Omgkrk Academy #10

The end of the year always offers a good opportunity for reflection and the theme for OMGKRK Academy #10 is Krakow Tech – Year In Review.

We believe that 2018 was a big year for the Krakow innovation ecosystem filled with stories of growth and success. CallPage closed a blockbuster deal with local VC Innovation Nest and international investors. Base Lab becomes a part of Zendesk becoming the largest and most notable exit in the community. Global companies like Qualtrics open up offices in the city. Meanwhile, local companies like Synerise begin to take over the world. Events like Smogathon scale globally showing that Krakow is a solutions-orientated city. These are just a few headline examples of a growing and more innovative digital economy sector in the region.

Speakers:

Keynote: Krakow Tech 2018

• Bartosz Jozefowski | Krakow Technology Park

In a keynote presentation, Bartosz Jozefowski will cover the key trends and stories in the tech community from the past year. Bartosz is part of the leadership team at Krakowski Park Technologiczny and Head of the KPT ScaleUp Accelerator along with being the author of the Krakow Startup Report 2017. Bartosz is also and Ambassador of Startup Poland. There are few individuals who have more insight and knowledge on the Krakow technology community than our keynote speaker.

• #OMGKRK Top 10 in 2018

Paul Kulon, Head Of Operations & Zuzanna Stadnik, Marketing Manager | the Foundation Supporting #OMGKRK

The Foundation Supporting #OMGKRK will present their Top 10 achievements of the year among them the launch of Innovation Database, international partnerships with Berlin and Kyiv, Wawel Dragons Cave Pitch and Summer Jam events along with welcoming the founding Stakeholder Members in the Foundation. Some top secret plans for 2019 will also be revealed.

• The Growth Of bidroom.com in 2018

Szymon Brylski, Marketing Manager | Bidroom

Bidroom.com is a membership-based online booking platform that offers bookable hotels and apartments at discounted room rates right across the globe. With Bidroom you are always gauranteed a discount of at least 5% off the price you can find on other OTAs . In March 2016, Bidroom opened an office in Krakow that includes sales, marketing, PR and IT and in 2017 secured investment. In this presentation, we will learn what happened at Bidroom in 2018 including their partnership with Visa. 

After talks you will have a chance to share your succes or failure story of 2018 at the stage!