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

Carlos Paulino 
Vice President - PortugalDC

Razvan Zeghici
VP Design & Construction - Mediterra DataCenters

Fulvia Beyer
Director and Partner - NIO Architects

Andrew van der Haar
Senior Advisor, Energy & Sustainability, Education & Employment - Dutch Data Center Association

Bouke van de Weerdt
Solutions manager - Huawei 

Lucas Ruland
Director Infrastructure & Renewables - NIBC 

​Peter Mudd
Senior Director Global Data Center Operations - ServiceNow

Mark Shenton 
Head of Infrastructure Finance London - NIBC Bank

Evzenie Tohami 
Managing director - Czech & Slovak Digital Infrastructure Association

Filip Olujic
Vice President - HRDCA

Nacho Velilla
CEO - Templus Data Centers 

Mike Doolan 
Global Technical and Reliability Director - CBRE Data Center Solutions

Branko Jovanovic
President of IT Infrastructure & Data Center Section - ICT Association of Slovenia

Henrik Töpelt
Associate Partner & Head of Energy -
Drees & Sommer

Emma Fryer
Director Public Policy Europe
CyrusOne

Jasper Mattijssen
CEO - 
Stroomkr8

Daniel Ray
Director of Planning Services & Chief Planning Officer - Slough Borough Council

João Marques Lima
Founder - 
The Tech Capital

Gerd Simon
KoloDC

Peter Lantry
Managing Director -
Equinix Ireland

Egbert Ho 
Chief Financial Officer -
KevlinX

Jonathan Crawford
Infrastructure Capital Solutions -
Goldman Sachs

Erik van den Berg
Principal -
Blue Owl Capital 

Laurentiu Prodan
Director - 
DIF Core Infrastructure Fund

Ouafaa Najim
Sustainability Global Lead TMT&H sector -
ING Wholesale Banking

Son Lam 
Director Digital Infrastructure Project - 
NIBC Bank

 Kees Verhoeven
Advisor Digital Transformation -
Dutch Data Center Association

Jo-Ann Garbutt
Sustainability Director -
Digital Realty

Robbert Lagerweij
Executive Director Project Finance - 
Rabobank

Marcel Mendes da Costa
Head of Developments -
Borealis

Harqs Singh,
CTO - Infrapartners