A session for investors and startups in the FinTech industries. Fits 10 investors and 10 startups.

Investor panel – What´s hot and what´s not in AI and Data from investors perspective?
Moderator: Janne Neuvonen – Founder, BCaster
Herman Kienhuis – Founder and Managing Partner, Curious VC
Hana Besbes – Investment Professional, Heal Capital

Keynote – Is Everyone in the Room? The intersection of AI Ethics, Technology, Gender Equity and Inclusion.
Chisom Udeze ― Founder, Diversify

Panel – How AI+Data shift businesses today?

Moderator: Chris Pfaff ― CEO, Chris PfaffTech/Media
Marit Rødevand ― Co-founder & CEO, Strise
Christine Floysand ― Founder, By Nature
Smriti Mishran ― Director, AI4Diversity
Ariane C. Gomes ― Co-Founder, Baseimmune

Open for anyone interested in the topic whether you are startups, investors and companies interested or focusing on climate change, sustainability, circular economy and ESG .

Track opening

Fireside chat – The Unhappy millionaire searching for purpose
Jan Ameri ― Executive Chairman, ArcticStartup
Juha-Petteri Kukkonen ― Angel Investor, KVKI Capital

Fireside chat with Superb and Kinnevik: How your restaurant guest experience is changed forever 
Moderator: Laura K. Inamedinova ― Founder, LKI Consulting
Anton Norrman ― Investor, Kinnevik
Zaedo Musa ― Founder, CEO, Superb

Fireside chat: Raising 10million from day 1
Jan Ameri ― Executive Chairman, ArcticStartup
Maija Itkonen, Co-Founder, Onego Bio

Opening words

Panel: SaaS Investor panel
Moderator: Kremena Tosheva ― Investor, SNÖ Ventures
Luke Pappas ― Principal, NEA
Andreas Helbig ― Principal, Atomico
Alexandra Balkova ― Partner,Startup Wise Guys

Fireside chat: Bootstrapping
Jyri Engeström ― Investor, Yes VC
Mikael Thuneberg ― Founder, Ceo, Supermetrics

A session for investors and startups in the sphere of health and well-being. Fits 10 investors and 10 startups.

Keynote: Climate change, sustainability and the potential of Europe and the Nordics to play a globally leading role
Elias Korosis ― Partner, Hermes GPE

Panel: Climate change, sustainability and the potential of Europe and the Nordics to play a globally leading role
Moderator: Tanya Horowitz ― Partner, Butterfly VC
Elias Korosis ― Partner, Hermes GPE
Laura Wikström ― Deputy CIO and Portfolio Manager, Veritas
Tharald Nustad ― Founder, Katapult
Mohadeseh Abdullahi ― Associate, Fund of Funds, Molten Ventures

For anyone who is interested in or working on impact focused business and building new ways of working, doing business and impact investing. How does the business world change by focusing on co-creating impactful solutions?

Fireside chat – Founders as LPs
Taneli Tikka ― Angel Investor
Oskari Petas ― Venture Capital LP

Panel: World in Crisis: New-Era in Venture Capital?
Moderator: Lauri Kokkila – Partner, Inventure
Brian DeFee – Director, Top Tier Capital Partners
Staffan Helgesson – General Partner, Creandum

A session for investors and startups in the e-commerce, marketplaces and platforms. Fits 10 investors and 10 startups.

Track opening words by Takeda
Hannes Toivanen ― Strategic Partnerships Lead, Takeda

Panel – Building ecosystems for Health Innovation
Moderator: Peter Hovstadius ― Investor, Hovstadius Consulting
Anssi Linnankivi ― MD, MBA, Country Medical Director, Roche
Hannes Toivanen ― Strategic Partnerships Lead, Takeda
Gali Wienerman ― Europe Life Sciences Ecosystems Lead, Accenture

Showcase – Neuro Event Labs
Kaapo Annala ― Founder, CEO, Neuro Event Labs

Data as Driver of Healthcare Transformation – Nordic Collaborations
Moderator: Johannes Ahlqvist ― Specialist, Sitra
Lisse-Lotte Hermansson ― Chief Scientific Officer, BCB Medical,
Anders Tunold-Hanssen ― CEO, Nordic Interoperbility Project/N!P
Teddy Sun ― Evidence Generation Lead, Takeda Nordics

Showcase – Veil
Tuomo Pentikäinen ― CEO, Veil

Panel – Investing in Scaling Capabilities
Moderator: Aki Koivistoinen ― Ambassador, Investor, Startup Health
Luke Parsons ― Principal, Summit partners
Dr. Aline Vedder ― Associate on the EU team, Lakestar
Claudia Colciago ― Associate Director, Takeda Digital Ventures
Jenny Ruth Hrafnsdottir ― Founding Partner, Crowberry Capital

Track closing words by Takeda
Hannes Toivanen ― Strategic Partnerships Lead, Takeda

How a leader, an entrepreneur and an employee takes care of their self development? What works for you, what would you like to share or learn? This session is for anyone keen on developing themselves and connecting with likeminded people.

