iBRIDGE Berlin Breakout Sessions
June 4th
Breakout Session I
- Iran Startup Scene
Nasser Ghanemzadeh, Mohsen Malayeri, Arash Barahmand, Mohammad Sharif, Mostafa Naghipourfar - Iran Examples of Challenges and Failures
Hosssein Haddadinia, Mehrdad Agah, Hamidreza Ahmadi, Alireza Mobayyen - Disruptive Innovations: Rapid Prototyping, 3D Printing and the Maker Movement
Damien Declercq
- Women Entering New Terrains: Breaking Old Norms
Gisu Hariri, Neveen El-Tahri
- Designing the Perfect Product: Understanding the Concept of Minimal Viable Product
Kamran Elahian - Iran Showcase: Tele/Communication & Hardware
Ahmad Ali Farhoudi, Ali Ziabasharhagh, Hamid Houshyarifar
- Understanding the Market: Market Segmentation, Analytics & Competitive Analysis
Mohammad Afshar, Mehrdad Sadri
- Building Effective Teams: Finding Co-founders, Defining Clear Roles and Responsibilities, Managing Conflict and Designing for Performance
Pari Namazie, Bulent Celebi, Amir Cyrus Razzaghi, Saeid Rahmani, Amin Reza Vohooshi
- 101 of Company Structure: Cap structure, Shareholders Agreement, By Laws
Amir Zarkesh, Amir Hassanabadi, Babak Yektafar, Behrooz Akhlaghi, Mahvash Tayrani, Encyeh Sadr
- Design Thinking: Crash Course x2
Mana Taheri + Team - –
- Business Model Innovation: Strategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business
Reza Asghari - Understanding Venture Capital – From early to Late Stage
Fred Nazem
- Crash Course: Agile and Scrum Management
Ali H. Moghaddam
Breakout Session II
- How to develop an effective Go-To Market Strategy
Lawrence Wright, Ossama Hassanein
- Lessons Learned from Others: Learning from Developing Countries like India, Turkey, Singapore etc
Dariush Zahedi,Stephan Chambers, Bulent Celebi, Babak Yektafar
- Basics of Seed and Early Stage Financing
Saeed Amidi,Arad Rostampour
- Iran Showcase: Commercialization
Seyed Mohsen Seyedian Ardabili, Mohammad Hossein Fardad, Mohammad Reza Nazari, Meisam Rajabinohouji
- PR and Media: How My Start-up Can Gain Media Attention?
Salamander Davoudi
- Academia’s Role in Iran’s Entrepreneurship
Human Shojaee, Amir Albadvi, Ali Maleki, Pezman Karimi
- Internet of Things
Mo Maghsoudnia, Mehran Sedigh, Mohammad Afshar
- 101 of Company Structure: Cap structure, Shareholders Agreement, By Laws
Amir Zarkesh, Amir Hassanabadi, Fred Nazem, Behrooz Akhlaghi, Mahvash Tayrani, Encyeh Sadr
- Pitch Fest 1
Dave McClure, Daniil Kozlov, Nikki Iravani, Gabriel Mastuschka
- Pitch Fest 2
Neda Amidi, Francis Zadan, Boris Ryabov, Rouzbeh Pirouz - Design Thinking: Crash Course
Mana Taheri + Team
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- Pitch Fest 3
Nicolai Wadstrom, Pirooz Parvarandeh, Xanyar Kamangar, Sebastian Blum - Business Model Innovation: Strategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business
Reza Asghari - Pitch Fest 4
Hala Fadel, Kamran Elahian, Rasoul Oskouy, Mehrdad Piroozram
June 5th
Breakout Session I
- Unleashing your Teams Talents: Leadership and Participative Management
Pirooz Parvarandeh, Shahin Hedayat, Alinaghi Mashayekhi, Mehdi Nayebi
- Iran Showcase: Internet / E-commerce
Reza Arbabian, Nazanin Daneshvar, Meysam Mashayekhi, Sivash Jalali
- Co-opetition – Reaching New Heights Through Collaboration
Pari Namazie
- Women Entering New Terrains: Breaking Old Norms
Nikki Iravani, Brienne Ghafourifar
- Iran Showcase: Mobile & Game Startups
Mohammadhossein Faghi Khorasani, Ali Nadalizadeh, Vahid Abdollahi, Amirhossein Fassihi
- Corporate Governance: Best Practice
Babak Yektafar
- Building Effective Teams: Finding Co-founders, Defining Clear Roles and Responsibilities, Managing Conflict and Designing for Performance
Bulent Celebi, Amir Cyrus Razzaghi, Saeid Rahmani, Amin Reza Vohooshi
- Understanding Venture Capital – From Early to Late Stage
Rouzbeh Pirouz
- Design Thinking: Crash Course x2
Mana Taheri + Team
- Pitch Fest 5
Neveen El-Tahri, Rasoul Oskouy, Mehrdad Piroozram, Hendrick Brandis
- Pitch Fest 6
Amir Taheri,Daniil Kozlov, Neda Amidi, Ramin Bagheri
- Pitch Fest 7
Hala Fadel, Nicolai Wadstrom, Babak Hamadani, Ehsan Dariani
- Importance of Local Manufacturing
Mehran Sedigh, Mo Maghsoudnia, Amir Taheri
- Business Model Innovation 1a: Strategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business
Reza Asghari
Breakout Session II
- Women in Tech - Iran
Samira Kooshkestani, Behnaz Aria, Mahash Tayrani, Azadeh Danandeh, Mahboubeh Ildarabadi
- Hackers Bridge
Rasoul Oskouy, Yahya Tabesh, Mohammad Morovati, Pezhman Karimi, Reza Karami
- Social Innovation – Social Enterprise in Action
Anne-Kathrin Kuleman, Dina Sherif
- Software Sales: Enterprise Software Sales / SaaS and Consumer Software Sales
Saeid Ghafouri, Tina Mashalahi
- Understanding the Market: Market Segmentation, Analytics & Competitive Analysis
Mohammad Afshar, Mehrdad Sadri
- PR and Media: How My Start-up Can Gain Media Attention?
