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XcitED 2021

Scaling Up Edtech

Location: Helsinki Education Hub

Address: Runeberginkatu 14-16, 00100 Helsinki

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PLEASE NOTE: Vaccination Pass / Test Required

30 November 2021, 14:00-24:00 EET

14:00 Doors open

​​​​​14:10-14:50 Practical tips to avoid burnout
Workshop hosted by Velbi & N8 (Entre-MWB Project)  

​​​​​15:00-17:00 Scaling Up Edtech, Slush Side Event
 

Opening 

Tuomo Puumala, State Secretary to the Minister for Science & Culture, Ministry of Education & Culture of Finland

Scaling Up Edtech with Blockchain, NFT & Metaverse
Host Olli Sirén, Strategy & Change Comms Director, Miltton

Jyri Engeström, General Partner, Yes VC

Danielius Stasiulis, CEO, BitDegree

Maisa Immonen, Metaverse Artist

Scaling Up Edtech in the Emerging Countries 

Host Mario Barosevcic, Principal, Emerge Education

Angeles Cortesi, Learning Innovation Specialist, Unicef

Arjita Sethi, CEO, New Founder School

Jussi Impiö, Head of Sustainable Solutions, Aalto University

GESAwards Nordic&Baltic Semifinal supported by Amazon Web Services

Opening by Juan Luis Vilchez, EMEA Edtech Lead, AWS

Canopy LAB (Denmark)

GraphoGame (Finland) 

iSpeakAPP (Lithuania)

Peaqs (Denmark)

Skolon (Sweden)

Astrid Education (Sweden)

Hypocampus  (Sweden)

Weco Play (Denmark)

Scaling Up European Edtech, Investor View 

Host Jannie Jeppesen, Vice Chair, European Edtech Alliance

Benoit Wirz, Partner, Brighteye VC 

Charles Madon, Investment Director, EduCapital 

Enrico Poli, Director, Zanichelli Venture

17:00-19:00 Scaling up Networking at Cocktails, Hosted by Brighteye VC 

At Helsinki Education Hub co-working space (4th floor)

19:00-23:00 Scaling Up Fun at XcitED Dinner

GESAwards Winner Announcement

Johanna Sumuvuori, State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign AffairsMinistry for Foreign Affairs of Finland 

XEDU 2022 Accelerator Program Announcement
Antti Korhonen, CEO, xEdu 

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