Panel – Investors’ points of view on the possibilities in climate tech
Moderator: Simone Ross ―Tech Curator, TED
Terhi Vapola ―Investor, Helen Ventures
Owen Reynolds ― Principal, Expon Capital
Andreas Schwarzenbrunner ― Partner, Speedinvest
Gregory Bernstein ― Investor, EQT Ventures

How winning the Zayed Sustainability Prize helped GLOBHE grow 
Mr. Remy Ghalayini ― CTO, GLOBHE

Fireside chat – Trends, challenges and solutions we face in the climate and sustainability business field
Moderator: Christine Floysand – Founder, By Nature
Merit Valdsalu – Co-Founder, CEO, Single.earth
Benjamin Joffe – Partner, SOSV

Tracks opening words 
Alisa Mick ― Co-founder, The North Mixis

Keynote: Relevance of circular start-ups and their roles in driving systemic innovation
Marvin Henry ― Head of Sustainability, Twig

Panel – Successful Circular Economy Companies: Learnings and Challenges
Moderator: Tina Karme ― Founder, Sustory
Carmen Ene ― CEO, 3STEP IT
Jori Ahvonen ― CTO, Swappie
Marvin Henry ― Head of Sustainability, Twig

Panel – Renewable Energy – Creating opportunities for a better future Tracks Closing words
Moderator: Pauliina Meskanen ― Founder, Survival tech
Marko Koski ― Founder, Angel, Energy spin
Tuomo Isokivijärvi ― CEO, Co-Founder, StepOne Tech
Anna Kankaanpää – Concept Development Manager, St1

Tracks Closing words by MiXi
Alisa Mick ― Co-founder, The North Mixi

Wrapping up Day 1 at the Arctic15 Helsinki
Hanne Nuutinen ― Head of Program, ArcticStartup

Opening words for Day 2
Jan Ameri ― Executive Chairman, ArcticStartup

Happy Finns NFT´s Launch
Peter Vesterbacka
Janna Salokangas
Henrik Axlund

Opening words
Verneri Välimaa ― Deeptech Program manager, ArcticStartup

Quantum Entrepreneurship Panel – How to build a team, scale and work with investors and get funded?
Moderator: Inka Mero ― Managing Partner, Voima Ventures
Sabrina Maniscalco ― Co-Founder, CEO, Algorithmiq
Vishal Chatrath ― Founder, CEO, QuantrolOx
Mikko Möttönen ― Co-founder, Professor, IQM

Showcase – Origin by Ocean: from environmental problem to sustainable ingredients
Mari Granström ― Chief Science Activist, PhD, Origin by Ocean

A session for investors and startups in the B2B SaaS. Fits 10 investors and 10 startups.

Investing Panel – Uniqueness of deep tech investing: investments readiness
Moderator: Claes Mikko Nilsen ― Investment Director, NordicNinja
Benjamin Joffe ― Partner, SOSV
Tanya Horowitz ― Partner, Butterfly VC
Pierre Festal ― Partner, Promus Ventures

Ecosystem Panel – Building deep tech ecosystems
Moderator: Verneri Välimaa ― DeepTech Program manager, ArcticStartup
Pasi Sorvisto ― Founder & Director, Spark
Kaari Kink ― Investor, Superangel
Anton Adamovitch ― Commercialization Reactor

Startup – Corporate Panel – Leveraging startup-corporate collaborations
Moderator: Laura K. Inamedinova ― Founder, LKI Consulting
Justin Jackson ― Partner, Pegasus Ventures
Christopher Cobbold ― Director, Huawei
Pekka Kaunisto― Vice President Sales, Rocsole

Tracks closing words
Verneri Välimaa ― Deeptech Program manager, ArcticStartup

Connect with other Web3, NFT, Crypto and Blockchain enthusiasts

What is Impact investing?
Jørn Haanæs ― Director of Portfolio & Investor Relations, Katapult

Panel – Nordics as a rising star in impact tech
Jørn Haanæs ― Director of Portfolio & Investor Relations, Katapult
Fernando De los Rios ― CEO, Hyperion Robotics

A session for investors and startups in AI , Machine Learning, Big Data and Analytics. Fits 10 investors and 10 startups.

