COVID-19 is demonstrating how dependent the world has become on remote connectivity, communication and other space applications. The current crisis is accelerating transformation of the world economy to a new technical and social paradigm, in which space will continually play a bigger and more prominent role. In this series of 6 webinars Space Live Talks, organized by NewSpace Capital and EBAN Space, we aim to do a full coverage on COVID-19 impact on space from market to investors, institutions and regulations. Join us for the entire week of 25 May of live online conversations with leading minds of the space industry and discover how space gains further importance and continues to attract investments from private and public sectors. "Space economy stimulation by public sector" 28th May at 11 AM CEST                                                                                             Sarah Fleischer                                    Talal M. Al Kaissi                                      Karl Rodrigues     Economic Advisor                                 Advisor – Strategic Projects      Executive Director, National and International at Luxembourg Space Agency                 at UAE Space Agency                          Engagement at Australian Space Agency     Moderator: Bogdan Gogulan, CEO and Managing Partner at NewSpace Capital  

  COVID-19 is demonstrating how dependent the world has become on remote connectivity, communication and other space applications. The current crisis is accelerating transformation of the world economy to a new technical and social paradigm, in which space will continually play a bigger and more prominent role. In this series of 6 webinars Space Live Talks, organized by NewSpace Capital and EBAN Space, we aim to do a full coverage on COVID-19 impact on space from market to investors, institutions and regulations. Join us for the entire week of 25 May of live online conversations with leading minds of the space industry and discover how space gains further importance and continues to attract investments from private and public sectors. "Entrepreneurs view on COVID-19 crisis – what can they do to survive or benefit from it?" 29th May at 11 AM CEST                                                                                                        Chune Yung Lam                                             Omar Qaise                                                Elaine Scott   CEO at SpeQtral Singapore                Founder and CEO at OQ Technology                   Centre Manager at                                                                                                                                                    North East Satellite Applications                                                                                                                                                           Centre of Excellence                                                                                                                                                  Moderator: Daniel Biedermann, Independent business consultant on space ecosystem  

Venez nous rejoindre vendredi 29 mai de 16h00 à 18h00 pour en savoir plus sur "L’IA dans votre vie quotidienne" avec des experts de renommée mondiale, des entrepreneurs et investisseurs du Québec et de Sophia Antipolis/Nice Métropole.

EMERGE is an international tech conference about new technologies and building global products. This year the event will take place online on June 1–3 and will bring together thousands of participants. Especially for investors, a closed Venture Night program will be streamed. The two-day program includes panel discussions with partners from Atomico, Flint Capital, Hoxton Ventures, TA Ventures, Acrobator Ventures, etc. Mr. Peter Cowley, President of EBAN, and Tim Draper, one of the pioneers in venture capital in Silicon Valley, will be a part of the program. EMERGE team has already received over 500 applications from startups from 30+ countries. There is a special offer for EBAN Members, contact info@eban.org  

What do SMEs and startups need to come out of this current crisis strong? For the past few months all economies worldwide have been in the tight grip of an unprecedented pandemic crisis of a historic dimension that affects literally all realms of public and private life, that costs human life and vast amounts of money, that disrupts the economic, social and political order of the life as we have known it so far. With the uncertainty of how and when and at what final cost this crisis will come to an end society has to come to terms with the new situation and find ways how to best react to it. We all need to face the fact that there is not only an immediate short term threat to our health and lives but experts agree that also the expected economic fallout will be immense. The actual numbers and forecasts suggest that a large numbers of SMEs and start-ups worldwide will not survive this Covid-19 crisis. It is in our common interest and our common duty to attempt to make an appropriate analysis/evaluation of the likely consequences and to suggest and initiate the necessary actions to be taken. The foremost interest in this roundtable discussion is to analyze, comment and evaluate: the imminent risks for the Greek ecosystem with particular focus on SMEs and startups what economic and governmental assistance they need in order to survive this crisis the attempt of an outlook how they may remain viable after the crisis  

  EBAN, CorkBIC and the European Investment Project Portal and key partners Cork City Council, Cork County Council and EY are pleased to invite you to the Changing Worlds Online Webinar, an afternoon event on Thursday June 11th including: Deep Tech Dive Panel Discussion on Disruption Across Sectors due to COVID-19 with a focus on Data & AI and Medtech Fireside Interviews with Leading Entrepreneurs, Investors and Corporates Global Investor Challenge – pitching event for Startups & Scaleups Speakers Include: Hermann Hauser – Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Julian Costley – Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Edna Conway – VP & GM, Global Security, Risk & Compliance, Azure at Microsoft Neil Gibson, Chief Economist, EY Thursday June 11th 2020 13:00 – 15:50 (Irish Time) 14:00 – 16:50 (CEST Time)

