Speakers

John Elkington

Founder & Chief Pollinator at Volans Volans

Kaija Pöysti

Angel investor & Business coach Aldanella

Kamila Zahradníčková

CEO Lakmoos AI

Erinch Sahan

Business and Enterprise Lead Doughnut Economics Action Lab

Vojtěch Koval

podcaster

Alžběta Králová

Founder & Director Ženský byznys, Institute of Political Marketing

Zuzana Zamborská

Co-founder Lumus Investment Collective

Jakub Henni

CEO for Czech market Munch/Nesnězeno

Dudu Gencel

Startup Services Teamleader Vienna Business Agency

Stanimir Markov

CEO Runecast

Lukáš Loun

Founder & CEO MAIA Labs

Jindřich Fialka

CEO & Lead Designer Qdesigners

Libor Hoření

Entrepreneur, Consultant JIC

Julie Dobrovolná

CEO & Co-founder Entrant

Kristýna Tmejová

Reporter Forbes CZ

Matthew DiFranco

Health Tech Innovation Expert

Markéta Filipenská

Startup specialist JIC

Vratislav Kalenda

Frontman, CEO and Co-founder Applifting

Elisabeth van Holthe tot Echten

Senior Program Manager Female Founders

Mairéad Roche

Associate Act Venture Capital

Jana Sedláková

Founder Sedláková Legal

Petr Bittner

Journalist, Podcaster

Lenka Novotná

Founder Plastia

Jan Bittner

Economist, analyst, podcaster

Gabriela Takáčová

Co-founder & Chief Business Officer Recombee

Karin Fuentesová

CEO & Founder Digitoo

Michal Nešpor

Partner Crowdberry

Cyril Klepek

Founder & Chairman of the Board Cyrkl.com

Tonda Ferdan

Co-founder Rebalance

Milan Šimek

CEO Sewio

Soňa Baranová

Host

Jindřich Fáborský

Founder Marketing Festival & Digisemestr

Petr Přidal

CEO Maptiler

Jan Dvořáček

FAB25 program leader FabLab Brno

Miloš Dendis

Angel Investor & Founding Partner, Dendis Capital Dendis Capital

Tomáš Kelar

Creative Director Pop Messe

Petr Žabka

Program manager Caelestinus Health Tech Incubator

Martin Bednář

Co-founder, CEO Health Monk, Joy Bucket

Deep MedChem

Redamp.io

Citymind

RoboTwin

Balance is Motion

CactuX

Scicake

IoMobility Solutions

Yedem

CodePushUp

Nekrachni

OneCalend.com

OpinioAI

Symfio

Program

Categories:

Stages

Stage A

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

20:00

21:00

22:00

23:00

00:00

01:00

Registration open 🎟️

12:00 - 13:00

Opening session | Sustainability supercharges innovation

13:00 - 13:55

☕ Coffee break

13:55 - 14:40

When business meets the Doughnut

14:40 - 15:25

☕ Coffee break

15:25 - 15:55

Stories of purpose-driven businesses

15:55 - 16:40

☕ Coffee break

16:40 - 17:25

From accountant to CEO: Revolutionizing fintech with AI

17:25 - 17:50

Women entrepreneurs in Czechia survey

17:50 - 18:10

Alžběta Králová

☕ Coffee break

18:10 - 18:40

Investing into female founders

18:40 - 19:05

Empowering women in tech

19:05 - 19:25

🧃 Break

19:25 - 19:40

Rebuilding Cyrkl for future resilience | ✌ Closing session

19:40 - 20:15

Cyril Klepek

🍹 Vote for your favorite Velvet Innovation cocktail!

