Мероприятия SPICE 2018–2019

Tech Open Air is an interdisciplinary technology festival. The 2018 edition opens June 19 - 22, 2018 TOA’s mission is to connect, grow and inspire the human spirit through interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and collaboration.
TOA.life is the best parts of the festival, made digital: TOA AAA. Unique stories
from tech’s brightest thinkers mashed-up with art, science, music, and, of course, the uninhibited TOA atmosphere — it’s all in TOA.life. It is about the technology at the intersection of culture, and the people who drive it forwards. It’s where tech builds bridges between music, art, and science. Now, you can plug right into our network, and experience all the insight, all from the top — all year round.

Super Early Bird Tickets (2 for one) are available until Jan 18, 2018

Contact: TOA Team

WWW: TOA Team

Email: hello@toaberlin.com

Echelon Asia Summit 2018 is the annual technology and business exhibition and conference that engages 5,000+ industry leaders and professionals in Singapore. Echelon is a platform providing
- Insights through 100+ speakers
- Connections through 300+ exhibitors
- Talent growth with hiring & training partners
- Funding with 500+ active APAC investors and corporates

Echelon also is looking for industry leaders as speakers, sponsors and community partners. Contact email

Contact: ECHELON Team

WWW: https://e27.co/echelon/asia/

Email: contact@e27.co

RISE 2018, produced by the team behind Web Summit, will be held in Hong Kong, July 9 – 12, 2018. In during recent six years, Web Summit has become Europe’s largest tech conference which last year attracted 53,000 attendees from 136 countries around the world.
In July 2018, people from the world’s biggest companies and most exciting startups will come to Hong Kong to share their stories and experiences. They will be joined by major global media, hundreds of investors and thousands of attendees for three days of networking. RISE 2018 expects more than 14,000 attendees from 90 countries and about 600 startups.
Preparing the event, RISE hosts pitch competitions in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Beijing, Bangkok and Shanghai. The top 5 startups in each city will compete in a live onstage pitch battle in front of a distinguished panel to win a free ALPHA exhibition stand at RISE 2018.

Contact: RISE Team

WWW: https://riseconf.com

Email: info@riseconf.com

In 2016 Startup Armenia organized the first Sevan Startup Summit, a tent camp business forum. Participants, at the shores of lake Sevan share mode of life, get new knowledge, compete, win and have fun. The Summit gathers startups and investors from all over the world and gives them all an opportunity to cooperate.
In 2018 the Summit became international as Seaside Startup Summit held in UAE, Ras al Khaimah in early February and in India, Goa in early March.
In Armenia the Sevan Startup Summit 2018 will be held again at Lake Sevan from July 22 -  29, 2018 with startups to present their ideas and learn. This Summit also will offer a Gala event of the previous Summits held earlier this year. Workshops with trainers and professionals from different countries are part of the educational program. The workshops are designed to cover the most demanded topics for the seed and early stage startups.

Contact: SSS Team

WWW: https://seasidestartupsummit.com/Sevan/

Email: info@sss.am

Towards sustainable cities and communities: fostering innovation ecosystems” is the headline for the 35^th IASP World Conference to be held in Isfahan, Iran, September 2-5, 2018.
IASP has invited to propose contributions to this conference with the deadline October 25, 2017.
There is a wide range of topics to choose from.  4 plenary sessions and further 7 parallel sessions offer many different topics under the general headline of the event.

For link to detailed information about the call for contributions see website

Contact: Francesca Antoniazzi

Venue: www.iasp2018isfahan.com

Email: papers@iasp.ws

Held annually since 2013 the DDL Tel Aviv Innovation Festival is boosting top technological talent, the highest venture capital investments per capital and multi-national centers for industry leaders such as Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, EMC, Microsoft, GM, Amdocs, SAP, Applied Materials, Facebook, Orange, Cisco Israel etc. Tel Aviv is the best location to get up close and personal with the entire Hi-tech hub.
The festival will be held in the unique complex of Hatachana "The Station" that was developed and rejuvenated as one of the city’s most charming spots. A special emphasis was put on the restoration of the historic buildings’ original designs and on the open public area that was created between the restored buildings.

Contact: Guy Koren

WWW: https://www.dldtelaviv.com

Email: guy@oscar4b.com

Startupnight Berlin, an initiative of Telekom Open Space at Deutsche Telekom, is where Europe’s startups present themselves to corporates, investors and potential customers. It will take place with 5000+ participants and 250+ startups from around the world in categories like mobility, energy, communication, AI, VR, AR, health, fintech and many more. Startupnight offers a great opportunity to get valuable information, meet interesting and experienced people from around the world, meet investors and corporates and to expand your network - not only at the exhibition, but also at the conference.

The Startup Night, one of Europe largest events for startups already started with the Road to Berlin. It offers several smaller Startupnights in Munich on June 7, Cologne on June 28 and Aachen on July 6. These events consist of exhibitions, pitch sessions and awards. The winner will get a ticket for the Startupnight Berlin with all travel costs paid.

Contact: Startupnight Team

WWW: www.startupnight.net

Email: community@startupnight.net

The BVIZ Annual Conference 2018 will be held in Berlin, Sep 9 - 11, 2018. The event will celebrate the 30^th anniversary of BVIZ, German Federal Association of Innovation, Technology and Business Incubation Centers and will be hosted by BBB Management GmbH that operates the Biotech Park Berlin-Buch and the Biomedical Innovation and Business Incubation Center Berlin-Buch.