17 June at 14:00 PM CEST DLTs & Blockchain are as powerful as they are mysterious: knowledge of the technology often fails to reach interested parties, and its applications are largely unexplored. Join us on June 17th at 14:00 CEST with Edward Vali – General Partner at Accelerate Venture Partners – and Soulla Louca – Professor and Director of the Blockchain Initiative at the University of Nicosia – who will offer key insights about DLTs education and investing, and on how investors, innovators and businesses can achieve relevant know-how to tackle opportunities in the field. The webinar is organised as part of the DLT4All project.                 Speaker: Edward Vali General Partner at Accelerate Venture Partners Edward Vali is general partner at Accelerate Venture Partners, a boutique venture investment and advisory specialized in technology investments - is a blockchain expert, cryptocurrency enthusiast, and a venture investor. He is one of the early adopters of digitalized assets supporting and utilizing technologies for decentralized economies. Edward has also been a part time associate professor of accounting and finance at Copenhagen Business School for several years. His research and teaching focused predominantly on capital market studies. Edward has been a contributor to the European Commission’s PRISM project on Intellectual Capital in venture-backed investments. He is currently engaged with advising several blockchain projects, ranging from payment and exchange to distributed general artificial intelligence.     Speaker: Soulla Louca Soulla Louca is one of the first academics to get involved in blockchain technologies (2014) when she assumed the responsibility of the Blockchain Initiative at the University of Nicosia. The Blockchain Initiative has designed and developed the first MSc worldwide in Digital Currency, the technology for publishing academic certificates on the blockchain and organized several events including Decentralized 2017. She is a professor in the Management & MIS Department as well as the Director of the Blockchain Initiative at the University of Nicosia.  

The Climate-KIC Investor Marketplace has launched the #Dealstream series where investors from all over the world can tune in to see the latest startups featured on the Investor Marketplace platform. The initiative presents some of the sharpest minds and teams with the lastest cleantech investment opportunities from across Climate-KIC's pan-European community of entrepreneurs. The next episode in the series will take place on the 17th of June at 15:00. EBAN members are invited to join the stream at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WP0dK2ZM_U. The first episode of Deal stream featured 5 teams from Imperial College London and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1GhFS5Hnm8&t=133s. Read more about the 5 teams in the marketplace here: https://www.climate-kic.org/marketplace/find-startups/?event=dealstreamuk

18 June at 15:00 PM CEST The European Green Deal is the Union’s new growth strategy for the next decade, aiming to create new businesses and jobs, and to trigger more investment. It is designed to build a European market which will allow Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. It is fundamental that reaching this goal will not exclude anyone, guaranteeing a socially fair and just transition for all. During this webinar we will hear how the European Union wants to guide the transition towards climate-neutrality while safeguarding social inclusion, and which financial mechanisms will encourage this. Moreover, we will uncover which role the investors for impact can play in the Just Transition. Finally, we will learn why and how the European Green Deal, which puts both people and planet at its core, should also be the European long-term answer to the ongoing Corona crisis.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud services arm of Amazon, works with startups globally to help them launch and scale. Through EBAN's partnership with the AWS Activate program, startups in our community are eligible for $10,000 in AWS Promotional Credit, along with all other benefits of the program. During this webinar, Startup Mentor Anna C Mallon will be introducing the AWS Activate program and how to claim all the perks that your startup is entitled to. Anna will share how to claim the free credits and get support for Go-To-Market, Co-Marketing and more. Solutions Architect and former founder, Anton Popovine, will then do a technical on-boarding session during which he will share ideas and inspiration on scalable startup infrastructures and how best to leverage the free credits for AWS technologies - spanning computing and storage all the way to security, compliance, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and app development.       Speaker: Anton Popovine Startup Solutions Architect for Amazon Web Services Anton Popovine works as a Startup Solutions Architect for Amazon Web Services. Having had experience both being a Founder & CTO and working as a software engineer for larger companies, he is now helping startups to build awesome products in the cloud..