We’re excited to announce that David Trayford, educator, advisor, and creator of talkware, returns to the EU-Startups Summit 2026 on Could 7-8 in sunny Malta!
David brings a long time of expertise serving to founders, groups, and organisations enhance how they impart, pitch, and construction their concepts. He’s the creator of “talkware”, a sensible system used globally to help clearer communication and stronger enterprise storytelling. At present working in Innovation Communication and Technique at Óbuda College, he has designed programmes and workshops for startups, corporates, and main establishments such because the European Funding Financial institution Institute and EIT initiatives.
On the Summit, David will ship a Development Stage keynote titled “Innovation begins with Communication: The 7 elements it’s worthwhile to good your startup communication”. On this session, he’ll discover how founders can sharpen their messaging, clearly talk their worth, and construct stronger connections with buyers and purchasers. He may also share sensible strategies to enhance readability, construction, and supply, serving to founders make their message simpler to know, keep in mind, and act on.
As well as, David will tackle a key function because the pitch coach and MC of the 2026 Pitch Competition, guiding collaborating startups and serving to guarantee a fascinating and dynamic expertise for each founders and the viewers.
Don’t miss the chance and secure your ticket today! Be a part of us on the EU-Startups Summit 2026 for 2 days of studying, networking, and inspiration.
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Malta Enterprise is Malta’s financial growth company, facilitating financial development, funding, and innovation by providing a variety of help providers for native and overseas enterprises organising a productive presence in Malta. As a key participant in Malta’s financial panorama, it contributes to the nation’s prosperity by attracting investments, supporting companies, and driving innovation, thereby reinforcing Malta’s place as a lovely vacation spot for entrepreneurs and buyers alike. Malta Enterprise actively cultivates a vibrant startup ecosystem, enjoying a pivotal function in fostering a conducive atmosphere for startups and providing tailor-made help and incentives to empower rising companies.

M. Demajo Group is a number one enterprise participant in Malta, with a profitable historical past spanning 115 years. The Group’s development and diversification have resulted in a large protection of enterprise sectors by way of a dedication to long-term outcomes. M. Demajo Group’s workforce is 500 sturdy and their varied actions have been developed by way of natural development, acquisitions, partnerships, and startups. Its sturdy monetary state of affairs and moral requirements, its enterprise fame, and its famend monitor report as a enterprise companion are all key components in its continued enlargement.

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