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You're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer. Please upgrade your browser for the best user experience on our site. Thank you. Menu Skip to content Agenda Day 1 | Stages | Workshops Day 2 | Stages | Workshops Register Startups Early Stage Competition Idea Stage Competition Hackathons Wearables Web & Mobile Contact Media Press Blog Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube About Conference Overview 2014 Conference BDL Accelerate 2015 Lebanon’s 2nd Annual International Startup Conference Thursday and Friday, Dec 10 and 11, 2015 at Forum de Beyrouth Banque du Liban (BDL) Accelerate 2015 is Lebanon’s annual international startup conference, and officially the largest and most international startup conference in the Middle East and North Africa, with over 6,600 attendees in 11,000 sqm over 2 days, 2 stages, 2 hackathons, 2 startup competitions, 2 workshop spaces, featuring over 100 speakers, 100 startups, and 100 exhibitors from 51 different countries across 6 continents. Over 3,000 attended the Opening Ceremony alone! Photos YouTube Videos Startup Ecosystem Roadmap 2015 Speakers Seasoned entrepreneurs, investors, and experts will gather on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean to share experiences, insights, techniques, methods, and know-how, dishing out how-tos for newcomers, dos-and-donts for the up and coming, and inspiration for the rest. Riad Salameh Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon Emmanuel Bonne Ambassador of France to Lebanon Dr. Joseph Torbey Chairman of the Association of Banks in Lebanon || Lebanon Marianne Hoayek Director of the Executive Office at Banque du Liban || Lebanon Loic Le Meur Co-Founder of LeWeb || San Francisco, USA Leila Janah Founder & CEO of SamaGroup & Laxmi || San Francisco, USA Mansour Salame Founder & CEO of FrontSpin || Atherton, USA Marvin Liao Partner at 500 Startups || Europe Paul Papadimitriou (Host) Founder of Intelligencr || London, UK Mike Butcher Editor at Large of TechCrunch || World Paul Bragiel Managing Partner at I/O Ventures || San Francisco, USA Gen Kanai Mentor at 500 Startups & Chinaccelerator || Shanghai, China David Troy CEO of 410 Labs || Baltimore, USA Ahmad Ashkar CEO of Hult Prize (Bill Clinton & TIME Magazine’s Top 5 Ideas Changing the World) || Washington D.C., USA Mark Daher Managing Director at Daher Capital || Lebanon Ville Miettinen Founder & CEO at Microtask || Finland Aziza Sheerin City Director at General Assemb.ly || Singapore Danny Karam Vice President MENA Digital Life & Smart Cities Leader at Booz Allen Hamilton || Lebanon Nay Ghorayeb Group Strategy and Finance Director at Algorithm Pharmaceuticals || Lebanon Sanjay Sabnani Chairman & CEO of CrowdGather, Inc. || Los Angeles, USA Rani Aliahmad Managing General Partner of Venvest Capital || Los Angeles, USA Daniel Young Founder & CEO of DXY Digital GmbH || Berlin, Germany Mira Kaddoura Founder & Executive Creative Director of Red & Co. || Portland, USA Liz Fleming VP International of South Summit || Madrid, Spain Mbwana Alliy Managing Partner of Savannah Fund || Kenya Reinaldo Normand Author & Founder of Innovation² || Brazil Moaffak Ahmed Co-Founder & Chairman of Sisu Game Ventures || Finland Josephine Goube Co-Managing Director @Migreat || London, UK Samir Abdelkrim Founder & Editor StartupBRICS.com || Sub-Saharan Africa Alejandro Barrera (Host) Co-Founder & Contributing editor of Tech.eu || Madrid, Spain Nicolas Boukather Chairman of A.N.Boukather || Lebanon Youssef Abillama CEO of MMG Overseas Ltd. || Lebanon Natalia Kiskova Growth Manager of Bluewolf || Prague, Czech Republic Amarit Charoenphan Co-Founder & Co-CEO at HUBBA || Bangkok, Thailand Michael Lints Venture Partner at Golden Gate Ventures || Singapore Sally Sangwon Park Head of Sales & Operations at KNOWCK Co.,Ltd. || Korea Mark Haidar Founder & CEO of Vinli || Dallas, USA Joe Haslam Executive Director of the Owners and Management Program