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Agenda

2026 Programme

12:00 – 13:00

Checking In & Lunch

13:00 – 13:10

Intro by the Host

  • Trine Hoffensetz Winther, CEO at DanBAN

13:10 – 13:20

Keynote: Welcome to Innovation District Copenhagen

  • David Dreyer Lassen, Rector of KU and Chairperson of IDC

13:23 – 13:53

Panel: Built in Europe, bought by America

  • Stine Mølgaard, Partner at Alliace VC
  • Mads Lacoppidan, Managing Director at EIFO
  • Jean Schmitt, Managing Partner at Jolt Capital
  • David Olsson, Principal at Expedition Growth Capital

13:56 – 14:26

Panel: What It Actually Takes to Win and Close a Fund Right Now

  • Alexis Horowitz-Burdick, General Partner at Unconventional Ventures
  • Tamara Savic, Investment Director at EIFO
  • Melisa Kozak, Investment Manager at EIF
  • Johan Bøe Bjørkevoll, Investment Director at Investinor

14:29 – 14:59

Private LP Panel: Fundraising from family offices and HNWIs

  • Frederik Hasling, Attorney-at-Law at Mazanti-Andersen
  • Eric Lagier, Partner at byFounders
  • Signe Marie Sveinbjørnsson, Partner at Heartcore
  • Nicolaj Reffstrup, Venture Partner at Giant Ventures

15:02 – 15:22

Keynote: Data: State of Venture

  • Yoram Wijngaarde, Founder and CEO at Dealroom

15:20 - 15:40

Keynote: Sovereignty and Competitiveness

  • Dr. Lars Frolund, Distinguished Senior Lecturer at MIT and Adjunct Professor at The University of Copenhagen

15:43 – 16:13

European Tech Sovereignty

  • Dr. Lars Frolund, Distinguished Senior Lecturer at MIT and Adjunct Professor at The University of Copenhagen
  • Margrethe Vestager, Chair of the Board at DTU
  • Christina Egelund, Minister for Science, Higher Education and Digital Affairs
  • Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO at Novo Nordisk Foundation

16:16

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