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SPEAKERS 2020

[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Madison Campbell” position=”CEO and Founder of Leda Health” description=”Madison is the CEO and founder of Leda Health, a controversial sexual health innovation giving sexual assault survivors the power to collect time-sensitive evidence in the comfort and privacy of their own space. As a sexual assault survivor, Madison is devoted to making an impact and finding ways to support all survivors, especially those who do not feel comfortable reporting.” image=”4043″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Jacob Michalak” position=”CEO of Spotlive,” description=”Jacob Michalak – CEO of Spotlive, a digital media startup that focuses on live content in
area of adult industry with a vision to empower creators and help them to grow the
audience, to develop and distribute content.” image=”3668″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Genevieve LeJeune” position=”CEO at Skirt Club” description=”Genevieve is the founder of Skirt Club a private members club for bi-curious & bisexual women. With 15,000 members globally, women are more interested in each other, than ever.

A keen advocate for advancing women’s confidence, her global events encourage women to put their own desires first.

Born in London, raised in Hong Kong Genevieve has lived in over 16 cities. Six years ago she left her corporate days in finance far behind, choosing to bring luxury experiences to women, enjoyed for centuries by men.

Skirt Club brings women confidence bedroom to boardroom.” image=”3672″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Nenna Joiner” position=”Founder of Feelmore Adult located” description=”Nenna is the Owner of Feelmore Adult located in Berkeley & Oakland, California. Their professional background is Network Security after working for 15 years for Fortune 500 companies such as Clorox, Verizon, and banks, Nenna was fired after they found porn storage on their company laptop. Right after, Nenna went home to complete their first porn ‘Tight Places’ which won a Feminist Porn Award(FPA) out of Toronto. Since being in the adult business Nenna has worked to receive their 2nd Porn award for ‘Hella Brown’ from the FPA.” image=”3678″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Ola Miedzynska” position=”CEO & Founder Sx Tech eu / Sprint Sx Tech” description=”CEO & Founder of Sx Tech. eu and founder of Sprint Sx Tech – the first acceleration program for the female professionals from the sex tech and fem tech industry. Ola launched the first Germany Sex Tech Hackathon and through her major activities, she actively supports technological transformation in building the ecosystem around two global industries – Sex Tech and Fem Tech. Berlin Based.” image=”4109″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Eleanor Hancock” position=”Sex-tech Researcher” description=”Eleanor Hancock recently graduated from the University of Liverpool with an Masters of Research in the Communication & Philosophy department. She has been working with sex workers in the Merseyside region for over three years and is currently writing a book documenting the lives of escorts at a Liverpool-based escort agency. She has also spent three years researching the social and ethical consequences derived from utilising sex-technology in digitalised sex-industry contexts” image=”3726″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Nina Barz” position=”Head of Communications and Marketing – Satisfyer” description=”Nina is a communications specialist with comprehensive expertise in B2C
brand building. Based on Nina’s deep and data have driven market knowledge, she creates relevant storytelling with added value that always puts customer and their needs first.
