WHERE INNOVATION
MEETS OPPORTUNITY
MEETS OPPORTUNITY
June 7-8, 2023
In-Person | Cluj Innovation Park, Transylvania, Romania
Techsylvania 2022 in Numbers
We brought together a community of professionals and enthusiasts willing to change the future of technology
5000+
Participants
58
Speakers
24
Satellite events
267
Scheduled 1:1 Meetings
34
Sessions on Stage
37
Exhibition & Start-Up Alley Booths
Aftermovie:
Experience Techsylvania 2022
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Our first confirmed speakers
Learn from them what the future will look like and take notes.
Scott Chacon
Co-Founder and CEO of GitButler
Co-founded & sold GitHub, a platform with 100 million developers for $7.5B
Scott Chacon
Co-Founder and CEO
Scott Chacon
Co-Founder and CEO
Slava Rubin
Founder & Managing Partner at Humbition
Founded one of the most well known crowdfunding platforms worldwide
Slava Rubin
Founder & Managing Partner
Slava Rubin
Founder & Managing Partner
Yossi Matias
Vice President of Engineering at Google
Leading Google’s AI & Research efforts in Europe
Yossi Matias
Vice President of Engineering
Yossi Matias
Vice President of Engineering
Prince Constantijn van Oranje
Special Envoy at TechLeap
Helping quantify and accelerate the tech ecosystem of the Netherlands
Prince Constantijn van Oranje
Special Envoy
Prince Constantijn van Oranje
Special Envoy
Victoria Albrecht
Co-founder and Managing Director
Started data science & machine learning consultancy focused on conversational AI & computer vision
Victoria Albrecht
Co-founder and Managing Director
Victoria Albrecht
Co-founder and Managing Director
Vinny Pujji
Managing Partner at Left Lane
Forbes 30 under 30 founder of top VC fund with $2B AUM
Vinny Pujji
Managing Partner
Vinny Pujji
Managing Partner
Al Doan
Founder
Started $100M in revenue quilting empire & owner of 2 cities in Kansas
Al Doan
Founder
Al Doan
Founder
Andrew O’Neal
Co-Founder at Clearbit
Started one of the leading data Unicorns having enriched over 20 billion customer records
Andrew O’Neal
Co-Founder
Andrew O’Neal
Co-Founder
Mark Porter
CTO at MongoDB
Crafting technology roadmap at most popular database company with market cap of $15B
Mark Porter
CTO
Mark Porter
CTO
Tom Mason
CTO at Stability.ai
Leading engineering at the hottest generative AI startup in the world
Tom Mason
CTO
Tom Mason
CTO
Lars Rasmussen
Creator at Google Maps
Started most commonly used navigation app with 1.2 billion users
Lars Rasmussen
Creator
Lars Rasmussen
Creator
Zeinab Ardeshir
Chief Executive Officer at PillSorted
Started new-generation pharmacy that is care-first and fully enabled by technology
Zeinab Ardeshir
Chief Executive Officer
Zeinab Ardeshir
Chief Executive Officer
Levi King
Founder & Executive Chairman
Founded 8 companies out of which 2 became Unicorns and raised hundreds of millions in funding
Levi King
Founder & Executive Chairman
Levi King
Founder & Executive Chairman
Karolina Mrozkova
General Partner at Credo
Karolina, a Prague-born fashion model turned finance professional, now invests in exceptional founders from the CEE region as a General Partner at Credo.
Karolina Mrozkova
General Partner
Karolina Mrozkova
General Partner
Bradford Cross
Founder
Accomplished founder, investor & writer in machine learning startups. Founded successful ventures like HealthMode, Merlon, Prismatic & Flightcaster. Partner at venture capital firms, specializing in competitive governance & deep tech.
Bradford Cross
Founder
Bradford Cross
Founder
Jenny Dreier
Director at EQT Ventures
Investing in deep tech companies with one of Europe’s top VC funds
Jenny Dreier
Director
Jenny Dreier
Director
Steffi Czerny
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Most Influential Women in German Business & Wire’s 50 Most Inspiring Women in Tech
Steffi Czerny
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Steffi Czerny
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Jean-Marc Denis
Director of Product Design at Meta
Design maverick at Meta, shaping the future from Google to Instagram. Born in France, now a San Francisco innovator. Fearlessly explores 3D realms, forever evolving his creative craft.
