10.15h 

Walk-in/registration

11.00h

Welcome by Jeroen van Woerden, Managing director The Gate

11.15h

Keynote: Johan Feenstra, CEO SMART Photonics

12.00h

First round of workshop sessions:

1) Leveraging IP for Success
2) Startup fuckups
3) How to do business with local governments?
4) War on talent
5) High Tech XL

Instead of participating in one of the workshops, you can also join the session with investors in the auditorium. 

6) Not your usual Dragons' Den (main Auditorium)
Investors will pitch what kind of startups they want to fund 

13.00h

Lunch 

14.00h

Paneldiscussion: Impact or profit maximisation?

With all the global challenges ahead of us, we need companies that focus on creating positive impact, rather than striving for profit maximization. But how to generate impact in our current system of growth? Where financial numbers and return on investment is what stakeholders look at?

More and more startups are driven by impact.
Who are these startups?
How can you combine your focus on tech with a focus on social, ecological and human capital? 
What needs to change for impact startups to thrive?
Are these impact startups the underdogs or the new leaders of the future?

Join this valuable discussion

15.00h

Second round of workshop sessions:

1) Growing your startup means difficult decisions to make
2) C♀O means funding and more
3) Why startups don't get funding
4) A bumpy road – how to position a disruptive technology in the market
5) Conquering the world with your startup? Here you find help. 

15.45h

30-Minute break 

16.15h

Keynote: Results from seven years of Gerard & Anton Awards.
How are the alumni doing, where are the successes and opportunities in the region?

17.15h

Gerard & Anton Awards 

18.00h

Closing barbecue and drinks