Lisbon is increasingly becoming the host of the major entrepreneurship related initiatives. For the first time, the main accelerators’ representatives from Europe are gathering in Lisbon on October 19th to join the European Accelerator Summit and discuss the best practices within acceleration as well as to get different point of views on the European startup scene. Beta-i, in partnership with NUMA and backed up by the ATALANTA project, is the host of this year’s summit.

Our partners NUMA started this event last year and the events’ main outcomes were gathered on a white paper which also became one of the main goals of organizing these kind of events: to research on acceleration and identify key issues that can be further discussed and turned into new best practices for the European acceleration ecosystem.

Last year 120 accelerators gathered to contribute to this discussion, coming from more than 35 countries. This year, we’re already counting on NESTA, Fundacity, F6S, Seedcamp, Techstars, Startup Bootcamp and many many more (see the pic below with all the confirmed attendees). It’s a unique opportunity to get the best of what is being done within acceleration worldwide and exchange best practices with top accelerators’ representatives. This will be an active event, full of collaborative sessions and hands-on activities for attendees to meet and network.

During the conference day we are having Miklos Grof speaking, the founder and CEO of Fundacity (one of the biggest matching platform between entrepreneurs and investors) as well as Christopher Haley, the head of startups and new technology research at NUMA, Amisha Miller from the Kauffman Foundation or even Sean Kane from F6S.

Know more about the event, agenda, speakers and other relevant information check out the European Accelerator Summit website. The attendance is by invitation only so if you would like to participate, reach out to us ([email protected] or [email protected]) and ask for your promotional code. Up to help shaping the future of acceleration?