november, 2014

20nov6:00 pm9:00 pmSpain Global Technology Leadership

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On November 19th and 20th, marking  a collaboration between UC – Berkeley and a group of Spanish Universities, a conference will be held focused on entrepreneurship, research, innovation and technology transfer. Participants include UC@Berkeley, Spanish Universities and representatives from the International Campus of Excellence Program along with Spanish startups.

Entrepreneurs will inspire us with the power of their ideas and their passion to execute. They will describe the journey of taking an idea developed in university research to a successful venture. They will share their experience scaling their business and what strategies they used for a successful exit.

 

SPAIN GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP

NOVEMBER 20th at 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Corporate professionals, entrepreneurs and investors from Silicon Valley are invited to participate in this evening networking event.

Entrepreneurs will share their stories as their inspire us with the power of their ideas and their passion to execute. Starting as University research they will show us the path to turn their ideas into a successful venture. All aspects of their experience will be discussed including their rapid rise to success, learning to scale and all while having a strategy in place for a successful exit.

This event has limited space.

AGENDA

 

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Registration
6:30 pm – 7:15 pm: Welcome Remarks.
Keynote: “Innovation & Education”
  • Bram Bout, Director of Google for Education.
  • Ignacio Ochoa Mendoza, Director of Government and Business for the South Region at Telefónica España.
  • Jose Capilla, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation & Technology Transfer, VLC/CAMPUS.
7:15 pm – 7:45 pm:

Keynote: “From a Research Project to a Successful Venture with Intel”

  • Pilar Manchón, Intel, Founder of Indisys.

7:45 pm – 8:30 pm: Panel & Roundtable Discussion: “Success Stories from Spanish Entrepreneurs”Moderator:

  • Carlos E. Gomez, Sr. Business Development Manager at Google.

Panelists:

  • Javier Gimenez, CEO of Brave Zebra and serial entrepreneur.
  • Carlos Ferrando, Co-founder of Closca and serial entrepreneur.
  • Manuel Perez Alonso, Founder and Director of Institute of Genomic Medicine.
  • Juan Manual Carrasco, Founder and CEO of GP Technology.
  • Francisco Vico, CEO of Melomics Media.

 

Sponsor

 

Partners

 

 

Time

(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location

Google Building 2000

Organizer

California Spain Chamber of Commerce

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