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Dear friends, we\u2019ve reached the 6th edition of Techsylvania! We\u2019re just a few more days until the biggest edition so far and we couldn\u2019t be happier to see this huge enthusiasm! We\u2019re sold-out (again!) and we\u2019re looking forward to meeting old friends and new friends, as we mark an important event in the technology & innovation ecosystem!<\/p>\n

Some of the brightest minds will share their proven tactics and valuable insights with us:<\/p>\n

Tom Mueller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-Founder & Former CTO at SpaceX<\/em><\/p>\n

We are very excited to announce that Tom accepted our invitation and we will have a really cosmic journey at Techsylvania 2019!<\/p>\n

Tom is a rocket engineer and rocket engine designer. He\u2019s a founding employee of SpaceX, a space transport services and one of the world\u2019s most valuable private companies. Tom Mueller is considered one of the world\u2019s leading spacecraft propulsion experts and holds several United States patents for propulsion technology.<\/p>\n

Ion Stoica<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Databricks, Co-initiator of Apache Spark & Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley<\/em><\/p>\n

Ion Stoica is the co-initiator of Apache Spark, the first unified analytics engine, that aims to help clients with cloud-based big data processing and machine learning and the co-founder of Databricks, the platform developed for working with Spark, which is now worth $2.7 billion. He\u2019s currently doing research on cloud computing and AI systems as a professor in the EECS Department at the University of California at Berkeley, and the Director of RISELab.<\/p>\n

Sakshi Chhabra Mittal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vice President of SoftBank Vision Fund<\/em><\/p>\n

Sakshi Chhabra Mittal is currently managing the world\u2019s largest technology investment fund. Working across a range of sectors but with particular experience in healthcare and life sciences, she has a focus on the huge opportunities presented through the intersection of computation and biology and the role that the genomic revolution can play in addressing some of the largest issues facing society. Last year Sakshi led a $1billion equity investment into Roivant Sciences and serves on the board of a number of Vision Fund portfolio companies.<\/p>\n

Peter Vesterbacka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-Founder of FinEst Bay Area<\/em><\/p>\n

An angry bird flew all the way from Finland to Romania, especially for Techsylvania 2019!<\/p>\n

Peter Vesterbacka is a global entrepreneur from the FinEst Bay Area and the Mighty Eagle at Angry Birds. Peter has always been into outrageous ideas, but he has also applied them with success so far. He is well-known in his homeland, Finland, as an entrepreneur who has actively contributed to the country\u2019s development through his projects. One project that stands proof of this affirmation is the construction of a 103 km-tunnel that connects Finnland to Estonia, through which we will be able to travel from Helsinki to Tallinn in just 20 min.<\/p>\n

Koen K\u00f6ppen<\/strong><\/p>\n

CTO at Klarna<\/em><\/p>\n

Koen is CTO at Klarna, a company that recently launched its first open banking platform, which will enable access to more than 4,300 European banks, and provides a proven infrastructure, superior market coverage, and connectivity, with access to 99 percent of online banking consumers currently across 14 European markets. Koen joined Klarna in 2011 as a solutions engineer and has since held multiple key roles within the Engineering and Product organization and has led some of the companies largest and most complex merchant integration and system re-architecture initiatives.<\/p>\n

Always one step ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n

How can you stay one step ahead?<\/p>\n

By always learning.<\/p>\n

At Techsylvania, we\u2019ve always tried to bring some of the most relevant professionals whose expertize can result in added value in our attendees\u2019 knowledge base. At the 6th edition, we\u2019ll be learning some of the hottest topics of the century and will reach together important conclusions.<\/p>\n

Thus, here\u2019s a brief presentation of the\u00a0workshops<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n