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Since 2011 alumni of the Top500 Innovators Programme have organized meet up to boost cooperation between science and business.
This year we would like to jump…
BEYOND IMAGINATION!
…when imagination boost the innovation then everything is getting possible. There are no limits and all elements can be puzzled into future reality.
You will see and meet:
VIP representants: of US and GB Embassy as well as Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology and The City of Wroclaw.
Keynote speakers from US.
20 CEO’s of most promising technology start up’s during discussion panels: MED TECH, BIO TECH, SPACE, INDUSTRY 4.0
8 extraordinary workshops with 10 tools as canvas for participants after workshops.
Pitch Deck with VC investors for authors of innovative ideas.
Moderated networking sessions and banquet for even better networking.
This year for the first time the Top 500 meet-up and PAMI will take place together to make the innovation impact even stronger.
Our extraordinary meet-up is an open event for everybody who wants to build a strong and open innovation ecosystem.
We will prepare for you:
Keynotes heart-warming speeches, Pitch Deck for innovators, Affiliates Brokerage Event, networking with our gests from US and GB Embassy and Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
An opening session (9.05) will be conducted in English as well as keynote speeches without translation. Other agenda parts will be led in Polish.
POLSKI
Od 2011 roku absolwenci Programu Stażowego TOP500 Innovators organizują Meet Up, którego celem jest pobudzenie rzeczywistej współpracy między nauką a biznesem.
W tym roku odważnie skaczemy…
BEYOND IMAGINATION!
…bo myślimy, że warto marzyć. Gdy marzymy wszystko jest możliwe. Granice nie istnieją, a puzzle składają się w całość.
Już w maju zaplanowaliśmy dla Was:
Spotkanie z reprezentantami ambasad: amerykańskiej i brytyjskiej, przedstawicielami Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego, Politechniki Wrocławskiej i Gminy Wrocław.
Wystąpienia mówców z USA.
Panele dyskusyjne, podczas których poznacie 20 prezesów spółek technologicznych działających w obszarach: Med Tech, Bio Tech, Space, Industry 4.0.
8 bardzo ciekawych warsztatów szkoleniowych, podczas których otrzymacie 10 narzędzi do późniejszego stosowania w praktyce.
Pitch Deck podczas którego pomysłodawcy i zespoły innowacyjne będą mogły przedstawić swoje pomysły przed inwestorami funduszy VC.
Moderowane sesje networkingowe.
W tym roku po raz pierwszy Meet up TOP500 i PAMI łączą się by dostarczyć Wam jeszcze większą dawkę wiedzy, kontaktów i inspiracji.
Nasze wydarzenie kierujemy do wszystkich osób, które interesuje rozwój nauki, nowoczesnych technologii i innowacyjnych biznesów.
Przygotowaliśmy dla Was:
Spotkania z mówcami motywacyjnymi, Pitch Deck dla pomysłodawców innowacyjnych przedsięwzięć, sesje networkingowe i okazje do spotkań z gośćmi z USA i Wielkiej Brytanii oraz Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego.
Sesja otwierająca (9.05) i przemówienia mówców z USA będą prowadzone w języku angielskim, pozostała część konferencji będzie prowadzona w języku polskim.
Get viable knowledge based on the experience of successful startup founders and specialists. Learn new skills that will change the way you act.
Meet world-class experts in innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. Hear the stories of startups that have grown worldwide.
The event brings together the Top 500 Innovators, our partners and people excited about the innovation. Come and meet like-minded people!
Complete information about the 8TH ANNUAL MEET-UP
THE TOP500 INNOVATORS ASSOCIATION and POLISH-AMERICAN INNOVATION BRIDGE (PAMI).
version: 07/05/2019
We are excited to share with you this year’s keynote speakers.
