10:45 – 11:10 Opening Session Film projection

Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President, European Investment Bank Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

Presentation: The EIB’s Venture Debt ProductsJean-Christophe Laloux, Director General, Operations, European Investment BankAdrian Kamenitzer, Director, Equity, New Products and Special Transactions, European Investment Bank

13:15 – 13:30

11:30 – 13:00

15:15 – 15:50

14:45 – 15:15

What’s Next : How EIB became one of the largest venture provider in Europe and what's the future of EIB’s Venture DebtOverview of European Venture Debt market and EIB’s growing role there over the last years. Moderator: Hristo Stoykov, Head of Division, Growth Capital and Innovation Finance, European Investment BankPresentations and Discussion:

Florin Vasilica, Partner, Ernst&Young Holm Keller, Chairman, Kenup FoundationAtanas Kolev, Senior Economist, European Investment Bank Patric Gresko, Head of Division, European Investment Fund

14:30 – 14:45

Stefan Jennewein, Chief Executive Officer, Jennewein BiotechnologieBen Lipps, Chief Executive Officer, Magforce

13:30 – 14:30 Networking lunch

15:50 – 16:25 Panel III - Venture Debt in Clean Tech Moderator: Laura Piovesan, Head of Division, Innovative Industries, European Investment Bank

Panellists: Ludovic Deblois, CEO, SunpartnersCarlalberto Guglielminotti, CEO, EPSAri Hyppönen, Cleantech Business AngelPetr Mikovec , Managing Director and Chairman of the Board, Inven Capital Diego Pavia, CEO, KIC Innoenergy

16:30 – 18:00 Official Closing ReceptionKeynote speeches: Ambroise Fayolle,Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Photos with Companies' Representatives, Vice-President Fayolle and Commissioner Moedas Closing Cocktail

Handover of tombstones by Vice-President Fayolle followed by a group photo

EIB Advisory Services - Shiva Dustdar, Head of Division, Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank

Panel I - Venture Debt in Life Science Moderator: Yu Zhang, Head of Innovation Finance Unit, European Investment Bank Panellists: Florent Gros, Managing Director, Novartis Venture Fund

Panel II - Venture Debt in ICT Moderator: Jussi Hätönen, Head of Growth Capital Unit, European Investment Bank Panellists: Simon Kennedy, COO, eVision

Eric Leandri, CEO, QwantAndre Loesekrug-Pietri, Speaker, Joint European Disruptive Initiative Daniel Michel, Head of Access to Finance, EIT Digital Christian Reitberger, General Partner, Wellington Partners

11:10 – 11:30

European Investment Bank - 22 March 2018East Building, 98 bvd. Konrad Adenauer, Luxembourg

Agenda10:15 – 10:45 Registration and welcome coffee

Arno Fuchs, Chief Executive Officer, FCF Corporate Finance Véronique Trausch, Partner, FinDeal Advisers

13:00 – 13:15 Wrap-up by Hristo Stoykov, Head of Division, Growth Capital and Innovation Finance, European Investment Bank