Applink Mobility Opportunity Budapest - V4 Region

APPLINK MOBILITY OPPORTUNITY BUDAPEST - V4 REGION

- draft agenda -

PART I - CONFERENCE & COMPETITION

DATE: 21.07.2016 | VENUE: Budapest University of Technology and Economics

10:00 – 10:30 Opening and keynote speeches

-Gyula Barta-Eke, Chancellor, Budapest University for Technology and Economics (tba)

-Beata Jaczewska, Executive Director of International Visegrad Fund

-Zoltán István Marczinkó, Vice-State Secretary, Ministry for National Economy

10:30 – 11:30 Presentation of the Mobility Opportunity and Ford Developer Tools

oScott Lyons, Head of Business & Partner Development, Connected Services, Ford

oAndreas Brockers, Smart Mobility team, Ford

11:30 – 12:30 Pitch Session of mobility and automotive startups and outstanding projects

oPitch presentation of 12 pre-selected applicants, 3 minutes / startups, Q&A

oScott Lyons as the president of the jury (Ford) and the jury members:
- Ed Frank (Axis Innovation)
- László Bacsa (BME Demola B
- Zsolt Makra Ph.D (AJH VC)
- Roland Pecsenye (IND Misys)
- Jordán Bocskov (Fiedler Capital)

- Barna Málnay (White Summers)

- Varga-Tarr Sándor, DBH SeedStar

12:30 – 13:00 Networking lunch

oLight lunch with fruits and non-alcoholic refreshments

13:00 – 13:20 The AdasWorks story

oÁrpád Takács A. I. Research Scientist about their technology and success story

13:20 – 13:40 The Comnsignia story

oJózsef Kovács introducing the most advanced connected car experience.

13:40 – 14:00 The RECAR story

odr. Zsolt Szalay, "RECAR program - answers for the Autonomous Vehicle challenges"

14:00 – 14:10 The InnoTrade Program

oÁron Rimányi, Hungarian National Trading House

14:10 – 15:00 Roundtable discussion about the future of mobility in the V4 metropolitan regions

Moderator: Samu Szeremey (Senior smart city expert)

Panelist:

oDr. Ferenc Kiss PhD (Vice Rector, Budapest Metropolitan University)

oDr. Vilmos Simon (Department of Networked Systems and Services, Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

oAndreas Brockers (Smart Mobility team, Ford)

oÁrpád Takács A. I. Research Scientist, AdasWorks

15:00 – 15:15 Award ceremony of the Mobility Opportunity Pitch Session

oEvaluation by Scott Lyons as the president of the jury

15:15 – 16:30 B2B meetings

oMeetings with Ford, experts and inverstors; introduction of startup development programmes

15:15– 16:30 Partners section – startup ecosystem in the V4 Region

PART II – NETWORKING & BRAINSTORMING

DATE: 21.07.2016 | VENUE: Mosaik Coworking and Startup Community

18.00 – 19.00 Idea generation meetup of startups and innovators

oModerator: Mary Collins (business development professional)

19.00 – 22.00 Networking and beer @Mosaik Coworking and Startup Community

Organizer: Association of Innovative Initiatives,

Core team: Szabolcs Szolnoki () Attila Dobos (), Dániel Nagy (), Balázs Szentgyörgyi ()

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