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Slush 2020 — Nov 19-20
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Slush 2019

Brutally hands-on, honest like nowhere else. The stage program of Slush 2019.
Go back and watch the best talks, pitches and product launches.

All Founder StageSaga StageQuantum StageLaunchesPitches
Opening Show
Andreas Saari (Slush), Emma Lehikoinen (Slush)
Fireside between the founders of Stripe and Bolt: building global companies
John Collison (Stripe), Markus Villig (Bolt)
HOW TO BUILD A PRODUCT THAT PEOPLE TRUST WITH THEIR LIVES
Claire Novorol (Ada Health), Victoria Turk (Wired UK)
FIRESIDE CHAT WITH THE FOUNDER & CEO OF SUPERHUMAN
Rahul Vohra (Superhuman), Harry Stebbings (Twenty Minute VC)
STATE OF EUROPEAN TECH: WHERE ARE WE TODAY AND WHAT'S NEXT?
Tom Wehmeir (Atomico), Chris Grew (Orrick), John Collison (Stripe), Linda Griffin (King)
DARING TO TAKE THAT RISK - SUJAY TYLE ON FIRST STEPS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Sujay Tyle (Frontier Car Group), Larry Madovo (BBC Africa)
SEGMENT’S BUMPY ROAD TO PRODUCT-MARKET FIT
Peter Reinhardt (Segment)
SCALING THE EXPERIENCE: FIRESIDE CHAT WITH THE CO-FOUNDER OF KLARNA
Sebastian Siemiatkowski (Klarna), Greg Williams (WIRED UK)
CAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP BE TAUGHT?
Josefiina Kotilainen (Maki.vc), Johan Brand (Kahoot!), Ling Ge (Tencent)
THE 300-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN
Dax Dasilva (Lightspeed), Patrick Pichette (Inovia Capital)
THE EARLY STEPS FROM AN IDEA TO A PRODUCT: FIRESIDE CHAT WITH CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF MASTERCLASS
Eric Liaw (IVP), David Rogier (Masterclass)
FOUNDING CEOS OF WOLT & SMARTLY.IO REFLECT ON THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF EXPANSION
Miki Kuusi (Wolt), Kristo Ovaska (Smartly.io), Linda Liukas (HelloRuby)
FOUNDING STORY OF TWITCH
Kevin Lin (Twitch), Dean Takahashi (Gamesbeat)
WHY OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE IS CRUCIAL FOR INVESTORS
Jessica Schultz (Northzone), Bernard Liautaud (Balderton Capital)
PRODUCT JOURNEY OF CANVA
Cameron Adams (Canva)
Investing In Deeptech: Why and How?
Maryanna Saenko (Future Ventures), Sofia Hmich (Future Positive Capital), Gene Teare (Crunchbase)
Work In Progress: The Companies That Will Define The Future of Work
Sarah Cannon (Index), Sophie Adelman (Whitehat), Karri Saarinen (Linear)
Growth On A Shoestring Budget
Silja Litvin (Psycapps), SACHIN DEV DUGGAL (Builder.ai), Maria Ritola (Iris.ai)
Entrepreneurial Philosophies That Gave Birth To Myspace, Jam City & Unity
Chris Dewolfe (Jam City), David Helgason (Unity)
Venturing Into Asia: What Has Changed In The Past Five Years?
John Lindfors (DST), Ilkka Kivimäki (Maki.vc)
Peeking Behind The Corporate Blinders That Surround The Startup Ecosystem
Deborah Magid (IBM Ventures), TON VAN 'T NOORDENDE (PHX)
Trading Dreams and Millions: Building Trust Between Investor And Founder
Ophelia Brown (Blossom Capital), Guillaume Pousaz (Checkout.com)
Keeping Up With The Helgasons
David Helgason (Unity), Ingvar Helgason (Vitrolabs), Ari Helgason (Index), SIGRÚN DAVÍÐSDÓTTIR (Rúv)
What To Pack When Taking Your Brand Across The Border
LUCIANA LIXANDRU (Accel), Thomas Plantenga (Vinted), Inés Ures (Deliveroo)
Distributed Teams: It's What You Do, Not Where You Are
Sandra Uddbäck (Mapillary), Sarah Nöckel (Dawn Capital)
Building a Toolkit For Data-Driven Decision-Making
Mada Seghete (Branch), STIJN CHRISTIAENS (Collibra), MELISSA JUN ROWLEY (BBC News)
Your Taxi Has Arrived and Is Ready for Takeoff
Remo Gerber (Lilium)
Planning 10 Years Ahead: Deeptech Companies and the Uncertainty Struggle
Derek Hayoang Li (Squirrel AI)
The Lifecycle of Your Team During Fast Scaling
Avi Meir (Travelperk)
Reaching +$1B from the CFO's Perspective: The Balance Between Creativity and Control
Linda Höglund (Luminar)
Discord: Community Building for Customer Acquisition
Eros Resmini (Discord), Eric Peckham (Techcrunch)
Consumer Trust in Cryptocurrencies
Meltem Demirors (Coinshares)
How to Crack Consumer Marketing Without a Marketing Team
John Schoolcraft (Oatly)
World’s Fastest Civil Aircraft: A Fireside on Supersonic Flights
Joe Wilding (Boom Supersonic), NATALIA DROZDIAK (Bloomberg)
The Success of Fortnite: A Psychology and UX Perspective
Celia Hodent
Autonomous Transport: Experiences from Introducing a New System to an Established Industry
Robert Falck (Einride)
Hacking Humans: What Does It Take to Succeed in Biotech
Xavier Duportet (Eligo Bioscience), Robin Wauters (Tech.eu)
Sequencing and Structuring Growth: What to Prioritize at Each Stage of Your Startup Journey
Danny Rimer (Index), Dylan Field (Figma)
Leading to Win: Lessons to Seize and Succeed in Transformative Times
