Oslo Meets Hackney 2016 Recap

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HORIZONTAL PICTURE

ABOUT Oslo Meets Hackney is an annual event that connects and boosts commercial ties between Oslo and London. The City of Oslo and the Borough of Hackney signed a MOU in 2014, with the goal of promoting, connecting and building on existing network for the startups in the tech and creative industries sector through exchange of knowledge and collaboration.

Oslo Meets Hackney 2016 investigated the future of financial tech and urban innovation. Partners and speakers included Oslo and London based companies, startups, organizations, investors, media and first movers. Main partners for Oslo Meets Hackney 2016 was the City of Oslo, Borough of Hackney, The Royal Norwegian Embassy in London, The British Embassy in Oslo, Innovation Norway in London, ICT Norway and The Trampery.

Oslo Meets Hackney 2016

BRUNCH PROGRAM

“I had a thoroughly productive day at Oslo x Hackney 2016. As a VC, I was looking to meet top-tier entrepreneurs, connect with other investors/advisors and gain further regional market and trend insight. The event fulfilled those to a tee. Thumbs up.”

Magnus Rinnan Gaarder, Alpha Nordic Ventures

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10:00 Rikke Høvding, NVCA - moderator 10:00 Mayor Marianne Borgen, City of Oslo 10:05 Cllr Guy Nicholson, Borough of Hackney 10:10 Lawrence Wintermeyer, Innovate Finance 10:25 Espen Grimstad, Payr 10:30 Marcus Manning, Future Cities Catapult 10:45 Thomas Berman, SoCentral 10:50 Andrew Collinge, Greater London Authority 11:05 Christine Fløysand, By Nature 11:10 Johan Høgåsen Hallesby, Oslo City Bike 11:15 Fredrik Syversen, ICT Norway 11:20 Lunch in the lounge area 12:30 Seminar program start

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SEMINAR PROGRAM

“Fantastic arena for us to gain access to key players within the UK Fintech industry.” - David Salvail, Zeipt (Norwegian fintech startup)

12:30 Welcome by Fredrik Winther, Oslo Business Region 12:32 Rikke Høvding, NVCA – moderator 12:35 Charles Armstrong, The Trampery 12:40 Thomas Berman, SoCentral 12:50 Johan Chr. Høgåsen-Hallesby, Oslo City Bike 1:00 Cenk Gurz, Btrfly 1:10 Christine Fløysand, Powered by Nature 1:20 Short Break 1:30 Ingar S Bentsen, FinTech Factory 1:45 Magnus Rinnan Gaarder, Nauta Capital 1:55 Pitches – Espen/Payr, Murshid/Huddlestock, David/Zeipt, Bastien/Edgefolio.

Panel – Magnus/Nauta, Olivia/Smedvig, Vanessa/ Founders Factory and Tom/Silicon Valley Bank 2:25 Shaul David, UK Department for International Trade 2:35 Fireside chat on fintech Powercouples Panel – Murshid M. Ali (HuddleStock), Liv Freihow (ICT Norway) and Shaul David (UK DiT) 3:00 Closing remarks

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FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS • • • • • •

More women on stage Get partners involved at an earlier stage so they can organize more meetings.

Involve partners in a different for higher involvement Get 1-3 communication partners (media partners) Request invite works well but need at least 5 weeks ahead of event More networking and interactive sessions

PARTNER FEEDBACK 3.7 Partners own promo of the event in social media.

2.8 Partners’ score on personal invitations to the event

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Partner feedback on Oslo Business Region’s project management: program

Partner feedback on Oslo Business Region’s project management: social media

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Scale 1-5, where 5 is best. Numbers are based on feedback from 15 partners.

Vanessa Gstettenbauer Senior Investment Manager Founders Factory @foundersfactory

Magnus Rinnan Gaarder Investment Manager Nauta Capital Soon Alpha Nordic Ventures

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Olivia Neale Associate Smedvig Capital @smedvigcapital

Tom Butterworth Director, Early Stage Banking Silicon Valley Bank @SVB_Financial

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FinTech Powercouples Chat

Liv Freihow

Murshid M. Ali

Shaul David

Director Industry Policy ICT Norway And Head of Fintech Forum

Startup Huddlestock

Fintech Specialist UK Department for International Trade

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