CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
*Work-in-progress. Slight changes are inevitable.
9:00 — 12:00 ➝ REGISTRATION ≧◉ᴥ◉≦
18:40 — 19:00
EMERGE CHALLENGE Finalists Pitching
19:00 — 19:40
How to get through Web2 to Web3 transition alive
NAJIA MAQSOOD, Sr. Project Manager Ahli United bank, ex-Citi
ANDREA PRAZAKOVA, Senior Vice President EEMEA (Innovation, ESG, Gaming) Mastercard
JEREMY DENISTY, Co-Founder & Managing Partner Imagin3 Studio
moderator:
JULIA MOMBLAT, Head of Partnerships Liquid Access
ANDREA PRAZAKOVA, Senior Vice President EEMEA (Innovation, ESG, Gaming) Mastercard
JEREMY DENISTY, Co-Founder & Managing Partner Imagin3 Studio
moderator:
JULIA MOMBLAT, Head of Partnerships Liquid Access
Let's talk about how web2 businesses can start adopting web3 step by step, dive into the current trends in web2 to web3 transformation and look at the brightest cases.
#trendwatching
19:40 — 20:00
FOUNDER'S STORY ABOUT ACQUISITION EXIT
SEBASTIAN BOND, Founder Kitab Sawti, acquired by Storytel
moderator:
ALINA NILSSON, Co-founder & CEO EMERGE
moderator:
ALINA NILSSON, Co-founder & CEO EMERGE
In this 1-1 chat, Sebastian will share his personal experience of building and developing a product for users in a region he's not native to. And then, getting his company acquired by one of the leaders in the industry on the world market.
#foundersstories
20:00 — 20:20
The Metaverse & digital fashion potential: NFTs, creators, and traditional brands
REGINA TURBINA, Founder & CEO Artisant Inc., Founder replicant.fashion
A worldwide-known fashion designer and the pioneer of digital fashion, Regina will share her insights from working with the phygital reality and her thoughts on the related trends.
and opportunities that digital fashion can give to the creative economy, designers, artists, and brands. She will focus on the web3/blockchain side of this to showcase how NFT and innovative technologies expand the borders of the Metaverse.
#foundersstories
20:20 — 20:30
🎉Awards & Closing Ceremony🎉
20:30
F*CKUP NIGHT – OPEN MIC! 🎤😅
Right after the Awards ceremony, when everyone is starting to celebrate the closure of the conference, you’re welcome to step up to the stage and share your unsuccessful cases. Stand-up vibe and no slides!
It’s a safe space where you can share your failures and bad experience in product building, team building, fundraising, you name it... To let others grow from these mistakes together with you.
We will review all responses and get back to you by 22 May.
Most exciting cases will be given the right to present first. Others are free to speak within the open mic format afterwards!
It’s a safe space where you can share your failures and bad experience in product building, team building, fundraising, you name it... To let others grow from these mistakes together with you.
We will review all responses and get back to you by 22 May.
Most exciting cases will be given the right to present first. Others are free to speak within the open mic format afterwards!
21:30
EMERGE AFTERPARTY
Drinks & dance (っ＾▿＾)۶🍸🌟🍺٩(˘◡˘ )
Drinks & dance (っ＾▿＾)۶🍸🌟🍺٩(˘◡˘ )
9:30 — 11:30
Investors-only breakfast hosted by Google
(for venture tickets only)
Join an invite-only meet-up for investors at the EMERGE conference organised in partnership with Google.
Together with the peers and thought leaders we’ll delve into the state of the industries with the major investment potential as of today, as well as discuss key opportunities and challenges in the venture capital space.
Following the keynote from Google, you will be invited to join the roundtables to hear insights, exchange experiences and uncover business development areas.
This event is designed to explore new paths to growth despite today's uncertainties and connect you with like-minded experts in a casual networking environment over a cup of hot beverage.
09:30 — 10:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
10:00 — 10:20 TALK
HOW GOOGLE HELP INVESTORS TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS
BY SHINEZ CHALABI, Business Acceleration Head Google
10:30 — 11:00 FIRST ROUND OF ROUNDTABLES
11:10 — 11:40 SECOND ROUND OF ROUNDTABLES
HOW DO VCS RAISE CAPITAL DURING TURBULENT TIMES?
LOULOU KHAZEN, Managing Partner Spade Ventures
MENA: INVESTORS' PERSPECTIVE
ASHER SIDDIQUI, General Partner Sukna Ventures
INVESTING IN FINTECH: INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
ANTON VASILIEV, General Partner Finbridge Ventures
INVESTING IN GAMING: INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
SANDZHAR ISMAILOV, Head of Large Customer Sales, Gaming Google
WHAT TO KNOW TO INVEST IN AI MINDFULLY
SAAD OUCHKIR, Head of Cloud Customer Engineers for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa Google
host:
ANASTASIA KARPOVA, media manager
11:40 — 12:00 WRAP-UP & NETWORKING
Join an invite-only meet-up for investors at the EMERGE conference organised in partnership with Google.
