For the ninth consecutive year, the entrepreneurial world of Latin America meets in an instance in which investors, entrepeneurs and executives from the world of technology share their ideas and projects in a privileged natural environment. It will be next January 16th, at 6pm, at the Atchugarry Foundation.
The spirit of the event is to connect the parties and promote networking between the actors in the world of technology and business so they can exchange ideas and foster business relationships in a relaxed atmosphere.
In its previous edition, Punta Tech Meetup broke attendance records. It counted with more than 1000 attendees and offered four conferences of outstanding international speakers that captured the attention for its high level of content and information. It was thus installed as the reference event for the technological world in the region thanks to the quality and quantity of attendees reached and the series of innovations made.
As a novelty for this year, the event will be open to the general public through the sale of a quota of tickets. The cost of the tickets is U$S 70 and can be purchased through various means of payment on the web. In this way, the organizers seek to meet the high demand that is generated year after year, and continue to offer a high quality event in terms of content and staging.
The 2017 edition will feature the participation of prominent speakers such as: Marvin Liao, partner of Micro Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups; Rami Efrati, expert in Strategic Methods of Cyber Technology and founder and CEO of Firmitas; and Mauro Flores, cybersecurity service leader at Deloitte Uruguay and regional PKI leader.
Como antesala del evento principal, el domingo 15 de enero se llevará a cabo la tercera edición del «Investor Speed Dating», una instancia diseñada como punto de contacto e intermediación de negocios de alta velocidad, que permite a un grupo seleccionado de startups presentar sus proyectos ante las principales compañías de inversión ángel del continente.
A su vez, de la mano de Uruguay XXI, Punta Tech Meetup desarrollará una clínica con Marvin Liao, quien se encargará de «curar» los pitchings de las startups seleccionadas para el Investror Speed Dating.
The three speakers of Punta Tech Meetup 2017
Marvin Liao
He is a partner at Micro Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups. He runs the SF-based accelerator program and invests in Seed startups. He invests in Digital Media, Enterprise SAAS, Marketplace, Mobile, AdTech / MarketingTech, Digital Health, Internet of Things and Fintech startups.
He has managed large cross-functional teams in several countries and has P&L management experience. He was responsible for 100% YoY revenue growth while managing a business unit and building new sales channels in EMEA & Emerging Markets for the last 4 years at Yahoo! He currently serves on the boards of several advertising and internet advertising companies worldwide.
A participant and observer of the digital revolution of the last 15 years around the world, he is interested in opportunities with large and small high-growth companies focused on driving monetization and expanding into new international markets.
Rami Efrati
Expert in Strategic Cyber Methods, he is the founder and CEO of Firmitas - Cyber Defenset Technological Solutions for Critical Infrastructure.
Prior to his current position, he was head of the Civilian Division of Israel's National Cyber Bureau in the PMO. Efrati has served in the Israel Defense Forces for over twenty-eight years. He commanded numerous prestigious operations and technological positions in Military Intelligence.
He also has 16 years of civilian experience and has been involved in entrepreneurial activities with both start-up and established companies in the Cyber Security, High-Tech and Bio-Tech sectors.
Mauro Flores
Cyber Security service leader at Deloitte Uruguay and regional PKI leader. He is a member of the Deloitte Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Community (DBC3), which focuses on the analysis and research of Blockchain technologies and their uses. He is a leader of OWASP Uruguay and a member of APWG.
En 2016 presentó «Blockchain y modelos perturbadores» en el II Congreso Latinoamericano de Educación Financiera e Inclusión y en FELABN Perú.
He has led more than 100 ethical hackings (penetration tests) to sensitive services and infrastructure exposed on the Internet. He has participated in sensitive application development and security R&D projects for companies in the UK, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay and has led several projects on the definition of Cyber Security Strategy, security policies and processes.
As leader of the Uruguay Project (OWASP) Uruguay, he has organized international events in our country and has been a guest speaker at various OAS conferences with the aim of coordinating efforts to combat cybercrime and cyberfraud in the region.
About Punta Tech Meetup
Punta Tech Meetup was held for the first time in 2007, when the entrepreneurs Pablo Brenner, Ariel Pfeffer and Sergio Fogel organized an informal meeting with referents of the technology industry who vacationed in Punta del Este. The success of that first experience, in which 70 people participated, prompted them to hold a second meeting and a year later they decided to add the Lucero Production Company to organize the following editions. The event grew year by year until it reached a record number of more than 1000 attendees from all over the world in 2016.
Source: Montevideo Portal
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