations from Brussels and the EU’s 28 member states.

EU Events Brussels EU-Events is the only web portal gathering all EU-related events in Brussels, organised by the European Institutions, regional and national representations, universities, thinktanks, political parties, lobbies and NGOs.

Technologium TECHNOLOGIUM takes the difficulty out of technology! Expect expert driven and easy to understand content on tech gadgets, high tech concepts and tech startups worth talking about. The team is super passionate about technology, very well-informed on the latest tech trends and psyched about tech gadgets nobody even heard about! NKF Media Berlin NKF Media is a media company with the passion for startups and innovations and home of magazines the Hundert and Berlin Valley.

iU eMagazine “It’s true, that what we feed our brains with is what grooms us and eventually the society. Inspiration Unlimited eMagazine is a venture that is an All Positive, No Gossips Media Platform that brings Inspirational News & Stories from around the globe from various dimensions & strata of society. In a nutshell it’s A delight for entrepreneurs, A vision for writers, A feast for energy seekers, A visionary platform for journalists, A pat on the back for those who struggle, A hope for readers of today & the strongest base for the future of a well-wired & positively inspired society”

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Experience Partners Stumber is a custom social platform for universities, clubs, public sectors, companies. It helps community mancomputer-topagers to effectively centralize their members and optimize communication towards and between. In other words, it creates your own social network in just a few minutes. Stumber is super user friendly, has a responsive interface, it is accessible through any device, is fully customizable and fully secure.

Sharingbox is a Belgian company operating in more than 13 countries and it’s the market leader for digital photo booths in Western Europe. A MUST HAVE MARKETING TOOL: The sharingbox was custom designed for the smoothest user experience possible. As sharingbox-mini-previewan announcer, it helps you engage with your audience. As a marketer, it is a novel way for you to collect datas and smiles at the same time for your client!

Poolpio is a Creative Immersive Contents Agency that creates tailor made 360° videos and immersive contents, foreseeing and overseeing all step of a VR film production all over Europe.

BE.VR is the Belgian Virtual Reality Meetup that connect with a community of people interested in virtual reality. Whethervrbe you are a designer, producer, developer, gamer, hacker, researcher, artist, entrepreneur, or are just curious, this is your chance to meet like-minded people from across Belgium’s vibrant community. They are meeting every two months to start with to swap ideas, try out each other’s projects and share expertise. Like us, they are really excited that VR is finally coming-of-age, opening up unprecedented opportunities to create mind-blowing experiences and welcome like-minded creatives and developers to join us!

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Women entrepreneurs innovating in Europe

Meet the finalists of the EU Prize for Women Innovators and the Rising Innovator 2017 organised by the European Commission Directorate for Research, Science and Innovation The twelve finalists presented at the UNConvention compete to win the EU Prize for Woman Innovators 2017. The prize want to celebrate outstanding women entrepreneurs who have brought their breakthrough ideas to the market. All of the finalists have founded or co-founded a successful company based on their innovative ideas.Three cash prizes of €100,000, €50,000 and €30,000 will be awarded in the main Women Innovators category and one prize of €20,000 will be awarded to the first ever winner of the Rising Innovator Award. The winners will be announced on 8 March 2017 at the European Parliament in Brussels as part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day

Venues

Main Venue:

BNP Paribas Fortis Chancellery Auditorium Rue de la Chancellerie 1, 1000 Brussels Near Central Station (Gare Centrale). Bring your Eventbrite ticket to present to the volunteers at the main entrance.

EP Venue:

The European Parliament Meeting point at the Ex-Info Point Center on the left side of Altiero Spinelli Building entrance near Place of Luxembourg. You will receive your access badge at the registration desk. Please bring your ID (official identity card or passport). For registered participants only

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Trusted Partners

Partners

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EYIF TEAM THANK YOU: let’s grow and innovate in 2017! The EYIF is the leading Pan-European foundation for young innovators reaching over 500,000 young entrepreneurs across Europe. Because we believe in innovation, entrepreneurship and startups, EYIF offers:

EU Startup Services to help start-ups to get easier access to EU funding. InnoPitch the competition for young entrepreneurs to pitch their best idea and to win the top European Young Innovator Award on 24th January 2017. EU Drone Awards the first European Drone competition organized together with the European Parliament on 24th January 2017. InnoApps the pan-European competition to develop innovative Apps for SmartCities.

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Color guide Students

InnoPitch

Young Innovators

Guests

2 days ticket

Meetup VR

1 day ticket

VIP, Partners & Sponsors

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