SPLIT, CROATIA
OCTOBER 10-11, 2024
Europe’s Most Exciting Networking Tech Event
Powering AI, Digital, Fintech and Greentech
Tech Talent
Development
Grow your potential and take a step in becoming the next big thing.
Largest Startup Expo
Connect with founders, investors, buyers and media.
Exquisite Networking Events
Meet tech leaders at the top of their game while enjoying Split’s most exquisite seaside venues.
Influential Speakers
Their confidence and authenticity are making a difference. Learn from the best in the field.
Exposure to Investors
Engage with people who have the power to propel your business forward.
Cutting Edge Conversations
Dive deep into the market trends and things that are up ahead.
Connecting Innovation-led Businesses
Meet us at the intersection of business and technology.
Superb Sailing Experience
Unleash your competitive spirit while soaking up the sun of the Split aquatorium.
strategy.
teamwork.
innovation.
Fifth year in a row we are gathering investors, startups, mentors, and corporates for the Europe’s most exciting networking & sailing event in Split. From 4th to 6th October Startup Europe Regatta 2023 will offer you to meet and team up with likeminded tech pioneers, create strategy with business investors, gather new insights from experienced mentors, while having a good time.
From startup pitching to sailing in the Split Aquatorium, Startup Europe Regatta 2023 will make sure a strong wind is at your back!
Applications are closed – Sold out! See you next year!
Startups
Take a look at all the startups and scaleups that have attended Europe Startup Europe Regatta from 2019 untill today.
Previous Startups
Applications are closed – Sold out! See you next year!
Tickets
Free Access
0€
Access to 2-Day Startup Expo
standard
100€
Access to 2-Day Startup Expo
2-Day Conference Pass
Students
30€
Access to 2-Day Startup Expo
2-Day Conference Pass
vip
500€
Access to 2-Day Startup Expo
2-Day Conference Pass
Access to 2 all-inclusive networking events
vip+
700€
Access to 2-Day Startup Expo
2-Day Conference Pass
Access to 3 all-inclusive networking events
Participation in Sailing Regatta
Agenda
DAY 1 – 04 OCT 2023
Registration & Coffe break at the Cellars of Diocletian's Palace
09:30 - 10:00
Grand Opening
10:00 - 10:30
Frane Šesnić
on behalf of the Organizer
Damir Brčić
Digital Dalmatia, Co-organizer
Kristijan Pavić
Chairman of the Board at ACI d.d.
Branimir Lela
Dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Antonio Kuzmanić
Deputy Mayor at Grad Split
Blaženko Boban
Prefect of the Split-Dalmatia County
Velibor Mačkić
Special Advisor for Economy to Zoran Milanović, the President of the Republic of Croatia
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Leadership in 21st century
10:30 - 10:45
Ana Šuper Matana
Msc. Electr. Eng. & MBA engineering management, Daimler Truck
PANEL I: EMPOWERING STARTUPS AND INNOVATIONS: TRENDS FOR THE FUTURE
10:45 - 11:30
Moderator
Toni Miličević
Marketing at Locastic
Panelists
Kristian Asani
Senior Associate at Silicon Gardens VC
Andreas Spechtler
CEO at Silicon Castles Accelerator
Filip Stipančić
Co-founder Lean Startup Croatia
Matija Srbić
Managing director at Nuqleus deep-tech venture builder
SPEAKER I: FROM 0 TO 1000 SALES A MONTH - ECOMMERCE MARKETING AND SALES
11:30 - 11:45
Stipe Režić
ecommerce specialist; CEO at Mushroom Cups
STARTUP PITCH I
11:45 - 12:45
1 slide I 60 sec pitch + 2 min questions
LUNCH BREAK
12:45 - 13:45
SPEAKER II: PERSUASIVE PITCHING BEHAVIOURS & STORYTELLING WITH IMPACT
13:45 - 14:15
Peter Hopwood
Global Storytelling, Pitch & Speaker Coach
STARTUP PITCH II
14:15- 15:15
1 slide I 60 sec pitch + 2 min questions
COCKTAIL TIME
15:15- 16:15
Registration at the Antique bar
18:30 - 19:00
(INVITATION ONLY)
Networking event at the Antique bar
19:00 - 00:00
(INVITATION ONLY)
DAY 2 – 05 OCT 2023
Registration & Coffe break at the Cellars of Diocletian's Palace
09:30 - 10:30
OPENING SPEECH
10:30 - 10:35
Frane Šesnić
on behalf of the Organizer
PANEL I: FROM IDEAS TO IMPLEMENTATION: SCALING UP INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR GREEN TRANSITION
10:35 - 11:20
Moderator
Stephanie E. Trpkov
CEO Agrodox
Panelists
Vesna Bukarica
Senior Researcher at Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar
Dame Dimitrovski
Professor
Filip Olujić
Ceo at DataBox
Robert Bruckner
Trace Capital Investments
panel II: FINTECH AND ALTERNATIVE FINANCING CHALLENGES MODERATOR
11:20 - 12:05
Moderator
Maja Karanović
Sales and event manager, MMK Booking Manager
Panelists
Takeshi Kito
Vice-chair, Fintech Association of Japan
Tomislav Mišić
Payment Operations Regulation and Development Department, Croatian National
Bank
Dejan Donev
Working on KEKS Pay, George, mBanking/Netbanking, ECC mobile
Zvonimir Oreč
VP Business Operations, EU at Cambridge Mobile Telematics
lunch break
12:05 - 12:45
panel iii: NAVIGATING FINANCIAL PATHWAYS: EU FUNDS & PRIVATE INVESTMENTS FOR STARTUPS
12:45 - 13:30
Moderator
Natalia Zielinska
EU FUNDS & BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Panelists
Marijan Mumdžiev
Managing Director at Cambridge Mobile Telematics Europe
Ante Janko Bobetko
Chairman of the Board at HAMAG BICRO
Mohsin Rashid
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, ZIPZERO
Gordan Kuvek
Strategy Division Executive Director at HBOR
panel iV: HOW TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENTS?
