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Start up Espaņa
Directing Spain towards an innovation economy
Wednesday 30th November 2011, from 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
We have planned a series of Start Up Spain conferences to feed ideas into the political debate and to affect the way future policies develop: entrepreneurs, technology companies and risk capital have to be the highest priorities.
 
17.30 h Welcome
María del Pino, President, Fundación Rafael del Pino
Eugenia Bieto, Director General, ESADE
 
17.45 h Introduction
Luisa Alemany, Professor and Director, ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute
 
18.05 h Round table: European and American entrepreneurs in Spain. Why do we choose Spain for our projects? What should Spain be doing to generate more interest abroad?
 
Moderator: Javier Santiso, Professor, ESADE, and Director, ESADEgeo
Participants:
François Derbaix, Founder and CEO, Toprural(Belgium)
Niklas Gustafson, Founder and CEO, conZumo (Sweden)
Michael Kleindl, Founder, Plenummedia and Smartclip
Ana Maria Llopis, Founder and CEO, Ideas4all (Venezuela and Spain)
Bernhard Niesner, Co-Founder and CEO, Busuu (Austria)
Joshua Novick, Founder and CEO, Antevenio(USA)
Ivan Retzignac, Founder and CEO, MedicAnimal (France and USA)
 
 
19.15 h Round table and policies. Discussion and conclusions.
Moderator: Marcel Planellas, Professor and Secretary General, ESADE, and Coordinator, Research Group in Entrepreneurship (GRIE).
Participants:
José Cerdán, CEO, Acens
Jesús Encinar, Founder and CEO, idealista.com
Gustavo García, Founder and CEO, BuyVip
 
20.15 h Speech and closing remarks
 
 
Venue:
Auditorio Fundación Rafael del Pino · c/Rafael Calvo, 39 Madrid
Madrid
Places are limited. Please confirm attendance with:
Ms. Maiteder Bastero · 913 597 714 · maiteder.bastero@esade.edu
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