18:30

Welcome party

22:00

End of day 1

8:30

Registration

9:00

Breakfast + Networking

9:30

Welcome Speech

• Marzena Bielecka, Managing Partner, Founder, EVF
• Kinga Stanisławska, Managing Partner, Founder, EVF

9:45 - 10:15

Keynote Presentation: "TBD"

Ruth Cohen-Dar, Deputy Ambassador of Israel to Poland

 Keynote Presentation: "If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together"

Eszter Szabo, President of the Business/Women/Angels association 

10:15 - 11:00

Panel Discussion

Success stories. How some of us managed to go straight to the top.

• Women founders and Managing Partners will share their inspiring stories.
• Successful carrier vs Life balance - why is so hard to strike a balance
• Sasha Bezuhanova, Founder MOVE.BG
• Kinga Stanisławska, Managing Partner, Founder, EVF
• Heidi Kakko, Partner, BaltCap Growth Fund
• Moderator - Olga Kozierowska, Business Journalist, Founder Sukces Pisany Szminką

11:00 - 11:45

Panel Discussion

Issues and challenges senior-level women face every day in male-dominated VC market.

• Let’s try to benchmark different countries, share best practices and try to find common solutions.
• How entrepreneurs (portfolio companies) accept the women appointed to their boards and how likely they actually listen to what they have to say.
• What are the future market trends and how do women affect market trends
• Tatjana Zabasu, Managing Partner South Central Ventures
• Sille Pettai, Fund Manager SmartCap
• Olga Afanasyeva, Executive Director Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
• Moderator - Anna Walkowska - Co-founder of Startup Poland, Director, Warsaw Chapter Startup Grind

11:45 - 12:30

Panel Discussion

Women backed venture capital funds - a short-term phenomenon or a long-term trend that will activate women in business ventures.

• Is gender diversity just a slogan? What more can be done to ensure we move closer toward gender equality within VC.
• Why to encourage women to join the VC sector? Why the diversity is so important?
• Dagmara Nickel, CEO and Founder YouNick Mint
• Barbara Nowakowska, Managing Director Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
• Marili Merendi, Associate, karma.vc.
• Moderator - Marzena Bielecka, Managing Partner, Founder, EVF

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:15

Panel Discussion

Pay it forward - lessons learned from cooperation with portfolio companies?

• Things I wish I’d known - lessons from the past
• Why building the effective network is so important
• The role of mentors in developing the company/start-up
• Kreske Nickelsen, General Partner, CEO, Joint Polish Investment Fund
• Lucie Winklerová, Head of People Development, Miton Czech Republic
• Iwona Georgijew, Partner, SheXO and Diversity Leader, Deloitte Poland
• Moderator - Barbara Piasek, CEO, Wolves Summit

14:15 - 15:00

Panel Discussion

What makes start-up successful or failure?

Senior level partners basing on their experience and portfolio companies will try to figure out what are the common features of:

• Start-ups that have been most successful
• Start-ups that have failed
• Is it enough to mix successful start-up features to build a Unicorn
• Zlatolina Mukova, Partner, NEVEQ
• Ivana Šoljan, CEO, HUB385, Croatia
• Zaya Kadyrova, Principal, EBRD Venture Capital
• Moderator - Agnieszka Zielinska, Partner, Financial Advisory Services, Deloitte 

15:00 - 15:45

Panel Discussion

Observations of Fundraising Climate

•  Elodie Donjon, Investment Manager, European Investment Fund
• Monika Morali - Majkut, Chairman of the Investment Committee, PFR Ventures
• Anna Chmielewska, Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Moderator - Anna Rizova, Equity Partner, Wolf Theiss

15:45

One-one meetings + Networking

17:00

End of day 2

17:00

Closing / departures