AGENDA 2017

MORNING

Scaleup Summit Day 1

• Mentoring

Location: MTB Innovation Center, San Francisco
Participants: Scaleups, Mentors

Policy/Corporate Track Day 1 (Introduction/Workshops)

• Session: Introduction to Silicon Valley (Marco Marinucci/Alberto Onetti, Mind the Bridge)
• Meeting the Entrepreneurship Sounding Board (Matteo Sabattini, Director IP Policy, Ericcson)
• Networking Lunch

Location: MTB Innovation Center, San Francisco
Participants: Policy Makers, Corporates, Investors

AFTERNOON

Scaleup Summit Day 1 (Workshops/Policy Hackathon)

• Policy Workshop: Regulatory Sandboxes and Innovation Hubs (Pēteris Zilgalvis, European Commission)
• Policy Hackaton

Location: MTB Innovation Center, SF
Participants: Scaleups, Mentors

Policy/Corporate Track Day 1 (Workshops/Policy Hackathon)

• Policy Workshop: Regulatory Sandboxes and Innovation Hubs (Pēteris Zilgalvis, European Commission)
• Policy Hackathon

Location: MTB Innovation Center, SF
Participants: Policy Makers, Corporates/Investors

EVENING

Scaleup Reception

• Networking

Location: MTB Innovation Center, SF
Participants: Scaleups, Mentors, Investors, Corporates

Allied for Startups Reception

• Networking

Location: SF restaurant
Participants: Policy Makers

MORNING

Scaleup Summit Day 2

Vertical working groups:

• M&A/Corp Dev
• A-Team (Hiring /Board/Advisors)
• Growth/Sales/Internationalization
• Funding
• PR/Comms

Location: MTB Innovation Center, San Francisco
Participants: Scaleups, Mentors

Policy/Corporate Track Day 2 (Corporate Visits/Workshops)

Google

• Host: Emma Higham (Public Policy & Government Affairs)
• Workshop: Fake News

LinkedIn

• Host: Mirek Pospisil, EU Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager)
• Topic: Macro & trends (Guy Berger, Economist, LinkedIn)
• Topic: Civic Engagement & Partnerships (Nate Williams, Head of Civic Engament, LinkedIn)
• Topic: Insights into LinkedIn’s EU projects (Mirek Pospisil, EU Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager, LinkedIn)
• Topic: LinkedIn profile management and publishing (Joshua Kaan, Senior Customer Success Manager, LinkedIn)

Location: Google, LinkedIn, San Francisco
Participants: Policy Makers, Corporates/Investors

AFTERNOON

Scaleup Summit Day 2

• Scaleup 1:1 Legal Support

Location: Hyatt Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
Participants: Scaleups, K&L Attorneys

Policy/Corporate Track Day 2 (Workshops/Meetings)

• Meeting the Entrepreneurship Sounding Board (Lars Johansson, Partner, K&L Gates LLP)
• US Policy Workshop (Peter Nelson, K&L Gates)
• Meeting the Entrepreneurship Sounding Board (Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO, Tok.tv; Michel Wendell, Partner, Nexit Ventures; Nuno Goncalves Pedro, Partner, Delta Partners Group)

Location: Hyatt Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
Participants: Policy Makers, Corporates/Investors,Invited Membres from Sounding Board

EVENING

K&L Reception

• Cocktail reception
• Networking

Location: K&L Gates, San Francisco
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates / Investors, Sounding Board Participants

MORNING

Scaleup Track: Investor Summit

• Investor meetings (1:1)

Location: Computer History Museum, Mountain View
Participants: Scaleups, Invited Investors

Policy/Corporate Track Day 3 (Workshops/Meetings)

• Meeting the Entrepreneurship Sounding Board
• Topic: European Commission/Parliament Workshop: Digital Agenda, Startup and Scaleup Initiative
  (Gerard De Graaf, Kristin Schreiber, European Commission)
  (Danuta Jazlowiecka, Brando Benifei, Sorin Moisa, Flavio Zanonato, European Parliament)
• VIP Lunch Meeting (by invitation only)

Location: Microsoft Conference Center, Mountain View
Participants: Policy Makers, Corporates

AFTERNOON

European Innovation Day

• European Innovation Day Digital Europe Conference – Learn more

Location: Computer History Museum, Mountain View
Participants: Delegation, Scaleups, Corporates, Invited Audience

EVENING

European Innovation Day Reception

• Cocktail reception
• Networking

Location: Computer History Museum, Mountain View
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates / Investors, Conference Participants

MORNING

Day in the Valley (Corporate Visits/Workshops)

Microsoft

• Host: John Alioto, Principal Tech Evangelist, Microsoft
• Topic: AI

Location: Microsoft, Mountain View.
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates, Investors

AFTERNOON

Day in the Valley (Corporate/Investors Visits/Workshops)

Andreessen Horowitz

• Host: Matthew Colford, Partner Andreessen Horowitz
• Topic: Investment Trends (Laura Shores and Leila Hay, Partners)
• Topic: Machine Learning (Benedict Evans)
• Topic: Open Q&A (John O’Farrell)

VMware

• Host: Michael Kennedy, VP, Global Government Relations and Public Policy, VMware
• Topic: M&A and Partnership, Alex Wang (VP of product acquisitions -M&A)
• Topic: Cybersecurity, Milin Desai (VP of Security for NSBU)
• Topic: Sustainability, Nicola Acutt (VP of Sustainability)

Location: Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Park; VMware, Palo Alto
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates, Investors

EVENING

Workshop/Networking

Capgemini

• Host: Joe Boggio, Vice President – Applied Innovation Exchange, Capgemini
• Risto Lähdesmäki, Founder & CEO, Idean
• Presentation
• Networking Cocktail

Location: Capgemini – Applied Innovation Center
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates/Investors, Day Participants

MORNING

Morning in Berkeley (University Workshops)

UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

• Host: Jeroen Dewulf, Director of the Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley
• Topic: Introduction Haas School of Business

UC Berkeley, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship

• Host: Gigi Wang, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship, UC Berkeley
• Topic: Introduction Sutardja Center and Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship
• Campus Tour

Location: UC Berkeley, Berkeley
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates, Investors

AFTERNOON

Afternoon in the City (Corporate Visits/Workshops)

Orange Silicon Valley

• Host: Gabriel Sidhom, VP Technology Strategy Orange

Location: Orange, San Francisco
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates, Investors

EVENING

SEC2SV Closing Party – The Night of the Knights

• Cocktail reception
• Networking

Location: Marinucci residence, Woodside
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates, Investors, Curated Guests

Day in Napa Valley (optional)

• Wine Tasting and Networking
• Hosts: Christopher Creek, Dominic Foppoli and Liam McCormick, Owners Christopher Creek Winery

Location: Healdsburg, the Russian River Valley & Christopher Creek Winery, Napa Valley
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates, Investors