Scale-up Summit Oslo

29-30 September 2021Epicenter Oslo

Interact. Inspire. Inform.

We need to drive more and faster innovation in order to move our society forward into a more sustainable future. To do so, we need more ambitious growth companies.

Companies that are not leaning on the old, but looking for the new. Are you interested in how to succeed with some of the major scaleup challenges out there? Our scale up summit looks to interact with, inspire and inform exciting entrepreneurs, founders, employees and you to help enable Oslo, Norway and the Nordics become an area that attracts the right people, capital and companies. And through this, create more scale ups in the region.

When:

September 30th at 14:00-16:00

Where:

Depending on your preference, you can either watch the stream online, or participate in our live event hosted at Epicenter Oslo, Edvard Storms gate 2, 0166 Oslo

Digital stream link:

https://vimeo.com/event/133710...

Oh, and also:

Epicenter is also hosting Fuck up Night this evening from 18:00-20:00!
Make sure to sign up to get some amazing stories.

Want to grab a bite to eat, or have a drink between the events? You are most welcome to join our lowkey after work in the Epicenter restaurant!

Epicenter Oslo

Edvard Storms gate 2, Oslo

Program

14.00 – 14.30:
Mingle and registration at Epicenter for participants at the live event

14.30 – 14.40:
Welcome by Epicenter, and introduction to the main topic of today: how do we get more successful scale ups?

14.40 – 14.55:
Talent attraction: how do we get more talent to the region? And how do we keep them here?

Svein Sørensen, CEO at Talented

14.55– 15.10:
Talent development: how do we go about filling the talent gap ourselves. Long term we need more tech students. But that is not done in a day. Is there a short term solution?

Tale Skjølsvik, Vice Dean at Oslo Metropolitan University

15.10 – 15.25:
Smart investments: scaleups need funding. But how do you secure the right investors that let you invest time in developing your company, without the fear of having to loose power of your company to secure growth?

Thomas Wrede-Holm, Investment Director at Investinor

15.25 – 15.40:
Scaleup growth pains: finding and developing talent can be a pain. But how do you retain talent, develop a strong company culture while going from a few to many employees? And how do you make sure your team is strong enough to hold through this growth stage?

Klara Vatn, Head of Design at Spacemaker AI

15.40 – 15.55:
Political changess: scaleups experience many boundaries they cannot solve themselves. In what way can politicians make it easier for scaleups to focus on growing their company, not on paperwork? And how can entrepreneurs help influence political change?

Sondre Jahr Nygaard, Head of Innovation at Abelia

15.55 – 16.00:
Final remarks, last advise of the day and potential for follow up.

16.00-18.00:
AfterWork! For those that don’t want the night to end, there is an afterwork at Epicenter until 18.00 followed by our next event: FuckUp Night. Want to join the after work and FuckUp Night?
You can sign up by following this link

18.00-20.00:
Fuck up Night!

Speakers

Svein Sørensen
CEO / Talented

Svein Sørensen is the CEO and co-founder of Talented Norge AS. He has been in the Recruitment business for more than 20 years and has been a partner in several recruitment /headhunter agencies. He strongly believes and works hard to change the way of thinking about how to attract good tech talents to the Nordics. Through this vision, Talented established themselves as a solid Nordic entrepreneur in the business.

Tale Skjølsvik
OsloMet

Tale Skjølsvik works as vice dean for research at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design. She has a doctorate in strategy from BI and works as a professor of technology management at OsloMet. Tale has experience as a consultant from Bain & Company in Stockholm and Gemini Consulting (now Cap Gemini). She also has extensive lecturer experience and gives lectures and courses in digitization and management, strategy and entrepreneurship. Tales' research interests include strategy in knowledge-intensive service companies, digitalisation in working life and the procurement of consulting services.

Thomas Wrede-Holm
Investment Director / Investinor

Thomas has a master's degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Management (NHH). When Thomas joined Investinor in 2019, he brought with him almost 20 years of experience as a corporate finance advisor both in Norway and internationally. Thomas works primarily with active follow-up of existing portfolio companies across various sectors, as well as sourcing of new investments. In light of his extensive M&A and capital market experience, he also provides transaction-based assistance to various investment teams internally as needed.

Klara Vatn
Head of Design / Spacemaker

Klara Vatn is Head of Design in Spacemaker. She is a digital product designer with 18 years experience designing great products, specialised in combining the design process with agile mindset. The last three years she has been using all her experience to disrupt the way we design our cities, building both the Spacemaker product and organisation from scratch.

Sondre Jahr Nygaard
Head of innovation / Abelia

Sondre Jahr Nygaard is Head of Innovation and Business Development at Abelia. His main focus is to improve the frameworks and the overall conditions for Norwegian startups and scaleups. Sondre is above average interested in politics within education and research, and wrote a master’s degree about technology, innovation and knowledge from the Univeristy in Oslo.

Organized by

Epicenter Oslo @epicenteroslo

Edvars Storms gate 2, 0166 Oslo