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8 - 9 November 2021
Hotel PalaceBerlin
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08:30 - 09:0030 mins
Networking
Registration and welcome coffee
    09:00 - 09:055 mins
    Day One
    Chair’s welcome address
      09:05 - 09:3530 mins
      Day One
      State of global venture 2021
      • Ross Morrison - Partner, Adams Street Partners
      09:35 - 10:1035 mins
      Day One
      The evolution of European venture: the returns are real
      • Tomasz Swieboda - Managing Partner, Inovo Venture Partners
      10:10 - 10:4535 mins
      Day One
      In like a lion and out like a lamb: what actually happened in 2020/2021?
      • Marcin Hejka - Co-Founder & General Partner, OTB Ventures
      • Patrick Meisberger - Managing Partner, CommerzVentures
      • Chris Wade - Co-Founder & Partner, Isomer Capital
      10:45 - 11:0520 mins
      Day One
      Keynote
        11:05 - 11:4035 mins
        Networking
        Morning coffee and networking break
          11:40 - 12:0020 mins
          Day One
          Fireside chat
          • Jörg Goschin - Co-CEO and Senior Managing Director, KfW Capital
          • Olaf Neubert - Managing Director, TopCap Partners
          11:40 - 12:3555 mins
          Engaged Conversations
          Corporates 101: their crucial role
            12:00 - 12:3535 mins
            Day One
            VC LP ‘elephant’ round
            • Holger Rossbach - Senior Director, Private Investments, Cambridge Associates
            12:35 - 14:0085 mins
            Networking
            Lunch and networking break
              14:00 - 14:3535 mins
              Day One
              In the land of the giants: how are early stage investors navigating the increasingly complex late-stage environment
              • Gil Dibner - Founder & General Partner, Angular Ventures
              14:00 - 15:1070 mins
              Engaged Conversations
              The train has left the station but are institutional investors still on the platform?
                14:35 - 15:1035 mins
                Day One
                Balancing financial opportunity with human need: more ‘greenwashing ‘or is VC selling itself short?
                • Douglas Sloan - Investment Director, Big Society Capital
                • Johannes von Borries - Managing Partner, UVC Partners
                15:10 - 15:4535 mins
                Day One
                Innovations in VC: time to think outside the box?
                  15:45 - 16:2035 mins
                  Networking
                  Afternoon refreshments and networking break
                    16:20 - 17:0545 mins
                    Day One
                    Diversity as a competitive edge: progress, policies and case studies
                      17:05 - 17:4035 mins
                      Day One
                      LPs on ESG, impact & D&I: balancing returns and principles
                      • Johannes Lenhard - Researcher and Lecturer, Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change
                      • Katie Fulford-Smith - Relationships Director, Big Society Capital
                      • Cyril Gouiffes - Head of Social Impact, Equity Investments, European Investment Fund (EIF)
                      • Abigail Kahn Archibald - Senior Portfolio Manager, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
                      • Matias Kaila - Head of Fund Investments, Tesi
                      17:40 - 17:455 mins
                      Day One
                      Chair’s closing remarks
                        17:45 - 19:30105 mins
                        Networking
                        Networking drinks reception
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