Forum @ Kanada Haus Berlin

Harnessing Disruptive Technologies

The Canada-Germany Value Chain

The Embassy of Canada in Berlin and the German-Canadian Association e.V. invite you to attend the 4th annual Forum @ Kanada Haus, on Thursday, May 16, 2013. This year’s theme is Harnessing Disruptive Technologies: The Canada-Germany Value Chain.

Opening Keynote Addresses: “Creating a National Infrastructure to Support Innovation

The View from Canada – Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, President MaRS Discovery District Toronto

The View from Germany – Prof. Dr. Günther Wess, Vice-President Research Field Health, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Panel One: “Financing Game-Changing Innovation – the Role of Venture Capital”

Dr. Brian Underdown, Managing Director, Lumira Capital
Senia Rapisarda, Vice President Strategic Investments and Initiatives, Business Development Bank of Canada
Dr. Michael Brandkamp, Executive Director, High-Tech Gründerfonds
Dr. Peter Neubeck, Venture Partner, TVM Capital Group

Panel Two: “Harnessing Disruptive Technology - Industry Showcase”

Malte Mundt, Field Application Engineer, QNX Software Systems
Dr. Bernd Pitschak, Managing Director, Hydrogenics Corporation
Sönke Moosmann, Communications Lead SAP Innovation Centre, SAP AG
Hans Wolfgang Kunz, Head of Government Solutions Business Unit, Giesecke & Devrient GmbH

The conference will be held in English. Please find the detailed program here

Please RSVP by May 10th: marie.kraemer@international.gc.ca

Conference partners of the „Forum @ Kanada-Haus 2013“ are the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) and the German Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVK). The Forum is made possible by BlackBerry (Gold Sponsor), and the law firm Lette & Knorr AG (Silver Sponsor).

Forum @ Kanada Haus

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