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Overview

Nordic Tech Tour 2010

The European Tech Tour Association is returning to the Nordic region for our second edition of 2010 - The Nordic Tech Tour. The Nordic Tech Tour will cover companies from Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and will offer companies from Iceland and Estonia the opportunity to present as well. This new regional format will give entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet international investors more frequently and facilitate investor access to a wider range of companies. The Nordic Tech Tour will be held in Helsinki, Tallinn and Stockholm on June 15-17, 2010.

Objectives

To identify the upcoming and leading top 30 high-growth privately held Nordic companies in Europe and to introduce them to key European, US and Asian investors and professionals who can assist in their global expansion.

Preliminary Program

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 (Helsinki)
13:00 Registration & check into Hotel
13:30 Welcome & Company Presentations
19:00 Cocktail and Gala Dinner with 250 guests and Keynote speech (invitation only)

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 (Helsinki & Tallinn)
07:00 Networking Breakfast
08:00 Company presentations & coffee break
12:00 Networking Lunch
13:00 Company presentations & Coffee break
15:30 Transfer to Tallinn
19:00 Special event & dinner in Tallin
Thursday, June 17, 2010 (Stockholm)
07:00 Transfer to Stockholm and Networking Breakfast
08:00 Company presentations & coffee break
12:00 Networking Lunch
13:00 Company presentations & Coffee break
15:30 Closing cocktails & Transfer to airport

2010 Nordic Tech Tour Selection Committee

A group of highly regarded professionals have undertaken the responsibility of screening and selecting the companies to the presented at the 2010 Nordic Tech Tour. A selection committee was set up to ensure the independence of the selection process. It is composed by experienced and highly regarded senior professionals, from relevant backgrounds and industry expertise, such as venture capital, technology industry, investment banks, and research.

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2010 Nordic Tech Tour Team

Jarkko Virtanen President	Jussi Harvela VP Selection Committee	Allan Martinson VP Baltic Operations
Kaisa Hirvensalo Event Coordinator	Anna Ojansivu Event Coordinator

2010 Nordic Tech Tour Selection Committee

Sub-committee Baltics:

Allan Martinson MTVP, Sub-committee Leader Baltics	Andres Susi MTVP	Tarvo Tamm Connect Estonia
Margus Uudam Ambient Ventures

Sub-committee Denmark:

Arve Johan Andresen Northzone Ventures	Tommy Walter Hansen Capman	Bjarne Henning Jensen Vaekstfonden, Team Leader Sub-committee Denmark
Soren Nielsen NorthCap Partners	Peter Tottrup Seed Capital

Sub-committee Finland:

Keith Bonnici Veraventure, Team Leader Sub-committee Finland	Sami Lampinen Inventure
Jari Mieskonen Conor	Juha Mikkola Eqvitec	Artturi Tarjanne Nexit

Sub-committee Norway:

Torleif Ahlsand Northzone Ventures	Annar Bohn Ferd	Jens Peter Falck Incitia
Thomas Falck Agenda Capital, Team Leader Sub-committee Norway	Joar Welde Viking Venture

Sub-committee Sweden:

Lea Bajc Northzone	Daniel Blomqvist Creandum	Hadar Cars Eqvitec
Linda Holjo Innkap	Anders Lindqvist Via Venturepartners, Team Leader Sub-committee Sweden	Peo Nilsson Capman

Final Selection Committee Team:

Jussi Hattula Teollisuussijoitus	Bart Markus Wellington Partners	Tero Mennander Nokia
Jari Pasanen Sitra	Daniel Waterhouse Wellington Partners

Advisory Board

Carl Peter Matson

Pekka Roine
Finnish TT 2005

Helga Valfells
NBVF, Advisor Iceland

Presenting Companies

A list of the companies that are selected to present during the 2010 Nordic Tech Tour will be available 1 month after the event takes place.

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