Ongoing evaluations, as well as customer insight
analysis, ensure the ability to identify and amplify new trends, and meet people’s needs in this fast-moving time. Driven by the Satisfyer core values – sexual freedom, diversity and gender equality – Nina holds these values near her heart.” image=”4111″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Heather C. Montgomery” position=”founder/CEO PleazeMe.com” description=”Founder/CEO of sex-positive social platform PleazeMe (PleazeMe.com),
created an entertaining and informative site as a means to open the conversation to healthy sex and sexuality, especially for women. A tool tailored to one’s sexual interests, desires and needs, latent with diverse resources, shrouded in anonymity” image=”3730″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Mariah Freya” position=”Co-Founder & Sex Coach at Beducated” image=”3735″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Phil Steinweber” position=”Co-Founder & CEO at Beducated” image=”3734″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Soumyadip Rakshit” position=”Co-Founder/ CEO, MysteryVibe” description=”Soumyadip is the Co-Founder & CEO of British sexual health brand, MysteryVibe. Their mission is to open up conversations about sexuality as an essential part of our health—using smart technology and deeply researched content to create pleasurable experiences, support education, and enhance exploration.” image=”3038″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Calandra Balfour” position=”CoOwner of Lust! Founder/CEO of LoveGivr” description=”Calandra Balfour has carved a niche as an adult industry entrepreneur. She has a deep understanding of the adult sector, from a sextech angle as founder of LoveGivr (the world’s first sex-positive combined social media and e-commerce platform), the adult retail sector as owner of several adult retail shops Taboo and Lust in the UK, the kink industry as owner of a hireable kink space, to a real understanding of the adult consumer from being a sex educator.” image=”4122″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Anna Richards” position=”Founder of FrolicMe.com” description=”Anna Richards is the founder of the erotic media platform www.frolicme.com the fast-growing “go-to-site” for women and couples to explore and enjoy a new world of tasteful ethical porn that has passion, female pleasure, fantasy and erotica at its heart.” image=”3765″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Marco Preuß” position=”Director, Global Research & Analysis Team, Europe Kaspersky’s” description=”Marco was appointed Director of Europe for the company’s Global Research & Analysis Team in March 2013. Prior to becoming Director of Europe, Marco served as Senior Security Researcher and Head of Kaspersky’s Global Research & Analysis Team in Germany.
Marco has been working in the field of network and IT security since the early 2000s. He has many years of experience and is responsible for monitoring the threat landscape in Europe.” image=”3767″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Maxine Lynn” position=”SexTech Industry – Attorney, Blogger, Podcast Host” image=”2902″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Lucija Mlačak” position=”Global Brand Manager at LELO” description=”Lucija is the Global Brand Manager at LELO, responsible for brand reputation and campaign execution. She has knowledge in the field of consumer behavior, drafting global campaigns and making strategic marketing decisions. Prior to joining LELO, Lucija was part of a media agency and NGO. Her marketing experience in different industries makes her understand what consumers want and how to achieve that.” image=”3777″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Maja Matić Širola” position=”Paid content manager, LELO” description=”Maja is the paid content manager at LELO – working with content creators (influencers, bloggers, YouTubers, online magazines…) on a daily basis with the sole focus of pushing sexual wellness and the brand out of the taboo and into the mainstream. Being a paid content manager means finding that fine line between being creative while still having an analytical outlook on each partnership.” image=”3775″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Shakun Sethi” position=”Founder, CEO Tickle.Life” description=”Shakun is the Founder and CEO of Tickle.Life, she has over a decade of experience
and specializes in Community Management, International Communications,
Brand Management, and Digital Media. Shakun believes in initiating the dialogue
and bringing the communities together,” image=”3830″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Tischa “The Tigress“ Thomas” position=”Stage Host” description=”My name is Tischa Thomas “The Tigress“, goddess of the muscle world. I formally compeated as a professional bodybuilder ranked 3rd in the world. However, my true enjoyment and passion comes from my work as a professional dominatrix and Fantasy Facilitator. I specialize in making my clients dreams “cum“ true!!!” image=”4125″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Paulita Pappel” position=”Co-founder of lustery.com” description=”Paulita Pappel is a feminist pornographer. She is the co-founder of lustery.com, a platform dedicated to the sex lives of real-life, loving couples from around the world. She also co-organizes and curates the Pornfilmfestival Berlin. Paulita works as producer, performer and director and advocates for a sex-positive, consent culture.” image=”3783″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Domminique Karetsos” position=”CEO and co-founder of The Healthy Pleasure Group” description=”Dominnique is CEO and co-founder of The Healthy Pleasure Group, a pioneering collective that seeks to define, reshape and revolutionise the sexual empowerment of all generations and pave the way for healthy sexuality and healthy pleasure for everyone.” image=”3905″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Martin Cirillo-Schmidt” position=”Founder ioba.toys” image=”3907″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Jasveer Matharu” position=”Healthy Pleasure Group’s Digital Director” description=”Jasveer Matharu is Healthy Pleasure Group’s Digital Director and Elara Care’s Founder.
