Join me in Wroclaw on 7th of December at 8pm for an exciting Meetup and pitch off dedicated to blockchain, fintech, and banking. Fintech is eating the world and the CEE is the heart of that movement. We will run a pitch off and I'll be giving away some cool prizes including tickets to Disrupt Conference.

I hope to see you there!

John Biggs

Editor-in-chief of impactCEE News

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Every start-up will have 5 minutes to do their pitch. Pitches will be followed by a Q&A session from the jury who then will decide which start-up should get the award.

Jury:

John Biggs - Entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times. He runs the Technotopia podcast about a better future. He has written five books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette’s Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Magda Borowik - Senior strategy advisor focused on managing technology risk. Full-stack digital technology expert. Started to learn tech at wholesale telecom operator, building IP connectivity across Europe, then switched to a telecom software house, where she learned about software systems and applications. After that moved to global technology consulting company where she managed technology risk for 8 years. Next step were online media. Now heads blockchain program at FinTech Poland. Passionate about network protocols, cryptoeconomy and information security. Focus: decentralization, digitization, blockchain, digital currencies, disruption

Annemarie Dalka is currently an Investment Manager at Ariadne Capital and looks at an early stage companies in numerous sectors, including fintech. Prior to joining Ariadne, Annemarie spent six years at the BNP Paribas group, most recently working with UK based financial institutions within its Asset Management unit. This followed a successful three years at the Investment Bank in both Warsaw and London, gaining extensive experience covering M&A transactions, Debt Capital Markets and Equity & Commodity Derivatives. Annemarie holds a Master degree in Strategic Management from Kozminski University in Warsaw.

Jacek Ratajczak - Business Development Manager at intive, responsible for FinTech market globally.

Meetup is open to anyone who registers but in order to get a free beer you need to register first for impact’16 fintech/insurtech. To do so, please go to pass.impactcee.com

Meetup Partner: PLUG Polish Tech Link

PLUG is a global brand of meet-up series. We want to release the global potential of the new Polish economy sector by connecting, inspiring, educating and promoting Poland’s technology innovation leaders in the world’s most prominent and vibrant new technology hubs.

ImpactCEE and PLUG in a Meetup and Pitch-off with John Biggs

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