The Startup Magazine YouTube Co-Founder, Valencia Mayor on Investing in the Leaders of Tomorrow

What’s quickly becoming the go-to technology conference in Europe, one of Spain’s most prominent platforms VDS has announced that its 2024 event will be held in Valencia under the theme “Embracing evolution: Invest in the leaders of tomorrow”.

This week the organization, in the run-up to its conference on October 23-24, shared its agenda. Speakers at the conference will include Youtube Co-Founder Steve Chen, Mayor of Valencia María José Català, Facebook Live Creator Randi Zuckerberg, and Prince of the Netherlands Constantijn van Oranje, among others.

Led by Startup Valencia, the international tech conference will gather thousands over two days to discuss the impact of the innovation and tech ecosystem on society, with discussions on AI, sustainability, health, the future of work, the role of women in technology, and the next generation in audiovisuals.

VDS’s annual conference brings together many of the world’s cutting-edge technology companies, on top of some of the international community’s most influential enterprises and investors.

VDS is supported by a host of partners including the University of Valencia and the Polytechnic University of Valencia, in addition to the Miguel Hernández University Science Park, Ciudad de la Luz, the Valencian Community Film Commission, the Valencian Institute of Finance, the Diputación de Valencia, and the Valencia City Council.

Additional partners include Valencia Innovation Capital, the European Green Capital, the City of Arts and Sciences, the Generalitat Valenciana, NextGenerationEU European funds, the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, and the School of Industrial Organization; and ICEX (Spain Export and Investment).

The speaker list includes Tom Mason, CTO of UnlikelyAI; Thomas Holl, co-founder of Babbel; and Dr. Amr Awadallah, CEO and co-founder of Vectara, among others.

Other individuals of note at the conference will be Eliott Wertheimer, co-CEO of VanMoof; Kaspar Korjus, co-founder of Pactum AI; Ludmila Jordanova, co-founder and CEO of Plan A; Margarida Garcia, VP of Operations at Poolside; Yannis Daubis, VP for Southern Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Databricks; Alexander Weltzsch, CEO and co-founder of Dealcode; Alex Housley, Founder and CPTO at Seldon; Sebastian Schuon, co-founder of Alascom; Baptiste Pannier, CTO of Adaptive ML; Daniela Espinosa, Co-Founder and COO, now Chief Risk Officer at Kushki; and Miguel Santos, founder of Technisys.