2. Confe re nc e ove rvie w
Most Important Web Entrepreneurial Event
in Eastern Europe
Information based presentations, no sales pitches allowed.
Hands-on workshops on web & mobile technologies
Regional networking event, global exposure
Connecting Eastern Europe to the global web
Searching for the Eastern European success model in web tech
3. Aft e r H ow t o We b 2 0 1 0
2 days event, 23 international speakers, 24 talks & panels, 4
workshops, 2 great parties
National and international media exposure, social media champ
Top class experience, 90% of participants evaluated the event
as very good or exceptional
Awarded Best IT&C event of
the year by IDG Romania at
RoCS 2010
4. H ow T o We b Confe re nc e 2 0 1 1
9-10 November 2011, Bucharest, Romania
750+ participants, 35+ international speakers
The Talks: 24 presentations and panels
on entrepreneurship, business development and web trends
The Works: 12 tech workshops
on web technology, software and mobile development
The Expo: 30 tech startups & companies
5. T he T a lk s
30 minutes talks
(including Q&A)
15 presentations
6 panels
Focusing on the future of web, Eastern Europe's entrepreneurs,
How To's, business development, financing, social and mobile
trends
6. K e y-not e rs
Mark Randall
Chief Strategist, Digital Media at
Adobe, 20+ years of entrepreneurship,
top-class speaker
Carlos Espinal
Partner at Seedcamp, the most
popular web entrepreneurship
support program
7. Ac c e le ra t or re pre se nt a t ive s
Reshma Sohoni Jon Bradford
Partner at Seedcamp, the most Managing director at Springboard
popular web entrepreneurship & Iginte 100, ex-VC manager, ex-
support program founder of The Difference Engine
Roxanne Varza Chris Kowalczyk
Communications & Events Partner at GammaRebels, Partner
Manager at Startupbootcamp, at HardGamma Ventures / UBIK
Editor at TechCrunch France Business Consulting
Mikko Järvenpää
Chief Marketing Geek at
HackFwd, innovative geek
support program
8. BA's & V C re pre se nt a t ive s
Radu Georgescu Sitar Teli
President at GECAD Group, Investment Principal at Doughty
experienced tech Hanson Technology Ventures,
entrepreneur experienced startup consultant
Alex Hoye Dan Lupu
Business angel & tech advisor, Investment director at Intel Capital,
Ex CEO, CTO, CFO or CMO one of the most important VC funds
in Eastern Europe
Michael Jackson Chris Grew
Partner at Mangrove Capital Partner at Orrick,
Partner, previously VP at Skype advisor for tech companies on
investments, business angel
9. T op c la ss Europe a n st a rt ups
Alastair Mitchell Eric Wahlforss
Founder and CEO of Huddle, Founder of Soundcloud, best
best B2B European entreprise European music sharing service
service awarded at Startup100 awarded at Startup100
Some of the best European Startups, according to The Telegraph Tech Start-up 100
competition, most important European start-up competition of the year
10. Ea st e rn Europe a n e nt re pre ne urs
Miki Devici Branco Milutinovic
Founder of HTTPool, one of Founder and CEO of Nordeus,
the biggest advertising producer of Top Eleven, the
network in CEE most played online sport game
in the world
Adam Somlai Fischer Vladimir Oane
Co-founder and CEO of
Founder of Prezi.com,
UberVU, winner of Seedcamp
Innovative storytelling tool
2008, all-around great geek
Mihai Seceleanu Alexandru Costin
Co-founder and CEO of EiR at Adobe, developing the
InternetCorp & Kuponiada, BusinessCatalyst SaaS, ex-
one of the biggest daily deals founder of InterAKT
website
11. M obile & soc ia l e x pe rt s
Thai Tran
Founder of Lightbox, Max Niederhofer
Ex-product manager of Google Founder and CEO of Qwerly,
Maps, ex-product manager of social identity analytics tool, ex.
YouTube associate at Atlas Venture
Philipp Kandal
Michael Co-founder and GM of Skobbler,
Breidenbucker winner of the most innovative
Founder of RjDj, innovative European LBS startup at Navteq
music freak LBS Challenge 2009
Felix Petersen
Co-founder of Amen & Plazes,
”one of the pioneering start-ups Konstantin Hristov
in the context and location based Co-founder and CEO of Favit,
services area” ac. to TechCrunch the ultimate social streamer
12. Pa ne l m ode ra t ors
Martin Bryant
European editor at TheNextWeb.com,
Europe's no. 1 tech blog
Ivan Brezak Brkan
Founder and Chief editor of
Netokracija, most important tech
blog in South-Eastern Europe
13. T he Work s
45 minutes workshops
12 workshops
single threaded
Focusing on web technologies, the
social web, HTML 5, mobile
development, entrepreneurship
14. Busine ss spe a k e rs
Peter Csikos Daniela Neumann
CEO of Gravity RD,
previous business advisor, BDM at Playmob, ex. Product
technology transfer expert, manager at XING, Emagister.com
business development director etc.
Marius Ghenea Marcin Grodzicki
Serial entrepreneur, business BDA at AdTally, co-founder of
angel, promoter of LinkFindr.com, ex-winner of
entrepreneurship and innovation Seedcamp 2008 with Codility
15. T e c h spe a k e rs
Mihai Corlan Bogdan Sandulescu
Developer Evangelist at Adobe, Product manager of UberVU,
web geek passioned by web and the guy in charge of managing 10
mobile interfaces Terrabytes of data
Philipp Kandal
Co-founder and GM of Skobbler,
winner of the most innovative
European LBS startup at Navteq
LBS Challenge 2009
16. Com m unit y le a de rs ba c k e d e ve nt
Oana Calugar Alin Mechenici Lucian Todea Vukašin Stojkov
iQuest, Cluj JCI, Craiova ITNT, Sibiu ICT SEE, Belgrade
Radu Ticiu Ivan Brezak Brkan Carmen Ciulacu
Vladimir Trkulja
IST, Timisoara Netocratia, Zagreb IDG, Bucharest
ICT SEE, Belgrade
17. An a w e som e ve nue
The very new Crystall Palace Ballrooms can accommodate
up to 2500 guests, in a vast and modern space just 10
minutes away by car from Unirii Squre (center of Bucharest).
18. H T W T e c h Buse s
Free buses coming from Budapest, Cluj, Timisoara, Belgrad, Sofia,
Iasi, dedicated to the participants at How to Web 2011
Other cities, like Kiev, Zagreb or Sibiu, may be added to the list
4* or 5* buses, great traveling conditions
Wi-Fi available
HTW Tech Bus experience: TechTalks, speed networking, mini-
hacks contests, themed movies (“Social Network”, “Pirates of
Silicon Valley” etc.)
19. M ini-e ve nt s going on
How to Web Startup Challenge
HTW's own start-up competition dedicated to Eastern European
start-ups, offering free expo space, networking opportunities and
prizes
Speed networking dedicated space
Speed networking program for putting in contact the participants
and the speakers at How to Web.
Book & product launches, contests etc.