at IE Business School || Madrid, Spain Joyce Kim Executive Director and Co-Founder of Stellar || San Fransisco, USA Rishita Bachu Head of Advertisement & Monetization at APTOIDE, SA || Lisbon, Portugal Rand Hindi Founder & CEO of Snips || Paris, France Uldis Leiterts Co-Founder of Infogr.am || Latvia Andra Larin Strategist & Co-Creator of Business Model Generation Book || Germany Neda Aldihany Founder of BrilliantLab Accelerator || Kuwait Cigdem Toraman Managing Director of Startupbootcamp İstanbul || Istanbul, Turkey Hadi Farnoud CEO of Camva || Tehran, Iran Mario Berta Founder & CEO of FlySpaces || Manila, Philippines Zahi Karam Principal Data Scientist at Bluecore Inc. || New York, USA Imad Riachi Data Science Lead for Product Analytics at Facebook || London, UK Jean Nehme Co-Founder & CEO of Touch Surgery || London, UK Mohamad El Rafei Co-Founder & CEO of Hiperpool || London, UK Karim Atiyeh Founder & CTO of Paribus || USA Georges Abou Adal Business Development Director at Holdal – Abou Adal Group || Beirut, Lebanon Marwan Kheireddine Chairman-General Manager at Al Mawarid Bank || Lebanon Khater Abi Habib Chairman at Kafalat || Lebanon Loulou Khazen Baz Founder & CEO of Nabbesh.com || Dubai, UAE Nicolas Sehnaoui Former Minister of Telecom, Chairman of UK Lebanon Tech Hub || Lebanon Maroun Chammas Chairman at Berytech || Lebanon Yasser Akkaoui Editor-in-Chief at Executive Magazine & Founder of KConcept Holding || Lebanon Hala Fadel Managing Partner & Founder of Leap Ventures || Lebanon Henri Asseily Managing Partner at Leap Ventures || Lebanon Mouhamad Rabah General Manager of ZRE S.A.L || Lebanon Jamil Corbani CEO of Green Studios || Lebanon Robert Fadel President of Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program || Lebanon Ziad Yammine Managing Partner at YLE || Beirut, Lebanon Tara Nehme Founder of TMB || Lebanon Paul Chucrallah Fund Manager at Berytech Fund 2 || Lebanon Nicolas Rouhana General Manager at IM Capital || Lebanon Colm Reilly Member of PA Consulting Group || London, UK Herve Cuviliez Co-Founder & CEO of Diwanee || Lebanon Tarek Sadi Managing Director of Endeavor Lebanon || Lebanon Fadi Daou CEO of Multilane || Lebanon Salim Zeeni Chairman of American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce || Lebanon Fouad Rahme Managing Director at BLC Invest || Lebanon Sami Abou Saab CEO of Speed@BDD || Lebanon Theodore Khoury Program Managing Director at Bootcamp || Lebanon Walid Mansour Managing Partner of Middle East Venture Partners || Lebanon Marc Atiyeh Head of Growth of Paribus || New York, USA Paul Saber Founder & CEO of eTobb || Beirut, Lebanon Bijan Azad Director of the Samih Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship || Beirut, Lebanon Dr. Joseph Torbey Beirut, Lebanon Rita Khoriaty Lawyer at Soumrani Lawyers and Legal Counsels || Beirut, Lebanon Martin Jaenhert Founder of Binee || Germany Audrey Hage Investment Manager at LEAP Ventures || Beirut, Lebanon Jovana Kovacevic Chief Scientific Officer at WDS || Web & Mobile Hackathon Sarah Pedroza Partner at WDS || Web & Mobile Hackathon Arnaud De La Tour VP at Hello Tomorrow, Partner and Board Member at WDS || Web & Mobile Hackathon Romain Schalck Lead Service Design and Service Innovation at WDS || Web & Mobile Hackathon Christophe Tallec Founder of WDS || Web & Mobile Hackathon Agenda BDL Accelerate 2015 features 2 stages, 2 workshop spaces, and 2 hackathons. DAY 1 | STAGES | WORKSHOPS DAY 2 | STAGES | WORKSHOPS Early Stage Startup Competition Exhibiting Startups Last Year’s Conference in 30 Seconds Host + Organizer Circular 331 Partners Dealmakers Lounge Sponsor Early Stage Startup Competition Sponsor Idea Stage Startup Competition Sponsor Workshops Sponsors Wearables Hackathon Sponsor Food Sponsors Coffee Sponsor Furnished by Radio Sponsors Gold Sponsors Official Music Partner Silver Sponsors Official Transportation Sponsor International Media Partners TV Partners Media Sponsor Ecosystem Sponsors Ecosystem Partners Media Pa...