B2B Rocks is a full-day conference gathering over 20 speakers from leading B2B SaaS start-ups, VC firms and innovation-driven companies, sharing lessons learned and insights about disruptive technologies.
Australia’s first dedicated B2B and SaaS start-ups conference is now less than a week away.
B2B Rocks takes place on Thursday 27 October 2016, from 9am to 6:30pm, at the Australian Technology Park, Sydney’s outstanding business and technology conferencing venue.
What is B2B Rocks?
B2B Rocks is a full-day conference gathering over 20 speakers from leading B2B SaaS start-ups, VC firms and innovation-driven companies, sharing lessons learned and insights about disruptive technologies with to up to 450 high-profile attendees.
Speakers include Matt Mickiewicz (co-founded 99designs, SitePoint, Flippa and Hired) who will share his seven lessons learned from scaling to 250+ employees, and Jason Millett (ex CIO Westpac NZ) who will deal with the challenges of “getting behind the firewall” of IT enterprises to allow innovation and change.
Five panel discussions gathering serial entrepreneurs, new tech experts, digital gurus, investors and journalists will also give rhythm to the journey in the B2B & SaaS space:
- How will we build apps in the future?
- Are Augmented/Virtual Reality & B2B, the perfect match?
- What are the B2B applications of the Internet of Things?
- What is data-driven communication all about?
- How investors assist startups go international or prepare an IPO?
You can find more about the speaker line-up, event partners and schedule for the day on the event’s website.
Besides inspiring talks, networking sessions (more than 3 hours including after event drinks) will give rising start-ups, fast-growing companies, VCs and journalists the opportunity to meet at the Locomotive Workshop. A good way to raise awareness on your activities and to grow your network!
After three successful editions in Europe gathering thousands of top-notch attendees, Leo Denes (founder of Australiance) and Axel Peyriere (founder of Wombat Capital) assisted Alex Delivet (B2B Rocks founder based in Paris) to expand to Sydney where the B2B and SaaS ecosystem is growing quickly.
“B2B businesses punch above their weight in Australia and rarely receive the limelight they deserve. I’m excited to be involved in B2B Rocks – such an appropriate name!” commented John Henderson, Partner at AirTree Ventures who will be seating in the Investor panel in the afternoon.
Who should participate?
You are:
- a B2B startup founder or tech entrepreneur developing a SaaS
- an IT, Marketing or Procurement executive with a focus on innovation
- an investor who wants to meet early stage to serie B startups
- a journalist looking for the latest technology trends in the b2b space.
Want to go?
Aurelien Clou, Event coordinator, B2B Rocks
Inside Small Business is a media partner of the B2B Rocks Sydney event
