Program
Day 1 Conference — Tuesday 9th June |
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| 8:00-8:30 | Registration and coffee | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Global trends in technology investment - New fortunes are made in tough times? Edison 1 & Edison 2 |
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| Chair: Pekka Koponen, CEO, Spinverse Ltd. | ||
| 8:40 | Timo Ritakallio, Deputy CEO, Head of Investments, Ilmarinen: "Private Equity Investments Today from an Institutional Investor´s point of view - case Mutual Pension Insurance Company Ilmarinen" | |
| 9:10 | Paul Murray, Partner, DFJ Esprit: “Credit Crunch? Let’s start a company!” | |
| 9:20 | Kaj-Erik Relander, Partner, Accel Partners: "Surviving the Desert" | |
| 9:30 | Sven Lingjaerde, Managing Partner, Endeavour Vision, Switzerland | |
| 9:40 | Panel discussion: Which funds and ventures will win? | |
| Chair: Artturi Tarjanne, General Partner, Nexit Ventures | ||
| previous speakers+ | ||
| Jouni Hakala, Director, Fund-of-Funds Investments, Finnish Industry Investment | ||
| Matias Collan, Venture Partner, Earlybird | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee - Networking | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Finnish Innovation System - the best place to commercialize new technology? Edison 1 & Edison 2 |
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| Chair: Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman, F-Secure Ltd. | ||
| 10:30 | Mikko Alkio, State Secretary to the Minister of Economic Affairs: "Finnish Innovation Strategy" | |
| 10:45 | Jari Romanainen, Tekes/Vigo Accelerator Program | |
| 10:55 | Hannu Jungman, Manager, Veraventure: "Veraventure in the Finnish innovation system - Making itself obsolete" | |
| 11:05 | Juha Jutila, Executive Director, Foundation For Finnish Inventions: "New tools for screening, evaluating and developing innovative business ideas into pre-seed ventures." | |
| 11:15 | Panel discussion: How well do public and private money co-operate in Finland? | |
| Heli Kukko, Investment Manager, Finnish Industry Investment | ||
| Kimmo Jyllilä, Managing Partner, Eqvitec | ||
| Vesa Sadeharju, Partner, VNT Management | ||
| Michael "Monty" Widenius, Co-founder of MySQL | ||
| 12:00 | Matchmaking meetings begin | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch - Exhibition | |
| 13:00-14:30 | Company Presentations - ICT Edison 1 & Edison 2 |
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| Chair: Jouko Lintunen, Senior Consultant, Spinverse Ltd | ||
| 13:00 | Dopplr, Marko Ahtisaari, CEO & Co-founder | |
| 13:10 | Efecte, Kristian Jaakkola, CEO | |
| 13:20 | Powerkiss, Maija Itkonen, CEO | |
| 13:30 | Sensinode, Ville Mickelsson, CEO | |
| 13:50 | Scred, Kristoffer Lawson, Head of Product | |
| 14:00 | Zipipop, Richard von Kaufmann, Co-founder & creative director | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee - Exhibition | |
| 15:00-16:30 | Company Presentations- Cleantech, Nanotech and Materials Edison 1 & Edison 2 |
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| Chair: Anneli Ojapalo, Senior Consultant, Spinverse Ltd. | ||
| 15:00 | Enfucell, Risto Huvila, COO | |
| 15:10 | ZenRobotics, Jaakko Särelä, acting CEO | |
| 15:20 | Suntrica, Jouko Häyrynen, CEO | |
| 15:30 | Voxstone, Tommi Peltomäki, CEO | |
| 15:40 | Picodeon, Jukka Häyrynen, CEO | |
| 15:50 | Canatu, David Brown, CEO | |
| 16:00 | Iomus, Lars Stenbäck, Vice President, Sales & Marketing | |
| 16:10 | Finnester Coatings, Ari Hokkanen, General Manager | |
| 16:20 | MetGen, Alex Michine, CEO | |
| 16:30 | Closing | |
| Bus transfer to Helsinki | ||
| 17:00 | Venture Cup award ceremony, Restaurant Sipuli, Kanavaranta 7, Helsinki | |
| Welcome, Anne Sormunen, Managing Director, Venture Cup | ||
| 17:10 | Panel discussion on internationalization support network, moderator: Tapani Mäkinen, Kauppalehti | |
| 17:40 |
Business Plan Competition awards, prize giving Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Economic Affairs |
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| 18:00 | Open final awards, Jari Romanainen, Executive Director, Tekes | |
