ARISE Europe Start-up Day 2015

Opening and introduction of EIT Digital

- Opening remarks by Zoltan Horvath, Budapest Node Director of EIT Digital
- Introduction of ARISE Europe by Fabio Pianesi, Research Director at EIT Digital, Head of the ARISE Europe program
- Introduction and pitch of the EIT Digital Accelerator by Dolf Wittkämper, Head of the EIT Digital Accelerator
- MC: Barnabas Malnay, Business Developer at EIT Digital

Keynote: Start-up Accelerator Models
Speaker: Sabie Valner

About the speaker: Sabie Valner is Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, E-commerce Expert, and Accelerator Founder. He started 8 companies and founded/worked for various early-stage VC formations. Presently, he runs Digital Factory, which is member of the CEED Tech Fiware accelerator group.

Start-up pitch rally - Session #1

Featuring start-ups from ARISE Europe’s six partner innovation centers
Moderator: Oliver Bey, ARISE Europe lead at EIT Digital
Pitching start-ups:
- Comodule (Tallinn/Berlin)
- NervTech (Ljubljana)
- Movvo (Lisbon)
- Pygmalios (Bratislava)
- Simplewish (Vienna)

Jury: Daniel Michel, Fabio Pianesi, Sabie Valner, Patrick Vlaskovits (see bio below), Dolf Wittkämper (chair of the jury)

Start-up pitch rally - Session #2

Featuring start-ups from ARISE Europe's six partner innovation centers
Moderator: Laszlo Gulyas, ARISE Europe lead at EIT Digital
Pitching start-ups:
- Sorex (Wiener Neustadt)
- Tourismart (Athens)
- Velmenni (New Delhi/Tallinn)
- WattIS (Athens/Boston)

Jury: Daniel Michel, Fabio Pianesi, Sabie Valner, Patrick Vlaskovits, Dolf Wittkämper (chair of the jury)

Growth Hacking Master Class
Workshop leader: Patrick Vlaskovits

About the workshop leader: Patrick Vlaskovits is entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, growth hacking expert, and 500 start-ups mentor. In the Summer of 2015, he toured around Europe with his widely acclaimed one-day workshop on growth hacking and full stack marketing.