First Announced Speakers of the Global Webit Congress 2014



Digital Marketing & Innovation Conference


Raja Rajamannar

Raja Rajamannar

Mastercard Worldwide / Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President - Healthcare


Ran Harnevo

Ran Harnevo

President, Video at AOL




Dr. Plamen Russev

Dr. Plamen Russev

Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP)


James Sandoval

James Sandoval

SVP & Managing Director EMEA at Signal




Lars Silberbauer Andersen

Lars Silberbauer Andersen

Global Director of Social Media & Search at LEGO


Dr. Torsten Wingenter

Dr. Torsten Wingenter

Head of Digital Innovations, Lufthansa German Airlines




Dominic Trigg

Dominic Trigg

SVP, Managing Director Europe at Rocket Fuel


Alexandru Cernatescu

Alexandru Cernatescu

CEO & Co-Founder - Infinit Solutions Agency




Mariano A. Bosaz

Mariano A. Bosaz

Global Digital Director, The Coca-Cola Company


Ian Munford

Ian Munford

Director of Product Marketing and Enablement for Media Solutions at Akamai Technologies




İlker Baydar

İlker Baydar

CEO at Markafoni Group


Caroline S. Henne

Caroline S. Henne

Regional Director Digital Market Intelligence CEEMETA at GfK




Olly Barnes

Olly Barnes

Vice President Music at Rdio


Dr. Gyula Fehér

Dr. Gyula Fehér

Co-Founder and CTO of Ustream




Robert Tas

Robert Tas

Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at Pegasystems


Norm Johnston

Norm Johnston

Unruly / Global CEO




Damien Perillat

Damien Perillat

Damien Perillat, General Manager CEE of PayPal


Jochen Wegner

Jochen Wegner

Editor-in-chief, ZEIT




Erkan Kilicaslan

Erkan Kilicaslan

Partner at Iris Capital


Dirk Henke

Dirk Henke

Managing Director Eastern Europe & MEA, Criteo




Yılmaz Yaman

Yılmaz Yaman

Deputy Director General at Anadolu Agency


Jordan Kretchmer

Jordan Kretchmer

Founder and CEO of Livefyre




Glen Richardson

Glen Richardson

CMO of Fruugo


Jon Myers

Jon Myers

VP & Managing Director EMEA at Marin Software




Ariel Luedi

Ariel Luedi

CEO, Hybris


Igor Beuker

Igor Beuker

Speaker, Publicist, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor




Rob Griffin

Rob Griffin

Global Director of Product Development at Havas Media


Ralf Haberich

Ralf Haberich

CCO, Webtrekk




Emre Ekmekçi

Emre Ekmekçi

President Business Development at Doğan Online


Timothy Bataillie

Timothy Bataillie

Director of Business Development MENA & Turkey at Engagor




Pete Blackshaw

Pete Blackshaw

Global Head of Digital Marketing and Social Media for Nestlé


Stewart Rogers

Stewart Rogers

Director Marketing Technology at VB Insight




Shane Shevlin

Shane Shevlin

Commercial Director EMEA


John Sheehy

John Sheehy

President, Global Operations at Starcom MediaVest Group




Gary Liu

Gary Liu

Head of Spotify Labs


Tolga Arıcan

Tolga Arıcan

CEO / Partner at Manifakture




Kaya Taner

Kaya Taner

CEO & Co-founder of AppLift


Stanislav Georgiev

Stanislav Georgiev

Head of Media & Content at Telekom Austria Group




Jim Rosenberg

Jim Rosenberg

Chief Digital Strategy Officer at UNICEF


Dr. Mahmut Kurşun

Dr. Mahmut Kurşun

Chief Information Officer, Ciner Group, Vice President, IAB Turkey




Jean-Paul Edwards

Jean-Paul Edwards

Strategy and Product Development Director at OMD EMEA,


Aljoša Jenko

Aljoša Jenko

Founder and CEO of Httpool




Reshma Nagpal

Reshma Nagpal

Founder and CEO, e-­bee


Benjamin Hansz

Benjamin Hansz

Vice President, International Client Management, Fiksu




David Moore

David Moore

Chairman of Xaxis and President of WPP Digital


Berk Uziyel

Berk Uziyel

Director at SPI INTERNATIONAL / FILMBOX




Emi Gal

Emi Gal

Founder & CEO of Brainient


Jonathan Wisler

Jonathan Wisler

General Manager EMEA, SoftLayer, an IBM Company





Leaders of the Future Tech Summit


Mark Shuttleworth

Mark Shuttleworth

Founder of Ubuntu and Canonical


Justin Kan

Justin Kan

Founder of Twitch & Justin.tv and Partner at Y Combinator




Jason Ball

Jason Ball

Investment Director / Head QCV Seed, Europe at Qualcomm Ventures


Linus Dahg

Linus Dahg

Early Stage VC at Wellington Partners




Bakhrom Ibragimov

Bakhrom Ibragimov

Operations Leader at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)


