AFTERNOON
Scaleup Pitching Clinique
- Scaleup 1:1 Mentoring
Location: MTB Innovation Center, SF
Participants: Scaleups, Mentors
EVENING
- Welcome Cocktail
- Networking
Location: Americano, San Francisco
Participants: Scaleups, Policy Makers, Corporates/Investors
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)
- Host: Emma Higham (Public Policy & Government Affairs)
- Workshop: Fake News
- 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