JUNE 8th 2023 | pavilion theatre ERASMUS

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Impact by technology

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MEET TECH STARTUPS
road to impact
get inspired by founder stories
MEET TECH STARTUPS
road to impact
get inspired by founder stories

The tech & Entrepreneurship event of the year

200

Tickets available

8

inspirational speakers

5

STARTUPS
THIS EVENT WILL BE

HOSTED BY

Julian Jagtenberg is the CEO and Co-Founder of Somnox, a category-carving company known for developing the first smart sleep companion proven to improve the quality of rest. Julian brings a passion for robotics to his role at Somnox, where he and his team have built a science-backed sleep companion, shown to improve breathing and settle the mind for better sleep, recovery, and quality of life.

Julian graduated with honours from the Delft University of Technology with a degree in Industrial Design. He also holds a minor in Robotics from the Delft Biorobotics Lab – 3mE (Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering).

julian jagtenberg

CEO & CO-FOUNDER OF SOMNOX

Get inspired

The Plenary Show will take place at the Erasmus Pavilion on the Erasmus University Campus, on the 8th of June from 15:00 - 17:00. For this event, a free ticket can be reserved via the button below. This ticket gives you access to the Plenary Show.  The Network Fair does not require registration and is open to everyone.
Plenary Show
in the Erasmus Pavilion
15.00-17.00
See program below
NETWORK Fair & Drinks
at Erasmus enterprise
17.00-19.00
More info soon
AGENDA

EVENT SCHEDULE

14:45

walk in

15.15

Opening show & welcome

15.25

Interview: An inside look at venture building with John Bell

15.30

keynote speaker Frans van Houten

15:50

Startup vs Corporate

16:40

Envision - startup story

16:55

Closing Julian Jagtenberg

17:00

Network Drinks & TECH Startup Fair

SPEAKERS ATTENDING

inspiring SPEAKERS

Julian Jagtenberg

CEO & CO-FOUNDER AT SOMNOX

Julian Jagtenberg is the CEO and Co-Founder of Somnox, a category-carving company known for developing the first smart sleep companion proven to improve the quality of rest. Julian brings a passion for robotics to his role at Somnox, where he and his team have built a science-backed sleep companion, shown to improve breathing and settle the mind for better sleep, recovery, and quality of life.

Antoinette van Kolthoorn

PMC Support manager Witteveen + Bos

Antoinette van Kolthoorn is fully committed to the digital transformation of consultancy and engineering firm Witteveen+Bos. First as program manager and now also as manager of the Digital Support business unit. New digital engineering solutions are being developed together with all other business units and customers, while at the same time, the team is building a data-driven and digital organization. “We use new technology and data in a smart way to solve societal challenges for clients as well as improving our own digital way of working."

Omar Link
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CO-FOUNDER NOWI, operations manager nexperia

Omar is a successful entrepreneur who recently sold his semiconductor company, which he built from the ground up over the past 7 years. Omar scales businesses with a strategic vision. He drives growth, creates value, and is now doing that on a larger scale in the corporate world as a Senior Director in the management team.

John Bell
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CEO OF HIGHTECHXL

Dr John Bell is the CEO of HighTechXL, which is one of the key DeepTech Venture Builders in Europe. Based in the Brainport ecosystem in the Netherlands, HighTechXL creates new promising ventures that solve societal challenges. Before John joined HighTechXL, he was global Vice President of External Innovation for Johnson & Johnson Consumer, based in New Jersey. In this role, he was responsible for driving cooperation with entrepreneurs, strategic suppliers, partner companies and universities to co-create and onboard game-changing innovations.

Sara Okhuijsen
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Co-Founder and Head of R&D OASYS NOW

Sara Okhuijsen is a scientific social impact entrepreneur. As a creative mind with a passion for science and innovation, she is committed to utilising her skills and knowledge to bring science and innovation to people. OASYS NOW empowers citizens to take charge of their DNA data and contribute it to science securely. Sara’s work at OASYS NOW enabled her to bring cutting edge technology and scientific advancements to society, by building an ethical-by-design storage and exchange platform for DNA.

Karthik Mahadevan

CEO and co-founder envision

Karthik Mahadevan is the co-founder and CTO of Envision. He leads the product and strategy at Envision. Coming from a lifelong passion, education and career in the field of deisgn, Karthik cares meticulously about the details of products created at Envision and their role in improving the lives of people who need them the most.

Rob van der Werf
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ASML director

Rob van der Werf is ASML director of Public & Private Partnerships in the domain of start-&scale-up ecosystems. He previously held management positions at ASML in Product Strategy and Strategic Business Development. Before joining ASML, Rob was CEO of a startup developing equipment for IC-encapsulation.  started his professional career at Philips as a product manager for electronics assembly equipment. Rob has a master's degree in Applied Physics and holds an MBA.

Frans van Houten

FORMER CEO AT ROYAL PHILIPS

Frans van Houten is the former CEO of Royal Philips and studied economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Novartis and co-founder of the Graduate Entrepreneur Fund. He is an advisor and board member of two healthcare scale-ups in the US.

Network fair participants

Close the loop

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Yes!tALENTs

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oASYS NOW

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Gyromotics

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Noria sustainable innovators

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Soundcell

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Hightechxl
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Coding the curbs

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AICON

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EVENT LOCATION

Erasmus pavilion & ERASMUS ENTERPRISE

Burgemeester Oudlaan 350, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands
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