Past
Speakers
Jon Lexa
President, Sana
Matti Niebelschütz
CEO and Co-founder, CoachHub
Gina Gotthilf
Co-founder, Outsmart College & former VP of Marketing and Growth at Duolingo
Roxana Dobrescu
Chief People Officer, commercetools
Bernhard Niesner
Co-founder & former CEO, Busuu
Jenny Coogan
Co-Founder, Newsela
Erika Batista
Venture Partner, Intuition & Board Member, On Deck
Kirsten Campbell-Howes
VP of Learning, Elsa & ex-Chief Learning Officer, Busuu
Ben Wirz
Founding Partner, Brighteye
Alex Latsis
Founding Partner, Brighteye
Ranbir Arora
CEO & Co-Founder, Oneday
Gunnar Windsand Sem
Co-founder, Installer.com
Emilia Molimpakis
CEO & Co-Founder, thymia
The
Sessions
Day 1
7 Oct 2025
Introduction
14:00 - 14:20 BST
Welcome to the Festival
We will announce specific speakers and focuses soon!
Session #1
14:20 - 15:00 BST
How to raise a Series B in 2025
We dive into what it takes to raise a successful series B round in 2025, featuring founders that have done it and investors that led the round.
Session #2
15:00 - 15:40 BST
Product Market Fit
We will dive into how companies can reach PMF faster and more efficiently, using a data-driven approach to run and understand rapid experimentation.
Session #3
16:00 - 16:40 BST
B2B Sales
Sales leaders will discuss how to build, lead and motivate world-beating sales teams, so that you can smoothly scale your contracts.
Day 2
8 Oct 2025
Session #4
14:00 - 14:40 BST
Customer
Success
We will address how to train and manage your customer success teams using your own best practice and function best practice - from your leaders to managers to junior team members.
Session #5
15:00 - 15:40 BST
AI in Marketing: Marketing
How AI is reshaping marketing leadership skills - what this means for you as leaders, for your team's skills profile and how you prioritise hires.
Session #6
16:00 - 16:40 BST
Funding/Investment:
PR Focus
PR leaders will walk through how to maximise the reach and impact of your media work, including funding announcements, marquee deals, product releases and others.
Our Festival Partners
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