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
Welcome to Startup Iceland 2023
9:02 – 9:20
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
President of Iceland
A.I.
9:20 – 9:40
Carrin F. Patman
U.S.A. Ambassador to Iceland
9:40 – 10:00
Björgvin Ingi (Bo) Ólafsson
Partner and Board Director, Deloitte Iceland
10:00 – 10:20
Helga Waage
Founder and Expert on AI
10:20 – 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
Stefan Baxter
Founder, CEO Smart Data and QuickLookup
Miri Berger
Co-Founder and CEO, 6Degrees
11:30 – 11:50
Isaac Kato
Founder and Investor
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
13:20-13:30
Startup Pitch 3
Startups will present their 90 second pitch
Venture Investing & Startup Communities
13:30 – 14:15
Investor Fireside chat with Sigurlína Valgerður Ingvarsdóttir, TBA and TBA moderated by Bala
Investing in the age of A.I.
14:15 – 15:00
Founders Fireside chat moderated by Beth Kolko
Sigurður Ásgeir Árnason, TBA & more.
15:00 – 15:25
Coffee Break/Networking
Coffee Break/Networking
16:00
Bala Kamallakharan
Closing Speech
16:15
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