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Attendees at Clean Tech event will have access to the VERGE 18 Interconnect Expo. Members interested in joining the larger VERGE 18 event can register separately HERE and use the discount code V18CTO for 20% off their VERGE 18 pass.

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You’ll learn from diverse engineers building AI technology that solves global crises, augmented reality that bridges cultural divides, culture change initiatives that move teams to thrive as their best selves, angel and VC investment strategies that build generational wealth and a better world, public-private partnerships that erase digital divides and boost struggling local economies, children building new ways of tackling problems we haven’t yet solved, stories that can change the perception of a generation.

Everyone is welcome – of every gender, age, sexual orientation, ability, race, ethnicity, veteran status, physical appearance, body size, religion (or lack thereof), socioeconomic status, age…. Everyone.

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Attendance at the 2-day event is free, but you must register at Eventbrite and take the ticket to reserve a place because seating is limited. Do not stay without this opportunity.

Register

Diary:

Thursday, May 10 2018

09: 45h: Registration

10: 00h: Welcome:

Mr. Rafael Robaina Romero , Rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Dña . Laura Hochla , Deputy Economic Affairs Adviser of the US Embassy

Mr. Luis Padrón , General Director of Casa África

Ms. Sara Mateos, Director DISA Foundation

Ms. Esther Martel , Director of the Mapfre Foundation

10: 20h: Fireside chat: “My experience with entrepreneurship” : Adi Abili: Managing Director of Accelerators at AngelHack, San Francisco, USA; and Carolina Huaranca: Principal at Kapor Capital, California, USA.

11: 00h: “The numbers are not my thing, can I start?”: Vanessa Marrero: Creator of the Emotional Financial Education system for dreamy and enthusiastic women. Expert in financial education, economist, consultant, trainer and coach.

11: 30h: COFFEE BREAK

12: 00h: “Entrepreneurs, women with a future”: María Bernarda Barrios, Jurist and President of Charter100 GC.

12: 30h: Round table: “Investing in the future: trends”: Maica Gil: Founder of the startup Heroikka. Founder of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (SFIWEF); Adi Abili: Managing Director of Accelerators at AngelHack; and Carolina Huaranca: Principal at Kapor Capital; Ana E. Cardenes: Head of the Economy and Enterprise Department at Casa Africa. Laura Hochla, Deputy Economic Affairs Adviser of the US Embassy

13: 00h: “Effective communication workshop”: Lidia Monzón: Diploma in Social Graduate. Expert in Higher University Management. ULPGC staff Mentor, Communicator and Writer. Master in Emotional Intelligence for business. Expert in Mentoring.

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: CATERING AND NETWORKING

3:30 pm: “Entrepreneurship Boot Camp”: Adi Abili: Managing Director of Accelerators at AngelHack, San Francisco, California, USA. MS, Finance: School of Oriental and African Studies. At AngelHack Adi works directly with global startups providing support and startup mentorship and education to take ideas and make them into high-functioning startups, while expanding the AngelHack brand through an ever expanding network of advisors, investors, and mentors. She currently holds multiple board positions in Silicon Valley (Advisory Board for SXSW, Defy Ventures), and recently became a US Regional Director for Global Ecosystem Startup, a global virtual one week accelerator.

17: 00h: “Investment workshop: how to get funding”: Carolina Huaranca: Principal at Kapor Capital. At Kapor Capital, Carolina focuses on identifying early stage investments, evaluating those investments, and partnering with entrepreneurs to grow their companies. She is particularly interested in Future Work, People Operations Technology, and Education. Carolina is a graduate of Cornell University and was awarded the Konologie Fellowship at The Wharton School.

May 11

10: 00h: Round table of graduates and entrepreneurs of the ULPGC with Maica Gil, founder of Heroikka.

Miriam Rodríguez – Artenatur (Rural tourism in houses – cave)

Rita Remache – Canary Sun Hostel

Gloria Eisman – Lightbee (Communications by Visible Light VLC)

Pepi Nuez and Patricia Cabrera , P & P Consulting

11: 00h: “How to inspire and improve the skills and abilities of women in the business, political and social spheres”: Eva Serrano: Honorary Member of Women Leaders of the Americas, President of the Spanish Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Madrid ( ASEME) and vice president of the Business Confederation of Madrid (CEIM).

