BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11@ibridges.org DTSTART:20150725T120000Z DTEND:20150728T203000Z DTSTAMP:20230809T153647Z URL:https://www.ibridges.org/events/berlin-2015/ SUMMARY:Berlin 2015 DESCRIPTION:Conference Speakers \n Mr. Arash Afrakhteh - Co-Founder and C TO\, Cariden Technologies\nMr. Mohamad Afshar - VP\, Products\, Oracle\nMr . Babak Akhlaghi - Patent Attorney and Managing Partner at NovoTechIP Inte rnational PLLC\nMs. Neveen Al-Tahri - Chairperson &\; Managing Director \, Delta Shield for Investment\nMr. Saeed Amidi - CEO\, Plug and Play Tech Center\nProf. Payman Arabshahi - Associate Professor\, University of Wash ington\nMr. Robert Babayi - Managing Partner of Vector IP Law Group\, LLP\ nMr. Seyed Kamran Bagheri\nMs. Shiva Balaghi\nDr. Hamid Biglari - Managing Partner\, TGG Group\nMr. Sebastian Blum - Partner at Active Venture Partn ers\nMr. Bulent Celebi - Executive Chairman and Co-Founder AirTies Wireles s Networks\nMr. Stephan Chambers -Dir. of Int. Strategy\, SAID Business Sc hool\, Oxford\nMs. Nazanin Daneshvar - CEO and Founder at Takhfifan Websit e\nMr. Damien Declercq\, EVP - Local Motors\, Inc.\nMr. Kamran Elahian - C hairman and Co-Founder Global Catalyst Partners\nMs. Zohre Elahian - Manag ing Director at Global Catalyst Foundation\nMs. Hala Fadel - Portfolio man ager for European Equities\, Comgest\nDr. Heike Freund\, - enior Associate \, CMS Hasche Sigle\nMr. Saeid Ghafouri - CEO &\; President at iCelero\ nMs. Brienne Ghafourifar - Co-Founder at Entefy\nMr. Matthias Gohl - Senio r Vice President Corporate Strategic Development at Carl Zeiss\nMr. Ehsan Golabgir - CEO\, Albasco.com\nMr. Ross Haghighat - CEO at Triton Systems\, Inc.\nMs. Gisue Hariri - Founder and Creative Principal of Hariri &\; Hariri Architecture\nMr. Kamal Hassan\, CEO - IncMind and Director of Foun der Institute\nMr. Amir Hassanabadi - Attorney at Fenwick &\; West\nDr. Ossama Hassanein - Chairman TechWadi\, Partner Newbury Ventures\nMr. Shah in Hedayat - Co-Founder Apixio\, Beceem\, Centillium Communications\nDr. N ikki Iravani - Founder and CEO\, EyeXam\nMs. Shirin Javid - President & \; Founder at AEON Group LLC\nMs. Nasrin Karimi\nMr. Pejamon Karimi\nMr. R eza Karami\nMr. Ahmad Kiarostami - Entrepreneur\, Video Grapher\nMr. Danii l Kozlov - Director of Acceleration and Education Programs at Global Ventu re Alliance\nMs. Anne-Kathrin Kuleman\, Managing Partner of Blue Economy S olutions\nMr. Mo Maghsoudnia - Entrepreneur &\; Semiconductor Executive \nMs. Tina Mashaalahi - Co-Founder &\; COO at KweekWeekProf. Alinaghi M ashayekhi - Sharif University\nMr. Tahmasb Mazaheri\nMr. Dave McClure - Fo under 500 Startups\nMs. Bita Milanian - VP Marketing Communications at GEN BAND\nMs. Farnoush Mirmoeini - Co-founder at Obsessory\nDr. Mohammad Morov ati - Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University\nMr. Maziar Nadj m - Founder of SoAmpli\nMs. Pari Namazie - Managing Partner Atieh Internat ional GmbH\nMr. Behzad Nasre - Managing Director\, Strategic Business Deve lopment at Intel Corporation\nProf. Mohammad Mehdi Nayebi - Professor of E E\, Sharif University\nMr. Fred Nazem - Managing Partner & CEO at Nazem & Company\nMs. Jasmina Nikolic\nMr. Rasoul Oskouy - Managing Director of Cap shine\, LLC\nMr. Reza Pakravan - Adventurer\, Kapp to Cape\nMr. Pirooz Par varandeh - Ex-CTO\, Maxim\nMr. Rouzbeh Pirouz - Founder\, Turquoise Partne rs\nMr. Said Rahmani - CEO and Co-founder of Sarava\nMr. Amir Cyrus Razzag hi - President and Co-founder of SabioQ\nMs. Ruha Reyhani - Managing Partn er Mensch Group\nMr. Arad Rostampour - CEO and Founder at Zen Health\nMr. Mehrdad Sadri\nMr. Ali Mohammed Saeid\nDr. Sabri Saidam - Chairman NETKETA BI\, Former Palestine President Advisor\nMr. Mehran Sedigh - Worldwide Sem iconductor Manufacturing & Technology Expert\nMr. Reza Shaybani - Chairman of British Photovoltaic Association\nMs. Dina Sherif - Founding Partner o f Ahead of the Curve\nProf. Amin Shokrollahi - Founder and CEO of Kandou B us\nProf. Yahya Tabesh - Professor\, Stanford University\, Sharif Universi ty\nMs. Mana Taheri - Research Assistant\, Hasso Plattner Institute\nMr. A mir Taheri - Founder and Board Director of Final.ir\nMs. Mahvash Tayarani - Chairman of the Board at Ibne Sina Petrochemical Company\nMr. Amin Reza Vohooshi\nMr. Sohrab Vossoughi - Founder and President of Ziba Design\nMr. Nicolai Wadstrom - Founder of BootstrapLabs\nMr. Babak Yektafar - Senior Program Officer\, Middle East & North Africa at Center for International P rivate Enterprise\nDr. Dariush Zahedi - Founder and Dir.\, Entrepreneurshi p and Development in the Middle East\, UC Berkeley\nDr. Amir Zarkesh - Co- founder and President\, Bluechip Systems\nDr. Ali Zuashkiani - CEO PAMCo. \n Conference Schedule \n Friday\, June 4th \n 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM \n Registration \n 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM \n "Why Entreprenuership?"Off icial Opening: Darish ZahediHigh-Tech Entrepreneurship &\; The Evolutio n of Humanity: Kamran Elahian Startup Ecosystem: Dave McClure \n 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM \n Break \n 11:00 PM - 12:30 PM \n Iran: An Emerging MarketPyramids vs. Machines - The Race to Win in Tomorrow's Global Economy : Dr. Hamid BiglariIntro - Iran Case Studies: Hamed Sajedi\, Hesam Armande hi\, Mohsen Malayeri\, Farshid Hendi\, Mehdi Keshavarz \n 12:30 PM - 2: 30 PM \n Lunch \n 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM \n Breakout Session I\nIran Sta rtup Scene
\nNasser Ghanemzadeh\, Mohsen Malayeri\, Arash Barahmand\,  Mohammad Sharif\, Mostafa Naghipourfar\nIran Examples of Challenges and Failures\n
Hosssein Haddadinia\, Mehrdad Agah\, Hamidreza Ahmadi\, Alir eza Mobayyen\nDisruptive Innovations: Rapid Prototyping\, 3D Printing and the Maker Movement
\nDamien Declercq\nWomen Entering New Terrains: Break ing Old Norms\n
Gisu Hariri\, Neveen El-Tahri\nDesigning the Perfect Pr oduct: Understanding the Concept of Minimal Viable Product
\nKamran Elah ian\nIran Showcase: Tele/Communication & Hardware
Ahmad Ali Farhoudi\, A li Ziabasharhagh\, Hamid Houshyarifar\nUnderstanding the Market: Market Se gmentation\, Analytics & Competitive Analysis
\nMohammad Afshar\, Mehrd ad Sadri\nBuilding Effective Teams: Finding Co-founders\, Defining Clear R oles and Responsibilities\, Managing Conflict and Designing for Performanc e
\nPari Namazie\, Bulent Celebi\, Amir Cyrus Razzaghi\, Saeid Rahman i\, Amin Reza Vohooshi\n101 of Company Structure: Cap structure\, Shareho lders Agreement\, By Laws\n
Amir Zarkesh\, Amir Hassanabadi\, Babak Ye ktafar\, Behrooz Akhlaghi\, Mahvash Tayrani\, Encyeh Sadr\nDesign Think ing: Crash Course x2
\nMana Taheri + Team\nBusiness Model Innovation: St rategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business
\nReza Asghari\nUnderstandi ng Venture Capital – From early to Late Stage
\nFred Nazem\nCrash Cour se: Agile and Scrum Management
