Overview of Startup Founder Conferences

If you have created a startup or are just thinking about it, if you want to invest in young promising companies, then this post is for you. In continuation of our previous reviews of various specialized conferences, we offer you a selection of materials that will be useful for founders of startups, investors and mentors.

The next web

International Conference, which this year more than 2500 participants plan to attend. It is dedicated to the latest trends in online business, sharing experience and information about innovations.
Time and place : April 24-25, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Website: http://thenextweb.com/conference/europe/

Latitude 59

The purpose of this international conference is to provide a platform for meetings of the founders of start-ups and potential investors. This year the conference will have over 250 participants and several dozen speakers from around the world.
Time and place : April 28-29, Tallinn, Estonia.
Website: http://latitude59.ee/
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WARP Conference

This conference is a good opportunity to meet with potential partners and investors, to share experiences and ideas that will help your start-up business to grow into a successful company.
Time and place : May 14, Warsaw, Poland.
Website: http://warpconference.com/en/

Podim

This is already the 34th annual (!) Event, whose task is to exchange ideas and establish business contacts among networked businessmen and investors. Over 40 speakers from the Balkan region and Europe will speak at the conference.
Time and place : May 14-15, Maribor, Slovenia.
Website: http://podim.org/en-us

Balkan Venture Forum

As the name suggests, this event is primarily intended to find investors and attractive projects for investment.
Time and place : May 15-16, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Website: http://www.balkanventureforum.org/

Startit fest

Five-day festival, consisting of speeches, discussions, master classes, exhibitions and much more. Over 500 exhibitors and over 5,000 visitors will arrive this year.
Time and place : May 15-19, Belgrade, Serbia.
Website: http://startit.rs/fest/

Mini seedcamp

These one-day meetings are held as part of the Seedcamp program, whose goal is to organize small financial support in the early stages of becoming start-ups, as well as to assist in finding a mentor for your project.
Time and place :
• May 18, Belgrade, Serbia.
• May 29, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• June 13, Hvar, Croatia.
• September 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Website: http://www.seedcamp.com/2014-calendar

Infoshare

International Annual Conference, first launched in 2007. The main topics of speeches are high-tech innovations, including mobile, online media and network marketing issues, the creation and financing of start-ups, project management.
Time and place : May 22-23, Gdansk, Poland.
Website: http://theinfoshare.org/

StartupCamp

This conference is aimed at assisting in the preparation and launch of startups. Successful businessmen, investors and mentors from Croatia and the USA take part in the event.
Time and place : May 28 - June 1, Rijeka, Croatia.
Website: http://startupcamp.com.hr/

Digitalk

Over 900 participants will gather at this two-day conference for founders of startups and investors. Like many other conferences, DigitalK is primarily a meeting point for potential partners.
Time and place : May 29-30, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Website: http://digitalk.bg/

Central European Startup Awards

Under the same name a series of events are held in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia. At these meetings, the selection and awarding of the best regional start-ups, investors, developers and designers. It is also an excellent opportunity to make new business and professional contacts.
Time and place : May 30, Budapest, Hungary.
Website: http://centraleuropeanstartupawards.com/

Techsylvania

The second international conference of developers, founders of startups and investors.
Time and place : May 31 - June 2, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Website: http://techsylvania.co

Shift conference

One of the largest IT conferences in the Balkans (over 1000 visitors) for founders of startups and investors. The program also includes awarding the best startups and hackathons.
Time and place : June 2-6, Split, Croatia.
Website: http://www.shiftsplit.com/

The Europas Awards

The event has a history since 2009. His idea is to award the best European IT start-ups in more than 20 categories. It is also a good platform for networking.
Time and place : June 10, London, UK.
Website: http://theeuropas.com/

Bitspiration festival

This is a meeting place for all fans of high technology, where they can share ideas and information about all sorts of new products. Perhaps here you can get an idea for your startup or find a promising project for investing.
Time and place : June 12-13, Krakow, Poland.
Website: http://festival.bitspiration.com/

Spark.me

The conference program includes thematic presentations of speakers, discussion of trends in doing business in the sei, public debates, master classes and an entertainment program.
Time and place : June 19-20, Budva, Montenegro.
Website: http://spark.me/

Webit congress

One of the largest conferences dedicated to IT business: over 10,000 visitors from more than 110 countries, 260 speakers, over 300 accredited media.
Time and place : October 1-2, Istanbul, Turkey.
Website: http://webitcongress.com/

IDCEE

An international platform for searching and establishing connections between founders of start-ups, investors and successful IT-companies.
Time and place : October 9-10, Kiev, Ukraine.
Website: http://webitcongress.com/

Pioneers

Conference on the exchange of experience, knowledge and opinions in the field of creating successful IT start-ups. Over 2500 visitors: startups, hackers, representatives of IT corporations and many other professionals and enthusiastic.
Time and place : October 29-30, Vienna, Austria.
Website: http://pioneers.io

The summit

The conference, aimed at the exchange of experience among representatives of a variety of technical IT-professions. About 1000 participants and over 10,000 visitors.
Time and place : November 4-6, Dublin, Ireland.
Website: http://thesummit.co/

Global Entrepreneurship Week

One of the largest international events that helps to establish communication between the authors of business ideas, successful and aspiring businessmen. The conference program includes speakers, master classes and discussion meetings.
Time and place : November 18-24, Belarus.
Website: http://gew.by/

Startup AddVenture

The program of the event includes discussions and presentations on a wide range of topics: mobile technologies, e-commerce, network marketing, design and many others.

Time and place

: December 3-4, Kiev, Ukraine.
Website: http://2013.startupaddventure.co/

TC Moscow

Hardly a TechCrunch brand needs to be introduced. Here you can talk about your startup, exchange ideas and experiences, find business partners from around the world.
Time and place : December, Moscow.
Website: http://tc.digitaloctober.com/

Le Web

International Conference on the issues and problems of the foundation and management of IT-business.
Time and place : December 9-11, Paris, France.
Website: http://paris.leweb.co/#page-leweb

If you have not found any useful thematic events in this list, let us know in the comments!