Speakers Kickstart Europe 2026

Stijn Grove 
Founder - Kickstart Europe

Michael Goh
General Manager - Iron Mountain 

Dick Theunissen 
Managing Director - EdgeConnex

Eric Boonstra
Data center Executive & Entrepreneur - KevlinX

Michiel Vos
Lawyer, Journalist and US correspondent 

Kevin Restivo 
​Director, Head of Data Centre Research - CBRE

Pablo Ruiz Escribano
SVP Secure Power & Data Center Business - Schneider Electric​

Martijn van Wijngaarden
Global Energy Transaction Manager - Iron Mountain Data Centers

Dr. Béla Waldhauser
CEO -  Telehouse Deutschland GmbH

Lieke Hamers
CTO - Dell Technologies

Michael Winterson
Secretary General - EUDCA

Harro Beusker
CEO and Co-Founder - nLighten

Bob Sprengers
CEO - Penta Infra

Alberto Ravagni
CEO - ​Net Zero 

Steven Campbell-Ferguson 
Global Product Design Lead - NTT Global Data Centers

Tong Xu 
VP of Sales - EMEA, CSB Energy Technology

Aaditya Challani
Product Management & Solution Group - EMEA, Supermicro

Charlotte Berry-Selwood
CDO - AVK

Arno Uiterweerd 
Cluster directeur - UNICA

David McLean
Global Sales Development Director - Grundfos

Vladimir Prodanovic
Principal Program Manager - NVDIA 

Matty Bakkeren
Founder - Momenthesis

Mike Niekoop
Counsel - Clifford Chance 

Timo Buijs
Co-Head Digital Infrastructure - ABN AMRO Bank 

Bérangère Dannely 
International Key Account Management Datacenter -  Socomec 

Gary Conolly
Founder - Digital Infrastructure Ireland

Jens Gaudaen
VP - DHL Logistics

Ronald van den Bosch 
CTO - NorthC Group

Natascha Geraedts
Senior Office Partner - Eversheds Sutherland

​Lex Coors
Chief Data Center Technology and Engineering - Digital Realty

Thierry Chamayou
VP - Cloud & Services Providers Segment Europe

Maurice Klein
Commercial Director - Zwart

Jonathan Atkin
Managing Director -  RBC Capital Markets 

Joerg Desler 
Global Director Technology - 
STULZ

Carlos Reuven
Founder & CEO - Digital Energy Group

Izumi Kobayashi 
Key Account Manager-Hyperscale EMEA - ​AFL

Pieter Schaap
Group Development Director -  Soben

Svetlana Theunissen
Sales Director IT Colocations Central Europe -  Rittal

Slawomir Koszolko
CEO - Atman

Willem Huiskes  
Commercial Manager - SIMS Lifecycle Services

Stephanie Taylor 
Executive Vice President of Development -  Europe QTS

Pär Johansson 
Area Sales Manager - Munters

Eline ter Hofstede 
Head of Physics and Data Science - Coolgradient

Jakob Jul Jensen
Head of Business Development - Danfoss

Rob Donell
Partner - Eversheds Sutherland