Masterclass at Web Summit Lisbon

Finland, the happiest country in the world for the 6th time, is among the most innovative and technologically advanced countries of the world with a vibrant startup ecosystem. How does happiness contribute to innovation? What are the opportunities that Finland can offer to talents and startups? 

Organized by Embassy of Finland in Portugal and Business Finland together with Sitra and cities of Finland, join us in this masterclass where Nokia, Reaktor, Relex and Vincit and public stakeholders share their insights why Finland works and how Finland can work for you.

Agenda for Masterclass:

MC: Heikki Aura, Senior Lead at Sitra

Welcome and opening remarks

Ambassador Satu Suikkari-Kleven

Keynote

Drussila Hollanda-Grönberg, CEO of Papukaya Oy  

Panel discussion

Hosted by and Stefan Lindström, Ambassador for Digitalization and New Technologies

Speakers from Finnish tech forerunners including:

• Nokia – Sérgio Catalão, Chairman of the Board and Country Manager

• Reaktor - Mikael Kopteff, Chief Technology Officer

• Relex – Michael Falck, Co-Founder

• Vincit – Janne Salmi, Development Director

Concrete opportunities for talents and start up founders

Hanna Riski, Senior Advisor, Business Finland 

In these events, you can have chance to meet with:  

• Nokia 

• Reaktor 

• Relex 

• Vincit 

• SITRA 

• City of Helsinki 

• City of Espoo

• City of Vantaa

• City of Oulu 

• City of Tampere 

• City of Turku 

• Business Finland  

• Embassy of Finland in Portugal 

In addition to the Masterclass, Business Helsinki together with Business Finland is inviting international startups to their side event which will be held in the Embassy of Finland in Lisbon, Portugal. More information about Finland's Web Summit 2023 Side Event can be found here.