| 8:45– 9:15 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 9:15– 9:20 |
Words of Welcome
Marko Seppä, Director, eBRC; Head of the V2C Research Group
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| 9:20– 9:30 |
Opening Address
Pekka Pere, CEO, Proha Oyj; Chairman, Finnish Co-Entrepreneurs SKY Association
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| 9:30– 10:30 |
Keynotes
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The Rise of Co-Entrepreneurs: From Capital Investors to Knowledge Investors
Richard Harrison, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Edinburgh, Co-Founder of Venture Capital: An international journal of entrepreneurial finance
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Connecting Knowledge and Capital in the Nordic Countries
Dorte Wiene, CEO, CONNECT Denmark; Chairman, CONNECT Nordic
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Building Successful Global Businesses: Two Cross-Cultural, Management
Challenges - From Technology to Market & Finland to America
William Paulin, Principal, Paulin Neal Associates, Inc., San Diego, USA
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| 10:30– 11:30 |
V2C Case Presentations
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1) Cavendish Management Resources, UK
Jarmo Kesanto, Executive Member, London
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2) Axiom Venture Capital, Belgium
Guus Keder, Founding Partner, Brussels
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3) Blue White Venture, US
Juhani Pääkkönen, Partner, Boston
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| 11:30– 13:00 |
Networking Lunch
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| 13:00– 15:00 |
Parallel Workshops (separate registration)
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1) Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs: How to Raise Growth Capital
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2) SKY Workshop: Defining a Co-Entrepreneur and His/Her Business
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3) FVCA Training Session: Seed Venture Capital Strategies
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4) CONNECT Springboard (by invitation only)
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| 15:00– 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:30– 16:30 |
Concluding Panel Discussion
Chair:
Marko Seppä, eBRC
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Panellists:
Richard Harrison, University of Edinburgh, UK
Guus Keder, Axiom Venture Capital, Belgium
William Paulin, Paulin Neal Associates, US
Juhani Pääkkönen, Blue White Venture, US
Dorte Wiene, CONNECT Denmark
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| 16:30– 18:00 |
Cocktails
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