POLAND DAY in Silicon Valley

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1 POLAND DAY in Silicon Valley May 13 th 16 th San Francisco, Palo Alto, Stanford Faculty Club, CA, USA 2014 The New Financial Perspective and Cooperation between Poland and USA PARTNERS: HONORARY PATRONAGE:

2 Paland Day in Silicon Valley 2014 DAY 1 May 13 th Business Breakfast with the representatives of the City of San Francisco Venue: San Francisco Mayor s Office of International Trade and Commerce, San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA; Mayor s Conference Room (Room 201) 8:00 am - 8:15 am Registration 8:15 am - 8:30 am Welcome and Introduction Mark Chandler, Director, San Francisco Mayor s Office of International Trade and Commerce Jerzy Orkiszewski, President, US-Polish Trade Council 8:30 am - 9:00 am Business Breakfast Magdalena Diering, Program Coordinator, US-Poland Innovation HUB, Assistant Professor at Poznań University of Technology Participants Introduction 9:00 am - 9:30 am - San Francisco City attracting innovative companies (investment and business opportunities) Mark Chandler, Director, San Francisco Mayor s Office of International Trade and Commerce 9:30 am - 9:45 am - USPTC and US-Poland Innovation Hub program Piotr Moncarz, Chairman, USPTC US, Consulting Professor at Stanford University 9:45 am - 10:20 am - Bridge Financing US-Poland Mark Iwanowski, US-Poland Bridge Fund 10:20 am - 10:30 am Closing Remarks

3 DAY 2 May 14 th USPTC Open Day in Palo Alto Venue: US-POLISH TRADE COUNCIL, 2479 East Bayshore Rd, Suite 706, Palo Alto, CA :00 am - 2:00 pm USPTC Open Day individual meetings with USPTC team members, selected Silicon Valley USPTC experts, firms and scientists from Stanford University available: Soody Tronson, USPTC Expert Sara Rauchwerger, USPTC Expert Stan Lewandowski, USPTC Expert Stewart Guenther, USPTC Expert and USPTC team: Magdalena Diering, Program Coordinator, US-Poland Innovation HUB, Assistant Professor at Poznań University of Technology Krzysztof Dyczkowski, US-Poland Innovation HUB, Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University Izabela Senderacka, Bialystok University of Technology Ela Kozera, USPTC US Tomasz Grzybowski, Seed Investment Fund, Managing Partner Monika Barycza, USPTC US 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Networking pizza get together :-) ask USPTC team for directions

4 DAY 3 May 15 th Poland Day at The Stanford Faculty Club Venue: The Stanford Faculty Club, 439 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA :30 am - 11:30 am Stanford University visiting one of the most prestigious universities in the world Piotr Moncarz, Chairman, USPTC US, Consulting Professor at Stanford University Meeting-point: The Stanford Faculty Club entrance 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Lunch (chip-in) at Tresidder Memorial Union, Stanford University 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Registration 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm Welcome and Introduction (Opening Remarks) Mariusz Tomaka, USPTC Chairman, Poland Mariusz Brymora, Consul General, Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles Mark Chandler, Director, San Francisco Mayor s Office of International Trade and Commerce Jerzy Orkiszewski, President, US-Polish Trade Council Carissa Little, Director, Programs Stanford University, Stanford Center of Professional Development 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Session 1 Panel: Top 500 Innovators the Academic Bridge Magdalena Diering, Program Coordinator, US-Poland Innovation HUB, Assistant Professor at Poznań University of Technology Michael Lepech, Academic Director Top500 Innovators Program at Stanford University Tomasz Grzybowski, Seed Investment Fund, Managing Partner Krzysztof Dyczkowski, US-Poland Innovation HUB, Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University

5 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm Session 2 Panel: Poland-US and Europe-US cooperation of the regions, companies and institutions of higher education in Horizon 2020 Lucas Grabiec, Microchip Izabela Senderacka, Bialystok University of Technology Michał Bańka, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Daniel Maksym, National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) Mark Iwanowski, US-Poland Bridge Fund Dominik Schmidt, Technology Investments, QVT Financial 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Coffee Break 3:10 pm - 4:00 pm Session 3 Panel: Human Cloud direction Poland-USA Clay Bullwinkel, CEO, Aiton Caldwell, Inc. Wojciech Wolny, LGBS Polska and Human Cloud Claster Mariusz Tomaka, USPTC Chairman, Poland Anna Daszuta-Zalewska, Bialystok City Hall, Białystok Science and Technology Park Mariusz Prószyński, CEO, Intratel Robert Barski, University of Zielona Góra, Academic Enterprise Incubator 4:10 pm - 5:00 pm Session 4 Panel: Investments of Polish companies in Silicon Valley Mariusz Tomaka, USPTC Chairman, Poland Piotr Wierzbicki, CFO, GTH Solutions Kamil Kuchta, CEO Globlotto LLC Adam M. Cudny, CEO, Trio Management Beata Adamczyk, WPHI (SVAC) Mariusz Prószyński, CEO, Intratel Stan Lewandowski, K&L Gates

6 5:10 pm - 6:40 pm Session 5 Panel: Investment Guideline Silicon Valley experts perspective on the European scientific and business potential Tomasz Grzybowski, Seed Investment Fund, Managing Partner Stewart Guenther, USPTC Expert Mark Iwanowski, USPTC Expert Sara Rauchwerger, USPTC Expert Voytek Siewierski, USPTC Expert Soody Tronson, USPTC Expert 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Gala Dinner Networking, Business-Mixer Keynote Speaker DAY 4 May 16 th Business Mixer & Co-working Venue: US-POLISH TRADE COUNCIL, 2479 East Bayshore Rd, Suite 706, Palo Alto, CA :00 am - 2:00 pm Co-working Day at USPTC office (individual meetings, make your bookings - please)