Schedule
Date
Start and End Time
Host/Speaker
Description
Thursday
June 1st
Startup Iceland Conference Main Event
08:30 – 16:00
Startup Iceland Conference at HARPA Music Hall & Conference Center – Silfurberg Room
Master of Ceremonies – Oddur Sturluson
8:30 – 9:00
Registration and Networking:
Badge pickup, registration, walk-ins
9:00 – 9:02
Bala Kamallakharan
Founder of Startup Iceland
Welcome to Startup Iceland 2023
9:02 – 9:05
A.I.
9:05 – 9:25
9:25 – 9:45
Björgvin Ingi (Bo) Ólafsson
Partner and Board Director, Deloitte Iceland
The Importance of Large Language Models for Business – and for us all
9:45 – 10:05
Helga Waage
Founder and Expert on AI
Is it the beginning of the end? Or is it maybe the end of the beginning?
10:05 – 10:25
Stefán Baxter
Founder, CEO Smart Data and QuickLookup
Marrying advanced technology and business needs, a founders tale
10:25 – 10:30
Startup Pitch 1
Startups will present their 90 second pitch
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break/Networking
Coffee Break/Networking
A.I. in Business and Founder Stories
10:50 – 11:10
11:10 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:50
Isaac Kato
Founder and Investor
The Saga of Verne Global: A founder’s story from an American entrepreneur in Iceland
11:50 – 12:00
Startup Pitch 2
Startups will present their 90 second pitch
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00-13:20
Dr. Melanie Rieback
Trailblazer in Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship and VC
13:20-13:35
13:35-13:40
Startup Pitch 3
Startups will present their 90 second pitch
Venture Investing & Startup Communities
13:40 – 14:25
Investor Fireside chat with Sigurlína Valgerður Ingvarsdóttir, Hrönn Greipsdóttir and Timo Weiland moderated by Bala
Investing in the age of A.I.
14:25 – 15:10
Founders Fireside with Beth Kolko,
Sigurður Ásgeir Árnason, Heiður Hreinsdóttir, Einar Stefánsson
and David Simonarson
Founders talk about their journey to success
15:10 – 15:50
Fireside Chat with Timo Weiland,
David Shaprio and Bala Kamallakharan
The Next Wave of Venture Investing and Capital Market Access
16:00
Startup Iceland Closing Cocktail and Networking
Friday
June 2nd
9:00 – 12:00
Startup Iceland mentoring session with our distinguished speakers
Mentoring day at Reykjavik University