What makes a great tech ecosystem?

26 October 2021 10:30-11:30

What makes a great tech ecosystem?

A thriving tech ecosystem is vital for tech startups and growth companies to reach its full potential. There are several factors that companies need around themselves to be able to elevate. They need access to capital, as you all know, unicorns are made out of it. Success stories and to be able to look at others who has done it is imperative to show the possibilities. Incubators, accelerators and creative co-working spaces are all ingredients to this intricate puzzle. A thirving community is all about the people behind and companies abilities to attract talent.

Join us for a discussion about tech eco systems, local and globally. What cities are in the top levels? Are there any success factors? What are essential ingredients to build and develop a nurturing environment for the unicorns of tomorrow to grow from?

We have invited community builders from Sweden, Norway and London. Join us for a session around what makes a great tech ecosystem!

Panel:

Tech Nordic Advocates is the Northern Europe's largest and only pan-Nordic/Baltic tech/startup ecosystem, working to stimulate Nordic/Baltic startup, scaleup and tech sector growth, across the 5 Nordic and 3 Baltic countries from offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki. Tech Nordic Advocates is the sibling of Tech London Advocates, the engine behind London’s tech hub, and the Nordic/Baltic arm of Global Tech Advocates, the world’s only global tech/startup community of over 21000 leaders across 22 global tech hubs from Silicon Valley to Australia.

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Speakers

Jeanette Carlsson
CEO and Founder of Tech Nordic Advocates

Jeanette has spent the last 30 years living and working across London and the Nordics, as tech sector blue chip corporation senior executive, entrepreneur, board level, government, EU and diplomatic advisor, lecturer in innovation & entrepreneurship, conference chair and keynote, advisor to leading accelerators. Jeanette has been voted “Inspirational Woman” by the City of London and invited to Buckingham Palace for her contribution to London’s tech sector. Most recently, as CEO of TNA, Jeanette has founded a help hub to help tech sector startups through Covid and founded and run Europe’s only international growth programme for women tech entrepreneurs, earning her a place as a finalist in the 2021 Nordic Women in Tech Awards.

Kai Isand
Program Lead at Accelerate Estonia

Kai is a hackathon enthusiast and a community builder from Estonia. She has been active in the Estonian startup scene for the past 7 years organising hackathon events with Garage48 and the annual tech conference Latitude59, she has worked intensively with the government launching a public sector innovation program Accelerate Estonia and she also led the team of The Global Hack inviting 12 000 participants to brainstorm solutions for the Covid-19 crisis. Now, as the CEO of Eventornado, she is building the go-to-platform for the global innovation community to come together for online and offline hackathon events. She is passionate about all community initiatives where the result could be anything from a valuable connection to a start of a global success story.

Björn Lapakko
Market Lead at PAZZING

Björn is an experienced Board Member with a demonstrated history of working in the international trade and development industry. Skilled in Community Engagement, Content Marketing, International Marketing, Business Development, and Social Media Measurement. Strong business development professional with a M.B.A. focused in International Marketing from Oregon State University. He has been Head of Startup at Startup Extreme and now he’s Market Lead at PAZZING.

Lars Bern
Group Manager Automotive & Transports at Business Region Göteborg

Lars works for Business Region Gothenburg, the municipal economic development agency for the larger Gothenburg region. Focus is on cluster and innovation development, especially within strong sectors like automotive, life science, ICT and aerospace. Prior to this engagement he has experience of product and service development in the energy sector and various start-ups in the Chalmers venture eco-system.

Moderator

Elina Åkerlind

Elina is a strategic business growth hacker with a passion for numbers and people. She is an experienced business developer and financial advisor with a demonstrated history of working with startups and fast growing companies.

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Gothenburg Tech Week @gbgtechweek hello@gbgtechweek.com

Tech Nordic Advocates @TechNordicAdv connect@technordicadvocates.org

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26 October 2021 10:30-11:30