Contact: BVIZ Team

Email: bviz@innovationszentren.de

The annual confernce of Brazil’s asscoation of technoparks and innovation Centers, ANPROTEC will be held Sep 17 – 20, 2018 in Goiania.
To reach the various audiences linked to entrepreneurship and innovation, Anprotec and Sebrae organizes annual Anprotec Conferences, considered the biggest innovative entrepreneurship event in Latin America. Activities include mini-courses, forums and workshops as well as plenary and interactive meetings attended by a growing public.

Contact: Aksara Somchinda

WWW: conferenciaanprotec.com.br/

Email: aksara@anprotec.org.br

Bits & Pretzels is an application-only, three-day festival that connects 5,000 founders, investors, startup enthusiasts, and all other decision-makers of the startup ecosystem. The festival takes place in a unique setting around the Oktoberfest in Munich. The most successful founders from all around the world, as well as young aspiring entrepreneurs, will meet at the event for inspiration, learning, and matchmaking. On the last day, all attendees and speakers come together in one tent with one goal: liquid networking.

Contact: Bits&Pretzels Team

WWW: www.bitsandpretzels.com/

Email: hello@bitsandpretzels.com

The annual Entrepreneurship Summit in Berlin, organized by Stiftung Entrepreneurship, is one of the largest startup events in Europe.  More than 100 experienced entrepreneurs and experts will mingle with 1,500+ attendees. Workshops and competitions offer insights for different target groups – from beginners to experienced entrepreneurs.
The next summit will take place Oct. 6 + 7, 2018. Early Bird tickets are already available at website

Contact: ES Team

WWW: entrepreneurship.de/summit/

Email: stiftung@entrepreneurship.de

With over 100K visitors, key players from every industry, government decision makers, corporate buyers, innovators and futurists, Gitex Technology Week Dubai can be considered the #1 tech event in Asia, Middle East & Africa and the largest meeting platform of MENA government entities, global corporates, start-ups. meet for business access to emerging markets, buyers and governments from 130+ countries. Gitex has more than 4,700 exhibitors from over 97 countries covering 20 tech sectors, 10 industry verticals offering targeted and industry focused opportunities. The week includes 8 power conferences in 10 sectors offering 100+ hours of content as well as free-to-attend insights on the latest cutting edge advancements.
The XLabs are the space for live discussions and demo tech. The 'invite only’ Executive Briefings are attracting key industry executives. Ministry Connect offers exclusive meetings and connections with country delegations and GITEX Majlis Lounge is an exclusive program for the industry’s top C-level executives while ConneXions Lounge is providing all participants have the opportunity to hold closed door meetings. The Global Source @GITEX is an easy-to-use online portal enabling buyers with live projects to find the right vendor.
And the competition GITEX Student Lab invites the next generation technology.

Contact: Gitex Team

WWW: www.gitex.com

Email: info@gitex.com

The SIA Summit 2018 marks the highlight of this year’s Social Impact Award program. It will be gathering the winners of the SIA Award, young social innovators from 19 countries in Europe and beyond.
The event will be gathering all impact ventures that won the Social Impact Award in 2017 as well as representatives of all organizations that implement the program in all SIA countries. The Summit serves as an opportunity to engage with national and international stakeholders of the Social Impact Award in an interactive and collaborative manner.
The Social Impact Award was initiated in 2009 by the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the University for Economy in Vienna.

Contact: SIA Team

WWW: www.socialimpactaward.at

Email: info@socialimpactaward.net

The annual conference "Coworking Europre" this year will take place in Amsterdam. 500 attendees from all around Europe, North America and beyond are expected to attend. More than fifty speakers and panelists will share their thoughts and best practices with an audience made out of coworking space operators, facility managers, real estate pundits as well as city councils representatives, public development agencies, universities or startup incubator managers.
The concept of coworking is based interpersonal relationships and on the development of exchange communities, with people sharing values of openness, collaboration and readiness for change. Public institutions and companies are considering Coworking as a source of inspiration in order to implement new working, innovation and collaboration approaches.

Contact: Jean-Yves Huwart

WWW: https://coworkingeurope.net/

Email: jy@socialworkplaces.com

AfricArena was held for the first time November 6-7, 2017 in Cape Town as a “one-stop shop” for deal making.  This year Africarena will come back to Cape Town on Nov 15 – 16, 2018 expecting 1,000 investors to attend as founder Christophe Viarnaud announced at a press conference.
The conference will present Africa’s best startups and innovators to the audience of local and international investors. Presenting startups will be identified through pitches during the AfricArena tour that will cover six African countries during coming months. On this agenda are challenges in Mauritius (May 2), Reunion Island (3 May 3), Nairobi (June13), Casablanca (July4), Lagos (July18) and, Dakar (September19). The challenge winners for each of these places will receive an all-expenses-paid invitation to attend the AfricArena in Cape Town.

Contact: Christophe Viarnaud

WWW: http://africarena2018.com/

Email: cviarnaud@methys.com

sTARTUp Day is the largest business festival in the Baltic States bringing together the startup and business community. It's a flagship event where startuppers and traditional entrepreneurs, experts and newbies, government and media will loudly and proudly discuss early stage businesses. 2,600 attendees coudl be counted at the sTARTU Day 2017.
sTARTUp Day is an event where people who have thought about creating their own startup can get the necessary motivation and actually go through with their idea. It’s an event where everyday people with an interest in startups and technology can meet others with similar interests and grow their network. 
We want to encourage people to become more entrepreneurial and innovative, give ideas on how to avoid common mistakes and create collaborations between entrepreneurs, startups, corporations and ecosystem organizations.

If you do not want to miss the next sTARTUp Day. The first 200 Early Early Bird tickets are available already now

Contact: Ermo Tikk

WWW: https://startupday.ee/

Email: ermo.tikk@startupday.ee