Together with the peers and thought leaders we’ll delve into the state of the industries with the major investment potential as of today, as well as discuss key opportunities and challenges in the venture capital space.
Following the keynote from Google, you will be invited to join the roundtables to hear insights, exchange experiences and uncover business development areas.
This event is designed to explore new paths to growth despite today's uncertainties and connect you with like-minded experts in a casual networking environment over a cup of hot beverage.
09:30 — 10:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
10:00 — 10:20 TALK
HOW GOOGLE HELP INVESTORS TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS
BY SHINEZ CHALABI, Business Acceleration Head Google
10:30 — 11:00 FIRST ROUND OF ROUNDTABLES
11:10 — 11:40 SECOND ROUND OF ROUNDTABLES
HOW DO VCS RAISE CAPITAL DURING TURBULENT TIMES?
LOULOU KHAZEN, Managing Partner Spade Ventures
MENA: INVESTORS' PERSPECTIVE
ASHER SIDDIQUI, General Partner Sukna Ventures
INVESTING IN FINTECH: INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
ANTON VASILIEV, General Partner Finbridge Ventures
INVESTING IN GAMING: INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
SANDZHAR ISMAILOV, Head of Large Customer Sales, Gaming Google
WHAT TO KNOW TO INVEST IN AI MINDFULLY
SAAD OUCHKIR, Head of Cloud Customer Engineers for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa Google
host:
ANASTASIA KARPOVA, media manager
11:40 — 12:00 WRAP-UP & NETWORKING
12:00 — 17:00
EMERGE CHALLENGE ➝ STARTUPS PitchES
JUDGING PANNEL
BATCH 1 | FINTECH
ROMAN TYAN, Managing Partner NRG Ventures
ANDREI YURANOV, Principal Finbridge Ventures
ASHER SIDDIQUI, General Partner Sukna Ventures
YOUSEF HAMZA, Partner V7 Group
JAGAN CHERUKURI, General Partner Constellation VC
BATCH 2 | B2B
ROMAN TYAN, Managing Partner NRG Ventures
ALEXANDER ZEMLYAK, Principal & Head of Israel Leta Capital
ANTON VASILIEV, General partner Finbridge Ventures
SERGEI BOGDANOV, Managing Partner Yellow Rocks!
MAX TODUA, General partner Constellation VC
BATCH 3 | HEALTHTECH&WELLBEING
AYMAN RASHED ALKHANBOULI, Managing Partner AK Venture
VALENTINA ZAKIROVA, Investment Director Social Discovery Group
SARAH GRIPPAY, Program Manager Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp
POLINA ALEXANDROVA, Venture Partner Smart Partnership Capital
MARIA IVANOVA, Founding Partner Gingo Partners
BATCH 4 | B2C
BAS GODSKA, Founder, General Partner Acrobator Ventures
AYAD CHAMMAS, Partner Nirman Ventures
SIDD GANDHI, Venture Partner GrowX ventures
EUGENE VALUEV, Founding Partner Ultra VC
BATCH 5 | CREATIVE
ZEINA YOUSSEF, Operations Support Manager Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp
TALA AL JABR, Investor & Investment Committee Saudi Angel Investors
JONATHAN DOERR, Partner Antler MENAP
SANAM FOROUGHI, Investment Associate Plug and Play Abu Dhabi
BATCH 1 | FINTECH
ROMAN TYAN, Managing Partner NRG Ventures
ANDREI YURANOV, Principal Finbridge Ventures
ASHER SIDDIQUI, General Partner Sukna Ventures
YOUSEF HAMZA, Partner V7 Group
JAGAN CHERUKURI, General Partner Constellation VC
BATCH 2 | B2B
ROMAN TYAN, Managing Partner NRG Ventures
ALEXANDER ZEMLYAK, Principal & Head of Israel Leta Capital
ANTON VASILIEV, General partner Finbridge Ventures
SERGEI BOGDANOV, Managing Partner Yellow Rocks!
MAX TODUA, General partner Constellation VC
BATCH 3 | HEALTHTECH&WELLBEING
AYMAN RASHED ALKHANBOULI, Managing Partner AK Venture
VALENTINA ZAKIROVA, Investment Director Social Discovery Group
SARAH GRIPPAY, Program Manager Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp
POLINA ALEXANDROVA, Venture Partner Smart Partnership Capital
MARIA IVANOVA, Founding Partner Gingo Partners
BATCH 4 | B2C
BAS GODSKA, Founder, General Partner Acrobator Ventures
AYAD CHAMMAS, Partner Nirman Ventures
SIDD GANDHI, Venture Partner GrowX ventures
EUGENE VALUEV, Founding Partner Ultra VC
BATCH 5 | CREATIVE
ZEINA YOUSSEF, Operations Support Manager Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp
TALA AL JABR, Investor & Investment Committee Saudi Angel Investors
JONATHAN DOERR, Partner Antler MENAP
SANAM FOROUGHI, Investment Associate Plug and Play Abu Dhabi
17:10 — 17:50
SAVING OUR SOULS BUSINESSES
DURING THE CRISIS: TIPS FROM INVESTORS
DURING THE CRISIS: TIPS FROM INVESTORS
DR. JONATHAN DOERR, Partner Antler
DR. AYMAN RASHED ALKHANBOULI, Managing Partner AK Venture
MARIA IVANOVA, Founding Partner Gingo Partners
moderator:
ALEXANDER ZEMLYAK, Principal Leta Capital
DR. AYMAN RASHED ALKHANBOULI, Managing Partner AK Venture
MARIA IVANOVA, Founding Partner Gingo Partners
moderator:
ALEXANDER ZEMLYAK, Principal Leta Capital
Investors will talk about the recent banking crisis and how it affected startups and VCs, and discuss the state of world economics today and in the nearest future.