TBD - How to develop an effective Go-To Market Strategy
TBD
- Design Thinking: Crash Course x2
Mana Taheri + Team
- Pitch Fest 8
Rouzbeh Pirouz, Sebastian Blum, Mehran Sedigh, Francis Zadan
- Pitch Fest 9
Amir Zarkesh, Shahin Hedayat, Ramin Bagheri, Xanyar Kamangar, Ehsan Dariani
- Simplify: Lessons Learned from Making Companies, Products, & Videos
Ahmad Kiarostami
- Business Model Innovation 2b: Strategic Approach to Rethinking Your Business
Reza Asghari
- Health and Medical Technologies: Promising Field of the Future
Nikki Iravani, Manouchehr Shamsrizi, Babak Hamadani
June 6th
Breakout Session I
- Unleashing your Teams Talents: Leadership and Participative Management
Pirooz Parvarandeh, Shahin Hedayat, Alinaghi Mashayekhi, Mehdi Nayebi
- International Business Accelerator Programs: A showcase
Kamal Hassan, Nicolai Wadstrom, Saeed Amidi, Daniil Kozlov
- Tech Investing in Iran
Mehrdad Agah, Ayat Hosseini, Masoud Arasteh Brahimpour, Shiva Sadat
- IP Offensive & Defensive IP Strategies: IP protection vs. Land Grab
Babak Akhlaghi, Robert Babayi, Seyed Kamran Bagheri, Heike Freund, Thomas Hirse
- Real Connections Make A Real Difference
Bita Milanian
- Iran Showcase: Bio/Nano
Saeid Zokaei, Reza Kalantarinejad, Haleh Hamedifar
- Designing the Perfect Product: Understanding the Concept of Minimal Viable Product
Kamran Elahian
- Understanding Venture Capital – From early to Late Stage
Hala Fadel, Fred Nazem
- Talent Acquisition: Keeping and Growing a World Class Team
Pari Namazie, Ehsan Golabgir, Amir Taheri, Nazanin Daneshvar
- Building Effective Teams: Finding Co-founders, Defining Clear Roles and Responsibilities, Managing Conflict and Designing for Performance
Amir Cyrus Razzaghi, Saeid Rahmani, Amin Reza Vohooshi
- Bridging the Gap: From University Research to Market Entry
Payman Arabshahi, Amin Shokrollahi, Ali Fotowat
- Social Media Crash Course: Effectively using Digital Communication Channels for Your Business
Maziar Nadjm
- Bootstrapping: Why and How?
Arash Afrakhteh, Ahmad Kiarostami
- Iran: Macro Economic Overview – Opportunities and Challenges Faced by High Tech Entrepreneurs in Iran
Mohammad Morovati, Tahmasb Mazaheri
- TBD
Breakout Session II
- Iran Showcase: Energy
Ali Hasanpour, Seyed mahdi Ghasemi Zavieh Sadat, Hossein Nazarboland Jahromi
- Co-opetition – Reaching New Heights Through Collaboration
Pari Namazie
- TBD
- Basics of Seed and Early Stage Financing
Saeed Amidi, Arad Rostampour
- Iran Showcase: Meditech
Zeinab Shankayi, Saeed Behzadipour, Ali Motie Nasrabadi, Saedreza Alikhani
- Understanding the IPO Process: From Start to End
Ross Haghighat
- Investor Pitch: How to Make the Ultimate Pitch and Take Your Venture to the Next Level
Behzad Nasre
- Iran Showcase: Fin Tech & Big Data
Sajad Bonabi, Seyedali Daneshgar, Mostafa Amiri, Sina Sohangir
- Hacker Bridge
Rasoul Oskouy, Yahya Tabesh, Mohammad Morovati, Pezhman Karimi, Reza Karami
- Software Sales: Enterprise Software Sales / SaaS and Consumer Software Sales
Saeid Ghafouri, Tina Mashalahi
- TBD
- Simplify: Lessons Learned from Making Companies, Products, & Videos
Ahmad Kiarostami
- TBD
- Crash Course: Agile and Scrum Management
Ali H. Moghaddam
- Green Technology – Sustainability Considerations
Boris Ryabov, Kaveh Madani, Babak Hamadani