16th SECA Private Equity & Corporate Finance Conference

SIX ConventionPoint, Pfingstweidstrasse 110, Zurich

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The 16th annual SECA Private Equity & Corporate Finance Conference which you just experienced is now over, but the memories of a great event are still shining bright. We hope you enjoyed it, learned something new, made new friends, reconnected with those you already know, found inspiration and most of all found real value from the day. Judging by the feedback we’ve received, we can smile as we look back to a day packed with interesting presentations, outstanding speakers, a fabulous audience, rich networking, delicious food and a great evening at the Bananenreiferei.

We wish to extend a big Thank You to our incredible sponsors, to our excellent speakers and panelists and to all participants. You made this day special!


Please find below the presentations of the SECA Conference:
 

Keynote Speakers

• Bernd Pfister, Chairman SECA, Paros Capital AG
• Patrick Förg , Head Origination Issuer Relations, SIX Swiss Exchange
• Edy Portmann, Assistant Professor of Information Science, Swiss Post Endowed Professor
• Alexander Stoeckel, presenting Switzerland’s Business Angel of the Year 2017
• Carl-Georg Bauer-Schlichtegroll, General Partner, EOS Venture Partners - Developed Markets Perspectives – Finance, Innovation, Trump, Brexit
• Olivier Glauser, Shankai Sports, Innovation from Startups in China – Is this relevant for Europe?
• Prabhu Guptara, Globalisation: An Emerging Markets' Perspective

Morning - Session I - Corporate Ventures and Tech Startups

Corporate Venture Capital Panel:

• Martin Haemmig, CeTIM & GLORAD
• Ion Vintilescu, The Boeing Company
• Francois Auque, Airbus Ventures
• Lukas André, Redstone Digital
• Beat Steffen, Novartis Venture Fund
• Monika Schulze, Zurich Insurance
• Gina Domanig, Emerald Technology Ventures AG

Startups and Innovation Panel:

• Judith Iglehart, Keiretsu Forum
• Maryanne Morrow, Keiretsu Forum
• Christian Apfel, Keiretsu Forum
• Silvio Bonaccio, ETH Technology Transfer
• Alexander Stoeckel, btov Partners AG

Morning - Session II ‐ Young SECA - SpaceTec

Ecosystem Overview Panel:

• Michael Schaepman, University of Zurich
• Johann Richard, Swiss Space Office (Swiss Delegate to ESA)
• Rainer Horn, SpaceTec Capital
• Daniel Fürst, RUAG Space

Investing and Startup Panel:

• Chad Anderson, Space Angels
• Ion Vintilescu, The Boeing Company
• Robert Böhme, Part Time Scientists
• Francois Auque, Airbus Ventures
• Nanja Strecker, ETH Zurich, ESA BIC Switzerland

Afternoon - Track I - Private Equity Risk and Return

• Cyril Demaria, Wellershoff & Partners
• Cornelius Müller, Invest Europe
• Martin Haemmig, CeTIM & GLORAD

Afternoon - Track II - Legal & Tax Hot Topics

• Hannes Glaus, Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob AG
• Marc Wicki, Partners Group AG
• Christian Koller, Blum & Grob Rechtsanwälte AG
• Beat Kühni, Lenz & Staehelin
• Dieter Wirth, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

Afternoon - Track III -  The Connected Consumer

• Mike Schwede, cooala (personal website)
• Sushil Choudhari, Scandid
• Sean O’Connor, Magpie Technologies
• Anthony  van der Hoek, Hoeks International Marketing
• Ben Neblock, New York Life Insurance Company
• Barbara Fischer, Arena Ventures

We hope to welcome you to our coming SECA Events and/or at the SECA Conference next year, and wish you a fantastic summer full of sun, fun and relaxation wherever that may be.

A big thank you to our sponsors!