PROGRAM OF THE DAY

WORKSHOPS

In FallUp, we aim to give each student something concrete about success. You will be able to develop your skills in hands-on workshops held by industry leading companies and experts. This is your chance to learn from the best!

DEMO BOOTHS

Demo booth area is built for meeting new people and getting connected with them. The area will be filled with industry leading companies and innovative startups who are eager to share their thoughts and experiences with students.

MEETING AREA

Are you looking for concrete advice on how to succeed or contacts to help you take your next step? In addition to our Demo Booths, we have a meeting area for you to get to know the right people. You even have a chance to book one-on-one meetings via Deal Room application!

STAGE SHOW

The event day culminates in the stage show where inspiring entrepreneurs and influencers take over the stage. They want to share their stories behind the success and give some concrete advice on how to find one's way to succeed.

AFTERPARTY

FallUp Afterparty is said to be one of the best ones. We truly know how to throw a party that you will never forget. Our pre-event MashUp was held in the hidden tunnels under Maria hospital. So what you can expect from our Afterparty, is an unforeseen experience.

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THIS YEAR'S SPEAKERS

PETER VESTERBACKA

BRAND-BREAKER & CO-FOUNDER, LIGHTNEER

Best known as the Mighty Eagle of Rovio, Peter Vesterbacka has been listed among the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine. After having worked on Angry Birds for multiple years, Vesterbacka left Rovio in 2016 for the role of Brand Breaker at Lightneer, which he co-founded in 2015. Thanks to his many business ventures at SLUSH, MobileMonday and Lightneer among many others, Vesterbacka is regarded by many as the father of the Nordic start-up revolution. This trailblazer is the one you do not want to miss. In his own words: "Nothing can stop us from being the best in the world, if we only want it".

MERVI PÄNKÄLÄINEN

FOUNDER AND CEO, MIGHTIFIER

After graduating from the Helsinki School of Economics in 1997 with a Master's in organisation and management, Mervi Pänkäläinen went on to found Mightifier in 2015. Mightifier is a positive education application and method to help students master their social and emotional skills. She created Mightifier alongside Finnish students and teachers. The app has been certified by EdTech and has won numerous prizes such as first place at SLUSH Japan 2016. Today Pänkäläinen works as the CEO of Mightifier and is known for her innovative approach, positive interaction and encouraging personality. Look out for her sparkling dialogue on the main stage.

RIKU ASIKAINEN

ANGEL INVESTOR

Around the age of 22, Riku Asikainen founded two companies one of which was a bookstore for high school students in Finland. He then went on to spend three years as a voluntary consultant in Tanzania in the beginning of the 2000's. Soon afterwards he spent another three years in France, where he founded the largest textbook distributor in the country. His career as an angel investor took off after he sold his bookstore in Finland to Sanoma WSOY. Today Asikainen is the best known in Finland for his role as an investor on the show Shark Tank (Leijonan luola). We are excited to be there when this driven investor shares his ideas ans experiences on the main stage of FallUp 2018.

NEW SPEAKER

ANY GUESSES ON WHO IT WILL BE?

REST OF THE SPEAKERS,
WORKSHOPs
AND PROGRAM
To be announced.

LAST YEAR'S SPEAKERS

MIKA ANTTONEN

FOUNDER OF ST1

Mika Anttonen is the founder of St1. Anttonen has managed to grow the St1 group from zero to one of the biggest fuel companies in Europe in only twenty years. Even after all the success he still feels a hunger to make a positive impact and tackle the challenges of our era.

Anttonen is known as the advocate of renewable energy, actively developing more sustainable energy sources tofill the energy needs of the future.

PERTTU PÖLÖNEN

FOUNDER OF MUSICLOCK, THE MOST CREATIVE FINN 2017

Despite the young age of 21, Perttu Pölönen has already been awarded as the most creative Finn in 2017. Pölönen is the founder of Musiclock. Last year he also attended Singularity University in Silicon Valley, the prestigious program with a mission to inspire and empower future leaders to solve humanity's grand challenges.

Pölönen is an inspiring combination of an artist, inventor, entrepreneur and composer, in other words he’s the perfect person to share insights about problem solving and imagination.

PATA DEGERMAN

Explorer, mountaiNEER

Patrick “Pata” Degerman is a man of over 40 expeditions from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from jungle to deserted islands. In his journeys, Pata has faced
all sorts of challenging situations, and most importantly always figured his way out of them. Not only is Pata an experienced explorer but also an inspirational speaker and a Speakersforum’s speaker of the year in 2006.

In his speeches, Pata shares his unique experiences and utilizes his knowledge to speak about topics such as teamwork, goal reaching and outside the box
thinking.

OSKARI KETTUNEN

Managing Partner at Reaktor Ventures

As a managing partner of Reaktor Ventures, Oskari Kettunen seeks out the most promising startups of the Nordics and provides them with both investments and expertise. Kettunen himself has a lot of experience in the world of startups and technology is close to his heart
especially.

His experience makes him the right person to talk about the future, vision and the leap of faith needed to succeed as an entrepreneur.

KRISTEL KRUUSTÜK

FOUNDER OF TESTLIO

It is not the big hair, but a shiny personality and a can-do attitude that makes Kristel Kruustük so special. She is the founder and CEO of Testlio, an expert community of verified mobile testers and a QA management platform. She names her team as her source of inspiration and is known for building a people-first culture.

Kruustük and her co-founder are also winners of the world’s largerst hackaton, AngelHack.

TUULI KASKINEN

AUTHOR AT DEMOS HELSINKI

Tuuli Kaskinen is Demos Helsinki think tank director specialising in sustainable business strategies and inspirational routes to change. She is an expert of sustainable innovation and future, passionate about tackling the most important issues of our time.

NELLI LÄHTEENMÄKI

CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF FIFTH CORNER INC.

Nelli Lähteenmäki, a serial entrepreneur, is passionate about building useful, good-hearted and scalable businesses. Enthusiastic about self-development and helping people to make positive change by one micro-action at a time, Lähteenmäki is just the right person to talk about the importance of mindset in FallUp.

From this true multi-talent you have a chance to learn the importance of bold attitude, fun and encouraging atmosphere and building something new.

KALLE FREESE

FOUNDER OF SUDDEN COFFEE

Kalle Freese, co-founder of Sudden Coffee is a living example of following your passion and making a career out of it. Freese is a two-time Finnish Barista Champion and was ranked as the 9th best barista in the world in 2015. San Francisco based, Y Combinator alumni, Freese knows a lot about building a scalable business in a competitive environment and now shares his knowledge to other startups.

Freese is one of our panelists discussing about the possibilities the future brings by sharing his views on San Francisco and the startup scene.