PROGRAMME '16

Rīgas Latviešu Biedrības nams

 

28 NOV 

11:00 REGISTRATION

13:00 FESTIVAL OPENING

 

Dagnija Lejiņa

Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Freedom Festival

 

Juris Šleiers

Co-Founder of Digital Freedom Festival

 

Uldis Leiterts

Co-Founder of Digital Freedom Festival

 

 

13:10 Welcome Speeches

 

Raimonds Vējonis

President of Latvia (Latvia)

 

Kerli Gabriloviča

Member of Management Board at Lattelecom (Latvia)

13:15 EXPONENTIAL ORGANISATIONS

 

Yuri van Geest

Founder of SingularityU Netherlands (Netherlands)

 

 

14:00 E-GOVERNANCE & THE FUTURE OF STATES

 

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Former President of Estonia (Estonia)

 

 

14:40 COFFEE BREAK

 

15:00 THE NEXT BIG THING 

 

Marvin Liao

Partner at 500 Startups (USA)

#deathofbigcompanies #ruleofstartups #newworldofwork

 

Christoph Auer-Welsbach

IBM Watson (Netherlands)

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI

 

Elizabeth Stark

CEO of Lightning (USA)

#bitcoin #blockchain #fintech

 

Ilja Laurs

Founder & Chairman at Nextury Ventures (Lithuania)

#leadership #enterpreneur #newway

 

Moderator: Manuel Koelman

Chairman at EXEC and Pirate Summit (Germany)

 

16:00 COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY

Powered by LiveRiga

 

Kristo Käärmann

CEO of TransferWise (Estonia)

 

Pēteris Zilgalvis

Head of Unit, Startups and Innovation, Digital Single Market Directorate, European Commission (European Union)

 

Jo Bertram

Regional General Manager, Northern Europe at Uber (UK)

 

Moderator: Alex Barrera

Founder and Chief-Editor, Tech.eu (Spain)

 

 

17:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

17:30 INVESTORS PITCHING

 

Marvin Liao

Partner at 500 Startups (USA)

 

Aija Perta

Partner at Rubylight (Latvia)

 

Kristjan Laanemaa

Partner at Karma.vc (Estonia)

 

Rune Theill

CEO of Rockstart (Netherlands)

 

Mark White

Founder and Partner, Mark White Legal (USA)
 

Carman Chan

Founder and Managing Partner of Click Ventures (Hong Kong)

 

Moderator: Uldis Leiterts

Co-founder of Digital Freedom Festival, Infogram, Fragmentic (Latvia)

 

 

18:30 MEANINGFUL IMPACT

 

Stephanie Alys

Co-Founder and Chief Pleasure Officer, MysteryVibe (UK)

 #sextech

 

Marcelo Garcia

Strategy Execution Consultant (Switzerland, Brazil)

#refugees #techfugees 

 

Sartaj Singh Anand

Parallel Entrepreneur, Ambassador at TED (India)

#tech

 

Moderator:
Anna Andersone

Founder of FROONT and The Mill (Latvia)

 

 

19:30 INTERACTIVE PHOTO SESSION

 

Dan Taylor

Founder and Photographer of Heisenbergmedia (UK)

 

 

20:00 Reception

By the Minister for Economics of Latvia in the White Hall

 

Arvils Ašeradens

Minister for Economics of Latvia (Latvia)

 

 

20:30 Discussion:
The Future of Finance

Norvik Investors Lounge

 

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Former President of Estonia (EE)

 

Oliver Bramwell

Chief Executive Officer at JSC NORVIK BANKA

 

Alex Petrov

CIO at Bitfury.com

 

 

20:30 THE PARTY

 

Dan Taylor

Founder and Photographer at Heisenbergmedia (UK)

 

21:30 THE AFTERPARTY

Kanepes Kulturas Centrs

 

Dan Taylor


 

 

 

29 NOV

9:30 MUSIC SESSION 

By Sonarworks

 

Helmuts Bems

Co-Founder/CEO of Sonarworks (Latvia)

 

 

10:00 SMART CITIES 

Empowered by Lattelecom

 

Eric Baczuk

SideWalk Labs (USA)

 

Marcelo Garcia

Strategy Execution Consultant (Switzerland, Brazil)

 
 

Nils Ušakovs

Mayor, City of Riga (Latvia)

 
 

Kerli Gabriloviča

Member of Management Board at Lattelecom (Latvia)

 

Moderator: Kayvan Nikjou

Main Guy at Challengers (Spain)

 

11:30 EARLY LUNCH

 

12:30 TO THE NEXT LEVEL

 

Bernard Huang

Mentor at 500 Startups (USA)

#alwaysbehustling #askforhelp #persistence

 

Ragnar Sass

Founder of Pipedrive (Estonia)

#values #team

 
 

Borys Musielak

Co-Founder at Startup Poland & ReaktorWarsaw (Poland)

 #pivot #customerdevelopment #businessmodel

 

Moderator: Espree Devora

Producer & Host of WeAreLATech podcast & "Hello Customer"

 

13:30 CYBERSECURITY

 

Erka Koivunen

Cyber Security Advisor, F-Secure (Finland)

 

Jānis Sārts

Director, NATO Stratcom Center of Excellence (Latvia)

 

Jānis Kiršteins

Co-Founder of Notakey (Latvia)

 

Moderator: Anke Schmidt-Felzmann

Researcher at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Sweden)

 

14:30 DFF & 500 STARTUPS PITCH (3-5 finalists, chosen by 500 startups on 27 NOV)

 

14:50 DJ SET

 

15:00 PITCH WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

 

DFF AFTERPARTY

More Events '16

Multiple locations

DFF & 500 STARTUPS PITCH
27 NOV  |  ALL DAY

Invitations Only.

On 27 November 15 startups are invited to participate in an individual workshop with 500 Startups’ mentors. The best 3-5 will pitch their ideas on the Festival's main stage on 29 November. Detailed schedule for november 27 has been sent individually to all selected DFF & 500 Startups Pitch participants.

 

Marvin Liao

Partner at 500 Startups

 

Bernard Huang

Distribution Hacker at 500 Startups

 

Tristan Pollock

Venture Partner at 500 Startups


 

Ideation workshop: Is there DFF (Digital Femtech Freedom)?
27 NOV  |  17:00

Powered by Norden. Everyone welcome. Register here!

Join the open dicussion with Riga TechGirls community and world wide #femtech representatives from Digital Freedom Festival. Tell us what we can do to grow the #femtech community and support more women joining the IT/digital sector world wide!

 

Anna Andersone

Founder of The Mill and FROONT (Latvia)

 

Edīte Millere

CEO of Digital Latvian (Latvia)

 

Espree Devora

Producer & Host of WeAreLATech podcast & "Hello Customer" (USA)

 

 

VIP Reception by Norden
27 NOV  |  19:00

Invitations Only.

 

Special guest: Anna Lithagen

Founder and CEO of Talent Tribe (SE)

 

 

 

Masterclasses
28 NOV  |  9:00-11:50

Multiple masterclasses in multiple locations!
Entrance with tickets.

 

DFF Forum: Future of Collaborative Economy
28 NOV  |  10:00

More information. Register here!

 

Arvils Ašeradens

Minister for Economics of Latvia (LV)

 

Pēteris Zilgalvis

Head of Unit for Startups and Innovation in the Digital Single Market (EU)

 

Kristo Käärmann

CEO of TransferWise (EE)

 

Filomena Chirico

Member of Cabinet at European Commission (BE)

 

Enn Metsar

General Manager at Uber (EE)

 

Moderator: Pauls Raudseps

Editor of Ir, Ir Nauda (LV)


 

Light lunch by Rubylight
28 NOV  |  12:00

All startups & investors welcome.

Partner with Rubylight and save over €500k per year! During his presentation Andrey will reveal how Rubylight has helped some of its portfolio companies to save over €500k per year.

 

Andrey Ivashin

Co-founder and Partner at RubyLight (LV)

 

Lattelecom Open Stage

28 NOV | 17:00 How to pitch to investors?

 

Tal Catran

Accelerators Guru & Seasoned Startups Builder (Israel)

29 NOV | 12:00 How to make chatbots?

 

Tam Le

Chatbots expert (US)

29 NOV | 12:00 How to make IoT?

 

Krists Avots

Director of Business Development at Lattelecom (Latvia)

Norvik Investors Lounge

28 NOV | 20:30 The Future of Finance

 

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Former President of Estonia

 

Oliver Bramwell

CEO of Norvik Banka

 

Alex Petrov

CIO at Bitfury.com

29 NOV | 12:00 Round table discussion: What startups do we hate?

 

Tristan Pollock

Venture Partner at 500 Startups

 

Rune Theill

CEO and co-founder of Rockstart (NL)

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