San Francisco State University & Mangoroot
Startup Ecosystems group at EI2, Georgia Institute of Technology
Distinguished speakers, presenters, and panelists…
Liberating Structures Wroclaw
Bury & Bury
Bioceltix
Top 500 Innovators
Mit Enterprise Forum CEE
Łukasiewicz Network Research
PORT
Kell Ideas
Strefa Energii
San Francisco State University & Mangoroot
Alphamoon
DFR Inwestycyjny
Biolumo
Startup Ecosystems group at EI2, Georgia Institute of Technology
SensoriumLab
Pure Biologics and Captor Therapeutics
TEDxWroclaw
Neurosys
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
GlobalLogic
Prometeia Innovation Fund
Krzysztof Kubasek Design Studio
SatRevolution
Top 500 Innovators
Selfmakers
ToopLoox
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Health Inn Med
Space is More
Infermedica
Intech PK
Vigo System
Tar Heel Capial Pathfinder
Top 500 Innovators
British Embassy Warsaw
SmartSoft Solutions
eMedica
InnoEnergy
ABB Poland
Conversari Global
SDS Optic
SDS Optic
U.S. Consulate Krakow
Value Creation
University of Economics Wroclaw
Top 500 Innovators
Nestmedic
360 DEGREES
Bioavlee
University of Wroclaw
The official languages of the confenrence are Polish and English. Unless stated explicitly, all sessions listed in the programme will be conducted in Polish.
The entire program in a downloadable form is available here.
17:00
30
Reception and Hall
90 min
Room 133 and Hall
90 min
Room 114
(casual/business casual attire)
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Forma Płynna Bar
09:00
30min
Reception & Hall
60min
Room 10AC
Lynne Henkiel, Director of Innovation Ecosystems in the Startup Ecosystems group at EI2, Atlanta, USA “Entrepreneur training methodology - a new way of looking at an old subject”
30min
Room 10AC & Room 10D
Lynne Henkiel is the Director of Innovation Ecosystems in the Startup Ecosystems group at Georgia Institute of Technology. Lynne has been involved in developing EI²’s innovative incubation practices, aiding communities in developing their entrepreneur base through research, education and practice. She is the developer of the incubation health assessments tool and instrumental in developing our […]
11:30
30min
Hall
120min
Main Auditorium
14:00
60min
SKS
60min
Room 10AC & Room 10D
30min
Room 10AC
Coffee & networking moderated by Patrycja Sosnowska - Buxton, Conversari (in English) Host: Patrycja Radek, TOP500 Innovators, Wrocław University of Economics
60min
Hall
The agenda and other details about the general assembly of the Top500 Innovators Association will be provided to the members separately.
150min
Room 10AC
(business/business casual attire)
120min
Wodnik Hotel
09:00
30min
Reception and Hall
30min
Hall
Arek Goetz, Professor, Department of Mathematics, San Francisco State University, USA "Catch a moment. Childhood passions and the perseverance in repeated failures.” At the end: The award ceremony for the winners of “Liga Niezwykłych Umysłów”.
30min
Room 10AC
Professor Arek Goetz is an active researcher in Dynamical Systems, an academic instructor, and an e-learning entrepreneur. He also holds a tenured full professorship at San Francisco State University. Educated in Poland and the US, Goetz graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1996 with a doctoral degree in pure mathematics. Since then […]
75min
Room 10AC
11:45
30min
Hall
120min
Rooms 113, 114, 115 and 10D
75min
Room 10AC & Room 10D
15:30
15min
Room 10AC
15:45
30min
SKS
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology is the leading scientific and educational centre in Poland. Its position among technical universities in both Europe and the rest of the world is increasing every year. Development of the University is confirmed by research potential, didactics at the highest level, innovation and also cooperation with industry. The University educates specialists who are valued and sought after in the labour market.
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology is an inheritor of the tangible property of the German University Königliche Technische Hochschule Breslau, and also the intellectual and scientific heritage of Lviv Polytechnic.
The University, as Wroclaw University of Technology, has been operating since 1945. Its creators and organizers were scientists from Lviv and Warsaw. From the very beginning it was an important centre of technical education. Today it is one of the biggest and best technical universities in the country with 34,000 students being educated by 2000 academic teachers in 16 faculties.
The rating of the University is confirmed by the results that the University achieves in annual rankings, such as the “Perspektywy”, “Wprost” or “U-Multirank” ranking of Higher Education Institutions, in which it continues to occupy the top position.
Located on the main campus of the University, in the vicinity of Grunwaldzki Square is one of the city’s major transport nodes and an important commercial site. It has direct, easily accessible connections with the historic city center, main railway/bus stations, and numerous hotels.
