We’re delighted to showcase Italian startups at our CrunchUp event in Rome today, which we’ve dubbed TechCrunch Italy. Check out the live stream. Our thanks to Populis and Mind The Bridge Foundation for putting this together. We have some great speakers, a great agenda, a startup showcase, an amazing venue and some great sponsors. We’re also having a hackathon organised by Hackitaly. The live stream which starts around 9am Rome time.
UPDATE: You can get the archive of the videos here.
AGENDA
Doors open, registration, networking time with partners
Welcome Buffet Breakfast
09h00
OPENING WELCOME
Call to seats by MC MARCO MONTEMAGNO + intro to TC Italy hosts MIKE and LUCA
Opening remarks by MIKE BUTCHER & LUCA ASCANI
AN OFFICIAL WELCOME FROM ROME
NICOLA ZINGARETTI, President, Provincia di Roma
GIOVANNI ALEMANNO, Mayor of Rome
09h15
KEYNOTE
CORRADO PASSERA, Minister for Economic Development
09h25
KEYNOTE 1
ALEC ROSS, Senior Advisor for Innovation, Office of Hillary Clinton
09h45
MIND THE BRIDGE/360 CAPITAL LIVEPITCHING ON STAGE 1: ITALIAN STARTUPS IN THE LIMELIGHT WITH MARCO MARINUCCI
VC judging panel:
1) IVAN FARNETI, Partner, Doughty Hanson
2) MAURO PRETOLANI, TLcom
3) MASSIMILIANO MAGRINI, Annapurna
4) EMANUELE LEVI, 360 Capital
10h15
FIRESIDE CHAT
GIUSEPPE ZOCCO, Co Founder, Index Ventures & MIKE BUTCHER, European Editor, TechCrunch
10h35
POWER PANEL – Made In Italy Startups Making Waves moderated by MARCO MAGNOCAVALLO
ELENA FAVILLI, Founder and CEO, Timbuktu
AUGUSTO MARIETTI, Founder, Mashape
ANTONIO TOMARCHIO, Founder, Beintoo
GUK KIM, Founder, Cibando
10h55
FIRESIDE CHAT
RICCARDO ZACCONI, Founder & CEO King.com with EVAN NISSELSON, CEO LDVLabs & Mentor for SeedCamp and 500 Startups.
11h15
POWER PANEL: SOCIAL NETWORKING OF THE FUTURE / ITALY’S HOT SPOT
Moderated by MIKE BUTCHER, Editor, TechCrunch Europe
HAKIL KHAN, Special Projects, Path
ZARYN DENTZEL, Founder & CEO, Tuenti
KATHRYN FINK, Community Lead, MeetUp
GABRIEL ALDAMIZ-ECHEVARRÍA, Founder & CEO, Chicisimo
11h35
VODAFONE XONE ITALIA: growing startups through corporates – with Fay Arjomandi, Head of Vodafone xone/Ventures, Vodafone Group and Vincenzo Scarlato, Head of Innovation, Vodafone Italy
11h50
POWER PANEL: IS ACCELERATION KEY TO STARTUP SUCCESS? WHY, WHEN AND HOW
Moderated by EMIL ABIRASCID, Journalist and Founder of StartupBusiness
TIM O’CONNELL, H Farm
LUIGI CAPELLO, Enlabs
ENRICO GASPERINI, Digital Magics
ANDERS NILSSON, Microsoft Italia
12h15
FIRESIDE CHAT
ANDREAS WIELE, President (BILD & magazines) AXEL SPRINGER, GIANLUCA VISALLI, Head of Multimedia, La7 and ANDREA PEZZI, Founder, OVO: The Next Media Moves for Publishers, Producers & Advertisers
12h45
Morning wrap up and overview of startup showcase
MIKE BUTCHER, Editor, TechCrunch Europe with SALVATORE ESPOSITO, Co Founder, Populis
13h30
Lunch + Networking + Startup Showcase Tour
14h00
WELCOME BACK
MIKE BUTCHER and SALVATORE ESPOSITO
14h05
INNOVATION SPEECH
MICHEL MARTONE, Vice Minister of Welfare and Italy’s youngest minister: The Italian Labour force: an opportunity for the global digital sector.
14h20
POWER PANEL: INSIDER VIEW FROM THE VC WORLD
Moderated by MIKE BUTCHER, Editor, TechCrunch Europe
NICOLAS WITTENBORN, Associate, Point Nine Capital, BERLIN
ROBERTO BONANZINGA, Partner, Balderton, LONDON
FAUSTO BONI, Partner, 360 Capital, MILAN
FADI BISHARA, Founder, BlackBox, SAN FRANCISCO
14h55
KEYNOTE: INTRODUCING BIZSPARK – THE MICROSOFT PROGRAM DEDICATED TO START UP
ANDERS NILSSON, Director Developer and Platform, Microsoft Italia
15h10
POWER PANEL: LET’S FACE THE MUSIC – moderated by GIAMPIERO DI CARLO, Founder, Rockol.com
AXEL BRINGÉUS, Business Development Director, Spotify
MAX CIOCIOLA, Founder, MusixMatch
WILL MILLS, Head of Content, Shazam
NICO PEREZ, Co Founder, MixCloud
15h40
KEYNOTE SPEECH
MITCHELL BAKER, Founder & Chairperson, Mozilla Foundation
16h00
MIND THE BRIDGE/360 CAPITAL LIVEPITCHING ON STAGE 2: ITALIAN STARTUPS IN THE LIMELIGHT WITH ALBERTO ONETTI
VC judging panel:
LORENZO FRANCHINI, Co Founder & MD, Italian Angels for Growth
ANDREA DI CAMILLO, Venture Capitalist, Boox
PIETRO BEZZA, Founder, Connect Ventures
16h40
POWER PANEL: ITALIAN SUPERHEROES – STORIES OF SUCCESS
Interviewed by ANTONELLO PIROSO, Journalist
MAURO DEL RIO, Founder, Buongiorno!
PAOLO AINIO, Founder, Virgilio & Banzai
PAOLO BARBERIS, Founder, Dada
LUCA ASCANI, Founder, Populis
17h15
LIVEPITCHING ON STAGE: BACK FROM THE HACK
The 3 best hacks from the HackItaly Hackathon pitch in front of a VC jury with MAX CIOCIOLA, Founder of MusixMatch
17h55
PRIZE GIVING
1) Winner of the Startup Live pitching – presented by Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
2) Winner of the Hack Italy Hackathon – presented by Nanabianca, HFarm & Boox (www.startup-alliance.it)
18h10
Closing remarks MIKE BUTCHER + LUCA ASCANI
** Closing Celebration **
Thanks again to our sponsors:
Populis, Mind the bridge, Vodafone, Dnsee, Miscrosoft BizSpark, Alliance H-Farm, Capital Partners, Provincia Roma, United States American Embassy, Bansai, Bizup, sister, Papounti, illy, Moleskine, TopIX, Portolano Cavallo, MusicMatch, Applix