11: 30h: COFFEE BREAK

12:00: Round table: “Data protection, everything you need to know about the new European Data Protection Regulation”: Gonzalo del Castillo: Qualified US Lawyer, Data Protection Consultant in London; Evelyn Viera: University Expert in Computer Law and Judicial Expertise; Elena Meneses and Pino Kyri: Lawyers and Managing Partners in Consensus Advokat. Director of Rights and Guarantees of Charter100 GC.

12: 40h: “Goodbye to the blip between education and business reality”: Berta Lazaro: TeamLabs. Researcher at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Master of Urban Design by the University of Berkeley, Architect and Landscaper by ETSAUN. Berta is a Founding Partner of Teamlabs where the adventure begins due to her concern for alternative education methods and her experience with young people in processes of citizen participation.

13: 10h: “Heroikka, from initiative to startup”: Heroikka is an initiative that started little by little and has become the place where the most relevant feminine profiles of Silicon Valley are not lacking. It is a platform to discover, create and collaborate. In Heroikka there are no registration fees or obligations, but enthusiasm and willingness to share is expected. We unite women’s skills with projects led by women to create a greater impact. Heroikka has its initial base in San Francisco, but no borders are set, they have been part of the African Diaspora American Summit and Tech Inclusion.

13: 40h: “Closing of the conference”: Mrs. Rosa Maria Batista Canino: Vice-rector of Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employment of the ULPGC.

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Two incredible days of support and inspiration—don’t miss Silicon Valley Forum’s 4

the annual Women in Tech Festival! This is your chance to connect with and celebrate women in tech, STEM, and business
leadership careers. The Festival kicks off with a pitch day for female-founded companies on Thursday,
April 12th; the following day, Friday, April 13th, is an all-day action-packed event, filled with panels,
keynotes, workshop sessions, and tons of amazing networking.

Get 20% off tickets with code IWEF20! Snag yours here: https://siliconvalleyforum.com/women-in-tech-
festival/

Hope to see you there

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Friends,

Whether you’re a startup seeking capital and exposure, or an investor seeking new deals, Venture Summit | West presented by youngStartup Ventures is one event you won’t want to miss.

This exclusive venture summit will bring together over 700 Venture Capitalists, Corporate VCs, Angel Investors, Investment Bankers and CEOs of early stage and emerging growth companies; will feature more than 150 leading VCs confirmed to speak/judge including leading Lifesciences VCs; presentations from more than 140 Top Innovators; and high-level networking opportunities.

Special promo for our members #startups connect with over 150 #AwesomeVCs & #Angels. $100 off the current rates. http://bit.ly/2G82R4z Code: SFIWEFVIP

Partial list of over 150 VCs confirmed to speak and judge:

Kathleen Collins, Principal, Industry Ventures | Asha Collins, Investor, Pipeline Angels | Rafael Costa, Partner, Vulcan Capital | Heather Crawford, Investor, Band of Angels | Sanjit Singh Dang, Director, Intel Capital | Marianne De Backer, Vice President Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation | Angelo Del Priore, Partner, HP Tech Ventures | Lidiya Dervisheva, Investor, G2VP | Cong Ding, Investor, Comcast Ventures | Yizhen Dong, Investor, 11.2 Capital | Vijay Doradla, Director, Verizon Ventures | Tim Draper, Founder & Managing Partner, Draper Associates | Jeff Ellington, Investor, FUEL Capital | Laura Evans, Investor, Wildcat Venture Partners | Michael Fanfant, Investor, Runa Capital | Banafsheh Fathieh, Principal, Naspers Ventures | Curtis Feeny, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Data Capital | Mark Fields, Partner, Alsop Louie Partners | Victoria Fram, Co-Founder & Managing Director, VilCap Investments | Lea Freeman, Investor, Qualcomm Ventures | Ann Gaddy, Co-Founder and Managing Director, BioPacific Investors | Alicia Garabedian, Investor, SamsungNEXT Ventures | Yael Gilboa, Investor, DBL Partners | Andrew Goldberg, Principal, Vivo Capital | Rashmi Gopinath, Partner, Microsoft Ventures | Daniel Greene, Principal, Wipro Ventures | Kanu Gulati, Principal, Khosla Ventures | Baris Guzel, Senior Associate, BMW i Ventures | Yash Hemaraj, Principal, Benhamou Global Ventures | Francis Ho, Managing Director and Head of Digital Health, Samsung Strategy & Innovations Center | Carolina Huaranca, Principal, Kapor Capital | Villi Iltchev, Partner, August Capital | Michael Janse, Investment Director, Samsung Ventures America | Noel Jee, Investor, Illumina Ventures | Alexis Ji, Partner, Illumina Ventures | Jennifer Kaehms, Investor, Canvas Ventures | Ansaf Kareem, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners | Eylul Kayin, Investor, NEA | Eva Khoo, Principal, Vertex Ventures | Jocelyn Kinsey, Investor, DFJ | Lauren Kolodny, Partner, Aspect Ventures | Gabriel Kra, Managing Director, Prelude Ventures | Robin Li, Vice President, GGV Capital | Lisha Li, Investor, Amplify Partners | Shripriya Mahesh, Partner, Omidyar Network | Lisa Marrone, Principal, August Capital | Susan Mason, General Partner, Aligned Partners | Brad McManus, Investment Director, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital | Irem Mertol, Director, McKesson Ventures | Ben Metcalfe, Principal, Ridge Ventures | SC Moatti, Managing Partner, Mighty Capital | Alex Morgan, Principal, Khosla Ventures | Ravi Mulugu, Prinacipal, Next47 | Ben Narasin, Venture Partner, NEA | Suman Natarajan, Vice President, Citi Ventures | T.T. Nguyen Duc, Managing Director, Pearson Affordable Learning Fund | Marlon Nichols, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Cross Culture Ventures | Vivek Pandita, Managing Director, TriplePoint Capital | Preetha Parthasarathy, Investment Director, Intel Capital | Preetha Parthasarathy, Investment Director, Intel Capital | Heidi Patel, Partner, Rethink Impact | Ulrich Quay, Managing Partner, BMW i Ventures | Aanand Radia, Managing Director, University Ventures | Vivek Ramaswami, Investor, Redpoint Ventures | Brandon Reeves, Investor, Lux Capital | Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures | Lucas Rocha, Investor, JetBlue Technology Ventures | Praveen Sahay, Founder & Managing Director, WAVE Equity Partners | Priya Saiprasad, Principal, Microsoft Ventures | Maria Salamanca, Investment Associate, Unshackled Ventures | Parsa Saljoughian, Vice President, IVP | Shrikant Sathe, Partner, Vedanta Capital | Ken Sawyer, Partner, Saints Capital | Lindsay Sharma, Vice President, Industry Ventures | Abhishek Sharma, Investor, Nexus Venture Partners | Abhishek Shukla, Managing Director, GE Ventures | Monica Simo, Investor, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Richard Simoni, Managing Partner, Asset Management Ventures | Ajit Singh, Partner, Artiman Ventures | Ishan Sinha, Associate, Point72 Ventures | Tanya Soman, Venture Partner, 500 Startups | Pedro Sorrentino, Co-founder and Managing Partner, ONEVC | Michael Stewart , Principal, Applied Ventures | Li Sun, Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners | Rajesh Swaminathan, Investment Director , Applied Ventures | Sydney Sykes, Investor, NEA | Sydney Thomas, Investor & Head of Operations, Precursor Ventures | Leigh Thompson, Investor, Dow Ventures | Esther Tricoche, Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund | Jeff Truong, Investor, Altos Ventures | Anarghya Vardhana, Principal, Maveron | Sophia Viklund, Managing Director, Golden Seeds | Tim Wang, Investor, Westly Group | Phoebe Wang, Principal, BP Ventures | Elizabeth Yin, Partner, Hustle Fund and many more.

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Heroikka Panel will be closing the Hustle House @ SXSW

Section Theme: The Future is Female –  From an initiative to a start-up

Panelists:

• Gretel Perera from Latinas in Tech
• Andrea Guendelman from Bevisible
• Marcela Davila from Start up week MX
• Maica Gil, Heroikka and SFIWEF

You can register  SXSW Hustle House

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