Keynote – Investing to solve global challenges
Tim He  ― Partner, Summa Equity

Fireside chat – Global Impact unicorns
Moderator: Annu Nieminen ― Founder, CEO, Upright
Tharald Nustad ― Founder, Katapult

Showcase

Closing words by Katapult
Jørn Haanæs ― Director of Portfolio & Investor Relations, Katapult

For startups, companies and investors who work in IoT or hardware business fields

Fintech Snapshot – Trends and future shaping the Fintech of tomorrow
Kevin Lösch ― Investor, Inventure

Investor panel – European Fintech Opportunities in the Global Markets – The Investor Perspective
Moderator: Kevin Lösch ― Investor, Inventure
Carlo Biggio ― Investor, Accel
Lily Shaw ― Associate, OMERS Ventures
Helga Valfells ― Founder and Managing Partner, Crowberry Capital

Fireside chat – Contrast of B2B and B2C – Why the cooperation makes so much sense?
Moderator: Jason Ball ― Investors, GR Capital
Thomas Präßler ― Founder, Billie
Jacob Segercrantz ― Director of Finland, Klarna

Panel – Future of Payments 
Modertor: Pauliina Lämsä ― Investment Manager, Evli
PeeKay Koomson ― CEO, K-Pentag LLC
Kaidi Ruusalepp ― CEO, Funderbeam
William Jilltoft ― Vice President, Northzone

Closing words
Kevin Lösch ― Investor, Inventure

A session for investors and startups in the Deep Tech sphere. Fits 10 investors and 10 startups.

Opening words by Swisscanto – Growth is a result of many decisions done and executed successfully.
Nils Granath ― Investment Director Private Equity, Swisscanto

Investor Panel – Investors selection for growth
Moderator: Nils Granath ― Investment Director Private Equity, Swisscanto
Martin Ericsson ― Vice President, Eight Roads
Sebastian Charpentier ― Senior Associate, Bregal Milestone

A session for everyone interested and/or involved in the food business. Restaurants, cafés, products, food- and biotech, packaging , logistics

Showcase – From $1M to $100M ARR in 20 months – lessons learned
Daniel Eisenberg ― Head of expansion for Northern, Central & Eastern Europe, Deel

Panel – Growth comes with Responsibility
Moderator: Laura Smith ― Laura Smith, Founder, Validei
Gisle Glück Evensen ― Partner, Summa Equity
Anne-Louise Thon-Jensen ― General Partner, Vår Ventures
Samppa Sirviö ― Investment Manager, TeSi

Fireside chat – The Meaning of board professionals in business growth
Nils Granath ― Investment Director Private Equity, Swisscanto
Eeva Kovanen ― Partner, Ceo, Kovanen Capital

Keynote – EU funding opportunities for growth
Jussi Hätönen ― Head of the EIC Unit, EIB – European Investment Bank

De-globalizing Panel – What growth means in a de-globalizing world?
Moderator: Sanoj Pullely ― Investment Analyst, Swisscanto
Luke Pappas ― Principal, NEA
Antti Hätinen ― Founder, PHZ Full Stack Oy

Closing words by Swisscanto
Nils Granath ― Investment Director Private Equity, Swisscanto

Keynote – So many ways to exit – OpenOcean’s recent experiences
Tom Henriksson ― General Partner, VC, Open Ocean

Showcase – Disior, a medtech exit story
Anna-Maria Henell ― CEO, Disior

Panel – Succesful exits in a turbulent market
Moderator: Nella Åström ― Partner, Borenius
Donald Gillies ― CEO, Co-Founder, PassFort
Pierre Kiecolt-Wahl ― Managing Director, Bryan, Garnier & Co
Erja Retzen ― Senior Managing Director on Global Listing Services, Nasdaq

Wrapping up the event – Event closing words
Vedat Öndas – CEO, Arcticstartup
Jan Ameri – Executive Chairman, Arcticstartup
Hanne Nuutinen – Head of Program, Arcticstartup