With a huge passion for creating positive change, Jas has started a number of projects from the creation of a nutrition app to the set-up and delivery of digital marketing skill sharing workshops for women in Digital.” image=”3909″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Dr Maria Peraza Godoy” position=”Co-founder of Healthy Pleasure Group and director of the Group’s innovation Lab.” description=”Leading Urologist, Andrologist and Sexual Medicine expert, Dr Maria Peraza Godoy is co-founder of Healthy Pleasure Group and director of the Group’s innovation Lab. As a prominent Urologist and Andrologist, Mafe, as she is known to her peers, has dedicated her life to understanding three important things – the medical, scientific and human reasons we do and don’t enjoy sex – and why.” image=”3911″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”KOKESHI” position=”KOKESHI consciousness” description=”I am a medical-grade silicone pleasure doll with the consciousness that provides a glimpse into the future through the intersection of sex, intimacy, and technology in an interactive setting customized to your fantasy and fetish.” image=”3986″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Georgia di Mattos” position=”Co-Founder and CEO of iPlaySafe App” description=”Georgia di Mattos is Co-Founder and CEO of iPlaySafe App. Previously an architect, she has turned her business brain to changing the conversation around sexual wellness. Through uniting tech, health and pleasure, she is committed to empowering a generation to own their sexual health status.” image=”3988″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Alexis Smiley Smith” position=”Co-founder of Kokeshi (3ynthetic Life)” description=”Alexis is co-founder of Kokeshi (3ynthetic Life), a Berlin based company that redefines the traditional role of the pleasure doll through adding consciousness and a customized setting tailored to the client’s desire. With a background in writing and film, she is responsible for the character development and voice of Kokeshi.” image=”3991″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Raven Faber” position=”Founder and CEO of Faber Anderson Development and Design, LLC and EngErotics” description=”Raven founded EngErotics in 2016 in response to a clear lack of design standards and safety regulations in the sexual wellness industry. An entrepreneur with engineering and sales experience using the fundamentals of engineering, math, and science as the basis for the design and development of high-quality sex toys as well as CBD infused intimate body.” image=”4026″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Buck Angel – virtual speaker” position=”Sex Toy designer, Trans Activist and Entrepreneur” description=”Buck Angel’s message of empowerment through self-acceptance and the mission to encourage everyone to be comfortable in their own skin – whatever that means to them – has struck a passionate chord with people around the world. Buck has made appearances on HBO, National Geographic, Netflix, The Tyra Banks Show, Dan Savage, AOL, Spike TV, The Women’s Entertainment Network, Howard Stern Show, Much Music, Sirius Radio, and many others.” image=”4024″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Helen Hagemeier” position=”Couple and sex therapist” description=”Helen Hagemeier is a couple and sex therapist, oc. therapist for psychiatry and hypnosis therapist. With her expertise from over 12 years as a therapist, she opened an Institut for couple dynamics, sexual coaching and psychoenergetic work in Düsseldorf. She gives a variety of workshops and seminars in different fields. Some of her favourite intimacy related workshops are “sexual communication“, “sexual self-empowerment“, “fantasies and boundaries“ and “intimate play“.” image=”4106″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Annika Traumann” position=”Head of Sales Western Europe – Satisfyer” image=”4113″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”NOVA” position=”brick dollbanger” description=”brickdollbanger.com” image=”4127″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]

SPEAKERS 2019

[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Maxine Lynn – speaker and masterclass mentor” position=”Sex- Tech Attorney, Journalist” description=”Maxine is an intellectual property (IP) attorney with the law firm of Keohane & D’Alessandro, PLLC, having offices in Albany, New York. She focuses her practice on prosecution of patents for technology, trademarks for business brands, and copyrights for creative materials.
Through her company, Unzipped Media, Inc., Maxine publishes the Unzipped: Sex, Tech & the Law® blog at www.SexTechLaw.com and the Unzipped.” image=”2902″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Dr. Maria Fernanda Peraza Godoy- speaker” position=”Co Founder of Healthy Pleasure Collective” description=”Urologist-andrologist and sexual medicine expert, who firmly believes that individual action generates collective change. Working to innovate and disrupt every area of women sexual experience and frame it into Health.” image=”2900″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Ola Miedzynska – hackathon jury member” position=”CEO Sx Tech” description=”Ola is CEO and founder of Sx Tech conference. Sex/ Fem Tech specialist and business supporter.” image=”3175″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Dinorah Hernandez – speaker” position=”Head Director BaDoinkVR Network” description=”Dinorah has been producing videos in the adult industry for
over five years. Since BaDoinkVR’s site launch, Dinorah has added VRCosplayX, 18VR, BabeVR, RealVR and KinkVR to the network.” image=”3215″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Dominnique Karetsos – speaker & jury member hackathon” position=”Co-Founder of Healthy Pleasure Collective” description=”Dominnique (Former Commercial Head for Intimina, a brand that is part of the world’s leading intimate lifestyle company, Lelo Group,) is now focused purely on the collaboration between sexual health, wellness and technology. She now consults, invests and sits on several advisory boards for the likes of Mysteryvibe.com, luxury female pleasure e-comm Pureeros.com, USA based pleasure protector Get Luwi, home health brand, Elara Care and she is also co-founder of the break-through brand Healthy Pleasure Collective, the first integrated agency for Sextech Start ups.” image=”2918″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Luka Matutinović – speaker” position=”Global Marketing Director at LELO” description=”Luka Matutinović – Global Marketing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the Beauty-tech and luxury industry. Before joining LELO, Luka made a name for himself as the Product Manager in L’Oréal Professionnel, and before that as the International Brand Manager for another beauty industry player, Henkel.” image=”3344″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Virginia Cerrone – speaker” position=”Co-founder&CMO of pureeros” description=”Co-founder&CMO of pureeros, e-boutique for women’s pleasure and intimacy and Editor in Chief of VibesWeek, the first online magazine on sexuality.
Founder of The Italian woman of SexTech.” image=”2936″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Evren Inangiray – masterclass mentor, speaker” position=”Co- founder&CEO of pureeros” description=”Co- founder&CEO of pureeros,10 years in finance and banking across 3 countries and big firms like Unicredit and Nomura.
Supporting gender equality and women’s rights.” image=”2943″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Maike Henningsen Dr. PhD – speaker” position=”Digital Health and Future Medicine” description=”Dr. med. Maike Henningsen- founder in the medical space industry, with a successful 20-year career in healthcare. In 2016 Maike selected to the “Global Solution Program” at Singularity University in Mountain View California. Maike is a mentor to several startups and is consulting companies in her areas of expertise.” image=”3033″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Emma Sayle- speaker” position=”Founder of Killing Kittens, Safedate, SISTR & The Sisterhood” description=”Founder & CEO of Killing Kittens, Safedate, SISTR & The Sisterhood | Business Leader 2019 Top 30 inspirational entrepreneurs
One of the UK’s leading female entrepreneurs’. She made her name launching the global female empowerment brand Killing Kittens in 2005, now incorporated into the KK Group with over 120,000 members.
The first adult brand to achieve a public crowd raise in 2018 raising £600k with a series A raise starting in July 2019.” image=”3338″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Nicolàs Boldt: – speaker” position=”Director of Growth at WOW Tech Group” description=”Nicolàs Boldt loves building things. WOW Tech’s Director of Growth especially loves to build an exciting company – for the people working in it, but especially for the consumers using WOW Tech’s products. His responsibilities include scouting growth opportunities and driving the company’s innovation process. He especially loves to headhunt, and grow a diverse team that is excited about creating the future of sex tech.” image=”3391″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Giulia Tomasello – speaker” position=”Founder Future Flora” description=”Giulia Tomasello is an Interaction designer and researcher specialized in women’s healthcare combining biotechnology, interactive wearable and innovation. The winner of the STARTS Grand Prize 2018 awarded from the European Commission with her project Future Flora.” image=”3121″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Xavi Clos – hackhathon mentor” position=”Product Director for the BaDoinkVR Network,” description=”Xavi is Product Director for the BaDoinkVR Network, the world’s
the leading production company for virtual reality adult entertainment.
He has over 7 years experience in product design and user experience.” image=”3218″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Nicolas Clairembault – speaker” position=”Marketing Manager ArConk” description=”Representative of AR Conk the most innovative and advanced adult entertainment app using augmented reality and Vrconk, adult entertainment virtual reality company, a pathfinder in creating 3d virtual environments, combined with real actors.” image=”3232″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Madeleine Shaw – speaker” position=”Co-Founder/ Lunapads” description=”A Feminist, serial social entrepreneur and changemaker. A graduate of Queen’s University, she started Lunapads in 1993 after experiencing health challenges brought on by tampon use. Her relationship with her period was transformed, and Lunapads became a source of period innovation and menstrual justice.” image=”3246″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Paolo Davide Griffo – spekaer” position=”Country Manager Europe -SenseMax” description=”Paolo Davide Griffo has gained almost 10 years of experience in the sales and marketing sector, with a deep focus on tech products and international trading. Currently is the European Sales Country Manager for SenseMax and is responsible for the company’s business in the region.” image=”3255″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Pia Poppenreiter – speaker” position=”CEO Ohlala” description=”Recently called ‘the Goddess of Creative Rebellion“, it’s true: As the daughter of an entrepreneur and an artist, the sister of a rebel, she has been inspired to be a lionhearted fighter, who challenges the status quo with a purpose. Her most prominent adventure: Ohlala – an attempt to transform the paid dating industry.” image=”3279″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Marie Kochsiek – masterclass mentor” position=”Masterclass mentor” description=”Marie Kochsiek is a social scientist and software engineer with an interest in the intersections between technologies and societies, especially with respect to sexual health and digital rights. She co-founded the Bloody Health Collective who is building drip an open source period tracking app.” image=”3297″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Lina Wenner – speaker” position=”Principal at firstminute capital” description=”Lina is a Principal at firstminute capital, a London-based $100M seed fund backed by 30 unicorn founders and Tencent. She joined firstminute from the Boston Consulting Group in 2017, as the first member of the investment team. At firstminute, Lina leads on sourcing for the Nordic and German speaking regions and has a strong interest in digital health (particularly femtech and sextech) and robotics .” image=”3316″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Ida Tin – speaker” position=”Founder and CEO of Clue” description=”Ida Tin is the CEO and Co-Founder of female health app Clue (www.helloclue.com), the free-to-download, free-to-use period tracking app, designed to help women around the world track their periods and better understand their bodies. To date, Clue has more than 11 million active users worldwide and, in 2016, was named the most accurate free period tracking app in an extensive 2016 study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.” image=”3320″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Guile Lindroth -speaker, hackathon jury member” position=”Realbotix / Artificial Intelligence Director and Associate” description=”Guile Lindroth is a computer scientist and has been working with AI, chatbots and virtual assistants for the past 15 years. As a system analyst, AI and graphics specialist, he is the one behind Realbotix robot’s dialogues, content, and narratives creating personality and empathy for the proprietary AI framework. Lindroth is pursuing the dream of one day teaching robots “the meaning of love, empathy, respect, and friendship.” image=”3354″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”HARMONY – special guest” position=”Realbotix” description=”Harmony, the planet’s most advanced Sex-AI Robot made by Realbotix.
Capable of supporting a multitude of personalities in the same hardware and a full sensory body, Harmony is Realbotix’ latest venture into the future, integrating high end silicone companions with robotic components and artificial intelligence.
Taking speed-dating to another level and for the first time in history, SxTech visitors will have an unprecedented chance to sit and talk with the new mind and face of AI.” image=”3362″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Monica Ray Scott – hackathon mentor” position=”Design Strategist at Goodpatch Inc” description=”Fascinated by the intersections between business and design, Monica has worked in a variety of design consultancies across Europe. She’s had a few different titles but essentially the same job: to find ways to make good products great. Monica currently works as a Design Strategist at Goodpatch, a design firm in Berlin with Japanese roots.” image=”3368″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Venus O’Hara – speaker” position=”Blogger/ Sex Toys Reviewer” description=”Venus has collaborated with many international media outlets such as GQ, Playboy, El Pais, The Mirror, The Guardian and more. She also has a YouTube channel where she showcases and reviews sex toys. When she isn’t writing or making videos, she can usually be found on her unmade bed testing the latest adult novelties. She has acquired over 500 sex toys and after enjoying thousands of orgasms at work, Venus has discovered that the big O is much more than a sexual release.” image=”3370″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Maciej Jankowski – hackathon mentor” position=”CEO of Netcamp, Innovation Manager for Samsung at Idea Global, Techstars Community Leader” description=”Maciej for last 10 years is building “Silicon Valley” in people’s mind sharing their core values as CEO/founder of Netcamp Foundation developing the oldest tech/startup community in western Poland. Creator of “100 developers for Szczecin“ vision, training new people to work in IT industry to help local tech companies and startups grow. Co-founder of Startup Poland – community voice of Polish startups ecosystem.
Techstars community leader and organizer of Polish – German Startup Weekends since 2011. Recognized with European Enterprise Award and special Auler Awards for supporting technological entrepreneurship in Poland. Now focused on connecting startups with corporate partners like Samsung or GPW and funding for Idea Global accelerator.
Data driven growth hacker with broad tech/startup industry network and years of experience in digital marketing, Former marketing advisor of Techstars METRO accelerator in Berlin. Pay it forward evangelist and tech geek passionate about web analytics. For over 7 years helping ideas become worth spreading as TEDxSzczecin lead organizer.” image=”3534″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Johanna Rief – speaker” position=”Head of Communications for WOW Tech Group” description=”Johanna Rief is Head of Marketing for the Womanizer brand, a sex toy that globally gives women awesome orgasms and is one of the most sold toys in the world. She works at WOW Tech because it is fun – and she hates to feel bored. Her main goal for the future is to create global communication campaigns that speak to women of all ages and backgrounds around the world – and, while doing it, change how female sexuality is viewed for the better” image=”3394″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Jan Greuter -speaker” position=”Director Marketing at WOW Tech Group” description=”Jan Greuter believes in the power of brands. The Director Marketing at WOW Tech Group is passionate about curating brands through thoughtful corporate design and compelling content. He’s responsible for a growing number of brands including the established players Womanizer and We-Vibe. Leading a global team of marketing experts and creatives, he’s building the strongest house of brands in the sex toy industry.” image=”3399″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Calandra Balfour – stage host” position=”Co-Owner of Lust! Founder and CEO of LoveGivr” description=”Calandra Balfour is Founder and CEO of LoveGivr, the world’s first sex-positive combined social media and e-commerce platform that donates to sexual health/sex-positive charities. Two decades of working in the adult retail industry. A recent Channel4 documentary ‘A Very British Sex Shop’ was based on her shops (lust.co.uk and taboo.co.uk) and her family. Calandra is combining an ongoing passion for sex-positivity with a proven track record in business development, whilst striving to give women a sexual voice.” image=”3434″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Sabrina Verhage – speaker” position=”Co-founder of Creative Coding Amsterdam” description=”Sabrina Verhage is an interactive media designer and creative technologist fascinated by the influence of technology on society.
Ever since participating in the first Sex Tech Hack (http://goldsmiths.tech/sex) at Goldsmiths in London she has been exploring sex tech in the form of hacking sex toys and prototyping new sensual experiences. She ran a hacking vibrators workshop at NODE festival in Frankfurt and she created a sorted visualization of vibrators, published on Vice’s Motherboard (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbjb9p/beautiful-algorithmic-visualization-vibrators).” image=”3445″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Kristen Tribby – speaker” position=”Head of Global Marketing and Education for Fun Factory” description=”Kristen Tribby is the Head of Global Marketing and Education for Fun Factory, an award-winning German pleasure product manufacturer. In her role at this heritage brand, she is responsible for the branding and marketing of Fun Factory’s diverse product selection, brand messaging, and product development strategy. With over 15 years of experience in sex education and sex positive retail management, Kristen is passionate about debunking sexual stereotypes and contributing to the adult industry’s evolving role in creating more space for positive sexual expression” image=”3462″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Dominic von Zielinski – hackathon mentor” position=”Interaction Designer” description=”Dominic is a passionated UX/UI Engineer with a focus on digital product development. Besides working with several StartUps he also worked closely together with some of the biggest german Tech-Companies (Zalando, Trivago, Xing…). Dominic is currently working in the digital-product-team at Spring, a HealthCare-StartUp based in Munich. He also co-founded and organised the //Slash-Hackathon.” image=”3464″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Eric Leddin – hackathon mentor” position=”UI/UX Design & Product Manager” description=”Eric Leddin is responsible for the digital product management at direct health services GmbH – a company that is building Europe’s leading healthcare platform by integrating telemedicine, effective medication and online pharmacies into one reassuring brand experience. The last 7 years he worked as a freelance UI/UX Designer for clients like Axel Springer, Deutsche Bank or Zattoo.” image=”3466″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Christoph Sollich (The Pitch Doctor)” position=”Hackathon pitching trainer” description=”Christoph is better known as “The Pitch Doctor”. After working in advertising, he got into startups in 2007. All his own startup ideas failed, but he always had great pitches.
For the last 7 years, he’s helped 1800+ startups (and an ever-growing number of corporate intrapreneurs) improve the way they pitch to investors, partners, management boards etc. He’s a coach for dozens of accelerators, corporate innovation labs and startup competitions around Europe, with clients such as Airbus Bizlab, Bayer Grants4Apps, hubraum (Deutsche Telekom), Daimler, Allianz, Roland Berger, etc.
Christoph is also known as the world’s only “Startup Comedian”, doing funny pitches –e.g. RydeMyPony (the “Airbnb for Ponies“), the “Berlin Pitch“ (why Berlin is the best city for startups) and “2020“ (the best year startup ever) – at conferences such as 4YFN, SXSW and Bits+Pretzels.
If you ever meet Christoph, and he’s not wearing a brightly colored adidas jacket – it’s not Christoph.” linkedin_url=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/sollich/?originalSubdomain=de” image=”3470″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Teresa Limmer – speaker” position=”Art Director – einhorn” description=”Teresa is a Designer at einhorn, a Berlin startup, selling vegan condoms and sustainable female hygiene products. Their goal is to make the world a better place or as they say: to unfuck it!” image=”3483″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Dr. David Levy – remote speaker” position=”Congress on Love and Sex with Robots” description=”David Levy studied Pure Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics at St. Andrews University, Scotland, from where he graduated with a B.Sc. degree. David’s achievements in the associated field of Social Robotics include founding international conferences on the subject, and being a co-organizer of six such conferences between 2007 and 2017. He has published a primer on A.I., Robots Unlimited. His fiftieth book, Love and Sex with Robots, was published in November 2007, shortly after he was awarded a PhD by the University of Maastricht for his thesis entitled Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners” image=”3498″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Ine Gevers – remote speaker” position=”Director of human-robot/ AI relations at Niet Normaal” description=”Ine Gevers is curator, writer, activist. As artistic director of the Niet Normaal Foundation she has conceptualized and realized largescale, international exhibitions at the interface of art, design & technology. ROBOT LOVE (Eindhoven, Sept-Dec 2018), filling a 6000 m2 former milk factory with human robot relations and a major publication on the full spectrum of love with robots and AI, is her latest endeavor.” image=”3507″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][tek_team title=”Jean-Claude Artonne – speaker” position=”Terpon Co-Founder and CEO” description=”Jean-Claude Artonne – Terpon Co-Founder and CEO, 30 years of entrepreneurial success in a variety of sectors including optics, consumer electronics, biotech, aeronautics, and real estate. Founded and sold several mainstream businesses in virtual reality and immersive technologies over the last 2 decades. Author of global patents and mainstream industry-recognized thought leader in panoramic, immersive, and VR technologies.” image=”3551″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]