AGENDA

 09:00 - 10:00
Registration
 10:00 - 10:07
Welcoming & Opening Speech
Savo Bakhtyar - Five One Labs
 10:10 - 10:20
Keynote Speech
Qubad Talabani - The Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region
 10:20 - 10:35
Innovation-led entrepreneurship: Innovation vs Invention 
Dr. Mantas Adomėnas - Senior Research Fellow at the Baltic Institute of Advanced Technology 
and Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
 10:35 - 11:05
Panel Discussion, Entrepreneurship: Global Perspective & Local Reality
Moderated by Dalia Kaikhasraw
Panelists:
Asoz Rashid - Chief Executive Officer at iQ Group
Ali Hilli - Entrepreneur and Marketing & Communications Director @ Miswag
 11:05 - 11:20
Policy Recommendation Paper - Business Infrastructure
Jort Posthumus - Deputy Consul General of the Netherlands in Erbil
 11:20 - 11:35
Coffee Break
 11:35 - 11:50
The role of government in promoting innovation-led entrepreneurial ecosystems
Dr Ulrich Nußbaum - Former German State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
 11:50 - 12:00
STARTUP: Showcase 1
 12:00 - 12:10
STARTUP: Showcase 2
 12:10 - 12:30
Environmental Policy and Technological Innovation
Marion Hémar - Macroeconomist and expert on developing countries, Expertise France - AFD Group
 12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
 13:45 - 14:00
Startup India: Inclusive Ecosystem for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Prashant Pise - Ambassador of India to Iraq
 14:00 - 14:40
Angel Investment Workshop
Eileen Brewer - Angel Investor and Executive Director of 757 Accelerate
 14:40 - 15:20
Smart City Solutions
SMARTSULI CITY SOLUTIONS - Moderated by Potan
 15:20 - 15:30
Closing Remarks
 15:30
Networking at the Booth area