Besides 1-on-1 meetings, workshops are the best way to meet new people. Some of the best “Arctic15 magic” stories come out of workshops. Here you can network freely, create meaningful connections powered by participation while learning something new together.
Find your calling: our extensive list of 16 workshops will cater for all interests, with topics varying from social media branding through scaling, entering new markets or finding your flow state. Keep yourself busy by signing up for at least 2 workshops/day to make the most of your Arctic15 experience.
Buy your tickets to Arctic15 here to join the workshops through Deal Room.
If you already have tickets and access to Deal Room, just follow the steps:
Step 1. Log into the Deal Room tool.
Step 2. Click “Program”.
Step 3. Take a look at the workshops in the three workshop rooms.
Step 4. Join the workshops by clicking the star icon on the right. The seats are limited.
Check out the full list of workshops:
Cracking the German Market – Checklist for Startups
Gain a bulletproof toolkit for international expansion and a Go-To Market Plan in Germany.
Host: David Wunder, Startup & Innovation, Market Entry & Business Development, German Finnish Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Germany Trade and Invest
Date: 6th of June, 10:00 – 11:00
The SME instrument: DRILL DOWN
An overview of EU funding in startup language offering a guide on how to apply for the SME instrument.
Host: Louis Papaemmanuel, Managing Director, My EU Consulting
Date: 5th of June, 14:00 – 15:00
Founder Psychology by .Cocoon – Reverse engineering business challenges
A hands-on experience going through your most painful challenges and business nightmares, with honest feedback from mentors.
Host: Rein Lemberpuu, CEO & Founder, .Contriber
Date: 5th of June 16:30 – 17:30 and 6th of June 10:00-11:00
Liberate & Trust yourself – to flow in a business & rational world
You’ll be guided towards finding your flow in business and personal life and discover new ways of trusting yourself and your infinite potential.
Host: Marcel Gasser, Entrepreneur, BeMe Institute
Date: 6th of June, 11:15-12:15
Value-Based Solution Selling
An inspirational, motivational, and cooperative sales training program that simplifies sales basics and provides a tangible and easy to use blueprint for novices and seasoned salespeople to apply to real life selling situations.
Host: Troy Woodson, CEO, CBW Global
Date: 6th of June, 11:15 – 12:15
Networking For Collaboration
You will learn how to make your relationships work for you in the best possible way – on both personal and professional level.
Host: Joppe Quaedvlieg, Communication & Networking Expert
Date: 5th of June 15:15 – 16:15
Go from Design Thinking to Design Doing – Speed up Innovation, Execution and Decision Making
Learn how you can speed up innovation, execution and decision making as well as energise your organisation every day. Techniques on going from brief to prototype in only 5 days.
Host: Andre Matarazzo, Co-Founder / Jussi Solja, Co-Founder, The Sexy Beast
Date: 6th of June, 15:15 – 16:15
Variety of options – how to plan and execute an optimal funding path without excessive diluting
Focusing on funding challenges for growth companies, the significance of longer term horizon and holistic view and funding options as regards liabilities, introduction to EIF granted bank loans, the workshop will be interactive and tailored for the participants interests.
Host: Marika Karjalainen, Financial Advisor / Harri Kekkonen, CEO / Anssi Linkoaho, Consultant, Go Finance
Date: 6th of June, 14:00 – 15:00
Hidden Messages Of Our Voice
This workshop will give you an understanding about what voice is and how we can use it as a tool.
Host: Minttu Ripatti, Phonetitian, CEO, Fonedom
Date: 6th of June, 15:15 – 16:15
How to Achieve PR Success in Silicon Valley and Worldwide
In the course of this workshop, Jonathan Hirshon, acclaimed as perhaps the best PR counsel in the worldwide tech industry, will teach you the do’s, the don’t’s and for God’s sake NEVER do these issues that can make or break a worldwide PR campaign or quest to raise VC money.
Host: Jonathan Hirshon, Principal, Horizon Communications
Date: 6th of June, 16:30 – 17:30
How leaders enable their companies to scaleup
The workshop will walk participants through the main growth hurdles and pain points that every company scaling up faces on its path.
Host: Veijo Komulainen, Counsellor, hosted by: Nordic Scalers & Nordic Innovation
Date: 5th of June, 9:30:00 – 10:30
How to Build and Maintain Relationships With Asian Partners
After this workshop you will recognize the most notable errors in your communication with Asian partners, and you will learn how to build and maintain profitable long term relationships with Asian counterparts.
Date: 6th of June, 12:45 – 13:45
Host: Juha Ritvala, CEO & Founder, UUKU Consulting Oy
Afternoon meetup: “Lithuania – the best-kept secret of European FinTech scene
Discover how in a few years time Lithuania became one of the top hubs of European FinTech scene.
Host: Baltic Sandbox Accelerator
Date: 5th of June, 15:15 – 17:15
How to build a value proposition canvas for startups & innovation projects
How to build a strong value proposition to Health Tech using value proposition canvas.
Host: Aalto Innovation Services
Date: 6th of June, 14:00 – 15:00
The Principles of Social Media – Identify your Brand Voice & Positioning
Andy Krainak is the man behind the huge success of Gary Vaynerchuk’s personal brand – GaryVee. During this special, Q&A focused, workshop you will discover the commonalities all social media platforms have, how to leverage them as platforms and how to evaluate the performance of your brand’s social content.
Host: Andy Krainak, Brand Director, VaynerMedia
Date: 6th of June, 12:45 – 13:45
Tech for impact: Introduction to IBM Cloud & AI
See real life examples about how technology and AI can impact humanity with live demos.
Host: Sandra Calvo, Client Technical Specialist / Miikka Kiiski, Business Development Executive, IBM
Date: 6th of June, 16:30 – 17:30
