WORLD EXCELLENCE AWARDS & CLOSING CEREMONY

World Business Angels Investment Forum
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21 February 2021, Sunday

 

Master of Ceremonies

Andrew Work, WBAF Senator Hong Kong
 

Time Zone: GMT
 

 

1pm

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Welcome Speech: 
Andrew Work,
Master of Ceremonies & WBAF Senator Hong Kong
 

1.05pm

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Keynote Speech: Anatomy of an SME IPO; Planning and structuring a public offering in post-pandemic times
Carsten Borring, Associate Vice President Listings EMEA and Head of Listings & Capital Markets, NASDAQ Denmark
 

1.15pm

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Roundtable: Key-findings of Conferences of the World Congress of Angel Investors WBAF 2021

Moderator:

Baybars Altuntas Executive Chairman World Business Angels Investment Forum

 

Panelists:

Kevin Hin, Conference Chair Europe
Israel Pons, Conference Chair Latin America and the Caribbeans
Prof Inderjit Singh, Conference Chair Asia
Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, Conference Chair North America
Lucy Chow, WBAF Senator UAE
Hauwa Yabani, Conference Chair Africa
Christopher Drescher, Stage Chair, Global Fundraising Stage 2021
Maryam Najafi, Executive Coach, Global Fundraising Stage 2021

 

 


 

2pm

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Global Partnerships: 
Signing MOUs with global institutions


Peace City.World (PWC)
Baybars Altuntas Executive Chairman World Business Angels Investment Forum
Dr Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, Co-founder & Board Member World Smart Cities Economic Development Commission – WBAF
John Mavrak, Chairman, Peace City. World (PCW)
Dr. Riadh Toukabri, President, Peace City.World (PWC)

 

Junior Chamber International (JCI)
Kevin Hin, Secretary General JCI International
Prof Inderjit Singh, President WBAF Research Institute

 

Korea Accelerator Association (KAA)
Baybars Altuntas, Executive Chairman World Business Angels Investment Forum
JunBae Lee, Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

2.15pm

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World Excellence Awards 2021
Through the World Excellence Awards, the World Business Angels Investment Forum celebrates high growth and success in the angel and early-stage investment market – recognising the fastest growing brands and acknowledging the founders, angels, crowd-funders and early-stage venture capital investors behind them.

 

2.35pm

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Startup - Investor Dialague: An experience with the WBAF Angel Investment Fund as a participant of the Global Fundraising Stage 2020
Fran Guillén, Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer BrioAgro Technologies, Spain 
Israel Pons, President WBAF Angel Investment Fund
 

 

2.45pm

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Startups to be announced by the WBAF Angel Investment Fund for Due-Diligence from the Global Fundraising Stage GFRS 2021
by Israel Pons, President WBAF Angel Investment Fund

 

3pm

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Mediterranean Summit of Angel Investors WBAF
24-25 October 2022 Antalya Turkey
Dr Aylin Tumay, Chief Executive Officer Antalya Technopark Turkey

 

 

3.05pm

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Keynote Speech: A current landscape of SMEs market and expectations for 2021

Matthew Gamser, 
Chief Executive Officer SME Finance Forum, World Bank Group / IFC

 

3.15pm

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Closing Remarks:
Dr Paul Doany, 
Rector WBAF Business School
 

3.25pm

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Closing Speech:
Baybars Altuntas, 
Executive Chairman World Business Angels Investment Forum
 

3.30pm

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