2019 EDITION/ CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
* subject to minor changes
8:30AM
Breakfast & Registration
Coffee, tea, pastries will be served
9AM
Welcome & Introductions
BayBrazil Board Members & Margarise Correa, Founder & CEO
9:10AM
The current state of entrepreneurship in Brazil
Speakers:
Edson Rigonatti, Founding Partner, Astella Investimentos
Ekaterina Skorobogatova, VP Growth, TheVentureCity
Manoel Lemos, Partner, Redpoint eventures, Cubo Itaú
Paulo Shargorodsky, VP Strategic Accounts, eBanx
Moderator:
Julie Ruvolo, Director of Venture Capital, LAVCA
10AM
Unicorns made in Brazil
Speaker:
Fabricio Bloisi, Founder & CEO, Movile
Fireside chat with Veronica Serra, Founding Partner, Innova Capital
Coffee Break
11:10AM
Destination Brazil
Panel featuring CEOs of Silicon Valley-based companies entering the Brazilian market.
Speakers:
Chris Tsakalakis, CEO, Vivino
Ekechi Nwokah, CEO, MINES
Steve Polsky, Founder & CEO, Juvo
Moderator:
Raphael de Cunto, Partner, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Lunch Break - complimentary lunch will be served.
13:20PM
AI & the Future of Education
Speaker:
Peter Norvig, computer scientist, Director of Research at Google
Moderator:
Vicente Silveira, BayBrazil Chairman of the Board
2:10PM
New deals & new money into Latin American tech startups
Discussion on record investments by VCs and corporations
Speakers:
Alexandre Villela, Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures
Saurabh Gupta, Managing Director, DST Global
Moderator:
Anderson Thees, Managing Partner, Redpoint eventures
2:50PM
Finance goes digital in Brazil: the transformation in banking and payments
Speaker:
Ralf Germer, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, PagBrasil
Moderator:
Avanish Sahai, Global VP, ServiceNow
Coffee Break
3:45PM
Brazilians founders
Panel featuring startups leaders building and expanding companies abroad
Speakers:
Bruno Faviero, Co-Founder & COO, Synapse Technology
Michele Levy, Co-Founder & CEO, Ilhabela Holdings & Costa Brazil
Eric Santos, Co-Founder & CEO, Resultados Digitais,
Moderator:
Fred Aslan, MD, President and CBO, Vividion Therapeutics
4:30PM
From Shanghai to Sao Paulo: Will Brazil's digital economy develop more like China's?
Speaker:
Hans Tung, Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Moderator:
Andy Tsao, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
5:15PM
The innovation economy across Latin America
Speaker:
André Maciel, Head of Brazil & Managing Investment Partner, SoftBank Latin America Fund
Moderator:
Jose Berenguer, Country Officer for Brazil, JP Morgan