| 18:15 | Additional prizes | |
| 18:30 | Cocktails | |
Day 1 Green Dialogue between Helsinki and Beijing — Tuesday 9th June |
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| Green Dialogue between Helsinki and Beijing Leonardo auditorium, Innopoli 1 |
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| 13:05 | Welcome words by Mr. Tatu Laurila, CEO, Greater Helsinki Promotion Ltd. (GHP) | |
| 13:10 | Host’s address: Mr. Kari Ruoho, Director of Business Development, City of Espoo and member of GHP Board of Directors | |
| 13:20 | Mr. Guo Song, Chairman of Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau (BIPB) | |
| 13:30 | Mr. Ari Makkonen, Vice President and Executive Director, FECC (Finnish Environmental Cluster for China) | |
| MC— Ms. Wang Peng, Deputy Director, Beijing Haidian District Commission of Development and Reform of Beijing Municipality | ||
| Company Presentations Leonardo auditorium, Innopoli 1 |
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| 13:40 | Ms. Ann Zhang, Chief Representative, GHP China | |
| 13:50 | Mr. Luo Jun, Deputy Director, Beijing Haidian Investment Promotion Bureau | |
| 14:00 | Mr. Zhang Lifang, Deputy General Manager, Beijing LN Power Sources Co., Ltd | |
| 14:10 | Mr. Tomi Anttila, Managing Director, Hydrocell Ltd. | |
| 14:20 | Ms. Yuan Jing, General Manager, Beijing Jointeam Energy & Environment Tech. Co., Ltd | |
| 14:30 | Mr. Mikko Kantero, Managing Director, Preseco Ltd. | |
| 14:40 | Mr. Lv Jian, Manager, Beijing Xishan Xinganxian Dust Removal and Desulfurization Equipment Co., Ltd | |
| 14:50 | Mr. Timo Saares, Chairman of the Board, Entimos Oy | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee | |
| Company Presentations Leonardo auditorium, Innopoli 1 |
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| 15:20 | Mr. Yu Jingcheng, General Manager, CanFit Resource Technologies Inc. | |
| 15:30 | Mr. Juha Mieskonen, Sales Manager, BMH Technologies Oy | |
| 15:40 | Mr. Jia Fu, Deputy General Manager, Beijing Haidian District Materials Recycling Company | |
| 15:50 | Mr. Ilkka Haavisto, Technical Adviser, Condens Heat Recovery Oy | |
| 16:00-16:10 | Ms. Lu Qiming, Deputy General Manager, Beijing Chengxin Liyuan Engineering Technology Consulting Co., Ltd | |
Day 2 Company Presentations — Wednesday 10th June |
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| 8:00-8:30 | Registration and coffee | |
| 8:30 | Matchmaking meetings begin | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Company presentations - Healthcare & Well-being Edison 1 & Edison 2 |
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| Chair: Juhani Luotola, Senior Technology Manager, R&D, Orion Diagnostica Oy | ||
| 8:30 | Navigil, Matti Räty, CEO | |
| 8:40 | BioCis Pharma, Lasse Leino, CEO | |
| 8:50 | BBS - Bioactive Bone Substitutes, Declan Flaherty, Vice President Business Development | |
| 9:00 | PlexPress, Matti Copeland, Chairman of the Board | |
| 9:10 | Exrei, Markus Merne, CEO | |
| 9:20 | HLD Healthy Life Devices, Tapani Taskinen, CEO | |
| 9:30 | EMRED, Levon Gasparyan, Director | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee - Exhibition | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Company presentations - ICT Edison 1 & Edison 2 |
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| Chair: Ari Huczkowski, CEO, Otaniemi Marketing Ltd. | ||
| 10:30 | Programeter, Mark Kofman, CEO | |
| 10:40 | Kuneri, Ugur Kaner, CEO | |
| 10:50 | BaseN, Pasi Hurri, President & CEO | |
| 11:00 | Multi Touch, Petri Martikainen, CEO | |
| 11:10 | M-Brain, Kimmo Valtonen, CTO | |
| 11:20 | Mobile Safe Track, Lauri Gorski, CEO | |
| 11:30 | Wiseriver, Tapio Marttinen, President, CTO | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch - Exhibition | |
| 13:00-14:30 | Company presentations - ICT Edison 1 |
Company presentations - ICT Edison 2 |
| Chair: Jouko Lintunen, Senior Consultant, Spinverse Ltd. | Chair: Matti Kuusisto, Senior Consultant, Spinverse Ltd. | |
| 13:00 | Panphonics, Kari Mettala, CEO | 4 Tekes Tuli-funded spin-offs: VTT/Printed intelligence, Tapio Koivu |
