The annual European Business Angel Network congress (EBAN), one of the biggest international events in the field of start-up capital and business angels in Europe, organized for the 20th time by EBAN together with the national members’ organization, has concluded tonight in Helsinki. In addition to the Finnish Business Angel Network FiBAN), this year’s congress was co-organized by the Arctic15 conference, which is considered one of the most successful networking events for start-ups in Europe.
The intensive two-day program, which included over 50 different round tables, speeches, presentations, workshops, and numerous organized meetings for event participants, kick-started with the opening speech by the Mayor of Helsinki, Mr. Jan Vapaavuori. More than 250 attendees were also addressed by Mr. Peter Vesterbacka, Finnish entrepreneur, game developer (Angry birds etc.) and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011, who presented the €15 billion project to build an underwater connection between Helsinki and Tallinn airport as the basis for establishing the central Eurasian capital.
To share their views with event participants, there were over 100 other speakers, including FiBAN Chairman Mr. Janne Jormalainen, EBAN President Mr. Peter Cowley, Nokia and F-Secure Chairman Mr. Risto Siilasmaa, the famous start-up entrepreneur and investor Mr. Zach Coelius, nHack founder, entrepreneur, consultant, investor and President of the Norwegian Business Association in Beijing Mr. Chris Rynning, and many others.
As part of this year's 6th tour of the VZMD's international business-investor programs Invest to Slovenia - investo.si & International Investors` Network - investo.international, the event was also attended by the VZMD President Mr. Kristjan Verbič, who participated in several individual meetings and attended the traditional gala dinner and EBEN award ceremony.
The VZMD has successfully cooperated with EBAN and its members since the 2013 congress in Vienna (VIDEO). Since then, the VZMD representatives have actively participated in the 2014 meetings in Helsinki (VIDEO) and Istanbul (VIDEO), the 2015 meeting in Eindhoven, the 2017 meeting in Malaga, and at the 2015 tour to Tirana, Pristina, Skopje, and Tetovo together with the Turkish association (VIDEO).
Immediately after the congress, Mr. Verbič left for Dublin to attend the evening reception of the Federation of European Securities Exchange (FESE), where attendees were addressed by the President of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Mr. Steven Maijoor.
Today, Mr. Verbič is attending the FESE convention, which will see four panels with many experts and important representatives of European institutions and financial industry discussing the role of stock exchange and capital markets, the influence of the MiFID II/MiFiR financial market reform and the Brexit, the European future and strategic need for a sustainable union of capital markets.
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