Rafał Agnieszczak | Fotka.pl

Serial entrepreneur. CEO of Interaktywna Sp. z o.o., creator of Fotka.pl, one of the highest-paid services on the Polish Internet. Also operates the second largest auction service in Poland Świstak.pl, financial platform Finansowo.pl and interctive agency Kreativ sp. z o.o. Organizer of the Startup School (http://www.startupschool.pl).

Marek Borzestowski | Co-founder and co-originator of Wirtualna Polska

Marek Borzestowski is the co-founder and co-originator of the successful first horizontal portal in Poland "Wirtualna Polska" (www.wp.pl - Virtual Poland). This portal was successfully backed by Intel Capital as its first capital investment in Poland, accurately predicting the potential of search systems and the mass popularity of the Internet. He was the former president of "Wirtualna Polska" (wp.pl), currently within the France Telecom group. Among his main interests is a passion for intelligent information technologies and their application in everyday life. A graduate of Gdańsk University of Technology and European Business Management School in Great Britain, Marek participated in the projects of the Nuclear Research Institute in Karlsruhe in Germany.

Clay Bullwinkel | Silicon Valley Flow

Founder and Managing Member, Silicon Valley Flow, LLC. Providing U.S. product development and sales services for Central Europe technology companies. B.A. Economics and MBA degrees from Stanford University. His management experience includes global responsibilities in product development and marketing for Hewlett Packard and 3Com.

Michał Brański | Founder and Board Member, Grupa o2

Manages editorial offices and social networking portals of o2.pl. Also in search for interesting new ideas and companies in Polish market for venture fund launched by o2 founders. While in college together with Krzysztof Sierota and Jacek Świderski founded o2.pl. Responsible for company marketing and development of new products from the beginning. Awarded with Webstar 'Person of the Year of the Polish Internet Industry' (2006) and Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2004) in the contest organized by the Ernst & Young in the 'New Business' category. He plays squash. Interested in XX century literature, theory of media and sociology.

Graduate of Warsaw School of Economics. He started business activities while in college in the student Conquest Consulting firm where he was Vice President. After graduation, he founded and after two years sold an HR company. In 2003. he founded doinvest partners and in 2004. he founded PolBAN Business Angels. Currently he runs a small investment boutique to help owners and investors in equity investments. He owns or co-owns four dynamically developing enterprises. Jury member of several entrepreneur contests. In his free time enjoys traveling and sports.

Rafał Han | BrightBerries

Initiator, patron and supporter of projects that make the world better. The founder of Han Bright company, an originator of edutainment projects: Ciufcia.pl the polish greatest internet portal with interactive plays for children, as well as innovative websites of tajemniczakuchnia.pl and zosiaikevin.pl. His projects have received international recognition. They are introduced on the markets of: Great Britain, France, Canada and China. He creates unusual advertisement projects cooperating, inter alia, with brands: Storck, Empik, Bakoma, Hortex, Smyk, Polpharma. Creative on many levels of life, values the active ways of relaxation. Father and guide of three children, leading his three sons in to the richness and beauty of this world, while gaining inspiration to the next daring projects, related not only to Internet.

Maciej Hazubski | Chairman of the Board, IQ Partners S.A.

Graduate School of Economics in Warsaw. Maciej has many years of experience in management and sales. Advised on a number of investment transactions, mergers and acquisitions. Co-founder and partner in several projects in the area of new technologies, internet and mobile solutions. Worked, among others, for Misters Audytor Sp. z oo., BDO Polska Sp. z oo. From 2000 to 2006 he held executive and management positions in companies from the technology and the Internet industry, like L2Mobile.com SA, Line 1 Sp. z oo, Infogis Sp. z oo and Soltan Sp. z oo. Currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Company IQ Partners SA listed on NewConnect. He is also the Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of the following companies: Screen Network SA, Zakupy.com SA, e-kiosk SA, Trevor SA and IQ Advisors Sp. z oo. In addition, he sits on the Boards of the following companies: e-muzyka S.A., Cube Group S.A., Site S.A. and Hub30.com sp z oo.

Kuba Filipowski | Netguru

Co-founder of Humanway (provider of cloud based recruiting solution) and Netguru (webdesign and webapp software house).

Jakub Górnicki | Polak 2.0 Foundation

Jakub Górnicki manages Citizen2.0 programme on behalf of Polak2.0 Foundation. The goal of the programme is to stimulate development of information society in Poland. Jakub also manages foundation's international cooperation. In addition, Jakub writes for the "Dziennik Internautów" news website and "Global Voices".

Jakub Krzych | Member of the Board, AdTaily.com

A graduate of Applied Informatics at the Jagiellonian University. Currently, Member of the Board of AdTaily Sp. Ltd., where he directs the work of the international version of AdTaily.com - self-service platform for online advertising. In September 2008 AdTaily has qualified for 23 of the most promising startups in Europe 2008 competition Seedcamp in London, in July 2009 acquired a strategic investor Agora SA Group. The prestigious magazine CNBC Business considered AdTaily to be one of the 25 most innovative European companies.

Robert Kwiatkowski | Warsaw Stock Exchange

Deputy Director of Market Development Department at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. From 1994 with the Polish capital market. From 1994 to 2006 worked at the National Depository for Securities. Since July 2006 an employee of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, currently on the managerial level position. Responsible for attracting domestic and foreign companies to Polish capital market, as well as for cooperation with the WSE Partner Firms.

Marcin Malinowski | onet.pl

Managing Director at Onet.pl responsible for New Business Development, M&As, JVs and early stage developments with Neuroadventures – Onet’s new ventures department and fund. Dedicated business architect and executor. Prior to joining Onet in 2005, for 10 years of his previous career acted as entrepreneur specialized in technology and Internet ventures with great success on Central European in B2B mobile solutions sector. Consulted blue-chips such as Bayer, Gillette and Bristol Myers Squibb on mobile sales automation and reporting. Graduated from University of Lodz.

Piotr Multan | Former President of Travelplanet.pl

He was a co-founder of the Academic Agency Desk at the Foundation University of Wroclaw. From 1995 to 2000 he was president of the company Leryx Trans. He studied at the faculties of Law and Administration and History at the University of Wroclaw. His hobbies include downhill skiing and slag.

Jarosław Obara | Ventures Hub

(38), graduate of the Cracow University of Economics, Faculty of Management and Marketing, specializing in accounting. He holds stock broker license no. 1419 and investment advisor license no. 158, and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified International Investment Analyst. During his career Jarosław has gained practical experience in the areas of financial analysis of capital investments and corporate governance. At the beginning of his career he worked as an analyst at Bank BPH S.A. in Cracow, a consultant at Telefonia Lokalna S.A. in Wrocław and as an investment advisor at Dom Maklerski Millennium S.A. From December 2003 to October 2007 he held the position of Chairman of the Board at IFA Investments Sp. z o.o., a company which provides financial advisory services. Jarosław has previously been a member of the supervisory boards of several firms. From 2007-2009 he served as a Member of the Board at IQ Partners S.A. At present Jarosław is the Chairman of the Board of Ventures Hub Sp. z o.o., which has obtained financing totaling almost PLN 18 mln for the creation of an incubator for information and communication technologies. He is also a Member of the Supervisory Board of Zakupy.com S.A. and Site S.A.

Wojciech Ozimek | CEO, one2tribe

Wojciech Ozimek is the principal and co-founder of one2tribe. He is also Senior Consultant with Cutter's Business-IT Strategies and Enterprise Architecture practices. Mr. Ozimek began his career at Polish Telecom (TP), where he was involved in design and implementation of high availability distributed systems, object-oriented methodologies, and human-computer interaction design. In 1998 Mr. Ozimek joined Infovide-Matrix (one of the largest IT consulting companies in Poland), where he has participated in numerous projects as consultant, architect and project manager. In 2000 he became R&D Manager in the e-business area. In that role he was responsible for creating IT business strategies and architectures for selected clients. In 2002 he was appointed R&D Director and began to focus on strategy and business development. In 2003 Wojciech Ozimek co-founded one2tribe, a company that specializes in creating large mobile communities. The company focuses on innovative solutions (such as location based massive multiplayer games) for large group of users.

Tomasz Pruszczyński | entrepreneur, business angel

Cofounder of OS3 Multimedia interactive agency. Business angel. Also cofounded SARE (e-mail marketing tool), Medousa (popular social networking portals - fotosik.pl, sms.pl, supergry.pl), Red Sky (search engine and social networking), Hostersi (hosting and managed services). Expert at the Adam Smith Center. Graduated from University of Communications and Social Media. Also studied construction engineering, photography, sociology. Jury member in various advertising competitions, keynote speaker. Passionate about exotic travel, diving and sailing.

Wojciech Przyłęcki | Chairman of the Board, InQbe

33), studied law at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Management at the Olsztyń Academy of Management and Administration. Since 1997 he has been an entrepreneur specializing in projects involving high technology and the internet. Wojciech boasts years of experience in the design and implementation of IT systems. He is the co-owner and long-term Chairman of the Board of EnterNet Sp. z o.o., at which he developed the services PRV.PL and Wapacz.pl from the ground-up. In 2005-2006 he worked as the Director for Technological Development at EL2 Sp. z o.o. Wojciech is presently the Chairman of the Board at InQbe Sp. z o.o., which has received almost PLN 21 mln for the construction of an incubator for technological and internet-related projects. He is also the Chairman of the Board of EnterNet Sp. z o.o. and HUB30.COM Sp. z o.o. He is a member of the Supervisory Boards of ScreenNetwork S.A. and Site S.A.

Marek Rusiecki | Member of the Management Board, Xevin Investments

Until recently, Managing Director of PRV.PL Sp. z o.o. (the Pino.pl portal), responsible for the company’s growth and for coordinating Web projects in Poland and abroad. Previously, he managed several subsidiary companies of CR Media Consulting SA and was CR Media’s Management Board Plenipotentiary for the Internet. Between 2003 and 2004 – Managing Director of the largest Polish online Advertising Network, Ad.net SA, which he had co-developed from 2001. Marek Rusiecki was also responsible for creating a new online advertising Network, AdClick, and for its launch on the market. Between 2004 and 2006 – Director at IAB Polska, responsible for the organization’s foreign relations, including the promotion of IAB Polska’s activity within IAB international structures. The originator of the first Polish social networking portal, PINO.PL. Marek Rusiecki graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics. His hobbies include soccer and martial arts. He likes spending his leisure time with his family – his wife Marta and two daughters: Liwia and Natalia.

Arkadiusz Seńko | President of the Board, Red Sky

25. Already in elementary school he was making great progress independently learning and using his programing skills. Later he would continue his formal studies in the field of Computer Science at the University of Technology, however, during the first year he would take a short brake to focus on web page development. Self-taught programmer, passionate with regard to new technology. Creator of many Internet ventures, co-founder of the highly successful company Medousa (now Digital Avenue SA) - the owner of other renowned services: fotosik.pl, sms.pl. Privately, he's a fan of sports cars and enjoys spending his time in the countryside.

(38 lat), graduate of the Cracow University of Economics, Faculty of Management and Marketing. He began his professional career in 1996 at the Economics Department of Kęty S.A.. From 1996-1998 Andrzej was employed in the Department of Capital Investments at Bank Przemysłowo-Handlowy S.A., first as a clerk and later as a bank assistant. In 1998 he took the position of consultant in the Department of Financial Policy at Telefonia Dialog S.A. From 1999-2004 Andrzej worked at Powszechny Bank Kredytowy S.A., and following its merger with Bank Przemysłowo-Handlowy S.A. he remained at the company and from 1999-2001 held the post of specialist and then chief specialist at the Department of Investment Banking, and from 2001 chief specialist in the Department of Market Risk. From 2004-2006 he was a financial analyst at CC Group Sp. z o.o. and in 2006-2007 Andrzej was a Member of the Board at Klikinfo.pl Sp. z o.o. From 2006 to 2007 he served on the Supervisory Board at BBI Capital NFI S.A., and from 2007-2009 he served as a Member of the Board at IQ Partners S.A. Andrzej Stanecki is presently the Vice Chairman of the Board at Ventures Hub Sp. z o.o., which has obtained financing totaling almost PLN 18 mln for the creation of an incubator for information and communication technologies. He is also a Member of the Supervisory Boards of Cube Group S.A. and Site S.A.

Rafał Stroiński | Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna

Rafal Stroinski holds a Ph.D. in law from Warsaw University Law School, an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School, a master's honors degree from Warsaw University Law School and a master's degree in Iberian Studies from Warsaw University. He is admitted in New York State as Attorney and Counselor at Law. Mr. Stroinski is an Associate Professor (Adiunkt) at Warsaw University Law School and Partner to CMS Cameron McKenna in Warsaw. He is the author of a book and numerous law journal publications on corporate law and law and economics in Poland. Mr. Stroinski has nine years of experience in the practice of law working initially with Clifford Chance and then CMS Cameron McKenna in Warsaw. His practice included advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate governance. His recent transactions include advising on the $400M acquisition of Grupa Onet.pl, Poland's leading internet portal listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, settlement of the dispute between owners of Allegro, Poland's leading internet auction company and the $150M sale of RMF FM, Poland's largest private radio station also listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Mr. Stroinski has been consistently listed in "Chambers Global - the World's Leading Lawyers for Business" (2004-2005 and 2006 editions) as one of the leading lawyers in the Corporate and M&A practice in Poland. During 2005-2006 Mr. Stroinski stayed at Stanford Law School as a Visiting Scholar, following his receipt of scholarships from the Fulbright Commission and the Foundation for Polish Science to carry out research on board member liability regulations.

Funding Father of the Polish Internet, one of the most active business angels in Poland.

Małgorzata Walczak | Helix Ventures

Małgorzata Walczak – a graduate of Warsaw University (Polish studies, journalism), Sorbonne (Paris VII, III) and MBA studies at University of Minnesota and Warsaw School of Economics. She has 13 years’ professional experience. She held executive positions both in international corporations (Compaq Computer/HP, Lotus/UN) and in Polish companies Optimus SA – as Managing Director and Vice President of the Management Board (2002-2005), Mennica Polska SA – Director of Electronic Payments Department and Proxy (2006). In the years 2006-2007, she managed investment projects in developing countries on behalf of the UN. She also held various positions in Supervisory Boards of companies: Xtrade S.A. (Vice President), Optibox Sp. z o.o. (President) and Optimus SA (Member). At present, she is the Vice President of Paged SA. Since October 2007, she has been involved with the company Helix Ventures Sp. z o.o., which operates in the area of strategic and investment consulting. She speaks four languages fluently. In 2005, she made the list of the top 20 managers (Home&Market report).

Michał Faber | entrepreneur, CEO, Web2

Michał Faber is a serial entrepreneur in the internet industry, a PR and investor relations consultant, author of numerous articles on e-business, organizer and host of around 20 ICT conferences. Michal’s current venture is Web², founded in January 2006, a community-empowered company dedicated to leveraging Web 2.0 potential for both consumers and enterprise. Web² recently raised some funding from the leading CEE tech venture capital fund MCI Management.

Artur Kurasiński | entrepreneur, blogger

Entrepreneur, researcher and consultant focusing on IT / new media (IPTV, mobile, 3G, web 2.0) area with broad experience in all aspects of digital content, e-marketing, webdesign, mobile services and interactive media. Direct experience with internet & game industry. Interested in projects involving mobile services and products, online media & entertainment aspects. Revolver Interactive (new media interactive agency), founder & owner. Apteo.pl - Internet based drugstore, health & fitness center of information. Enterplay - (co-owner) founder & co-owner focusing on IPTV project & new media content distribution. Spellarena.com - fantasy online turn-based startegy game project. Valhalla.pl (co-owner) - commercial game website for hardcore gamers. Nuta.pl (biggest polish music vortal), founder.