\nAli H. Moghaddam \n 4:00 PM - 4:30 P M \n Break \n 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM \n Breakout Session II\nHow to deve lop an effective Go-To Market Strategy\nLawrence Wright\, Ossama Hassanein \nLessons Learned from Others: Learning from Developing Countries like Ind ia\, Turkey\, Singapore etc\nDariush Zahedi\,Stephan Chambers\, Bulent Cel ebi\, Babak Yektafar\nBasics of Seed and Early Stage Financing\nSaeed Amid i\,Arad Rostampour\nIran Showcase: Commercialization\nSeyed Mohsen Seyedia n Ardabili\, Mohammad Hossein Fardad\, Mohammad Reza Nazari\, Meisam Rajab inohouji\nPR and Media: How My Start-up Can Gain Media Attention?\nSalaman der Davoudi\nAcademia’s Role in Iran’s Entrepreneurship\nHuman Shojaee \, Amir Albadvi\, Ali Maleki\, Pezman Karimi\nInternet of Things\nMo Maghs oudnia\, Mehran Sedigh\, Mohammad Afshar\n101 of Company Structure: Cap st ructure\, Shareholders Agreement\, By Laws\nAmir Zarkesh\, Amir Hassanabad i\, Fred Nazem\, Behrooz Akhlaghi\, Mahvash Tayrani\, Encyeh Sadr\nPitch F est 1\nDave McClure\, Daniil Kozlov\, Nikki Iravani\, Gabriel Mastuschka\n Pitch Fest 2\nNeda Amidi\, Francis Zadan\, Boris Ryabov\, Rouzbeh Pirouz\n Design Thinking: Crash Course\nMana Taheri + Team\nPitch Fest 3\nNicolai Wadstrom\, Pirooz Parvarandeh\, Xanyar Kamangar\, Sebastian Blum\nBusiness Model Innovation: Strategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business\nReza As ghari\nPitch Fest 4\nHala Fadel\, Kamran Elahian\, Rasoul Oskouy\, Mehrdad Piroozram \n 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM \n Dinner \n 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM \ n Social ImpactSocial Impact - a Driver for Collective Progress: Stephan ChambersSocial Innovation Cases - Interview by Stephan Chambers: Anne-Kath rin Kuhleman\, Sabri Saidam \n Saturday\, June 5th \n 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM \n Registration \n 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM \n Iran: Opportunities &a mp\; Challenges Iran's Economic Ecosystem - Players and Sectors: Alinaghi Mashayekhi  Roundtable - Developing Iran's High-Tech Entrepreneurial Ec osystem: Nazanin Daneshvar\, Hamed Ghanedpour\, Nasser Ghanemzadeh\, Rasou l Oskouy\, Roozbeh Pirouz\, Yahya Tabesh | Moderated by Ali Zuashkiani     \n 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM \n Break \n 11:00 PM - 12:30 PM \n Bre akout Session I\nUnleashing your Teams Talents: Leadership and Participati ve Management\nPirooz Parvarandeh\, Shahin Hedayat\, Alinaghi Mashayekhi\, Mehdi Nayebi\nIran Showcase: Internet / E-commerce\nReza Arbabian\, Nazan in Daneshvar\, Meysam Mashayekhi\, Sivash Jalali\nCo-opetition – Reachin g New Heights Through Collaboration\nPari Namazie\nWomen Entering New Terr ains: Breaking Old Norms\nNikki Iravani\, Brienne Ghafourifar\nIran Showca se: Mobile & Game Startups\nMohammadhossein Faghi Khorasani\, Ali Nadaliza deh\, Vahid Abdollahi\, Amirhossein Fassihi\nCorporate Governance: Best Pr actice\nBabak Yektafar\nBuilding Effective Teams: Finding Co-founders\, De fining Clear Roles and Responsibilities\, Managing Conflict and Designing for Performance\nBulent Celebi\, Amir Cyrus Razzaghi\, Saeid Rahmani\, Ami n Reza Vohooshi\nUnderstanding Venture Capital – From Early to Late Stag e\nRouzbeh Pirouz\nDesign Thinking: Crash Course x2\nMana Taheri + Team\n Pitch Fest 5\nNeveen El-Tahri\, Rasoul Oskouy\, Mehrdad Piroozram\, Hendri ck Brandis\nPitch Fest 6\nAmir Taheri\,Daniil Kozlov\, Neda Amidi\, Ramin Bagheri\nPitch Fest 7\nHala Fadel\, Nicolai Wadstrom\, Babak Hamadani\, Eh san Dariani\n\nImportance of Local Manufacturing\nMehran Sedigh\, Mo Maghs oudnia\, Amir Taheri\nBusiness Model Innovation 1a: Strategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business\nReza Asghari \n 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM \n Lunch \n 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM \n Connecting the DotsCollaborative Innovation: Ruha Reyhani Roundtable - Shifting Paradigms &\; Expanding Horizons t o Bring About an Innovation Economy: Neveen El-Tahri\, Brienne Ghafourifar \, Gisu Hariri\, Sohrab Vosoughi   \n 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM \n Break \ n 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM \n Breakout Session II\nWomen in Tech – Iran\nSa mira Kooshkestani\, Behnaz Aria\, Mahash Tayrani\, Azadeh Danandeh\, Mahbo ubeh Ildarabadi\nHackers Bridge\nRasoul Oskouy\, Yahya Tabesh\, Mohammad M orovati\, Pezhman Karimi\, Reza Karami\nSocial Innovation – Social Enter prise in Action\nAnne-Kathrin Kuleman\, Dina Sherif\nSoftware Sales: Enter prise Software Sales / SaaS and Consumer Software Sales\nSaeid Ghafouri\, Tina Mashalahi\nUnderstanding the Market: Market Segmentation\, Analytics & Competitive Analysis\nMohammad Afshar\, Mehrdad Sadri\nPR and Media: How My Start-up Can Gain Media Attention?\nTBD\nHow to develop an effective G o-To Market Strategy\nTBD\nDesign Thinking: Crash Course x2\nMana Taheri + Team\nPitch Fest 8\nRouzbeh Pirouz\, Sebastian Blum\, Mehran Sedigh\, Fr ancis Zadan\nPitch Fest 9\nAmir Zarkesh\, Shahin Hedayat\, Ramin Bagheri\, Xanyar Kamangar\, Ehsan Dariani\nSimplify: Lessons Learned from Making Co mpanies\, Products\, & Videos\nAhmad Kiarostami\nBusiness Model Innovation 2b: Strategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business\nReza Asghari\nHealth and Medical Technologies: Promising Field of the Future\nNikki Iravani\, M anouchehr Shamsrizi\, Babak Hamadani \n 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM \n Dinner \n 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM \n Accomplishing Mission Impossible The True Val ue of Taking Risks - The Fastest Bicycle Journey North to South of the Pla net: Reza PakravanPitch Fest Award Ceremony: Neda Amidi\, Yahya Tabesh \n Sunday\, June 6th \n 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM \n Registration \n 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM \n Disruptive Innovations and Trends of the FutureThe Next Big thing - Top 5 High-Tech Trends of the Coming Years: Saeed AmidiDesign ing Local\, Reaching Global: Mia Bennet3D Printing the Future: Damien Decl recq \n 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM \n Break \n 11:00 PM - 12:30 PM \n B reakout Session I\nUnleashing your Teams Talents: Leadership and Participa tive Management\nPirooz Parvarandeh\, Shahin Hedayat\, Alinaghi Mashayekhi \, Mehdi Nayebi\nInternational Business Accelerator Programs: A showcase\n Kamal Hassan\, Nicolai Wadstrom\, Saeed Amidi\, Daniil Kozlov\nTech Invest ing in Iran\nMehrdad Agah\, Ayat Hosseini\, Masoud Arasteh Brahimpour\, Sh iva Sadat\nIP Offensive & Defensive IP Strategies: IP protection vs. Land Grab\nBabak Akhlaghi\, Robert Babayi\, Seyed Kamran Bagheri\, Heike Freund \, Thomas Hirse\nReal Connections Make A Real Difference\nBita Milanian\nI ran Showcase: Bio/Nano\nSaeid Zokaei\, Reza Kalantarinejad\, Haleh Hamedif ar\nDesigning the Perfect Product: Understanding the Concept of Minimal Vi able Product\nKamran Elahian\nUnderstanding Venture Capital – From early to Late Stage\nHala Fadel\, Fred Nazem\nTalent Acquisition: Keeping and G rowing a World Class Team\nPari Namazie\, Ehsan Golabgir\, Amir Taheri\, N azanin Daneshvar\nBuilding Effective Teams: Finding Co-founders\, Defining Clear Roles and Responsibilities\, Managing Conflict and Designing for Pe rformance\nAmir Cyrus Razzaghi\, Saeid Rahmani\, Amin Reza Vohooshi\nBridg ing the Gap: From University Research to Market Entry\nPayman Arabshahi\, Amin Shokrollahi\, Ali Fotowat\nSocial Media Crash Course: Effectively usi ng Digital Communication Channels for Your Business\nMaziar Nadjm\nBootstr apping: Why and How?