# AngelTech Innovate 2026 Programme

A single day of interactive sessions and one dedicated collaboration forum, focused on outcomes rather than presentations. Sessions and timings below are subject to change.

## Sunday 19 April 2026 (starting at 11:00 CET)

- 11:00 - Registration & Welcome Refreshments
- 11:15 - Conference & Opening Remarks
- 11:30 - Keynote: Unclogging the AI Bottleneck: The Shift from Software Speed to Hardware Moats - presented by George Jones (Woodside Capital Partners)
- 11:45 - Panel: Executive Strategy Panel - with David Cheskis (Square Zero Technologies), Jonathan Klamkin (Aeluma), Philipp Schlüter (Pava Partners), Scott Burroughs (Uviquity), Snigdha Lal (Oxford Science Enterprises)
- 12:30 - Buffet Lunch & Networking
- 13:30 - Enabling Photonic MEMS Innovation - presented by Alissa M. Fitzgerald (AMFitzgerald)
- 13:40 - No Materials - No Photonics: Circular Germanium in a VUCA World - presented by Ivan Zyulkov (Umicore)
- 13:50 - Panel: Innovation Session - with David Cheskis (Square Zero Technologies), Diana Khlan (Chips Weekly), Faisal Kamran (Sony Technology Partnerships Europe), Michael Liehr (Combined Semiconductor), Rebecca Levonian (InPHRED)
- 14:35 - Panel: Challenge Session - with David Cheskis (Square Zero Technologies), Geert Vandenhoeck (Umicore), Manuel Gärtner (STMicroelectronics), Marco Ruggeri (Renesas), Mehrdad Ziari (Nokia)
- 15:20 - Coffee Break & Networking
- 15:35 - Panel: Collaboration Session - with David Cheskis (Square Zero Technologies)
- 16:35 - Conference Wrap-up
- 16:50 - Conference Close
- 18:00 - Pre-conference Networking Drinks / Dinner Reception (available to those who have registered for 21st & 22nd April for AngelTech Conference)

Sessions and timings are subject to change.

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