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About How to Web The most important tech innova>on & entrepreneurship conference in South Eastern Europe bringing together startup founders, product managers, devs, marketers & community leaders from all around the CEE

ü  Great networking opportuni>es ü  High-‐quality content ü  Gadget showcase & gadget expo area ü  Startup Spotlight ü  Exclusive par>es & networking events

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How to Web 2015 in a nutshell Bucharest, Nov 26 & 27 Grand Cinema & More, Baneasa Shopping City ü  89 speakers, mentors & investors from all around the world ü  28 remarkable keynotes & talks ü  11 insighXul panels ü  30 promising startups ü  384 curated mentoring sessions ü  21 communi>es @ How to Web Community Spotlight ü  8 “Ask the expert” sessions ü  12 innova>ve products in the Gadget Expo Area ü  6 live product demos on stage ü  2 exclusive networking events

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Premium Content

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Hands-‐on talks & best prac>ces shared by remarkable entrepreneurs and top-‐notch professionals

Devs & Technical Specialists

Adam Borochoff Chief Engineer

Palan>r Technologies

Guillaume Marty Frontend Engineer

Mozilla

Cris6 Badea CIO

Avangate

Bernard Gidon EMEA Biz Dev Leader

W3C

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Check out the complete list of speakers @ hbp://bit.ly/HTWSpeakers

Remarkable Entrepreneurs

Jan Reichelt Co-‐Founder & President

Mendeley

Uldis Leiterts Co-‐Founder Infogr.am

Larry Gadea Founder & CEO

Envoy

Jack Newton Co-‐Founder

Clio

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Top-notch professionals

Sujan Patel Co-‐Founder

ContentMarketer.io

Olaf Lausen Biz Dev Director Telekom Romania

John Collins Managing Editor

Intercom

John Bernard Director of Global Marke>ng

Firefox OS, Mozilla

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Experienced product managers

Mar6n Eriksson Co-‐Founder

Mind the Product

Edial Dekker Ex-‐Senior Product Manager

Eventbrite

Kalman Kemenczy Director of Product

Prezi.com

Andrei Pi6s Founder & CTO Vector Watch

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Networking opportunities

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Dedicated networking ac>vi>es, How to Web Meet (the official mobile app of the conference), exclusive events…

2 exclusive networking events

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Gadget expo area

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Dedicated networking ac>vi>es, How to Web Meet (the official mobile app of the conference), exclusive events…

12 innovative products… 1.  Axosuits: affordable exoskeleton for people with walking disabili>es;

2.  Bitdefender BOX: security device that protects your home network from malware;

3.  BMW i3: fully electric urban car with a visionary design;

4.  Codie: interac>ve toy robot that teaches kids programming;

5.  Dream OC: device that creates a hologram for your product / logo;

6.  Gravity Liler: device that makes any product up to 3kg levitate;

7.  Hirrus mini-‐UAV: surveillance drone that provides relevant, fast and insighXul data;

8.  Lighty: intelligent mobile projector system;

9.  Scooterson: the world’s first intelligent electric kick-‐scooter;

10.  Symme 3D: mul>-‐func>onal delta plaXorm for 3D prin>ng, PCB miling and laser engraving;

11.  TinTag: rechargeable tracking device for lost items;

12.  VectorWatch: the smart watch with an always-‐on screen and 30 days babery life.

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Startup Spotlight


Compe>>on & mentoring program helping startups get deals & funding

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About Startup Spotlight Compe>>on & mentoring program for CEE early stage tech startups with 20k cash prizes. The selected finalists get access to:

•  20k USD total cash prizes offered by IXIA, the main partner of the program;

•  A curated deal-‐making pipeline & valuable connec>ons;

•  2 full days of mentoring and lead genera>on;

•  Significant exposure in the relevant tech media and on the How to Web blog;

•  The opportunity to pitch on the main stage of How to Web Conference;

•  How to Web Conference (they receive full access >ckets).


Startup Spotlight 2015 in a nutshell Bucharest, 25 – 27 Nov •  30 tech startups from 9 CEE countries; •  3 days of pitching, mentoring & lead genera>on; •  384 one-‐on-‐one mee>ngs with accelerators; •  20.000 USD total cash prizes won by:

•  BranchTrank – Best Startup Award: SaaS that creates interac>ve customer simula>ons for scenario-‐based learning;

•  Symme 3D – IXIA Innova>on Award: mul>func>onal Delta plaXorm for 3D prin>ng, PCB miling & laser engraving;

•  Jaboo – Runner Up: set of smart wrist bands that accelerate and improve the athletes’ performance;

•  SafeDrive – Best Pitch: mobile app that enhances road traffic safety by rewarding drivers for not tex>ng while driving.

Check out the Startup Spotlight finalists @ hbp://bit.ly/SS15Finalists


Trusted mentors & investors

Erhan Erdoghan Venture Partner 500 Startups

Jonathan Strong EMEA Community Dev

Sollayer

Andrei Brasoveanu Investment Team Accel Partners

Max Kelly Managing Director TechStars London

Media Exposure

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How to Web Conference 2015 in the media

Media Coverage Oct – Dec 2015 1531 men6ons in the media Total viewership of 1.727.000 Press coverage 213 ar>cles 379k viewership Blog Posts 60 ar>cles 127k viewership News engines 290 news 2k viewership Facebook 551 men>ons 824k viewership TwiVer 474 men>ons 379k viewership

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Press Releases 7 press releases sent to the na>onal & interna>onal media: 7.10 The CEE Innovators Community meets at How to Web Conference 2015 15.10 Startup Spotlight: 20k USD cash prizes, mentoring & investment opportuni>es 20.10 Top-‐notch entrepreneurs & professionals take the stage at How to Web Conf 2015 29.10 Investors, mentors & commercial partners join Startup Spotlight 5.11 How to Web Startup Spotlight brings together 32 startups from 9 countries 13.11 Gadget showcase and excellent networking opportuni>es @ How to Web Conf 3.12 BranchTrack wins How to Web Startup Spotlight

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Advertising – Online Banners 20 online banners have been displayed during the communica>on campaign in partner media publica>ons such as:

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+ a display Google AdWords campaign

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