20:30 - 01:00

🍸 Bartending Show

22:22 - 22:37

Stage B

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

20:00

21:00

22:00

23:00

00:00

01:00

Registration open 🎟️

12:00 - 13:00

☕ Coffee break

13:55 - 14:40

Health tech future: Opportunities, challenges and inspiration

14:40 - 15:00

The health tech startup playbook

15:00 - 15:25

☕ Coffee break

15:25 - 15:55

F(o)unding health tech startups

15:55 - 16:15

Runecast success story

16:15 - 16:40

☕ Coffee break

16:40 - 17:25

Brno spirit of innovation: Events shaping 2025

17:25 - 17:45

Sewio success story

17:45 - 18:10

☕ Coffee break

18:10 - 18:40

🎧 ŠKRTY podcast LIVE

18:40 - 19:25

🧃 Break

19:25 - 19:40

🍻 Afterparty: Bar, který neexistuje & Pivovar Harry

20:30 - 01:00

Stage C

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

20:00

21:00

22:00

23:00

00:00

01:00

Registration open 🎟️

12:00 - 13:00

☕ Coffee break

13:55 - 14:40

Sto skupin: Saving parents' sanity with social innovation

14:40 - 15:00

Jindřich Fialka

Scaling for impact: Nesnězeno story

15:00 - 15:25

☕ Coffee break

15:25 - 15:55

Lakmoos: From classroom to market success

15:55 - 16:20

How they do it in Vienna: Unlocking startup support

16:20 - 16:40

☕ Coffee break

16:40 - 17:25

From thesis to business

17:25 - 18:10

☕ Coffee break

18:10 - 18:40

🧃 Break

19:25 - 19:40

🍻 Afterparty: Bar, který neexistuje & Pivovar Harry

20:30 - 01:00

Startup Showcase

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

20:00

21:00

22:00

23:00

00:00

01:00

Registration open 🎟️

12:00 - 13:00

🚀 Pitch session

14:10 - 14:30

🚀 Pitch session

15:35 - 15:55

🚀 Pitch session

16:50 - 17:10

🚀 Pitch session

18:20 - 18:40

🧃 Break

19:25 - 19:40

🍻 Afterparty: Bar, který neexistuje & Pivovar Harry

20:30 - 01:00

Velvet Innovation Conference 2024

John Elkington

Kaija Pöysti

Kamila Zahradníčková

Erinch Sahan

Vojtěch Koval

Alžběta Králová

Zuzana Zamborská

Jakub Henni

Dudu Gencel

Stanimir Markov

Lukáš Loun

Jindřich Fialka

Libor Hoření

Julie Dobrovolná

Kristýna Tmejová

Matthew DiFranco

Markéta Filipenská

Vratislav Kalenda

Elisabeth van Holthe tot Echten

Mairéad Roche

Jana Sedláková

Petr Bittner

Lenka Novotná

Jan Bittner

Gabriela Takáčová

Karin Fuentesová

Michal Nešpor

Cyril Klepek

Tonda Ferdan

Milan Šimek

Soňa Baranová

Jindřich Fáborský

Petr Přidal

Jan Dvořáček

Miloš Dendis

Tomáš Kelar

Petr Žabka

Martin Bednář

Deep MedChem

Redamp.io

Citymind

RoboTwin

Balance is Motion

CactuX

Scicake

IoMobility Solutions

Yedem

CodePushUp

Nekrachni

OneCalend.com

OpinioAI

Symfio

Program

Categories:

Stage A

Registration open 🎟️

Opening session | Sustainability supercharges innovation

☕ Coffee break

When business meets the Doughnut

☕ Coffee break

Stories of purpose-driven businesses

☕ Coffee break

From accountant to CEO: Revolutionizing fintech with AI

Women entrepreneurs in Czechia survey

☕ Coffee break

Investing into female founders

Empowering women in tech

🧃 Break

Rebuilding Cyrkl for future resilience | ✌ Closing session

🍹 Vote for your favorite Velvet Innovation cocktail!

🍸 Bartending Show

Stage B

Registration open 🎟️

☕ Coffee break

Health tech future: Opportunities, challenges and inspiration

The health tech startup playbook

☕ Coffee break

F(o)unding health tech startups

Runecast success story