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Allied For Startups
Annual Summit 2024
Location
Date
14:00-18:00 CET
Tickets
Upon registration, you'll receive an email with a QR code which you shall present upon arrival at the venue.
Meet our Speakers
Lucilla Sioli
Director, EU AI Office, European Commission
Ms Lucilla Sioli is the Director of the “EU AI Office” within Directorate-General CONNECT at the European Commission. She is responsible for the coordination of the European AI strategy, including the implementation of the AI Act and international collaboration in trustworthy AI and AI for good.
The directorate is also responsible for R&D&I activities in AI and for the implementation of the AI Innovation Package. Lucilla holds a PhD in economics from the University of Southampton (UK) and one from the Catholic University of Milan (Italy) and has been a civil servant with the European Commission since 1997.
Anne-Gabrielle Haie
AI, Data & Digital Partner at Steptoe LLP
Anne-Gabrielle Haie advises clients on a wide range of digital-related matters, with a strong focus on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity. In addition, she has developed considerable expertise on AI and blockchain. She advises clients on compliance with EU laws and risk management. Anne-Gabrielle also has strong experience advising clients on data privacy and cybersecurity issues related to strategic transactions and commercial negotiations. She further assists clients with cybersecurity preparedness and response to data breaches and other security incidents.
Anne-Gabrielle’s practice includes representing clients in enforcement and litigation actions before European supervisory authorities and courts. Her clients include multinationals, start-ups and scaleups in diverse industries, and she has a strong track record in the Life Sciences and Technology sectors.
Lucia Bonova
Head of Unit, DG COMP J.1, European Commission
Lucia Bonova heads a unit at the European Commission responsible for the implementation of Digital Markets Act and antitrust enforcement in the area of digital platforms. She holds a law degree from Université Panthéon-Assas in Paris and an LLM in International Business law from McGill University in Montreal. Lucia spent her entire professional career devoted to competition law enforcement, in particular merger control, and to a lesser extent, antitrust.
Previously, she served in the private office of the Executive Vice-president of the European Commission for Competition and Europe fit for Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager. In addition to her experience at the European Commission, in 2009 Lucia spent three months at the Federal Trade Commission as an exchange official. Lucia was featured amongst 26 women at the forefront of global antitrust in GCR Women in Antitrust 2016 : Enforcers and in 30 in their 30s Notable Women Competition Professionals in Enforcement in 2017.
Ana Barjasic
Founder & CEO, Connectology
Board Member, European Innovation Council
Ana Barjasic is an entrepreneur, angel investor, policy adviser, and ecosystem builder, with over a decade of experience in international startup ecosystems. In 2024, Ana was listed as one of Europe’s top 100 influential women in the startup and VC space. Combining her hands-on experience and knowledge of startup and innovation ecosystems and investment communities across the EMEA region, Ana founded Connectology, an international boutique agency for access to finance, innovation, and investment readiness.
Ana is also an Obama Leader Europe, Executive Committee Member of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (Europe), and a Board Member of the European Innovation Council, the largest innovation fund for deep tech in Europe with an investment capacity of 10 billion euros. Ana is the Chair of the Widening Countries/Opening for Excellence Working Group of the EIC Board, recommending concrete actions across the EU to increase participation and success rates of entrepreneurs from widening countries of Horizon Europe (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia).
Camilla de Coverly Veale
Policy Director, Startup Coalition
Camilla de Coverly Veale is Policy Director at the Startup Coalition, a group dedicated to advocating for the startup ecosystem in the UK. She oversees all policy campaigns but has a special focus on competition and procurement policy. Previously she led public affairs at an aerospace company.
Gianluca Maruzzella
Co-Founder & CEO, indigo.ai
Gianluca is an entrepreneur with experience in AI, marketing, and communication services. He is the founder and CEO of indigo.ai, a B2B SaaS platform that leverages generative AI to enhance business-user communication, leading the digital transformation of numerous fast-growing brands.
Recognized by Forbes as a leader of the future under 30 in New Enterprise Technologies, Gianluca is also an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IULM University and a lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at top Italian universities, where he mentors future entrepreneurs. He co-hosts the popular Italian tech podcast, Talk Magic, and holds a master’s degree with high honors in Management Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan. Passionate about using technology to improve lives, Gianluca is committed to building a strong ecosystem for SaaS entrepreneurs in Italy, believing that the best way to predict the future is to create it.