Founders Conference Helsinki, Finland, Dec 7, 2021

7 December 2021 09:00AM-10:00PMHotel Kämp, Helsinki, (UTC+02:00)

Welcome to Founders Conference in Helsinki, Finland!

We warmly welcome you to Founders Conference on Dec 7, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at Hotel Kämp in Helsinki with large scale founders for valuable exchange between peers on the reinvention and reshaping of our companies. A unique opportunity in which founders with the power to bring about change connect within the areas of health, technology, industry, investments, retail and media.

Join us this December to meet the challenges of the present moment and work to build stronger companies and a healthier world for all. In the course of the day participants can decide to take part in all or individual activities, various interactive workshops, webinars both on-line as well as physical one-to-one business meetings.

This conference will offer valuable insights for all participants in their exchange with peer group large scale founders.

Collaboration is never more important than in our challenging times if we are to pivot, strive and create sustainable positive impact as founders.

Please select your degree of participation by registering now.

Warm welcome!

Hotel Kämp, Helsinki, (UTC+02:00)

Hotell Kämp, Helsingfors

Overview

Participants. Founders Conference is part of Founders Alliance consisting of members who pay an annual membership fee. There are no sponsors or other contributions.

Transport. Notify if you want transportation to and from Hotel Kämp when you register. We have booked a bus that departs from Helsinki Airport at 9am the 7th of December and back from Hotel Kämp to Helsinki Airport at 9 am the 8th of December.

Hotel. We have pre-booked 60 hotel rooms. Book your room at Hotel Kämp, our official meeting point in Helsinki during the conference.

Not included: Flight and hotel night at five star hotel. Upon registration, you will be updated on details and developments.

Your Founders Group. You will also receive separate information directly from your Group Leader or Moderator, including specific parts of your group sessions, within one to two weeks before the Founders Conference.

If you participate individually, you will receive your placement in a carefully selected group two weeks before the conference, a group where you will receive extended exchange during the day.

Program (UTC+02:00)

6 December

01:00 PM

Optional Arrival Day (outside official program).

Hotel is not included, see recommended Hotel. Please let us know if you intend to arrive Dec 6. We will inform you on the activities done by other participants.

Book your hotel room at Hotel Kämp, Helsinki. Check-in at 3 pm. Check-out at 12 pm.

7 December

08:45 AM

Breakfast at Hotel Kämp (only physical)

Book your hotel stay at Hotel Kämp.

45m

09:00 AM

Transport: Helsinki Airport to Hotel Kämp (optional)

30m

09:30 AM

Kickstart Founders Conference (only physical)

30m

10:00 AM

Session One with your Founders Group (physical & virtual)

Meeting with your Founders Group first session, physical or virtual based on your registration.

2h 0m

12:00 PM

Lunch Networking Break (only physical)

For physical attendees lunch is served at the venue including exchange with the other present Founders Alliance members.

For virtual participants, individual lunch. This includes a break from computer time. Check-in starts 12:45 for One to One Business Meetings.

1h 0m

01:00 PM

1-1 Business Meetings (physical & virtual)

Coffee served at venue for 1-1 business meetings.

1h 0m

02:00 PM

Founders Talk with Michael "Monty" Widenius

Michael "Monty" Widenius is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database - the worlds most popular open source database and Founder of the MariaDB Foundation. Additionally, he is a founder and general partner at venture capital firm OpenOcean.

30m

Michael "Monty" Widenius

02:30 PM

Session Two - your choice of parallel sessions (physical & virtual)

Here you choose between

Interactive Workshop with Speaker around theme of Founders Talk
General Workshop: General exchange on participating Founders' challenges and opportunities to scale and sustain including special invited Finnish large scale founders
Group session with your group

2h 0m

04:30 PM

Networking Break

15m

04:45 PM

Session Three with your Founders Group (physical & virtual)

1h 30m

06:15 PM

Drink (only physical)

Free time to prepare for dinner.

45m

Hotel Kämp

07:00 PM

Dinner (only physical)

3h 0m

10:00 PM

After Dinner Informal Networking

For hotel guests (separate registration & decision).

1h 30m

11:55 PM

Hotel stay Hotel Kämp (optional & supplement decision)

Hotel Kämp

8 December

08:00 AM

Informal Breakfast Networking (optional)

1h 0m

09:00 AM

Transport: Hotel Kämp to Helsinki Airport (optional)

30m

Speakers

Michael "Monty" Widenius

Founders Alliance at a Glance

Founders Alliance was established in 2002 by Niclas Carlsson. Today Founders Alliance is a premium collaborative business forum for founders of large-scale corporations, owners of international growth companies and engaged in multiple social impact initiatives around the globe.

Successful founders meet to help each other become even more successful in Founders Groups through deep and long-term relationships that inspire, develop and enable more and better business.

Its membership comprises over 400 high performing founders in Sweden and owners in a network of 2000 companies stretching across all industries and areas of expertise.

In 2015 Founders Alliance started the international expansion, now with 250 active large-scale founders headed by 50 international founders with headquarters in 11 countries including: USA (CA), India, China (Hong Kong), United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain.

The core of Founders Alliance is independent from state funding, financial actors, advisory firms and academic institutions.

For membership requests please contact niclas.carlsson@foundersalliance.com.

Founders Alliance