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20 November – Geneva (CH)
Webster University, Route de Collex 15, CH-1293 Bellevue
SLIDES of the Workshop accessible by clicking on the Presentations below
Event moderated by Brigitte Baumann, Member of the EBAN Executive Committee, CEO of Go Beyond Ltd
| 8.30 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
| 9.00 |
Welcome by Anthony Clarke, President of EBAN |
| 9.10 |
Presentation of the Swiss Angel Market
Christophe Beaud, President of ASBAN, CH |
| 9.30 |
Key note speech – The importance of family offices for business angel investing
Albert André Diversé, Research Associate, IMD
Andreas Schweitzer, Managing Director, MISTRAL |
| 10.00 |
Benchmarking business angel network performance: The US Experience
Study on: "Returns to Angel Investors in groups"
Marianne Hudson, Angel Capital Association (US) |
| 10.45 |
Coffee break |
| 11.15 |
Breakout sessions |
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Young BANs
"Teething troubles and possible remedies" |
Mature BANs |
| Moderator: Jacqueline Fendt,
Director Chair of Entrepreneurship,
ESCP-EAP European School of Management |
Moderator: Susan Kish, Director, First Tuesday Global |
 Business plan competitions to source new deals
Roland Kirchhof, BAND, D
Member acquisition strategy
Eric A. Favre, Business Angels Schweiz, CH
How to start a national federation?
Claude Rameau, France Angels, F |
Do BANs have to evolve into venture capital networks?
Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier, CTI Invest, CH
Reaching critical mass and building the sustainability of the networks
Christophe Guisset, BAMS, B
Lessons learnt from operating a co-investment fund
Rob Desborough,London Seed Capital,UK |
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| 12.15 |
Drawing World Attention to EBAN Member Technologies
Dr. Earnest Paylor, President, Worldtech International |
| 12.30 |
Presentation of Webster University
Presentation of Webster University "The Hub"
Deniz Saral, Chairman, Business and Management Programs
Managing Director, Centre For Entrepreneurial Creativity
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| 12.45 |
Lunch break |
| 13.45 |
Presentation of EBAN Congress 2008 and Third Award Ceremony |
| 13.55 |
Report from the working groups |
| 14.10 |
Working sessions: leveraging EBAN involvement in EU projects |
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EASY project: Investor syndication across borders |
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| Project update: Jenny Tooth, GLE, UK |
Project update: Sally Goodsell, Finance South East, UK |
| Interactive debate with the audience on project results and objectives |
Interactive debate with the audience on project results and objectives |
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| 15.00 |
Taking advantage of EU support
EU policies: impact on business angel activity and
Presentation of the Growth Investment Facility
Patrick Klein, European Commission, Directorate - General for Enterprise and Industry. |
| 15.30 |
EUREKA Presentation
EUROSTARS Presentation: Support programme for research-performing SMEs
Call for proposals
Franco Cozzani, Advisor to the ESE Director, EUREKA Secretariat |
| 15.45 |
Coffee break |
| 16.00 |
Presentation of CTI Invest
Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier, Managing Director, CTI Invest (CH)
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| Discussion on EBAN’s role in coming years- Report from EBAN’s working groups and short debate with audience |
| 16.10 |
Collaboration between EBAN and seed and early stage VCs funds
Luigi Amati, CEO, META Group (I) |
| 16.30 |
Collaboration between EBAN and venture funds and EVCA
Maria Nilsson, Head of Business Angel Relations, SVCA (S) |
| 16.50 |
Closing address by Anthony Clarke, President of EBAN |
*To be confirmed
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