ArcticStartup will be hosting its 6th pan-regional event in
Stockholm, in the Obaren (map
) on the 2nd April from 6pm to 9pm. The
evening’s theme will be startups and the future of
mobile which is as topical it gets now when iPhone is pushing the
industry forward in everything it does, bloggy.se is gaining
ground from Jaiku across the region and Spotify is busy
building its mobile version. Come and hear what’s where we
are going, what’s in store for the future and where does the
biggest opportunities for mobile startups lie.
Just as before, the structure of the evening will take into account
the wishes of participants from earlier events. We have been asked to
leave more time for networking, but have a solid panel in middle.
Thus, we will have one panel with industry heavy weights and the rest
of the evening will be left for networking and discussions between
participants. Each panel participant will have a chance to introduce
themselves before the panel.
They say best things in life are free and so is
ArcticEvening (watch a short video on the event here), but we will still have
a sign-up system to the event, which we will be opening on the
16th March at 9am (GMT+1 ie. Swedish local time) . Without exceptions,
the tickets have sold out extremely fast, so make sure you are here to
get your ticket. We are able to host the event free of charge for
participants due to our wonderful sponsors. Our sponsors are presented below.
Panelists
Morris Packer, The Bonnier Group
Morris
Packer, born 1962 i New York and living in Europe since 1968,
continues to cross borders. With more than 15 years within the media
industry he has closely followed the evolution from desk top
publishing to the mobile web. With a slightly Faustian relationship
to technology he loves print and always has a new gadget to show.
Since April Fools Day 2004 he runs the department of Bonnier Mobile
Services that provides know-how and technology to all brands within
The Bonnier Group.
Teemu Kurppa, Co-founder, Huikea / Ex-Jaiku
(Google)
Teemu Kurppa is the
co-fouder of Huikea, a mobile
startup still in a stealth mode. Before co-founding his own startup
he was part of the founding team of Jaiku, a microblogging service that was
acquired by Google in 2007. After leaving
Google last fall Teemu came back to Finland to found Huikea that he
now runs. Teemu is an experienced mobile developer having over 6
years experience of developing end-user mobile applications.
Gustav Söderström, Director of mobile solutions, Spotify
Gustav
Söderström is the director of mobile solutions at Spotify, a much talked about
Swedish startup focusing on a novel way to enjoy music. Earlier on
Mr. Söderström worked as an entrepreneur (selling Swedish
mobile social software company Kenet Works to Yahoo in 2006) and
subsequently as product director and business development director
at Yahoo Mobile before moving to Spotify in January 2009.
Sponsors
Our event is made available by our Sponsors. Do take time to get
to know them - they are one of the most interesting organisations in
the industry. We hand pick our sponsors to bring value to the
evenings - these guys are truly worth your time.
Sombiz
Sombiz is a
Social Media Business Network of Finnish social media & Web 2.0
companies, research institutions, and other organisations and
individuals operating in the field of social media.
Sombiz provides a network for organisations to collaborate, learn
from each other, and create partnerships. By connecting business with
research Sombiz is stimulating the creation of new innovations. The
ultimate goal for Sombiz is to find new business opportunities and
help companies to grow and go international.
Sombiz operates as a thematic network of the Finnish Digibusiness
Cluster and is a part of the government funded Centre of Expertise
Programme (OSKE). In 2008 the building of the Sombiz network was
selected as the national "OSKE Top Project". The project is
funded by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.
The background organisation of Sombiz is Technology Centre Hermia Ltd.
Sombiz is a Finnish-based network operating internationally. The
strategy of Sombiz is a "BUGC" approach: linking Business,
Universities, Government, and Communities in order to build and boost
the social media business ecosystem.
Hammarström Puhakka Partners
Hammarström
Puhakka Partners, Attorneys Ltd is a law firm specialised in
business law. The firm has a good corporate practice with experienced
M&A advisers acting constantly for domestic and cross-border clients.
Specialists provide M&A services to public and private
companies relating to assignments concerning private equity and
venture capital transactions. The firm is constantly involved with
complex transactions in connection with private equity firms and
experienced in advising private equity/venture capital investors in
divesting their investments.
The Borneo Family
The
Borneo Family
is a company with experience and expertise withinbusiness
, communication
and
development
in the new digital media landscape. We respect traditions, but
challenge the outdated ones! In order to meet our customers’
every need and presupposition the nuclear family is often teamed up
with resources from our large Nordic network.
Borneo
Startup
offers start-ups strategic and operational help and support
during initial phases. Where there are new ideas and gusto, we wish
to help create business and rapid growth. We work together with
entrepreneurs or on assignments from Venture Capitalists.
The collaboration with Arctic Startup is an important step
towards positioning Borneo Startup as the obvious partner for
entrepreneurs who wish to successfully realize their Internet
related ideas.
Read more about our family at
http://www.theborneofamily.blogspot.com/
(available in Swedish only)
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