The Environment of Innovation & The Future of Venture Capital
Date and time
Location
Cambridge Innovation Center
121 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109Description
The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the American-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce to host a conference focusing on the environment of innovation and future outlook on venture capital. The panel will also discuss potential opportunities between Iceland and the Greater Boston Area.
The conference chair is Jon Sigurdsson, Chairman, Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce and President & CEO, Össur. Moderating the panel is Magnus Thor Torfason, Assistant Professor, University of Iceland School of Business.
Over 20 Icelandic companies will attend the panel discussion.
Agenda:
8:15-9:00am –Light breakfast and networking
9:00-9:10am –Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
9:10-9:30am –Hjalmar Gislason, VP of Data, Qlik. The Environment of Innovation
9:30-9:50am –Todd Hixon, Managing Partner, NAV.VC: The Future of Venture Capital
9:50-10:50am –Panel discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Magnus Thor Torfason, Assistant Professor, University of Iceland School of Business
-Geoff Mamlet, Managing Director, CIC, President, Impact Hub Boston
-Hjalmar Gislasson, VP of Data, Qlik
-Todd Hixon, Managing Partner, NAV.VC
-Kjartan Olafsson, Founder/CEO, Volta Labs Venture Development
-Helga Valfells, CEO, NSA Ventures
-Stuart Levinson, CEO, co-founder, OpenCompany
10:50-11:00am –Summary
Organized by
The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) is a membership organization founded in New York in 1986. The chamber promotes the development of business and trade between the United States and Iceland through membership networking events, business conferences and other occasions in which business and government leaders of the business and government participate. IACC´s day-to-day operations are managed by the Iceland Trade and Investment Office at the Consulate General of Iceland in New York.
Corporate Sponsors: Century Aluminum, Eimskip, Icelandair, siggi’s dairy, Marel, Lateral Investment Management and Össur.