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Seventh EBAN Congress - Stimulating the informal venture capital

Speakers' presentations at the Seventh EBAN Congress
DAY1

Welcome and opening addresses
Anthony Clarke, President of EBAN
Jaime Andrez, President of IAPMEI (PT)
Francisco Banha, President of Gesventure and FNABA (PT)
António d'Orey Capucho, President of the Municipality of Cascais (PT)

Key Note speech
António Castro Guerra, Secretary of State Assistant to the Minister and for Industry and Innovation (PT)

The relationship between angels and entrepreneurs
Joan Carles Martines and Pere Font, INPECTA SL (E)
Miguel Henriques, Director of Lena Business (PT)
Hans Bertram, Business Angel (NL)

Moderator: Maria Nilsson, SVCA (S)

Business activity in Portugal: from shadow to light
Miguel Athayde Marques, President of EURONEXT Lisbon (PT)
Luís Filipe Costa, CEO, InovCapital (PT)
António Neto da Silva, Vice-President of Business Angels Club (PT)
Duarte Simões de Carvalho, Board member of APBA (PT)
Paulo Andrez, President of Clube de Cascais (PT)
Ricardo Luz, President of Invicta Angels (PT)

Moderator: Jim Penberty, PERA (UK)

Parallel session 1: Best practice initiatives: the role of trade bodies
Claude Rameau, France Angels (FR)
Ute Günther, BAND (D)
Roger Piqué, CIDEM (E)

Moderator: Modwenna Rees-Mogg, Angel News (UK)

Parallel session 2: PRO-INNO initiative: a learning opportunity for innovation financing professionals and perspectives on trans-national investment projects for angels
Alex Talacchi, Unit D1 Innovation Policy Development, DG Enterprise and Industry
Jenny Tooth, EASY project
Helge Hardacker, Quantum Board GmbH (D)

Moderator: Domingos da Silva, President of Algarve Business Angels (PT)

Technology Support for Business Angel Networks
David S. Rose, CEO, Angelsoft (US)

Capacity building for angel investors
Jean-Claude Ettinger, Solvay Business School (B)
Brigitte Baumann, Angel Investing Academy - Go Beyond Ltd (CH, UK, MT, F)
Sally Goodsell, Ready for Equity project

Moderator: Uffe Bundgaard-Joergensen, InvestorNet/Gate2Growth (DK)

The Changing scene of business investing in the US
John May, Angel Capital Association (US)

DAY 2

Co-investment models
Bob Barnsley, Advantage Business Angels (UK)
Risto Kalske, Sitra (FIN)
Jacques Sciberras, Malta BAN (MT)
Luigi Amati, META Group (I)

Moderator: Martin Large, GLE (UK)

International perspective on angel financing
Ernesto Weber, President of Gávea Angels (Brazil)
Hugo Diaz, BANAC (GTM)
Judith Iglehart, Keiretsu Forum (US)

Moderator: Luis Bonina, Covilhã BA Club (PT)

Legal and fiscal framework for Portuguese BA
Rui Pedras, Board member of CMVM, Portuguese Securities Market Commission (PT)

Closing address
Anthony Clarke, President of EBAN

For more information about this event :
EBAN - Claire Munck, info@eban.org;
Gesventure – Francisco Banha, fbanha@gesbanha.pt;
PME Capital– Luís Filipe Costa luis.costa@pmecapital.pt;
IAPMEI– José Furtado jose.furtado@iapmei.pt;
City Hall of Cascais – Carlos Carreiras, carlos.carreiras@cm-cascais.pt