Techsylvania, the place where business and technology meet to advance together for the next level.
Between 22-23 September 2021, the 8th edition of Techsylvania will take place, being the most important tech event of Eastern Europe, where the future is reinvented through innovation and excellence every year. Just as in 2020, the organizers have decided that the workshops, conferences, competitions, satellite events, financing programmes and presentations will be held virtually on the Hopin platform.
Our conference remains the environment where people come to get inspired, to get up to date with technology news and to learn from the brightest minds the do’s and the don’ts of 2021. From innovative presentations to debates of the most important issues which appear when business meets technology, the conference’s stage represents the core of the community movement.
Who joins the stage of Techsylvania 2021?
The 8th edition of Techsylvania continues its virtual journey even in 2021 towards technological innovation, highlighting the latest ways of understanding the newest technologies.
Within this year’s edition, Techsylvania is estimating an attendance of over 5.000 persons, meanwhile the organizers have already announced that on the stage 60 international speakers will be present. At the same time, it is estimated that within the start-ups’ competitions and opportunities, at the event more than 300 small businesses will sign up.
This year, the stage of Techsylvania will reunite international names, from which representatives of Stack Overflow, Lime, eBay, Swarm, Local Globe, DocuSign, Grab, Chili Piper and many others.
- Prashanth Chandrasekar – CEO at Stack Overflow
- Philipp Kandal – Head of Engineering at Grab
- Dexter Ligot-Gordon – CEO and Co-founder of Swarm
- Alina Vandenberghe – CXO and Co-founder of Chili Piper
- Tim Jackson – General Partner of Walking Ventures
- Lloyed Lobo – Co-founder and President at AI
- Saul Klein – Co-founder of LocalGlobe
- Gil Dibner – Founder of Angular Ventures
- Emi Gal – CEO and Co-founder of Ezra
- Ariel Garten – Chief Evangelist Officer and Co-founder of Muse
- Randy Shoup – VP Engineering and Chief Architect at eBay
- Wayne Ting – CEO at Lime
- Loic Houssier – VP of Engineering at DocuSign
“The main objective of this edition is to bring together the leading personalities of innovative development which, once implemented, to bring and assure those who use them personal and professional benefits as well. That’s why, just as in the previous editions, this time as well, on the stage of Techsylvania you will be able to witness important names from technological industries, experts and strong voices of famous companies which year by year set the trends of technology”, stated Vlad Ciurca, Co-founder of Techsylvania.
How to join Techsylvania 2021?
Until the 25th of August, the organizers will provide discounted tickets for those interested through the Early Bird campaign.
Until September, when Techsylvania 2021 begins, the participants will have the possibility to choose from three tickets’ categories: Premium, Builder and Executive, each of them coming with different facilities and benefits to fulfill the techny experience of the event.
Additional information about the tickets and speakers, the event and the schedule can be found at https://techsylvania.com/tickets/ .
The first 10 readers who will use the code PressCMP on the site www.techsylvania.com/tickets/ will enjoy a 100% discount.
Techsylvania keeps its structure in 2021 as well
- 22-23 September – Conference
- Speakers from the technology fields will appear on the stage of Techsylvania, where they will share successful stories and significant lessons they’ve learnt during their professional growth.
- 22-23 September – Startup Avalanche
- The well known pitching competition, which gathers annually hundreds of start-ups which compete for a single goal: to win the future with their ambitious ideas and with the latest technological solutions for our lives.
- 22-23 September – Technical workshops
- The pragmatic part of technology, experiments, demonstrations and exercises, all possible through the interactive workshops, hosted by experts in technology.
- 22-23 September – Startup Alley
- This programme focuses on launching innovative ideas, stagnating in their earliest stages by presenting them to our business partners and in the media. Any kind of producer, researcher and inventor who feels they have a good idea, has the possibility to meet the brightest minds of the tech industry on the alley of opportunities, followed by a partnership for a joint future closer to perfection.
- The space is designed for companies at the beginning of their journey, with at most 10 employees and a growing potential, and the programme includes over 20 expo virtual innovative booths.
- 20-26 September – Satellite Events
- Techsylvania’s Partners will organize Satellite Events, as a celebration of technological innovation, a great networking opportunity through unique experiences.
Techsylvania 2021 is supported by:
- Platinum Partners – Mastercard, Unicredit Bank
- Gold Partners – Google for Startups, Superbet, Betfair Romania
- Silver Partners – Halcyon Mobile, Telenav, Wolfpack Digital, Microsoft
- Bronze Partners – Cluj Business Campus, X2Mobile, Yardi
- With the support of – The City Hall and Local Council of Cluj Napoca and Visit Cluj Napoca
„We are happy to be, for the second consecutive year, the partner of the most relevant tech event of Eastern Europe, which offers the ideal frame for the exchange of visions and insights, considered necessary to stimulate the innovation of technology. We can’t wait for the 2021 edition, where we will bring attendees closer to the newest technologies of Mastercard from global levels!”, said Diana Tănase, Marketing Manager Mastercard Romania.
„Digitalization and innovation are strategic components for us, at UniCredit Bank, and our objective is to keep our position as a digital bank in the future as well, offering our clients the solutions they require. In this context, the digitalization of activities is, in the first place a necessity, although it stays on the long run as an option with countless benefits of time and costs, and that’s why we’ll continue to encourage our clients, big companies and entrepreneurs, to consider the actual context as an opportunity to change and take over their activities of digital trends. Within these conditions, we are glad to support the acces of the large audience to information which will assist them on this flow, just how the one from the Techsylvania event is. ”, said Anca Ungureanu, Identity and Communication Director at UniCredit Bank.
„For us, the collaboration with Techsylvania means more than a simple partnership. If last year we “bet” on the transformation of Superbet into a company with technological weight, this year we’ll bring our partnership to a new level, through opportunities of complex digitalization and innovation. Thus, we declare ourselves honored to be an integral part, for the second consecutive year, in one of the most complete and innovative events of Europe.”, declared Bruno Kovačić CTO Superbet.
