Tech Hub Finland Launch Event

​We’re bringing together corporates, startups, investors, researchers, and public-sector leaders to officially launch Tech Hub Finland and create new pathways for collaboration between Finnish industry and global innovation.

​Tech Hub Finland is an innovation platform and ecosystem designed to connect leading industrial corporations, startups, investors, and researchers to foster industrial innovation and accelerate business growth. The hub is commissioned by the City of Tampere and operated by Plug and Play.

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​Agenda:

• ​15:30 | Free Shuttle Bus Service*

  • ​* Departing from the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre. If interested in this service, please email m.giol@pnptc.com

• ​16:00 | Doors open and Registration

• ​16:25 | Welcoming from Seena Amidi, EMEA Managing Partner, Plug and Play

• ​16:30 | Greetings from Minister Sakari Puisto, Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland

• ​16:45 | Talk: Why Tampere & Finland from Lassi Noponen, CEO Business Finland

• ​16:55 | Talk: About Tech Hub Finland from Heini Wallander, Finland Director, Plug and Play

• ​17:00 | Keynote: Paul Wong, CEO and co-founder, Halide Energy

• ​17:30 | Panel: The corporate side: anchor partners on stage with Kieran Borrett (Plug and Play), Jani Vilenius(Sandvik) and Olli Mylläri, (Normet)

• ​17:30 | Keynote: Jari Tiirikainen, Head of AI Advisory, DXC

• ​17:45 | Cohort #1: Startup Pitches

  • ​Quanscient

  • ​Spogen

  • ​Havuja

  • ​Sensible 4

  • ​IOXIO

  • ​Awake.AI

  • ​CeLLife

  • ​RESONIKS

• ​18:15 | Closing speech from from Heini Wallander, Finland Director, Plug and Play

• ​18:30 | Networking Drinks

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​For more info: finland@pnptc.com