Every year since 2015, the October Days for Sustainable Development (ODSD) have contributed to the global debate on the SDGs by enhancing dialogue among stakeholders. Due to the current pandemic, the sixth edition of the October Days for Sustainable Development, occurring on October 22nd, goes online. The conference will address recent trends of loss of biodiversity in the context of the current pandemic. The event is accessible to anyone interested in the topic and free of charge, but registration is mandatory before October 20th. 

In our current environment of uncertainty, one thing has remained constant – the benefits of knowledge and insights built from real-world experience to guide you and the importance of angel investors in the fight to rebuild our economy. The ACA 2020 Fall Angel Forum: Investing in the New World features two full days of powerful, interactive programming each day on the most current angel investing topics. See the Full Agenda: Day One: Networks & The Founder Experience Day Two: Creating New Opportunities The ACA 2020 Fall Angel Forum speakers will draw from vast collective experience on developing and supporting vibrant capital growth ecosystems and provide resources to create support for new sectors and opportunities.

  Join EBAN Space, ESA and Euroquity in the upcoming series of Virtual “Space Now”  Investor Forums, where each session will be opened by an ESA leader sharing their insights on the transformation of the space sector. 16 selected space-tech companies will present their innovations during these Forums, with 4 winners invited to pitch at the ESA Investment Forum on December 9th, held during the European Space Week in Germany. Opening speech: Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunication and Integrated Applications / Head of ECSAT at ESA Selected Companies: IBISA IBISA platform enables next generation insurance through data and technology IBISA is a turnkey solution for mutual and insurers that leverages blockchain and Earth Observation satellites’ data to enable next generation insurance for agriculture that is digital, cost-efficient, simple and scalable. ibisa.network MobaSpace SAS Monitoring Body Attitude by Space Technologies MobaSpace is a new Start-Up specialized in Health Information Systems based on Space Technologies. Our solution, called SySPAD, is a new smart platform combining “from-the-shelf” IoTs, Artificial Intelligence and a CNES Space Patent. Our system is able to monitor patients and to predict undesired future events regarding health states. This solution is addressed both for elderly people living in retirement institutions and for isolated people living at home. MobaSpace offers a unique value proposition to medical teams to track new data and to process health information using an innovative way for retirement institutions and related services. mobaspace.com OKAPI:Orbits OKAPI:Orbits offers an Ai-based Space Traffic Management platform for automated collision avoidance One-paragraph description: OKAPI:Orbits is a company offering an AI-based Space Traffic Management Platform for automated collision avoidance services. The software platform is built on a very flexible and modular infrastructure and allows easy access via web interface and API from almost every programming language. Their beta software is currently tested by 30+ test-users  and will be operationally available in a subscription model from beginning of September of this year (test users include: German Aerospace Center (DLR), and multiple NewSpace companies). The team has several years of experience in Space Debris research, earned an international reputation and is a recognized supplier of ESA. OKAPI:Orbits service portfolio includes: risk estimation, orbit determination, collision avoidance, maneuver calculation, optimization and safety checks, and space debris mitigation guideline compliance checks. Portabiles HealthCare Technologies Portabiles is a global technology leader in Parkinson’s Disease Monitoring & Therapy Adjustment Parkinson’s affects more than 7 million patients and will double in the next generation. It causes immobility, poor quality-of-life and finally death. After 5 years all therapies show fading efficacy and require lifelong complex medication adjustments done only by specialized neurologists. They perform a short visual gait analysis, followed by a medical gait scoring and a trial & error-based medication adjustment. The visual gait analysis by the physician is highly subjective only a snapshot. Unfortunately patients gait changes dramatically within 15 minutes every day. Therefore each adjustment cycle takes months and ends up with increasing gait limitations for patients and high burden for caregivers. In cooperation with Neurologists, patients & AI leaders Portabiles developed world`s first and only solution that automates the complete medication adjustment cycle based on objective 24/7 patient gait data. For neurologists adjustment now becomes data based and as a result simpler, better, faster & cheaper. For patients it allows convenient home monitoring, improved mobility, less falls & fear. Our solution is based on unique machine-learning algorithms andmicro-electronic sensors attached to the patients’ shoes. They capture and analyse patients movementsand gait parameters. In a second step the AI performs the medical gait scoring and finally assists/performs the complex medication adjustment. Our proprietary medical algorithms are the results of 10 years clinical research. Clinical proof-of-concept has been shown on more than 3.000 stratified gait analyses.  Pilot customers used the system and published more than 20 peer reviewed publications. A PCT application is pending (US, EU). Our first two products are medical devices and CE marked. portabiles-hct.de

VC4A and ABAN will be hosting the 7th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2020) from 3-4 November 2020. This year the annual industry-insider event for Africa’s early-stage investor community will be fully virtual. This past year has shown more clearly than ever, that in today’s world, innovative startups are part of the backbone for Africa’s most critical industries: financial services, food supply, healthcare, education, energy, transportation and logistics. Not only is the significance and the role of the startup industry clearer than ever before, but the investment opportunity is also quickly being realized with record level deal-making, and headlines announcing a regular flow of exit mergers and acquisitions for the first time. Simultaneously, the digital divide is more visible than ever before. As early-stage investors take a more prominent role in shaping the future of the continent, the responsibilities to do this right also increase. This is just a snippet of some of the exciting topics that will be on the agenda of #AESIS2020. More details about the program, speakers and side events will be released in the weeks to come.