9:30 — 11:30
Special networking event
by Founders’ Mondays
12:00 — 17:50
Sandbox & Startup Alley & 1-1 meetings
EMERGE is always happy to provide you with many networking opportunities.
Firstly, at the Startup Alley you can check our participating startups and chat about the business. It is a place where you can meet your potential investor or a project to invest in.
And if you want to meet 1-1, you can check the attendees' profiles in our app, connect and arrange a meeting in the networking area.
After the main programme ends in the evening, you can grab a drink and stay for another networking round – now informal. Available both days!
Firstly, at the Startup Alley you can check our participating startups and chat about the business. It is a place where you can meet your potential investor or a project to invest in.
And if you want to meet 1-1, you can check the attendees' profiles in our app, connect and arrange a meeting in the networking area.
After the main programme ends in the evening, you can grab a drink and stay for another networking round – now informal. Available both days!
13:20
USER JOURNEYS & BUSINESS MODELS IN THE WEB3 ERA
BY SHASHWAT ETERNAL, CMO NFT3
This is not going to be a brainwashing session on how everything in the world is going to move to web3. It’s more of an exploration into how entrepreneurs can look at technological developments minus the jargon, and form theses on how these will change business models and user behaviours.
We will look at popular and most importantly FUN verticals like music, entertainment, social media, gaming (etc.), and try to formulate ideas on where these industries are headed in light of recent developments in web3 and AI.
Having been a web2 founder and now full-time in web3 for 3+ years, Shashwat hopes he can help you see the technological revelations for what they are, and share some insight into how they will be impacting the commercial landscape of the future. Shashwat’s wish is that we do this together, in a fun, lighthearted and jargon-free way.
No equipment needed, only an open mind, though you can make notes if and however you want. Can’t wait!
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
We will look at popular and most importantly FUN verticals like music, entertainment, social media, gaming (etc.), and try to formulate ideas on where these industries are headed in light of recent developments in web3 and AI.
Having been a web2 founder and now full-time in web3 for 3+ years, Shashwat hopes he can help you see the technological revelations for what they are, and share some insight into how they will be impacting the commercial landscape of the future. Shashwat’s wish is that we do this together, in a fun, lighthearted and jargon-free way.
No equipment needed, only an open mind, though you can make notes if and however you want. Can’t wait!
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
14:40
HOW TO ENSURE YOUR STARTUP SURVIVES AND UPGRADE YOUR TEAM WITH AI
BY IGOR AKIMOV, AI Solutions Product Lead Wrike
ChatGPT and OpenAI have radically transformed the way many people and companies work around the world. Some say that such artificial intelligence will replace millions of people, others say that it cannot be trusted and is all just a hallucination. We won't try to side with one or the other, but just use real examples to integrate ChatGPT into the work of a product manager or a startup founder. In an hour we'll gain knowledge about the audience, its pains, possible solutions, potential business model, prepare a presentation and marketing materials, and even try to create a website of a product or a feature without any knowledge of the code. No magic, just technology.
Please, come with your laptops or tablets.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
Please, come with your laptops or tablets.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
16:20
FUNDRAISING FOR SOCIAL DISCOVERY PRODUCTS IN THE CURRENT MARKET ENVIRONMENT
BY VALENTINA ZAKIROVA, Investment Director Social Discovery Group
The goal of this interactive workshop is to facilitate Social Discovery, which involves gaining knowledge about people around you, your own self, your product, and other products, as well as discovering lifehacks for fundraising.
Throughout this workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
Please note that the number of elevator pitches available is limited.
This workshop is powered by Social Discovery Group – a global tech company comprising over 40 brands with 250 mln users, an investment fund, and a venture studio.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
Throughout this workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
- Learn effective strategies for raising capital and what is currently valuable to venture capitalists.
- Discover what steps to take in the event of failing to raise funds and how to avoid project closure.
- Participate in an elevator pitch and receive immediate feedback from the investor.
Please note that the number of elevator pitches available is limited.
This workshop is powered by Social Discovery Group – a global tech company comprising over 40 brands with 250 mln users, an investment fund, and a venture studio.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP