Anna Hejka | Founder & Principal, Heyka Capital Markets

Business Angel, lecturer, founder of several firms and Managing Director of Buyout and VC funds in US, Asia and Poland; Wall Street investment banker (registered representative and registered principal); analyst, risk manager and commercial banker in Spain. Seasoned professional with broad industry experience conducting business across cultures & economic cycles recognized by World Economic Forum in Davos as Global Leader for Tomorrow. Frequent speaker at conferences, including the World Economic Forum, the Institute for International Research & Shell Global Solutions. Wrote articles on Poland & European Union for publications such as International Economy, National Review & Wprost. Lectures at University of Gdańsk. Member of numerous boards in financial services, construction, technology, entertainment, & retailing sectors. Member of the US-Europe-Poland Action Commission Privatization Action Team sponsored by Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, D.C., Advisory Board of State ForeignInvestment Agency, & Investment Committee of American Chamber of Commerce in Poland. Founder & Principal of Heyka Capital Markets, Inc., merchant bank focusing on Poland, NASD registered broker/dealer, private equity funds, and advisory company. In 1995, Warsaw Business Journal ranked the firm second in terms of capital invested in Poland. She was a founder, CEO and Chairman of Central European Foods, Inc. (1994-2001). Vice President of Security Pacific (1989-1991), Registered Representative at Salomon Smith Barney, (1987-1989) in USA, Banking Officer at JPMorgan Chase (1984-1986) & FinancialAnalyst at Cargill (1981-1982) in Spain. She is a graduate of bilingual MBA at IESE in Spain (1982-1984). She studied International Trade at University of Gdańsk (1977-1981). Completed, organized & led numerous training programs in cooperation with Wharton Business School, employers, National Association forSecurity Dealers & Venture Capital Association, among others. Was NASD Registered Principal & Registered Representative.

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.

Hein Pretorius | CEO, MIH Internet Europe

Mr. Pretorius has more than 15 years experience in the Internet, Technology and Telecommunications industries. He is widely recognized for his actions in furthering the MIH group’s investment activities in these industries, in particular investments in Mail.ru, Nimbuzz, Gadu-Gadu and the Tradus Group (Ricardo and Allegro). Mr. Pretorius currently holds the position of CEO of the Internet Division in Europe. He is a director of a number of companies in the MIH Group. Mr. Pretorius joined the Naspers Group in 2000 as CEO of Kalahari.net. In 2002 he became CEO of N-Direct and in 2004 he relocated to China in the role of Internet Business Development Director, first to Shanghai and then to Beijing. In 2007 Mr. Pretorius was relocated to the Netherlands taking up the position of Chief Operating Officer for the Internet Division in Europe. In September 2008 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Division.

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.

Artur Dobrowolski | Partner, CAG

Before joining CAG in April 2008, Artur worked for 10 years at ABN AMRO, most recently as the Deputy Head of the Warsaw Corporate Finance Office. During his period at ABN AMRO Artur was involved in origination and execution of a variety of projects including: advisory to Dalkia on the EUR150m public to private takeover of Praterm, the Polish leader in district heat; advisory to the shareholders of Advanced Converters, the leading Polish provider of manufacturing technology, on a disposal of the company to Huettinger Elektronik; advisory to PSE S.A. on the separation and establishment of PSE Operator, the Polish national Power Transmission System Operator; advisory to PKN Orlen with respect to organization of EUR350 million non recourse financing for the joint venture between PKN and Basell; advisory to PKN Orlen with respect to establishment of EUR 642 million joint venture between PKN and Basell to produce and sell polyolefin products; advisory to International Paper on the disposal of the Polish tissue business to Kimberly Clark; advisory to the owner of Browary Dolnoslaskie Piast, Poland’s leading brewery, on the disposal of the company to Carlsberg; advisory to CGNU on Euro 225 million disposal of Norwich Union life insurance and pension operations in Poland to Sampo; advisory to the State Treasury on the PLN3bn privatisation of PZU SA, the Polish national insurer.

Borys Drajczyk | Vivex Investment

Project manager at Vivex Investment, venture capital fund active on Polish and Ukrainian internet and new media markets. In Vivex Borys is responsible for acquiring and supervising portfolio companies. Before joining Vivex Borys worked for Holon Consultants, where he assisted in M&A transactions on clothing and horeca markets, among others. Borys graduated from Faculty of Economic Sciences and Faculty of Management at University of Warsaw.

Tomasz Grynkiewicz | Gazeta Wyborcza

In "Gazeta Wyborcza" since 2004, since the beginning of true economic department. I try to put my head wherever technology and internet meet the big money. I write about companies handling billions of dollars. About the technology and crazy ideas that push the world forward. About cybercrime. For the text "The Customer's rights are not virtual" from September 2008, where together with Zbigniew Domaszewicz we described most common tricks of online stores, we received the grand prize of UOKiK (the contest "Libertas et Auxilium", the best material in the category of "consumer protection"). I am a graduate of Warsaw School of Economics.

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.

Marcin Hejka | Intel Capital

Marcin Hejka, Director of Strategic Investments - Eastern Europe, Intel Capital, is responsible for sourcing, analyzing and completing strategic equity investments in Central Eastern European Region. Marcin joined Intel Capital in 1999. Prior to this he was Investment Director at the Poland Growth Fund (1995-1999), Resident Polish Specialist at Banexi (1993) and Financial Analyst at Paribas Capital Markets Group (1990). Mr. Hejka is Vice President of the Polish Venture Capital Association since 2004.

Wojciech Kuroczycki | President, one99

Wojciech Kuroczycki - president and shareholder of one99. The company focus on investments in new technologies and consultancy in innovation and purchasing. MBA graduate of Warsaw Polytechnic and science studies at the Technical University of Poznan. He began his career in 1999 as a consultant in Arthur Andersen’s business advisory department. Then worked on several projects for Marketplanet and xTrade. For one year Wojciech served as Commercial Director in the PSE Info. In 2007, together with a group of enthusiasts and visionaries, founded the one99, whose mission is to use new technologies to create solutions to help people's lives. The company developed the first group purchases website in Poland: kumulator.pl. As part of its investment activities one99 as one of the first companies acquired a grant to the e-service (Action 8.1 POIG).

Marta Mazur | Partner at MergersNet

She's responsible for custormer service and disbursement of a grant from Operational Programme - Innovative Economy (OP IE), priority 8.1. She’s a qualified specialist with fruitful experience of Virtual Data Room (VDR) service offering. For the last three years Marta was working on a position of a Senior Project Manager in one of the world leading VDR providers. She was at the head of the project team that was helping a number of well known companies such as: Citi, PriceWatershouseCoopers, Vatenfall, Rothschild, Allen and Overy, Royal Mail to smooth many large Due Diligence processes. Furthermore, she was part of product development team. She completed her Master’s degree in “E-business” at the Poznan University of Economics. She’s fluent in English, German and French.

Krzysztof Mikulski | Agora

In charge of the business development of Agora's Internet brands. Previously, he worked in the investment fund Business Angel Seedfund, GO Internet and Wirtualna Polska. Big fan of the idea of "Information Society". He co-founded the Association of Cities on the Internet and the Association of Young Polish Community. Co-author of the first Polish handbook of public procurement. He studied Law and Administration at the Warsaw University, specializing in public administration and public procurement, and political science at the Higher School of Humanities in Pultusk, specializing in marketing and lobbying.

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.

Bartosz Niedźwiedzki | Manager, Grants and Incentives Advisory Team, Ernst & Young

Manager advising domestic and foreign investors on applying for support within existing public funding schemes including EU structural funds. He has extensive experience in providing services with respect to acquiring public aid gathered during numerous projects aiming at securing financing within EU structural funds administered at national and regional level, Multi Annual Support Programmes negotiated with the Polish government, and Special Economic Zones. During his career at Ernst & Young he was involved in numerous projects aimed at acquiring public financing for investments in innovative technologies, renewable energy as well as R&D and training projects. He has been working in Ernst & Young since 2006. He is a graduate of Warsaw School of Economics where he studied Finance and Banking and International Relations.

Maciej Popowicz | Founder, Nasza-Klasa.pl

Maciej Popowicz is a senior at Wroclaw University majoring in Computer Science. Finalist of many prestigious programming awards. During his third year in high school Maciej was ranked at third place in `Wielka Przesmycka` - a contest for student programmers. One year later he made it to the finals of IT Olympics. He appreciates the most success he achieved together with Pawel Olchawa and Michal Bartoszkiewicz in team programming. In 2005 they won Internetional Team Programming Contest defeating over 600 teams from 59 countries. Nowadays Maciej is called `the richest student in Poland`. In 2006 he launched a massively popular Classmates-like website, which enables graduates of various schools to stay in touch. In his spare time a snowboarder and music-fan.

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). 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.

Marcin Stark | Allegro

Business Development Manager at Allegro Group, responsible for M&A transactions in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. Since joining Allegro Group involved in the organization and execution of multiple M&A transactions in Poland and in the region. Prior to joining Allegro, Marcin worked for Royal Dutch Shell where he was responsible for financial modeling, coordination and organization of the 'project finance' based funding for the Group largest infrastructure investment in Italy. He was also involved in many business development projects in Poland and the region, such as the development of emissions trading in Poland and the preparation of financial assumptions for entering new markets. Previously, he worked in a consulting company CII Group. Martin is a graduate of the Department of Finance and Banking at the University of Economics in Katowice. He participated in numerous training and courses in finance, financial modeling and negotiations. Interested in history and new technologies.

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.

Jacek Świderski | Co-founder and Board Member, o2 Group

Serves as director of finance and operations at o2 Group and Sailfund. He is also responsible for the sector of telecommunications and telematics. During his studies together with Krzysztof Sierota and Michal Brański he founded o2.pl. In 2004 the Group launched an innovative project of internet telephony under the brand of Tlenofon. In 2006 he led the active steps to promote equal treatment of Polish and foreign internet companies by TP SA - Polish national operator. He received Webstar "Man of the Year in the Polish Internet" [2006] Award for o2 Group founders in a competition organized by the Webfestiwal and Entrepreneur of the Year [2004] Award in the Ernst&Young competition in the 'New Business' category. Graduate of the Management Faculty of the School of Economics in Warsaw.

Marek Tarnowski | Member of the Board of CR Media SA

Internet Group S.A. Advisor of the Management Board for asset management, mergers and acquisitions. Experienced in general/strategic and operational management, in business development from seed and start-up stage up-to exit from the investment (pre-IPO, IPO, Trade Sale), financial management and managerial accounting, feasibility studies and legal environment of business, merger and acquisition, corporate government. Engaged into TMT sector from 2000 being operationally involved into creation, business development and exit from several start-ups (Polymus sp. z o. o., Program sp. z o .o., Comtica sp. z o .o., 4fun.tv sp. z o .o., Arteria S.A.) and later into investment and supervision of portfolio companies (MCI Management S.A., CR Media S.A.). Educated at Warsaw School of Economics (Finance&Banking / Quantitative Methods and Information Systems) and University of Minnesota (Carlsson School of Management ) - Executive MBA.

Alek Wasiukiewicz is an associate at the venture capital fund (EVF I) managed by Enterprise Investors. He specializes in IT investments. Before joining EI, Mr. Wasiukiewicz worked for Nokia Corp. Mr. Wasiukiewicz is a graduate of Warsaw University of Technology and INSEAD.

Maciej Żak, graduated from Warsaw University’s Management Faculty. In 1999 he began working for Grupa ITI, initially as a Project Manager (until 2001), then as the Business Development Manager (until 2003). From 2003 until 2005 he worked as the Head of Business Development for the ITI Corporation. Prior to working for ITI he worked at BRE Bank S.A. where he was responsible for financing various investment projects (e.g. TVN). While working for Grupa ITI he was responsible for new investment projects (e.g. purchasing Onet.pl, DRQ) and organizing financing for the investment projects of Grupa ITI. Over the last few years he has been a member of the Supervisory Boards of the following companies: Grupa Onet.pl S.A., Optimus S.A, TVN 24 Sp. z.o.o., TVN Sp. z.o.o. (currently). Maciej Żak is 34 years old, is married is married and has two children. Hobbies: Yachting, music, traveling.