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.

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08:45 AM

Breakfast at Hotel Kämp (only physical)

Book your hotel stay at Hotel Kämp.

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09:00 AM

Transport: Helsinki Airport to Hotel Kämp (optional)


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09:30 AM

Kickstart Founders Conference (only physical)

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.

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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.

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01:00 PM

1-1 Business Meetings (physical & virtual)

Coffee served at venue for 1-1 business meetings.

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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.

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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 
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04:30 PM

Networking Break

04:45 PM

Session Three with your Founders Group (physical & virtual)

06:15 PM

Drink (only physical)

Free time to prepare for dinner. 

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Hotel Kämp
07:00 PM

Dinner (only physical)

10:00 PM

After Dinner Informal Networking

For hotel guests (separate registration & decision).

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11:55 PM

Hotel stay Hotel Kämp (optional & supplement decision)

Hotel Kämp


08:00 AM

Informal Breakfast Networking (optional)

09:00 AM

Transport: Hotel Kämp to Helsinki Airport (optional)