Javier Mata
Head of Ecosystem & Learning
Fujitsu Launchpad
Jerem Kai Proctor
VC
Headline Venture Capital
Konno Shinichiro
Corporate Venture Capitalist
SEKISUI ChemicalJune 24, 2026 12:50 - 13:10
Startup & VC Plenary
Japan on the Cutting Edge of Hardware and Digital Life
A joint perspective from two economic powerhouses, Japan and South Korea. This roundtable will contrast their innovation styles—Japan's focus on robotics and precision engineering versus South Korea's rapid-fire digital consumer tech—to understand their collective strengths and the common challenge of navigating rapid demographic change.
Other speeches in room Startup & VC Plenary
Marco Lotito
WMF | Search On Media Group
Tommaso Suzzi Barberini
Search On Media Group
Francesca Rossi
Sir Fred Group
Leonard Burger
Over Ventures
Francesco Cracolici
Nomadic Minds
Augusto Coppola
Cloud Accelerator
TIBERIU IACOMI
Trained Intuition
Jagdish Patankar
MM Activ
Ramanan Ramanathan
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Manu Iyer
Blue Hill Capital
Anagh Singh
Singularity AMC
Madan Padaki
Jan AI
Anjali Ajaikumar
HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd.
Ashutosh Kumar
Expertdojo
Wael El Desouki Beddah
SKSEED
Heba Al Ashry
AAST Entrepreneurship Center
Jane Hanna
AAST Entrepreneurship Center
Max Gurvits
Vitosha Venture
Todor Mladenov
Sofia Tech Park
Frane Sesnic
Director of ZICER
Aleksander Potocki
AIP Seed VC
Aleksander Klosek
YouNick Mint VC
Alessandro Dini
Elevate Momentum Partners
Fulvio Maccarone
EQNEXT
Alberto Giovanni Busetto
On Venture Studio
Benjamin Scheidt
Redstone VC
Anvar Asanov
Davidson
Jonathan Eade
The Copiloting Company
Christian Hennings
Vsquared Ventures
Delina Ibrahimaj TBC
Albania
Arjan Ymeri
Startup Albania
Uranik Begu
Plug and Play
Florensa Haxhi
Durana Tech Park
Aleksia Jani
Teda Tirane
Giancarlo Vergine
OverVentures
Marcus Tempte
Republic
Francisco SIlva
Goparity
Leonard Burger
Over Ventures
Kaan Akin
Tenity
Min Boghaita
Nobody studio
Augusto Coppola
Cloud Accelerator
Silvia Pugi
CEC European Managers
Bianca de Teffe Erb
Deloitte
Francesca Boccia
Senior Manager
Stefano Mizio
AI4Innovation Observatory - Politecnico di Milano
Simone Conia
CEO
Francesco Cerruti
Italian Tech Alliance
Alessandro Pontari
Vertis SGR SpA
Maicol Verzotto
Soource
Emilio La Pera
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA
Luca Foresti
Niulinx
Chiara Castelli
Moonstone VC
Filippo Nigro
YOUTH HealthTech
Andrea Notari
Credem Banca
Giovanni Pizza
BonusX
Paolo Binetti
VitaDAO
Marco Dotto
Rubedo Life Sciences & Unruly Capital
Sara Rigamonti
Innovup
Andrea Birolo
Reale Group
Tommaso Lemessi
Charlie24 Italia Srl
Luigi Pagnozzi
ENEL
Kari Luojus
Snowcap, FMI
Elisa Piscitelli
Futurely
Marco D'Angelo
Beeco
Marco Papalini
Biorsaf