13:30 - 14:15
Moderator
Ana Belamarić
Strategy and Leadership trainer
Panelists
Antea Popović
Group HR Director, VICTUS GROUP
Sandra Kujundžić Drašković
Vice President of Global Business Intelligence and Software Development, TRANSCOM
Sanja Jasprica
HR director, EMIL FREY DIGITAL
panel V: AI METAVERSE and WEB 4.0
14:15 - 15:00
Moderator
Katarina Mihalj Bingula
CEO, Ae! komunikacije
Panelists
Aleksandra Prodanović Stamenović
Executive Board Member at WMC, EWASOFT
Tadej Slapnik
CEO at WMC, HashNET
Klemen Gradišar
Co-Founder of Ballies, COO at Swiss Sports/Tech Company MetaCourt.gg,
Executive Board Member and Head of Accelerator at World Metaverse Council (WMC)
Petra Horvatović
CroAI, Board member
Strahinja Vukoičić
CEO, MOONSTRUCK
Hrvoje Hiršl
CEO, Design Polygon
PANEL vi: HOW TO HARMONIZE THE INSTITUTIONS WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY ENTREPRENEURS
15:00 - 15:45
Moderator
Maja Pokrovac
Managing Director at Renewable Energy Sources of Croatia
Participants
Vjeran Vrbanec
Chairman of the Board, HAMAG BICRO
Goran Jurisic
Founder, Grid One
Željko Penga
PhD, Assist. Prof., Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval
Architecture, Department of Mechanical Engineering: Heat Engines
Goran Puž
Head of Chairman board, Hrvatske ceste
Ante Krečak
Head of Project Finance at Erste&Steiermakishe Bank d.d.
COCKTAIL TIME
15:45- 16:45
Registration at the Villa Dalmatia
19:30 - 20:00
(INVITATION ONLY)
Gala dinner & business networking at the Villa Dalmatia
20:00 - 03:00
(INVITATION ONLY)
DAY 3 – 06 OCT 2023
Regatta registration
11:00 - 11:30
Regatta at the Split aquatorium
11:30 - 17:00
Registration at the Antique bar
19:30 - 20:00
(INVITATION ONLY)
Networking event at the Antique bar
20:00 - 02:00
(INVITATION ONLY)
People with Free Access have access to 2-Day Startup Expo located on Riva Only.
schedule
Day 01
04
100 Startups at a unique location – Riva Split on a two – day STARTUP EXPO.
Startup teams will present their projects to potential investors, partners and public audience.The Diocletian’s cellars – another unique location is reserved for our conference where you can expect lectures, join panels and discussions bringing the different approaches of start-up development together.
Day 02
05
STARTUP EXPO & CONFERENCE will also continue on the second day of the event.Once the activities of the day simmer down, the investor dinner will light up the evening in the alluring venue of Villa Dalmacija.
Day 03
06
Enjoy the sailing competition along the Split aquatorium and test out your strategy, team and manoeuvres skills.Day three will be all around networking!We will finish this event with another great networking event @ Antique bar on beautiful Split Riva
Speakers
Branimir Lela
Dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Antonio Kuzmanić
Deputy Mayor at Grad Split
Kristijan Pavić
Chairman of the Board at ACI d.d.