Diane Bryant (Formerly Google Cloud & Intel)
The Next Chapter of European Exits
Christopher Ahlberg (Recorded Future), Bernard Liautaud (Balderton Capital)
Softbank Vision Fund: Why Cross-Startup Collaboration Is The Winning Strategy
Lydia Jett (Softbank), John Thornhill (Financial Times)
Building For The Long Haul: Founder Story of Adyen
Pieter Van Der Does (Adyen), John Thornhill (Financial Times)
The Handbook For Expanding to the Emerging Markets
Oscar Pierre (Glovo), Amy Lewin (Sifted)
Life After Acquisition: The Story of Small Giant Games and Zynga
Timo Soininen (Small Giant Games), Matt Bromberg (Zynga)
Is No VC The VC: Why The Single-Minded Pursuit of VC Money Needs To Stop
Michele Romanow (Clearbanc), Harry Stebbings (Twenty Minute VC)
A Moment with an Iconic Venture Capitalist: Fireside Chat With Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz (Sequoia), Mika Salmi (Lakestar)
The Next Generation of Venture Capital: Fireside with General Catalyst, Sequoia, Lightspeed and NEA
Katherine Boyle (General Catalyst), Andrew Reed (Sequoia), Rytis Vitkauskas (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Crystal Huang (NEA)
Creating a Comms Strategy That Scales Globally from the Get-Go
Bryce Keane (Atomico), D-J Collins (Milltown Partners), Aoife Houlihan (Klarna)
Sharing is Caring: Profits from Optimizing Our Consumption Habits
Elsa Bernadotte (Karma), Michael Kassau (Grover), Elsa Snellman (Soaked by Slush)
Should Founders Be Preparing for an Economic Downturn?
Hjalmar Windbladh (EQT Ventures), Debora Revoltella (European Investment Bank), Nic Brisbourne (Forward Partners), Jason Karaian (Quartz)
What to Keep in Mind While Entering Asian Markets?
Meg Nakamura (Apto Payments), Antonio Separovic (Oradian), Nikola Pavesic (Nikkei)
The Funds behind Funds - What Are They Looking For?
Joe Schorge (Isomer Capital), Katja Bergman (Brightly Ventures)
From Building Brands to Creating Movements
Zem Joaquin (Near Future Summit), Jyri Engeström
Blockchain, from a buzzword to reality
Lily Liu (Earn.com), Kathleen Breitman (Tezos)
Gaming: Antisocial to Social
Selcuk Atli (Bunch), David Gardner, Kelly Mayes (Roblox), Langer Lee (Mixi)
Platform Economy: Symbiosis Between Startups, Corporations and Consumers
Tim Sievers (Deposit Solutions), Erthan Can (Multiple Funds)
The Key to Success Across Industries? Customer-friendly Products
Andrew Shaw (Coya), Sophie Eom (Adriel), Laurel Toby (Supernode Ventures)
HOW TO CREATE A PRODUCT FOR A MARKET THAT DOESN’T EXIST YET?
Edith Harbaugh (Launchdarkly), Chad Fowler (Microsoft), Laurel Toby (Supernode Ventures)
SEO: WHAT ARE YOUR USERS LOOKING FOR?
Ethan Smith (Graphite)
WHY DO WE QUIT OUR JOBS?
Philip Chambers (Peakon)
IT'S A MATCH - OR IS IT? ALIGNING VALUES IN BUSINESS
Whitney Bouck (Hellosign), Katja Toropainen (Inklusiiv)
LEADING YOUR ENGINEERING TEAM THROUGH A PIVOT
Fredrik Hedberg (Tink), Amy Lewin (Sifted)
WINNING THE TALENT WAR: WHAT EMPLOYEE RETENTION REQUIRES TODAY
Cara Brennan Allamano (Udemy), Julia Hämäläinen (Smartly.io)
FROM LAB TO MARKET PAVED WITH BETTER MEDIA COVERAGE
Jan Goetz (IQM), Vivian Chan (Sparrho), Benjamin Joffe (HAX), Gemma Milne (journalist)
MANAGING CHAOS: RESPONSIBILITIES & CHALLENGES OF A STARTUP COO
Tammy Nam (Picsart)
10X THINKING: THE GROWTH STORY OF GIPHY
Alex Chung (GIPHY), Paul Murphy (Northzone)
DATA: THE NEW RULES
Andreas Weigend (Amazon)
CUT THROUGH THE BIAS: HOW NOT TO MISREAD YOUR DATA
Frost Li (Growth Advisor)
NEXTMIND PRODUCT LAUNCH
Sid Kouider (NextMind)
Product Launch: Nightingale Health
Teemu Suna (Nightingale)
Martin Varvasvsky: Overture Life Launch
Martin Varvasvsky (Overture)
Nordic Showcase
Swedish Algae Factory, MeetFrank, IndieFrame, Genki Instruments, Equality Check, Neuro Event Labs
Slush 100 Pitching Competition Final
o.Vision, Eversend, IPDx
Slush 100 – Announcing the Winner
Eversend
Research Pitching Competition Winner
Thomas Hausmaninger (National Metrology Institute of Finland)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 1
Igor Vassilev (University of Tampere)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 2
Tiina Saanijoki (University of Turku)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 3
Carla Elliff (University of São Paulo)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 4
Chiara Gandini (University of Cambridge)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 5
Colm Mc Caffrey (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 6
Tim Rademacher (University of Harvard & University of Northern Arizona University)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 7
Esther Broset (University of Pennsylvania)
Research Pitching Competition Winner Announcement
Thomas Hausmaninger (National Metrology Institute of Finland)