\nArash Afrakhteh\, Ahmad Kiarostami\nIran: Macro Econ omic Overview – Opportunities and Challenges Faced by High Tech Entrepre neurs in Iran\nMohammad Morovati\, Tahmasb Mazaheri\n 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM \n Lunch \n 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM \n Breakout Session II\nIran Showcas e: Energy\nAli Hasanpour\, Seyed mahdi Ghasemi Zavieh Sadat\, Hossein Naza rboland Jahromi\nCo-opetition – Reaching New Heights Through Collaborati on\nPari Namazie\nBasics of Seed and Early Stage Financing\nSaeed Amidi\, Arad Rostampour\nIran Showcase: Meditech\nZeinab Shankayi\, Saeed Behzadip our\, Ali Motie Nasrabadi\, Saedreza Alikhani\nUnderstanding the IPO Proce ss: From Start to End\nRoss Haghighat\nInvestor Pitch: How to Make the Ult imate Pitch and Take Your Venture to the Next Level\nBehzad Nasre\nIran Sh owcase: Fin Tech & Big Data\nSajad Bonabi\, Seyedali Daneshgar\, Mostafa A miri\, Sina Sohangir\nHacker Bridge\nRasoul Oskouy\, Yahya Tabesh\, Mohamm ad Morovati\, Pezhman Karimi\, Reza Karami\nSoftware Sales: Enterprise Sof tware Sales / SaaS and Consumer Software Sales\nSaeid Ghafouri\, Tina Mash alahi\nSimplify: Lessons Learned from Making Companies\, Products\, & Vide os\nAhmad Kiarostami\nCrash Course: Agile and Scrum Management\nAli H. Mog haddam\nGreen Technology – Sustainability Considerations\nBoris Ryabov\, Kaveh Madani\, Babak Hamadani \n 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM \n Break \n 4: 30 PM - 6:00 PM \n Shaping the FutureLooking into the Future - Promoting High-Tech Entrepreneurship in Iran: Payman Arabshahi\, Fereidoon Ghasem Z adeh\, Shahab JavanMardiNext Steps of iBRIDGE: Amir Zarkesh \n 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM \n Conclusion \n Conference Location \n MaRS Discovery D istrict\n101 College St\, Toronto\, Canada \n \n Community Partners \n \n \n Spons ors \n Groundbreaking - $30\,000 - $50\,000Behrooz AbdiDr. Nikki Iravani and Mo MaghsoudniaMassih Tayebbi (BridgeWest Business Group)Disruptive - $20\,000 - $30\,000Saeed AmidiFrancis NajafiAnonymousInnovative - $10\,000 - $20\,000Nima AsgharbeygiBehnam BadieeBijan Bozorgi\, VerosMarc MirbodNe da NobariPirooz ParvarandehMehrdad PiroozramBabak  TaheriResiliant - $5\, 000 - $10\,000\n Babak Akhlaghi\n Robert Babayi\n Robert Bagheri\n Mah shid Ehsani\n Kamran Elahian\n Zohre Elahian\nMasoud HaidariHeidari-Bata ni/Faz-Safari Foundations (Elham and Sam)Mehrdad MoshayediNasiri Foundatio nFred NazemOscar NosratiAlex RoudiLily SarafanKambiz ShahbaziAfshin Taghe chianBob VaezBreakthrough - $2\,500 - $5\,000Mostafa AlaviFariba RezvaniFa temeh Sadeghi-NejadImpactful - $1\,000 - $2\,500Arash AfrakhtehMohammad Af sharNader AhariMehyar AmirsalehMahmoud ArjomandSiavosh ArjomandLaleh Bashi rradEsfandyar BatmanghelidjTony FarshandiAli GeranmayehHamid HamadanianMeh di HatamianNader MotamediKamshad RaiszadehAli RezaFaraj SaghriKarim SamiiN ahid Taghinia-MilaniMorad TahbazThriving - > $1\,000Hamid KazerouniMahdi S alek \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ibridges.org/wp-content/uploads/2020 /09/iBridge-Berlin.jpg CATEGORIES:Conference LOCATION:MaRS Discovery District\, \, Canada X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10 0;X-TITLE=MaRS Discovery District:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR