• Wolves Summit is back with a new edition in Wrocław on May 24-27
• As usual, the Summit gathers top speakers and a massive audience
• The event is both on-site and online and lasts four days
• Startup movement in Ukraine will be one of the focal topics
• The tickets are free for startup representatives from all CEE countries (with a couple of exceptions)

In late May, less than two months after the success of Alpha Wolves in Warsaw, Wolves Summit returns to Wrocław for the top event of the season in CEE Tech. Namely, on May 24, Wrocław Congress Center opens its doors for Wolves Summit 2022. This time the event lasts a whole four days and is available for attending both on-site and online.

For seven years now, Wolves Summit brings together startup entrepreneurs, investors, and innovation and tech enthusiasts of all sorts from all over CEE and beyond. The Summit’s goal is establishing business relationships and supporting local startups as well as networking, socializing, and relaxing after an intensive day in the company of kindred spirits. The bulk stats are more than impressive: the Summit can boast about having welcomed about 26,000 guests from 90 countries and arranged 37,500 1:1 meetings between startup representatives and investors through these seven years.

The Ukrainian Focus

The topic of the military turmoil in Ukraine surpasses the political space and cannot be avoided even at non-political events. It has shocked everyone and touched many people personally – both inside and outside Ukraine. This includes Michael Chaffe, the Summit’s founder and CEO, who spent a few years working on several enterprises in Ukraine in his time. That’s why the current state and perspectives of the Ukrainian startup movement under extreme conditions will be among the central topics of this edition of Wolves Summit. Aside from that, the organizers decided to support the startups themselves by lifting the participation fees for all startup representatives from Ukraine, as well as all other CEE countries with the apparent exception of Russia and Belarus.

Topics and Speakers

Other focal topics of the Summit’s panel discussion and keynote speeches will include:

• The future of HR, working models, and diversity
• Biologization of cities and homes
• The role of media for local and international startups and funds in the region
• Scaling outside the home region
• And, of course, new technologies used in createch, edtech, gaming, etc.

The confirmed speakers include:

• Michael Brandkamp, General Partner at European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
• Diana Alice Florescu, Media for Equity Investments, Founding Partner and CMO at Grai
• Hasnain Babrawala, Founder at Fame Media Global
• Elena Malitskaya, Founder and CEO at ISE Group
• Dennis Birkhoelzer, Head of Sales and Corporate Innovation Success Manager at Glassdollar
• Piotr Filipiak, Consulting Director (Greenhouse) at Comarch
• With more international speakers yet to be announced. Follow the complete agenda here

As if this wasn’t enough to make Wolves Summit 2022 a must-attend event, there are even more highlights:

• The customary 1:1 matchmaking meetings to establish business relations between startups and entrepreneurs 
• The famous Great Pitch Contest, subdivided into 9 slots + finals, where one hundred startups (selected from among several thousand) will present themselves before a panel of investors and industry experts
• The equally famous Networking Gala for a more informal networking

In a Nutshell:

• When: May 24-27 2022
• Where: Wrocław Congress Center, Wrocław, Poland
• Tickets here, free for startups from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo
• Complete agenda here
• More information on the Summit’s official website.