summit - Silk Road Startup

panel

During the two-day event in Kish Island, various panels were held in which the Iranian and international tech experts talked about topics such as “the surprising advantages of the US sanctions”, “Iranian Women founders”, “Europe’s current state of startups”, “Governments boosting the innovation economy”, “The future of Artificial Intelligence” and “Smart cities”.

keynote

Aside from the startup pitches, 14 keynote speeches by some of the most well-known Iranian and international entrepreneurs, investors and decision makers were held at the final event. Some of the speakers at the 2018 event included Marvin Liao, Partner at 500 Startups, Maral Kalajian, a leading entrepreneur in Stockholm ...

competition

After a fierce competition among the 16 finalists which pitched at the final event in Kish Island, the seven members of the jury team announced Ecobaar, Keshmoon and Doctoreto as 2018’s top 3 most promising startups.

networking

Silk Road Startup Summit’s 2018 event was held with the presence of +250 people, among which 30% were female. One of the main purposes of Silk Road Startup is to connect a bridge between the Iranian and international entrepreneurs in order to share their latest insights and develop cutting-edge technologies.

Panels:

Iranian Women founders

Nazanin Daneshvar / Lemna Parvini
Zeynab Hamidzadeh / Nikoo Niknam
How IoT is changing our lives

Nicolas Andrieu / Venessa Humphrey
Mia Jafari
The surprising advantages of
the US sanctions

Farhad Hedayati / Alireza Aghasi
Jhubin Alaghemand
Deep-dive into the
Iran startup scene

Reza Kalantarinejad / Shahram Shahkar
Nazanin Daneshvar / Hamidreza Ahmadi
State of Crypto, token and Blockchain

Alejandro Barrera / Stefan Klestil
The future of Artificial Intelligence

Anabelle Kwok / Kei Shimada / Hanan Salam
Investors panel

Numan Numan / Jacky Chen
Reza Malekzadeh
What Fintech is doing
today and tomorrow

Mostafa Amiri / Stefan Klestil
Farshad Nowshadi
Smart cities

Mia Jafari / Reyhaneh Vahidian
How goverments can boost
the innovation economy

Ata Khalighi / Sima Taherzadeh
Mohammad Reza Saeedi

Keynotes:

Kish
an ocean of opportunities

Mohammad Reza Saeedi
Iran Startup Ecosystem at
a glance
Hamed Jafari
How to make influence
with Social Media

Maral Kalajian
Founders story:
When dreams come true

Hamid Asadi
Founders story:
When dreams come true

Hamid Asadi
Moving over the dark side

Reza Malekzadeh
Being yourself

Moin Shirazi
The A to Z of
investment in Iran

Kiyan Zandiyeh
Future of
global ePayments

Farshad Nowshadi
The world in 2030

Kei Shimada
Women in
Artificial Intelligence

Hanan Salam

Competitions:

LOOKOBOOK

from Tabriz
AKO

from Rasht
Faranesh

from Tehran
Peeyade

from Tehran
Tapsell

from Tehran
Mobilekomak

from Tehran
BarOn Co

from Isfahan
Echobaar

from Yazd
Komodaa

from Shiraz
Keshmoon

from Mashhad
Hamyab24

from Mashhad
Raychatio

from Tabriz
Drupz

from Tehran
Cafekado

from Rasht
Pinjob

from Yazd
Doctoreto

from Shiraz

hamed jafari“: Even from the time we were at war with Iraq, we were alone and no one stood by our side, but that didn’t stop Iranians and even motivated them to build what they needed themselves.”

Hemd jafari : With all of this hype going on around the topic of Blockchain and so many young people getting involved with ICOs and losing money, how should one educate himself about this environment?.

Annabelle : in some senses, seeing the bias come out in AI development is good because you can actually see a pattern forming, but in the dark side of things, it may be patterns that you wish didn’t exist

What Kiyan hopes to do is close that gap between perception and reality and make everyone realize the opportunities that are available in Iran.

Farshad’s bold statements in this talk is that by the year 2025, cash will be dead. He believes we should all face this reality sooner than later.

Reza Malekzadeh “I just saw this entire thing crumble in front of me and thought my life was over!” He had thought to himself, “My first job was a failure.”But then i started to realize that it was actually good to experience the good and the bad for my long-term career.

speakers

Our speakers are our biggest ambassadors. Ground shaking entrepreneurs, renowned investors, political influencers and tech-heads from all corners around the world. 90% of our international speakers had never been to Iran and all became the greatest fans of the country’s culture and startups quality. Get to know some of our previous speakers