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He specializes in human-computer interaction. Landay is the co-founder and Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). Prior to joining Stanford, Landay was a Professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech in New York City for one year and a Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington for 10 years. 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Named on The Midas List Europe for top tech investors in 2023, he leads Northzone\u2019s investments in Personio, Stonly, Idoven, Forto, Katana and more. Prior to joining Northzone, Michiel was an investor at Accel London. Originally from the Netherlands, Michiel spent the early years of his career at BCG. He then founded Digital Jones, an artificial intelligence company, in the Bay Area, which he sold to Shopping.com.Michiel has a graduate degree in physics from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.<\/p>","speakerFirstName":"Michiel","speakerLastName":"Kotting","id":1630333,"title":"Michiel Kotting","speakerCompany":"Northzone","speakerPosition":"Partner","speakerTwitterUsername":null,"speakerSchema":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\\\/tnw.events\\\/europe2017\\\/uploads\\\/speakers\\\/Michiel-Kotting.png\",\"name\":\"Michiel Kotting\",\"worksFor\":\"Northzone\",\"jobTitle\":\"Partner\"}<\/script>","image":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tnw.events\/europe2017\/uploads\/speakers\/Michiel-Kotting.png"},{"speakerBio":"<p>Julien is a partner on the early team based in London. He grew up in Switzerland, and later studied in the UK at the University of Cambridge and Warwick Business School. He first tried his hand as a founder before switching sides initially at GFC & Accel where he partnered with companies like Revolut, Melio, BeReal and Miro.<\/p>","speakerFirstName":"Julien","speakerLastName":"Bek","id":1630337,"title":"Julien Bek","speakerCompany":"Sequoia Capital","speakerPosition":"Partner","speakerTwitterUsername":null,"speakerSchema":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\\\/tnw.events\\\/europe2017\\\/uploads\\\/speakers\\\/Julien-Bek.png\",\"name\":\"Julien Bek\",\"worksFor\":\"Sequoia Capital\",\"jobTitle\":\"Partner\"}<\/script>","image":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tnw.events\/europe2017\/uploads\/speakers\/Julien-Bek.png"},{"speakerBio":"<p>Vidya Peters is the CEO of DataSnipper, an intelligent data automation platform that automates the process of finding, matching, and reconciling data from multiple sources, so that auditors can focus on what really matters \u2013 being stewards of trust for their customers. 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Young is currently a Founding Managing Partner at Walden Catalyst Ventures, an over $550M early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to deep-tech investments focused on data & AI across North America, Europe, and Israel. Board member of Arm, Cadence, Cymer (ASML), and others, he now serves as Chairman of the Board of HARMAN International. Young was also an important seed investor for various innovative companies, such as Berkeley Lights, AI21 Labs, Zoom Video, Graphcore, and TTTech Auto. 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She also launched, managed, and scaled Uber\u2019s e-bike brand, JUMP, in the UK, and ran finance and operations at the climate SaaS platform, Kaluza (part of the OVO group). Dinika leads our UK investment and strategic initiatives, and she\u2019s an integral part of our climate tech and commerce verticals. Early-stage venture is a people business; Dinika\u2019s knack for working with founders is a natural talent of hers. She has spent several years as an angel investor and advisor to female-founded startups, a deep area of passion for her.<\/p>","speakerFirstName":"Dinika","speakerLastName":"Mahtani","id":1630320,"title":"Dinika Mahtani","speakerCompany":"Cherry Ventures","speakerPosition":"Partner","speakerTwitterUsername":null,"speakerSchema":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\\\/tnw.events\\\/europe2017\\\/uploads\\\/speakers\\\/Dinika-Mahtani.png\",\"name\":\"Dinika Mahtani\",\"worksFor\":\"Cherry Ventures\",\"jobTitle\":\"Partner\"}<\/script>","image":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tnw.events\/europe2017\/uploads\/speakers\/Dinika-Mahtani.png"},{"speakerBio":"<p>Laurence co-founded Citizen Capital in 2008 and oversees impact management, client development, and strategic growth. She sits on the investment committee of all Citizen\u2019s funds. 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