9:00 am - 10:30 am

Registration & Coffee

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10:30 am - 11:20 am

Formal Opening & Ceremony

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Speaker:

Governor Riad Salameh, Dr. Francois Bassil, Mr. Mohamad Chouceir, Ambassador Tom Fletcher, [Moderator] Marianne Hoayek

11:20 am - 11:40 am

Opening Keynote

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Speaker:

Alexander Asseily, Jawbone+State

11:40 am - 12:30 pm

Startup Success Stories – Panel

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Speaker:

Jean Nehme, Mark Haidar, Ramzi Rizk, Imad Riachi, [Moderator] Alexander Asseily

12:30 pm - 12:50 pm

Coffee Break

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12:50 pm - 1:10 pm

Big in Europe – Keynote

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Speaker:

Loraine Habib, Bla Bla Car

1:10 pm - 2:00 pm

Europe’s Startup Ecosystem: Opportunities & Challenges – Panel

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Speaker:

Karin Venneri, Thijl Klerkx, Dimitris Kalavros, Aiste Lehmann, Leen Segers, [Moderator] Jean Nehme

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Lunch

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2:50 pm - 3:10 pm

Investing in Asia – Keynote

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Speaker:

Michael Lints, Golden Gates Ventures

3:10 pm - 4:00 pm

Asia’s Startup Ecosystem: Opportunities & Challenges – Panel

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Speaker:

Adrianna Tan, Kalina King, Darius Cheung, Mario Berta, Elias Ghanem, [Moderator] Michael Lints

4:00 pm - 4:20 pm

The Knowledge Economy – Keynote

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Speaker:

Jean Nehme, Touch Surgery

4:20 pm - 5:10 pm

The Other Knowledge Economy – Panel

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Speaker:

Hassane Slaiby, Jamil Corbane, Antoine Saab, Hind Hobeika, [Moderator] Mark Haidar

5:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Big Data & Business – Keynote

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Speaker:

Ramzi Rizk, EyeEm

5:30 pm - 5:50 pm

Coffee Break

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5:50 pm - 6:40 pm

Lightning Round – Startup Competition

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Speaker:

[Moderator] Charlie Brown

6:40 pm - 6:50 pm

Announcing the Finalists – Startup Competition

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Speaker:

Charlie Brown

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Registration & Coffee

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9:30 am - 10:20 am

Lebanon’s Ecosystem – Panel

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Speaker:

[Moderator] Mike Butcher, Nicolas Sehanoui, Mohamad Rabah, Yasser Akkaoui, Hala Fadel

10:20 am - 10:40 am

Innovation in Emerging Markets – Keynote

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Speaker:

Paul Papadimitriou, Intelligencr

10:40 am - 11:30 am

Lebanon’s Investors – Panel

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Speaker:

[Moderator] Mike Butcher, Marwan Kheireddine, Maroun Chammas, Walid Hanna, Henri Asseily, Maurice Sehnaoui

11:30 am - 11:50 am

Coffee Break

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11:50 am - 12:10 pm

From Silicon Valley to the World – Keynote

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Speaker:

Jambu Palaniappan, UBER

12:10 pm - 1:00 pm

USA’s Startup Ecosystem: Opportunities & Challenges – Panel

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Speaker:

Deven Soni, Melissa Ablett, Mark Haidar, Vitaly Golomb, [Moderator] Paul Papadimitriou

1:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Investing: How To – Fireside

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Speaker:

Paul Bragiel, i/o Ventures, [Moderator] Mike Butcher

1:20 pm - 2:10 pm

Accelerators – Panel

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Speaker:

Gary Stewart, Stefan Gantchev, Elise Nebout, Ramez Mohamad, Mike Butcher, [Moderator] Paul Bragiel

2:10 pm - 3:00 pm

Lunch

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3:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Shaping Entrepreneurs – Fireside

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Speaker:

Kalina King, General Assembly, [Moderator] Gary Stewart

3:20 pm - 4:00 pm

Expats as Entrepreneurs – Panel

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Speaker:

Ivan Hernandez, Jonathan Geisen, Alina Gratschner, Rani Saad, [Moderator] Leen Segers

4:00 pm - 5:10 pm

Interventions

The Case for Corporate Accelerators by Gary Stewart, Sell Sell Sell by Mario Berta, De-Risking Startups by Hafez Virjee, Connecting Entrepreneurs by Till Ohrmann, Don’t be a Wantrepreneur by Vitaly Golomb…

Speaker:

[Moderator] Paul Papadimitriou

5:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Blueprints for Success – Closing Speech

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Speaker:

Marianne Hoayek

5:30 pm - 5:50 pm

Coffee Break

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5:50 pm - 6:00 pm

Introduction to Seedstars World

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Speaker:

Charlie Brown

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Finalists Round – Startup Competition

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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm

Coffee Break

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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm

Announcing the Winner – Startup Competition

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Speaker:

Charlie Brown

20 Thursday, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

BDL Circular 331: Legal and Practical Issues (Arabic)

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Speaker:

Dr. Georges Abi Rizk & Me. Ray Yazbek, Banque du Liban

20 Thursday, 12:50 pm - 1:30 pm

Sales and Cash Flow Management

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Speaker:

Jade Dagher, AMIDEAST Entrepreneur Institute

20 Thursday, 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Feeding the Entrepreneurial Fire: From Ideas to Reality

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Speaker:

Dr. Josiane Fahed-Sreih, LAU

20 Thursday, 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm

10 Things to Know when Branding your Startup

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Speaker:

Firas Mghames & Rebecca Mourani, Beirut Digital District

20 Thursday, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Master your Pitch and get the Money

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Speaker:

Henri Asseily, Leap Ventures/ MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab

21 Friday, 9:30 am - 10:15 am

BDL Circular 331: Legal and Practical Issues (Arabic)

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Speaker:

Dr. Georges Abi Rizk & Me. Ray Yazbek, Banque du Liban

21 Friday, 10:15 am - 10:45 am

Mentoring – Empowering Entrepreneurialism and Leadership Development and Success

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Speaker:

Nadine Asmar - Lebanon, Thana'a Al Khasawneh - Jordan, Mowgli

21 Friday, 10:45 am - 11:30 am

From Concept to Product

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Speaker:

Scott Harper, Dialexa

21 Friday, 11:50 am - 12:20 pm

Resolving Difficult Relationships

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Speaker:

Hafez Virjee, Delos

21 Friday, 12:20 pm - 12:50 pm

Fundraising for Startups

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Speaker:

Michael Lints, Golden Gate Ventures

21 Friday, 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm

Protecting Shareholders’ Rights in an Opaque Environment: A Case for Corporate Governance

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Speaker:

Yasser Akkaoui, Executive Magazine

21 Friday, 1:20 pm - 2:20 pm

Grow your Startup

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Speaker:

Dina Shawar, Alia Sheikh, Youssef Hamidaddin, Oasis500

21 Friday, 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

The Art of Bootstrapping

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Speaker:

Mark Haidar, Dialexa

21 Friday, 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm

Visualise your Blueprint

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Speaker:

Diala Lteif & Vrouyr Joubanian, ALBA

21 Friday, 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

How a Startup could become Investment Ready

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Speaker:

Walid Hanna, MEVP