• The Next Web gathers a stellar list of top tech rockstars at TNW Conference 2024
• The place is Amsterdam, and the date is June 20-21st
• Tech celebrities will share insights about a variety of topics from maximizing the efficiency of AI prompting and sustainable food and fashion to digital dating and talent shortage

This June marks one of Europe’s leading tech festivals – TNW Conference 2024. The city of Amsterdam welcomes the conference for the 19th time. Tech executives, policymakers, startup and scaleup entrepreneurs, and all tech enthusiasts get together once again to exchange insights on what’s most topical and what’s next in tech.

This time, the event will finally be in-person as a five-star location yet to be disclosed will open its doors to thought and industry leaders on June 20-21st. World-renowned cross-industry experts, including investors, founders and C-level executives, authors and coaches, artists and futurists will comprise an exquisite networking cocktail.

Speakers and Topics

The Next Web enjoys an established reputation as an organizer of must-attend events, each of which is a point of gravity for all sorts of real tech rockstars. This year’s unmatched list of top tech celebrities whose speeches are tightly packed into just two days will include:

• Gianluigi Baldesi, Head of Ventures and Financing Office at European Space Agency
• Masha Bucher, Founder and General Partner at Day One Ventures
• Colin Bell, CEO Europe at HSBC
• Neil Chandler, CEO at Aion Bank
• Lucy Demery, Fintech Managing Director at Barclays
• Adrienne Enggist, Senior Director of Product – Customer Experience & Platforms at Booking.com
• Javier Espinoza, EU Correspondent at Financial Times
• Diego Ferri, Senior Director at EY
• Jan Hammer, Partner at Index Ventures
• Marcin Hejka, Co-Founder and General Partner at OTB Ventures
• Remco Janssen, Founder and CEO at Silicon Canals
• Julija (JJ) Jegorova, Founder and CEO at Black Unicorn PR
• Ron De Jesus, Field Chief Privacy Officer at Transcend
• Yeni Joseph, Head of Ecosystems & Public Policy at TNW
• Kristo Käärmann, Co-Founder and CEO at Wise
• Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founding Partner at Speedinvest
• Charles Kerr, Strategic Partner Manager at YouTube
• Mette Lykke, CEO at Too Good To Go
• Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO at Coursera
• Fonz Morris, Lead Product Designer at Netflix
• Olivier Nautet, Group Chief Information Security Officer at BNP Paribas
• Thomas Plantenga, CEO at Vinted
• Adir Ron, CTO Team Lead Europe, Middle East & Africa at Microsoft for Startups
• Michiel Scheffer, President of the Board at European Innovation Council
• Pia Schörner, Head of Digital Content Marketing & BMW Metaverse at BMW Group
• Kaushik Subramanian, Partner at EQT Ventures
• Lee Taylor, CFO at OnlyFans
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Former Prime Minister of Denmark and Co-Chair at Meta Oversight Board
• Dmytro Vartanian, General Managing Partner at SID Venture Partners
• and many more. See the full list of speakers.

The insights will revolve around the following topics:

• The Art of AI Prompting
• The Benefits from In-House VCs
• Best Practices of Failing Startups
• Computer Vision Today
• Deep Tech Today and by 2030
• Democracy and Tech
• Digital Dating
• FinTech Fluency
• The Fusion of Banks and Tech
• LLMs for Finance Transformation
• The Opportunity of Waste
• Real and Fake Cyber Threats
• Sustainable Fashion and Commerce
• Talent Shortage
• Tech-Based Investment Decisions
• Today’s Privacy Challenges
• Transparency in Cross-Border Payments
• Check out the complete schedule here

In a Nutshell

• Where: To-be-disclosed, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• When: June 20-21st 2024
• More information at the event’s website
• Tickets here