| 13:10 | GWeb2, Markus Porvari, CEO | KOALA, Raine Kajastila |
| 13:20 | Proactum, Pirho Hannikainen | Synoste, Harri Hallila |
| 13:30 | Everyplay, Jussi Laakkonen, CEO | I-MEME, Sakari Tamminen |
| 13:40 | Luxdyne, Tuomo von Lerber, CTO & GM | Karostech, Ilkka Kakko, CEO |
| 13:50 | Music Portal, Jussi Aronen, CEO | Optoinspection, Erik Raita, CEO |
| 14:00 | IonPhasE Oy, Tage Johansson, CEO | |
| 14:10 | Pixpolar, Arttu Aurola | Fidepro, Jussi Niemi, Development Engineer |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee - Exhibition | |
| 15:00-16:30 | Company presentations - ICT Edison 1 |
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| Chair: Taneli Tikka | ||
| 15:00 | ClaroVision, Thorsten Brysch, CEO | |
| 15:10 | MHG Systems, Seppo Huurinainen, CEO | |
| 15:20 | In4mo, Kursat Inandik, Partner & CEO | |
| 15:30 | Deal Comp, Tauno Laakso, Managing Director | |
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Astarte, Timo Lampola, Director Operations |
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| 15:50 | Dodreams, Perttu Rönkkö, Managing Director | |
| 16:30 | Closing | |
Day 2 Aalto University symposium — Wednesday 10th June
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| 8:00-8:30 | Registration | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Session 1: Entrepreneurial Spirit and Creating Fundable Ventures from Universities Leonardo auditorium, Innopoli 1 |
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| Chair: Prof. Markku Maula, Helsinki University of Technology | ||
| 8:30-8:35 | Welcome and introduction | |
| 8:35-8:55 | From research: Mike Wright, Nottingham University Business School "University Spinoffs" | |
| 8:55-9:00 | .. To Practice: Mikko Kärkkäinen, Canatu Oy, "Case Canatu" | |
| 9:00-9:05 | Johanna Småros, Relex Oy, “Case Relex” | |
| 9:05-9:10 | Kristo Ovaska, Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, "Building Entrepreneurial Spirit" | |
| 9:10-9:15 | Peter Kelly, Aalto University, "Rapid Opportunity Prototyping" | |
| 9:15-9:20 | Tapio Koivu, VTT, "Building Fundable Spin-offs" | |
| 9:20-9:25 | Hannu Kauppinen, Director, Head of Business Validation, Nokia Research Center | |
| 9:25-9:30 | Matti Kuusisto, Spinverse, “Facilitating Spin-off Creation” | |
| 9:30-10:00 | Panel: the way forward: (Chair: Merina Salminen, Kauppalehti) | |
| Mike Wright,Nottingham University Business School; Kristo Ovaska, Aalto Entrepreneurship Society; Peter Kelly, Aalto university; Tapio Koivu, VTT, Matti Kuusisto, Spinverse & Jussi Harvela, Veturi Growth Partners | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Session 2 - Leveraging Global Resources in Building and Funding Growth Ventures Leonardo auditorium, Innopoli 1 |
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| Chair: Prof Markku Maula, Helsinki University of Technology | ||
| 10:30-10:40 | From research: Gordon Murray, University of Exeter Business School “Internationalization of Young European Ventures” | |
| 10:40-10:50 | Mikko Jääskeläinen, Helsinki University of Technology “International Syndication and Performance” | |
| 10:50-11:00 | Mike Wright, Nottingham University Business School "Internationalization of Venture Capital" | |
| 11:00-11:05 | ... To practise: Will Cardwell, Technopolis Ventures “Helping Finnish Ventures Leverage Global Resources” | |
| 11:05-11:10 | Zhang Xijun, Deputy Director of Science and Technology Bureau, Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee, China “Suzhou Ventures Group & International High-Tech Investment" | |
| 11:10-11:15 | Pekka Salonoja, Nexit Ventures “International Syndication to Support International Growth” | |
| 11:15-11:20 | Vesa Walldén, CapMan “Using VC Enabled Strategic M&A as a Tool for International Growth” | |
| 11:20-12:00 | Panel: the way forward: (Chair: Merina Salminen, Kauppalehti) | |
| Gordon Murray, University of Exeter; Will Cardwell, Technopolis Ventures; Pekka Salonoja, Nexit Ventures; Vesa Waldén, CapMan and Zhang Xijun, Deputy Director of Science and Technology Bureau, Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee | ||
| 12:00 | Aalto University Symposium ends | |