Vishal Gupta

Vishal Gupta

Managing Director, Cisco




Ivan Hernandez

Ivan Hernandez

Co-Founder, The Digital Loop


Ivo Radulovski

Ivo Radulovski

Web Strategy Expert, Entrepreneur and Investor, Segments




Thomas Aidan Curran

Thomas Aidan Curran

Founder of Telemos AG


Lee Clancy

Lee Clancy

Senior Vice President of Product & Mobile Strategy at Naspers eCommerce




Yaser Bishr

Yaser Bishr

Executive Director of Strategy and Development at Al Jazeera Media Network


Paul Kewene-Hite

Paul Kewene-Hite

Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD (Singapore and France)




Suneel Bandhu

Suneel Bandhu

Member of Mumbai Angels


Ondrej Bartos

Ondrej Bartos

Partner at Credo Ventures




Aurélie Pols

Aurélie Pols

Chief Visionary Officer & Founder of Mind Your Privacy


Max Niederhofer

Max Niederhofer

Partner, SunStone Capital




Cem Sertoğlu

Cem Sertoğlu

Partner at EarlyBird Venture Capital


Rahul Sood

Rahul Sood

General Manager & Partner at Microsoft Ventures




Ben Medlock

Ben Medlock

Co-founder, CTO of SwiftKey


Andrew Ng

Andrew Ng

Chief Scientist of Baidu; Chairman and Co-founder of Coursera




Eric Klinker

Eric Klinker

co-Founder and CEO of Resilio Inc.


Peter Fredell

Peter Fredell

CEO of Seamless




Carlos Conde

Carlos Conde

Chief Technology Evangelist at Amazon Web Services EMEA


Mikko Kotila

Mikko Kotila

Co-Founder at povert.io & Chief Propagator at the 10x Computer Club




Hanno Stegmann

Hanno Stegmann

CFO and Managing Director at SevenVentures


Andrew Yeoman

Andrew Yeoman

CEO and co-founder of Concirrus




Ronaldo Mouchawar

Ronaldo Mouchawar

CEO, Souq.com


JP Rangaswami

JP Rangaswami

Chief Scientist at Salesforce.com




Alan Atkins

Alan Atkins

Vice President & Global Head IoT | Digital, Wipro


Mohanned Audeh

Mohanned Audeh

Business Development Director at Zain Jordan




Tony Conrad

Tony Conrad

Co-founder and CEO of about.me, Founder/Venture Partner at True Ventures


Craig Hollingworth

Craig Hollingworth

Business Development Officer and Co-Founder of Concirrus




Dr. Philip Boigner

Dr. Philip Boigner

Vice President - TIG Ecosystem Technology Investment at Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority


Orkun Saitoglu

Orkun Saitoglu

COO of Iyzico




Dmitry Chikhachev

Dmitry Chikhachev

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Runa Capital


Elias Ghanem

Elias Ghanem

CEO and co-founder of Telr.com




Peter Smith

Peter Smith

President of Blockchain


Jeff Lynn

Jeff Lynn

Co-founder and CEO at Seedrs




Maximilian Müller

Maximilian Müller

CEO at Moticon


Gianpaolo Bruno

Gianpaolo Bruno

Director of Strategic Planning, Economic Research, Overseas Offices at Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ICE)




Muhannad Ebwini

Muhannad Ebwini

Co-founder and CEO Gate2play


Ahmad Hanandeh

Ahmad Hanandeh

Chief Executive Officer, Zain Jordan




Ville Mickelsson

Ville Mickelsson

Chief Executive Officer of Cyberlightning


Alexander Galitsky

Alexander Galitsky

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Almaz Capital




Tomasz Czechowicz

Tomasz Czechowicz

Founder and CEO at MCI Group