June 11 - 12, 2015. Split - Croatia

Mark your calendar and prepare for 2 days of inspiration, networking and awesomness.

Winners of Shift Challenge 2015

1st place

Tourgent

$10.000 in cash

+ Sony XPERIA Z2

2nd place

Enigmedia

$3.000 in cash

+ Sony SmartWatch 2

3rd place

MyBeeLine

$2.000 in cash

+ Sony Wireless Speaker




This year's speakers

Shift 2015 will take its 1000 attendees into the heart of Split, Croatia.

Tom
Preston-Werner

Founder @ GitHub

Steve
Huffman

Co-founder @ Reddit

Nick
Grossman

General Manager @ Union Square Ventures

Mike
Butcher

Editor At Large @ TechCrunch

Qasar
Younis

Partner @ Y Combinator

Aaron
White

Vice President @ Venrock

Stan
Schoeder

European Editor @ Mashable

Andrea
Barrica

EIR @ 500Startups

Amy
Cosper

Editor in chief @ Entrepreneur magazine

Marcus
Segal

SVP of Operations @ Zynga

Theresa
Preston-Werner

Co-founder & CEO @ Codestarter

Evan
Stites-Clayton

Co-Founder @ Teespring

Des
Traynor

Co-Founder & CSO @ Intercom

Allan
Grant

Co-Founder @ Hired

Or
Offer

Co-Founder & CEO @ SimilarWeb

Shai
Wininger

Founder @ Fiverr

Tomaž
Štolfa

Co-Founder @ Layer

Ivan
Burazin

Co-Founder @ Codeanywhere

Ivan
Brezak Brkan

Founder @ Netocratic

Sandro
Mur

Co-Founder @ Bellabeat

Agenda

With over a 1000 attendees and more than 30 international speakers, we will talk, discuss and explore what's next to be disrupted in the startup world. Media representatives, investors and entrepreneurs with confirmed experience and recognition on the global startup scene will be there to share their visions and ideas with you and inspire creative discussions.

Thursday - 11.06.2021
Friday - 12.06.2021
09:00 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Official Opening 2015
10:15 - 10:45 Keynote - Ivan Burazin (Shift)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Startups And Big Tech Trends - Mike Butcher (TechCrunch)
11:45 - 12:15 From Vitamin to Painkiller: Story of inDinero - Andrea Barrica (500 Startups)
12:15 - 13:00 Shift Challenge Session One, Judges: Andrea Barrica, Nick Grossman, Amy Cosper, Mike Butcher
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 The Cycle of Domination and Disruption: Today's Opportunities - Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures)
14:45 - 15:15 Fireside Chat & Black Friday sales revenue summary by Amy Cosper (Entrepreneur)
15:15 - 16:00 Shift Challenge Session Two, Judges: Amy Cosper, Damir Sabol, Tomaz Stolfa, Mike Butcher
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:45 In Conversation with Shai Wininger (Fiverr)
16:45 - 17:15 Fireside Chat - Tomaz Stolfa (Layer)
17:15 - 17:45 In Conversation with Or Offer (SimilarWeb)
17:45 - 18:15 Breaking Boundaries & Creating Global Opportunities - Evan Stites-Clayton (Teespring)
18:15 - 19:00 Lessons Learned Building Reddit and Hipmunk - Steve Huffman (Reddit)
21:00 - 02:00 After Party @ Caffe Moon
10:00 - 11:00 Registration
11:00 - 11:30 Product Strategy in a Start Up - Des Traynor (Intercom)
11:30 - 12:10 How GitHub Created Super Fans - Tom Preston-Werner (GitHub)
12:10 - 12:30 Did you do the ALS ice bucket challenge? - Theresa Preston-Werner (Codestarter)
12:30 - 13:00 Get Out of the Startup Bubble - Stan Schroder (Mashable)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 I'm the Guy Who Hacked Your Site: How I Accidentally Started Hired.com - Allan Grant (Hired)
14:45 - 15:30 Shift Challenge Session Three, Judges: Qasar Younis, Aaron White, Stan Schroder, Stanislav Sirakov
15:30 - 16:00 In Conversation with Aaron White (Venrock)
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:45 Fireside Chat - Qasar Younis (Y Combinator)
16:45 - 17:30 Shift Challenge Session Four, Judges: Qasar Younis, Aaron White, Marcus Segal,
17:30 - 18:00 From Start-up to IPO: Lessons from the Journey - Marcus Segal (Zynga)
18:00 - 19:00 Shift Award Ceremony - Closing Ceremony
21:00 - 04:00 Final Party @ Caffe Split

Last year

The biggest startup event in Southeast Europe. The IT event Shift 2015, fourth in a row, will bring together more than 1000 attendees. Traditionally, Shift consists of three parts: Shift Hackathon, the developer competition, then Shift Challenge, the startup competition of 24 teams, and finally the Shift Conference.

During these four days, Shift becomes a meeting place for SMEs, IT experts, domestic and foreign institutions, investment funds, R&D; institutions, students and media in the most beautiful city in the world.

Semyon Dukach

Managing director @

It was definitely my favorite conference in Europe by far.

Patrick de Laive

Co-founder @

"I was happily suprised with the level of talent and companies that come out of this region."

Stan Schroeder

European Editor @

"It was exciting to see that the startup spirit was alive and well in Split last year."

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The IT event Shift 2015, fourth in a row, will bring together more than 1000 attendees into the heart of Split, Croatia. During these two days, Shift becomes a meeting place for SMEs, IT experts, R&D; institutions, investment funds and media in the most beautiful historical venues on the planet. Prepare to meet the future of innovation in combination with excellent parties on the sea coast!

Udruga Shift,

114. brigade 8,

21000 Split, Croatia

info@shiftsplit.com