Velibor Mačkić
Special Advisor for Economy to Zoran Milanović, the President of the Republic of Croatia
Goran Puz
Head of Chairman board, Hrvatske ceste
Vesna Bukarica
Senior Researcher at Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar
Dame Dimitrovski
Professor
Robert Bruckner
Trace Capital Investments
Strahinja Vukoicic
CEO, MOONSTRUCK
Natasa Kapov,
Board member, LEMAX
Antea Popovic
Group HR Director, VICTUS GROUP
Sandra Kujundzic Draskovic,
Vice President of Global Business Intelligence and Software Development, TRANSCOM
Ana Belamaric
Strategy and Leadership trainer
Filip Olujić
Ceo at DataBox
Zvonimir Oreč
VP Business Operations, EU at Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Sanja Jasprica
HR director, EMIL FREY DIGITAL
Agneza Margetic Crncec
Lorem
Ana Veir
Business Director @ 01 Content & Technology – C3 Croatia
Blaz Golob
Managing Director – Slovenia – HELIOT EUROPE
filip saravanja
Senior Analyst and Fintech Coordinator – HANFA
domagoj oreb
Managing Partner at Feelsgood
gorjan agacevic
Digital strategist, Touchpoint
frano barbir
Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
gordana danilovic grkovic
Acting Director at Science Technology Park Belgrade
hrvoje mestric
Lorem
ivan slade silovic
Product Specialist Informatics at Shimadzu Europa GmbH
magda milas
Business Growth Manager, Electrocoin d.o.o.
kresimir kukec
Co Founder at Inspire Investments
jan jilek
CEO at Dotmetrics and Co-Founder and President of IAB Croatia
marijana ivanov
Lorem
marin bek
CEO, Ascalia
mario celan
Director, Regional Development Agency SMC, SIMORA
marko dabrovic
architect / partner, 3LHD
marko cosic
CFO HEP d.o.o.
miroslav radman
PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Paris Descartes, Founder: Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS)
stevica kuharski
Principal, Fil Rouge Capital
stjepan mandic
Director of Concepto d.o.o. and Consultant at World Bank
vili rosanda
Head of Local office MEP Valter Flego at European Parliament
tanja polegubic
Co-Founder Digital Nomad Association Croatia
velibor boskovic
Executive Director at Science Technology Park Crna Gora
vinko mustra
Associate professor, Head of department for Economics, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split
Antonela Belamaric Kirincic
Corporate banking expert, financial advisor, BOOM coach
Anita Tregner
Senior EU Advisor
Ana Vlahov
Project Specialist, ZICER
Antonio Meic
CEO, MOTHERVERSE
damir first
Founder, MATTERLESS
damir kopljar
CTO, CROZ AI
david mathew smith
Director general at IRB
hajdi cenan
CEO, AIRT
hrvoje cosic
Director at Aircash
ivana porsinsky
Senior Advisor, Consumer Protection Monitoring Office, Croatian National Bank
krunoslav loina
Executive Director Strategy and Business Development, HRVATSKA POŠTA
marko brkljacic
Founder, GBC HUB
sandra svaljek
deputy governor, Croatian National Bank
nils pihl
CEO, AUKI LABS
sandi ribaric
engineering projects manager, FERO-TERM
tadej slapnik
CEO at WMC, HashNET
nevia cicin sain
Assistant Professor at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
nikola pavesic
Director of Startup Ecosystem, INFOBIP
Domagoj Boljar
Co-founder and CEO at MIRET
Ivana Marsic
Digital Transformation
Maja Pokrovac
Managing Director at Renewable Energy Sources of Croatia
Katarina Mihalj Bingula
CEO, Ae! Komunikacije
Klemen Gradišar
Co-Founder of Ballies, COO at Swiss Sports/Tech Company MetaCourt.gg, Executive Board Member and Head of Accelerator at World Metaverse Council (WMC)
Petra Horvatović
CroAI, Board member
Hrvoje Hiršl
CEO, Design Polygon
Natalia Zielinska
EU FUNDS & BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Vjeran Vrbanec
Chairman of the Board, HAMAG BICRO
Željko Penga
PhD, Assist. Prof., Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval
Goran Jurišić
Founder, Grid One
Ante Krečak
Head of Project Finance at Erste&Steiermakishe Bank d.d.
Aleksandra Prodanović Stamenović
Executive Board Member At WMC, EWASOFT
Dejan Donev
Working on KEKS Pay, George, mBanking/Netbanking, ECC mobile
Maja Karanović
Sales and event manager, MMK Booking Manager
Mohsin Rashid
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, ZIPZERO
Ana Šuper Matana
Msc. Electr. Eng. & MBA engineering management, Daimler Truck
Toni Miličević
Marketing at Locastic
Kristian Asani
Senior Associate at Silicon Gardens VC
Matija Srbić
Managing director at Nuqleus deep-tech venture builder
Filip Stipančić
Co-founder Lean Startup Croatia
Andreas Spechtler
CEO at Silicon Castles Accelerator
Stipe Režić
ecommerce specialist; CEO at Mushroo Cups
Peter Hopwood
Global Storytelling, Pitch & Speaker Coach
co-organizer 2023
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