How to Web 2012 »

07.11.2012. – 08.11.2012.

Četvrto izdanje konferencije How to Web će se održati u Bukureštu (Rumunija) 7. i 8. novembra 2012. godine. Ovo je jedna od najboljih konferencija u našem regionu koju od sveg srca preporučujemo, a organizatori ove godine planiraju da okupe 800 učesnika, desetine inostranih predavača i 32 najbolja startapa iz regiona.

The topics that the 2012 conference will address include innovation through technology, business and product development in domains like gaming, Software as a Service and mobile, web business development in global markets vs. local markets, particularities of web business development in Eastern Europe and financing opportunities.

The most important speakers confirmed up to this moment are Phil Libin – CEO of Evernote, company evaluated at $1b, designated one of the 5 Most Admired Companies Tech Companies in 2011 by Forbes; Bill Liao – Co-founder of XING, the biggest European social network; JP Schmetz – Board member at XING and Burda, ex CEO of Burda Digital, one of the biggest media companies in the world; Stephanie Kaiser – Product Lead at Wooga, the third biggest social games developer in the world, Europe’s no.1; David Noel – Community Manager at SoundCloud, designated the best entertainment service EMEA by TechCrunch in 2009; Alex Lapusan – Co-founder and CEO of Zitec, important Romanian outsourcing company also developing in-house products; Mark Pascarella – CEO of uberVU, world-wide renowned Romanian startup.

Due to the success of the Startup Challenge 2011 competition, last year’s final reuniting 10 teams from 7 CEE countries, How to Web 2012 extends the exposure awarded to companies in the early stage of development through the Startup Spotlight program. This includes free display space for the best 32 teams from the region, which will be selected by a group of international specialists, as well as pitching sessions, private mentoring sessions with renowned international specialists and private meetings with accelerator representatives.

During Startup Spotlight, 12 of the most important accelerators in the world will also be pitching their programs. Some of the representatives confirmed up to this moment are Boris Wertz – founder of the Canadian accelerator GrowLab, Jon Bradford – founder of British accelerators Springboard and Ignite100, David Bizer – Talent Geek at the German accelerator HackFwd and Vlad Stan – founder of Romanian Geekcelerator.

Schedule

Day 1

Grow stage

08:30 – Welcome Coffee and Registration
09:45 – BOGDAN IORDACHE / Opening Speech
10:00 – PHIL LIBIN / Keynote
10:30 – RADU GEORGESCU / Keynote
11:00 – TORSTEN REIL / Keynote
11:30 – Startup Challenge / 1st Round of Presentations
12:00 – Lunch Break
13:30 – TINE THYGESEN / Talk
14:00 – DAVID BIZER / Talk
14:30 – MAX NIEDERHOFER / Talk
15:00 – Coffee Break
15:30 – TBA / Panel
16:00 – STEPHANIE KAISER / Talk
16:30 – DAVID NOEL / Talk
17:00 – ANDREAS KLINGER / Talk
17:30 – Good bye wine
21:00 – Official Party

Ignite stage

08:30 – Welcome Coffee and Registration
12:00 – Lunch Break
13:30 – Startups pitching
15:00 – Coffee Break
15:30 – ANGEL INVESTMENT / Panel
16:00 – DIANE BISGEIER – MOZILLA WEBFWD (USA) / Accelerators
16:15 – JAMES DIGBY – ROCKSTART (NETHERLANDS) / Accelerators
16:30 – CHRIS KOWALCZYK – GAMMA REBELS (POLAND) / Accelerators
16:45 – MAXIM GURVITS – ELEVEN (BULGARIA) / Accelerators
17:00 – CARLOS ESPINAL – SEEDCAMP (UK) / Accelerators
17:15 – ELISE SASS – STARTUP WISE GUYS (ESTONIA) / Accelerators
17:30 – Good bye wine
21:00 – Official Party

Day 2

Grow stage

08:30 – Welcome Coffee and Registration
09:45 – BOGDAN IORDACHE / Opening Speech
10:00 – BILL LIAO / Keynote
10:30 – JP SCHMETZ / Keynote
11:00 – LEONARD BRODY / Keynote
11:30 – Startup Challenge / 2nd Round of Presentations
12:00 – Lunch Break
13:30 – CHRISTIAN BOOS / Talk
14:00 – ANDREI ALEXANDRESCU / Talk
14:30 – TBA
15:00 – Coffee Break
15:30 – Startup Challenge / Winners Announcement
15:45 – TBA / Panel
16:15 – ALEX LAPUSAN / Talk
16:45 – MARK PASCARELLA / Talk
17:15 – FADI BISHARA / Talk
17:45 – Good bye wine
21:00 – Official Party

Ignite stage

08:30 – Welcome Coffee and Registration
12:00 – Lunch Break
13:30 – Startups Pitching
15:00 – Coffee Break
15:45 – VC INVESTMENT / Panel
16:15 – JENNY JUNG – BLACKBOX (USA) / Accelerators
16:30 – JON BRADFORD – SPRINGBOARD (UK) / Accelerators
16:45 – TBA – LAUNCHUB (BULGARIA) / Accelerators
17:00 – DAVID BIZER – HACKFWD (GERMANY) / Accelerators
17:15 – VLAD STAN – GEEKCELERATOR (ROMANIA) / Accelerators
17:30 – MIKE EDWARDS – GROWLAB (CANADA) / Accelerators
17:45 – Good bye wine
21:00 – Official Party

Detailed schedule on How to Web website, as well as more info about speakers.

Startup Spotlight 2012

Većina startap konferencija ima i prateće takmičenje startapa – to je slučaj i sa How to Web konferencijom, ove godine se zove Startup Spotlight 2012.

How to Web brings you the best startup orientation program & contest in the region, putting together brave entrepreneurs, international tech experts, accelerators and investors from all around the world!

The best 32 teams in the region
240 minutes of on-stage pitching
12 world class accelerators
4 dedicated workshops
30+ awesome mentors
A day of one-to-one meetings
20.000 USD in cash prizes
International audience at your feet

ENTRY CRITERIA

Web startups that wish to take part in the competition have to comply to just a few rules:

They need to have less than 2 years of activity
They can come from anywhere in Central and Eastern Europe but their startups need to target a global or international market
They must have a concrete product to show on stage and give users for testing at the conference
They mustn’t have raised more than €100k funding until the present moment