Congress Hall with an area of over 700 square metres (620 seats) – one of the largest halls of its kind in Wrocław and the region.
Infrastructure: a fully equipped multimedia facility, including multimedia projectors, sound system, variable lighting system, Wi-Fi.
The Congress Centre is a perfect site for organizing various congresses, scientific and technical conferences, company events, trainings, panel discussions and promotional events.
Wrocław (Polish: [ˈvrɔt͡swaf]; German: Breslau [ˈbʁɛslaʊ]; Czech: Vratislav; Latin: Vratislavia) is a city in western Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 350 kilometres (220 mi) from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. The population of Wrocław in 2018 was 639,258, making it the fourth-largest city in Poland and the main city of Wrocław agglomeration. Source of the above photograph.
Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over a thousand years, and its extensive heritage combines almost all religions and cultures of Europe. At various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy, Prussia and Germany. Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945, as a result of the border changes after the Second World War, which included a nearly complete exchange of population.
Wrocław is a university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most youthful cities in the country. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the University of Wrocław, previously Breslau University, produced 9 Nobel Prize laureates and is renowned for its high quality of teaching.
Wrocław is classified as a Gamma-global city by GaWC. It was placed among the top 100 cities in the world for the quality of life by the consulting company Mercer.
The city hosted the Eucharistic Congress in 1997 and the Euro 2012 football championships. In 2016, the city was a European Capital of Culture and the World Book Capital. Also in this year, Wrocław hosted the Theatre Olympics, World Bridge Games and the European Film Awards. In 2017, the city was the host of the IFLA Annual Conference and the World Games.
For more details on Wroclaw and available tours, visit https://visitwroclaw.eu/en
Airport
For more information about the Copernicus Airport Wroclaw, we invite you to visit the website at http://airport.wroclaw.pl/en/
Trains
As the main communication hub in south-west Poland, Wroclaw is easily accessible by train. The connections lead to all major polish cities (including Warsaw, Krakow, and Poznan).
Station departures (odjazdy) are listed on the yellow timetables and arrivals (przyjazdy) on the white ones. Check the large digital display board for the number of the platform (peron). Visit the Polish railways website at http://rozklad.pkp.pl – which has limited but effective English language functionality – to check the times ahead of traveling. Tickets can be purchased online at http://intercity.pl.
If you need any help, please do not hesitate to contact us : top500meetup@googlegroups.com
Here is the list of recommended hotels and hostels.
Hotel HP Park Plaza Wroclaw: Guests of the conference can reserve a standard room incl. breakfast (10 rooms available) at 10% discount using the code “Top500Innovators”. The offer is valid between 7-10.05.2019. The discount can be claimed by email hpwroclaw@hotelepark.pl.
HART Hostel & Art: Guests of the conference can use the code “TOP500Innovators” to obtain a 15% discount. Discounted reservations can only be made by email at hostelhart@gmail.com.
Pixel Hostel: Guests of the conference can use the code “TOP500” to obtain a 15% discount for two-nights stay or 10% for a single night.
ZOO Hotel: 10% discount for direct bookings, i.e. phone, email or on-the-spot reservation, in a hotel with the code “Top500”.
The registration is CLOSED!
100 PLN
Limited to members of the Association as well as TopMinds and Girls Go Startup programs. Reduced fee thanks to the DIALOG grant. MEMERSHIP will be verified.
200 PLN
400 PLN
30 PLN
The event is open for everybody who wants to build a strong and open innovation ecosystem. It is an opportunity for you to broaden horizons, get inspired, establish new contacts and find mentors. If you want to be the part of this experience and are currently enrolled as a student at any Polish university, do not hesitate to apply!
Additionally as a student you have a very special 85% reduced registration fee!
The amount of the intellectual brain power and curiosity that I have witnessed today is unparalleled and I believe that all of the participants are here not only to learn but also to share what they know with their colleagues in innovation.
The event is organized by the Association of Top 500 Innovators in cooperation with the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, and IAESTE Poland.
The event is financed with funds from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education received within the DIALOG project.
The project is supported by the U.S. Embassy in Poland.
The project is supported by the British Embassy Wroclaw.
Supporting media companies.
The organization of the event is kindly supported by
The partners that will be presenting during the event…