Jean-Marc Denis
Director of Product Design
Jean-Marc Denis
Director of Product Design
Tijana Kovačević
VP of People at Happening
A catalyst for greatness, she’s powered teams at Wise, FreeNow, Coca-Cola HBC, and Qatar Airways. Scaling organizations, shaping cultures, and creating a thriving environment where things happen
Tijana Kovačević
VP of People
Tijana Kovačević
VP of People
Chris Leacock aka Jillionaire
DJ & Music Producer
Trinidadian DJ and music producer known for being a member of Major Lazer, along with Diplo & Walshy Fire
Chris Leacock aka Jillionaire
DJ & Music Producer
Chris Leacock aka Jillionaire
DJ & Music Producer
Andrei Stamatian
Director of Alternative Distribution Channels
With a sharp focus on E2E digital sales and remote customer services, he’s the driving force behind the bank’s cutting-edge electronic channels and contact center operations.
Andrei Stamatian
Director of Alternative Distribution Channels
Andrei Stamatian
Director of Alternative Distribution Channels
Patrick Warnking
VP CEE at Google
Leading teams, driving business growth, and fostering partnerships. Transformed Google Zurich into a global development hub.
Patrick Warnking
VP CEE
Patrick Warnking
VP CEE
Qasar Younis
Co-founder & CEO
Tech maverick turned CEO. Co-founded Applied Intuition. Led operations at Y Combinator. Revved up Google with his startup. Auto engineer extraordinaire.
Qasar Younis
Co-founder & CEO
Qasar Younis
Co-founder & CEO
Donald Sumbry
Head of Engineering
A versatile tech veteran with a unique background. From startups to infrastructure scaling, he’s done it all
Donald Sumbry
Head of Engineering
Donald Sumbry
Head of Engineering
Our best speakers through time
There aren‘t many things we are more proud of than this line-up.
Check it out and get ready for more.
Stephen Wolfram
Founder & CEO of Wolfram Research
Mark Shuttleworth
Founder of Ubuntu & Canonical
Mark Porter
CTO at MongoDB
Paul Cutter
CIO at Flutter Entertainment
Andreas Ehn
First Employee & CTO at Spotify
Randy Shoup
VP Engineering & Chief Architect at eBay
Harsh Sinha
CTO at TransferWise
Peter Halacsy
CTO & Co-founder of Prezi
Ajey Gore
Operating Partner Technology at Sequoia Capital India
Michael Smith
CIO at Estee Lauder Companies
Kapil Surlaker
VP Engineering at LinkedIn
Tony Fadell
Founder of Nest – iPod Inventor & iPhone Co-inventor
Scott Belsky
CPO at Adobe & Founder of Behance
Sam Lessin
Founder of Fin & Slow Ventures (Former VP of Product at Facebook)
Kara Swisher
Co-Founder of Recode
Di-Ann Eisnor
Director of Growth at Waze
Peter Vesterbacka
Co-Founder of FinEst Bay Area – Former Mighty Eagle at Angry Birds
Newton Howard
Director of the MIT Synthetic Intelligence Lab
Kathryn Lueders
Industry Innovation & Microgravity Lead at NASA
Martin Wezowski
Chief Designer at SAP
Jevgeni Kabanov
Chief Product Officer at Bolt
Mark Cuban
Owner of Dallas Mavericks, Shark Tank Host
Tom Mueller
Co-Founder & Former CTO of SpaceX
Jon Oringer
Founder and Executive Chairman of Shutterstock
Stan Chudnovsky
Co-Founder of NFX
Reshma Sohoni
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Seedcamp
Daniel Dines
Co-Founder & CEO of UiPath
Albert Wenger
Managing Partner of USV
Tim Draper
Founder of Draper Associates
Ion Stoica
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Databricks
Prashanth Chandrasekar
CEO at Stack Overflow
Trae Stephens
Partner at Founders Fund
“Thank you for Techsylvania. It is awesome and a great economic developer.”
Tim Draper
Founder of Draper Associates & DFJ
(early investor in SpaceX, Tesla, Hotmail)
June 7-8, 2023
Meet your business & tech models and take your skills to another level.
From presenting ground-breaking ideas to debating some of the most pivotal problems that arise when business meets tech.
Techsylvania’s Conference scene represents the core of the community.
June 7-8, 2023
Executive Roundtables
Bringing closer founders, investors and top executives to debate the latest trends and innovations.
Meet and connect with the brightest minds in the industry through 1.5- hour-long discussions.
June 7-8, 2023
Technical Workshops
This is the right place if you want to enhance your skill set and take it to another level.
Build, code and experiment with renowned mentors and experts.
June 6-10, 2023
A whole week of Satellite Events
Techsylvania is not just an event; it’s a celebration in the name of innovation. We are expanding the perspectives of the event with adjacent events organized by our partners.
Satellite Events
June 7-8, 2023
Startup Alley
If you’re one of the bold startup founders who speak business, this one might be for you. This is an application-based program that aims at propelling early-stage startups to present their products to potential business partners, talent and the media. Showcase your startup, for thousands of #techsylvanians.
Join us at Techsylvania 2023
And meet with the world’s leading minds in business & tech