Our agenda for UPPSTART ONLINE being held virtually on 3rd December 2021 (all day/evening!) is below. We’ll be running 20+ content tracks with tons of amazing speakers. Keep checking back here for new sessions and you can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin or Youtube for frequent updates and most importantly to give us some ❤️
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Morning Welcome Mingle
A chance to say hello to all our attendees and explore the virtual platform interface shortly before the main sessions kick off!
Introduction to UPPSTART ONLINE 2020
A brief introduction of UPPSTART ONLINE 2020 from our founder with some information on what to expect from the day’s events.
Workshop on Getting the Maximum Value from Online Events
An interactive workshop on how to get the maximum value out of this year’s UPPSTART event in the new virtual format.
How Can Big Industry Think and Act Like a Startup
How to structure larger organisations to think and act like a startup does. Not an easy challenge, but something Johanna Staaf has vast experience with.
Virtual Meditation
A unique guided virtual meditation where Kim explains what meditation does to your brain as it happens.
The 10 Most Important Deal Terms In Your Next Funding Round
A data-driven talk on what startup founders should or shouldn’t have in their seed stage agreements.
TestaCenter Startup Showcase
A session on what the Swedish government and Cytiva initiative Testa Center do, with presentations from promising startups in the program.
How Live Video is Redefining Commerce As We Know It
Learn how the fusion of Live Video and eCommerce transforms the world’s largest brands.
Why Sleep is a Critical Success Factor for Startups
Frida Rångtell, sleep expert and PhD, will talk about why sleep is an important asset to any tech startup founder in today’s high speed world.
Using IoT and Blockchain to Automate Factories
How factories can use the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technology to successfully automate their factories.
Challenges You Will Face as a CEO When Scaling Your Company
Learn what challenges await a CEO scaling a company and how to overcome them.
How to Build a World Class Network for Your Startup
Mei Wen talks about her insights and on how she built a world class network whilst traveling to over 120 countries, and how doing so could be a valuable marketing strategy.
Industry 5.0. The Future of Human and Robot Collaboration
Get a robotics expert insight into the future, where humans and robots will collaborate in the next industry wave.
Redefining an Entire Category
Learn how early-stage startups must think to redefine an entire category.
How to Succeed at HR after the Remote Working Revolution
Learn how startups and HR teams succeed in the new era of remote work.
My Story. Martin Lindman – Founder @ Doktor.se
Hear the story behind Doktor.se by founder Martin Lindman, who created the third largest digital healthcare provider in Europe.
Why AI is Ecommerce’s New Best Friend
A session about the current and future AI implementation in eCommerce and how owners can use AI to reduce fraud and improve user experience.
How Manufacturers Can Become Truly Customer-Centric
Learn what you can do as a manufacturer to put your customer first.
How To Come Up With and Validate Startup Ideas
Learn how a successful entrepreneur and ex-Google and Facebook marketer crafts and validates startup ideas.
The Future of Gaming Media
A session on the now and future of the massive gaming industry, catering to 2.7 billion people globally.
Greentech Startups are Reversing Human Environmental Effects
A moderated fireside session GreenTechs initiatives and efforts to save the planet.
My Story. Zhong Yuan Xu – Founder @ Deliverect
Software engineer, co-founder, and CEO of Deliverect share his story with insights and practical tips for entrepreneurs.
How Today’s Startups are Using AI
Kye Andersson of Peltarion shares his expertise on how big startups use AI, and how you can too.
Megadeals Workshop. How to Win Bigger Deals with Less
Johan Åberg, founder and CEO of Next State runs an interactive workshop on how focusing on highly profitable megadeals can increase revenue dramatically.
Bagging a Job in a Cool Tech Startup
Sofia Broberger, startup recruitment guru, shares her insights on how to land a job in a flourishing tech startup.
The Future of Technology Within Life Science
Get insight into current and future Life Science technology innovations and learn how your startup can get involved with Cytiva.
Using The Cloud to Fix Food Production
A talk on how cloud computing can help solve current problems in the global food supply chain.
Why Google Shopping Doesn’t Work for Many Retailers
A session that shines a light on the common mistakes holding back retailers using Google Shopping, with practical tips and insights.
How To Succeed at Digital Transformation
Contributing Editor at Forbes shares what steps to take to succeed at Digital Transformation.
Improving Mental Health with Virtual Reality
A session on how virtual and augmented reality is used to treat and help people with mental health conditions.
Building an Intellectual Property Plan to Support Growth & Investment
A session by a prominent Patent Attorney on how startups can secure their ideas and patents.
Speed Matchmaking (Invite Only & Public)
Speed networking for both those who have been invited to meet investors, and everyone else! Join the “matchmaking” area to the left of the site and meet some new contacts in 1:1 video sessions timed at 3 minutes each.
My Story. Charlotta Holmquist – Founder @ BL!XT
Serial-entrepreneur, co-founder and Executive Chairman of BL!XT shares her journey to entrepreneurial success.
A Guide to Startup Marketing in 2020
A complete guide to the first successful marketing strategy for startups.
How to Build Great Tech, Design and Sustainability Without Compromise
The President of X Shore, aka the first floating Tesla, shares how to build world class tech and design without compromise to our planet.
Investing in the Next Wave of Game Makers
A fireside discussion on the future of cloud computing with two prolific figures in the gaming industry.
Building a Startup Without Raising Capital
Find out about the often unhyped path of building a startup without raising capital, and why might want to do that.
How Your Startup Can Become a Talent Magnet
A session from talent acquisition and recruitment expert on attracting the best people for your startup – even in tough financial times.
Changing Treatment Models from Reactive to Proactive
Learn how new proactive treatment models lead to long-lasting weight-loss results.
When Food Meets Blockchain
Learn if blockchain is the answer for FoodTech companies – and how they can use it and scale effectively.
Smart City Stories From Uruguay
Stories of how Uruguay’s capital become one of the region’s smartest cities.
The Opportunity Ahead for Mental Health Startups
A session with the co-founder of mental-wellness app Meditopia, on the lucrative opportunities for mental health startups.
How to Change Your Prototyping as You Scale Your Business
The co-founder of Stockholm based breakthrough lab Prototyp talks about how startups can build an MVP and prototype.
How Millions Taking Small Actions Can Lead to a Big Impact
A personal story on how we can empower people to act towards saving our planet through small actions.
Making Your Startup Marketing Data-Driven
Hubspot’s marketing guru shares the importance of data-driven marketing, with practical insight and examples.
Bouncing Back from Startup Meltdowns
Startup meltdowns are common but often unspoken about. Jarno Eerola talks about how he bounced back from his.
When Food Innovation Goes Into The Cloud
A session sharing how cloud technology in the food industry can reduce our sugar consumption, and what the opportunities are for startups.
Designing with Ethics in Mind
Learn how ethical principles play a role in designing and how to start pushing healthier design concepts.
Using Neuroscience to Improve Recruiting and Team-Building in Startups
Learn how to use neuroscience and evidence-based psychological assessment tools to better understand, attract and retain and boost peoples performance in your startup.
The Future of Digital Assets
An insightful fireside session on the now and future of DeFi and blockchain.
Bringing Smart Innovation to the Supply Chain
A session on how new technology is currently improving supply chains around the world.
Bringing Healthcare Construction Into The Future
Co-founder and CEO of ATLAS shares their insights into the intersection of healthcare construction and technology.
Getting VC Investment in the Covid-19 Era. What You Need to Know
A fireside session with tech juggernaughts Will Sheldon (Accel) and Robin Wauters (Tech.eu) on securing venture capital investments in tough economic times.
Fighting the Battle Against Food Waste with AI
Keynote session explaining how Zéro-Gâchis uses AI to fight food waste in supermarkets.
AI vs Covid-19
A session on how artificial intelligence helps the world in the fight against COVID-19 and its impacts.
How To Build a Startup Network in a Post Covid-19 Era
Learn how why and how to build a robust network virtually or socially distant in these new times
How To Get Your Startups Voice Heard Amongst The Digital Noise
Learn what you can do as a startup to disrupt industries, get heard, and become immensely successful.
How to Build a Thriving Startup Culture That Performs
A session on empowering individuals in startups to succeed and breathe a high-performance culture collectively.
My Story. Johan Attby – Founder @ Fishbrain
The Co-founder and CEO of FishBrain share his insightful story on developing a successful global app.
How to Use Design Thinking In Your Startup
Learn why Design Thinking might be the only tool your startup will ever need.
Why We Procrastinate, and What To Do About It
An emotion analytics expert shares the science behind procrastination and shows how startups can fight this to stay productive.
Using Virtual Reality to Disrupt Rehab & Therapy
Learn how virtual reality helps stroke and spinal cord injury patients in their rehabilitation journey.
When Banks Meet Tech Innovation
An insight into how banks and financial institutions drive innovation in the world of technology and how startups play a crucial role.
My Story. Erik Bergman – Founder @ Great.com
The story of the man who made $50 million before 30 and bought the domain Great.com for $900,000 to stop climate change.
The Potential for AI to Fill the Widening Value Gap In Music
Learn how AI can help artists get their music discovered.
Global Challenges Cannot Be Summarized In a Tweet
An insightful session on the new strategies and ways needed to solve global challenges, post COVID-19.
Early Stage Investor Pitching
An invite only session for hand picked early stage startups to do short “elevator” style pitches to the hundreds of investors attending UPPSTART that we have curated from all over the world.
How and When Founders Should Prepare For Their Exit
A session with practical tips and insight on when and how to successfully exit your startup.
How Global Retail Brands Use Immersive Technology to Improve Sales
A session on how the most notable retail brands improve their key metrics with immersive technology.
Leveraging AI to Avoid Bias and Ensure Diversity in the Workplace
A session on why companies should ensure diversity – and how to get there with the help of AI.
The Business Case for UX / Experience Design
Learn the importance of UX design in startups with business cases and examples to back it up.
No More Founder Self-Doubt!
Learn how to rid yourself of the toxic thoughts that often plague entrepreneurs and startup founders.
My Story. Johnny Boufarhat – Founder @ Hopin
Founder of Hopin (the event platform UPPSTART is using!) shares his personal story on how he grew a multi-million dollar online conference platform.
How Startups Can Pick the Right Marketing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
An interactive and practical workshop that helps early-stage startups to choose the critical KPI’s they must monitor.
Accelerating Positive Change By Redesigning Plastics
A session on a new, sustainable type of plastic with the potential to help save the environment.
Creating 3D Worlds With Your Voice
Learn how you can build a vast and interactive 3D world – using only your voice.
Scaling from Student Company to Billion SEK Startup in 4 Years
Learn how Budbee scaled from tiny to successful unicorn startup in just a few years.
Why You Should Own your Airplay Data
How and why musicians should use digital signature tech to understand data on where their music plays across radios all over the world.
How To Go About Starting Your Own Game Studio
A session with co-founder and CMO of Nag Studios on how to start your game studio – and if you should.
ADHD. Is it Really a Superpower for Entrepreneurs?
A fireside session featuring entrepreneurs with ADHD to learn if the mental disorder is a curse or a blessing.
Beyond the Touch Screen: The Future of Tactile Technologies
A session on what tactile interfaces, like touch screens, will hold in the future.
Enhanced Reality as a Tool for Human Empowerment
A fireside discussion with three experts in immersive technology, on the impacts and future of enhanced reality.
Working For Shares at Impactful Companies
A session on how to implement an Individual Social Responsibility strategy to become a more environmental-friendly professional.
Emotion AI. How Boundaries Between Man & Machine will Disappear
A session with insights from an innovation leader on what Emotion AI is and how it works.
The Trend Towards Self Releasing Your Own Music
A session that covers how music artists and entrepreneurs can self-release their music with excellent results.
A Hybrid Mix of Sports and Esports
Hybrid games, that combine esports with actual sports are on the rise, Kristoffer Greve Nielsen of JABII tells us why.
An insightful talk about an area of gaming that combines movement and sports with gaming.
Are Exit Strategies Toxic?
Discover why against popular belief, an exit strategy might be a startup’s worst enemy.
Scaleup Stage Investor Pitching
An invite only session for hand picked growth stage startups to pitch and present to investors attending UPPSTART that we have curated from all over the world.
How To Implement Social Development Goals Into Your Startup
A talk on why social development goals matter and how you can implement them in your startup – before it’s too late.
How To Accelerate the Speed of AI Adoption
Informal fireside chat with two leaders in artificial intelligence on how to accelerate AI growth.
How to Bootstrap a Hardware Product Without a Big Budget
The founder of two successful hardware startups shares how to develop a hardware product for a reasonable cost.
How to Empower Girls to Shape The Future Using Tech
A session giving facts and statistics on how will women shape the future of tech, and how to get girls interested in tech before they lose interest.
Creating the Next Generation of Cockpits
A session on how Volvo takes advantage of eye-tracking and face-tracking technology and VR/AR to develop future cars.
The Mental Health Crisis: What Can Startup Founders Do About It
A fireside session with the founder of Startups.com Wil Schroter and moderator Mike Butcher (Techcrunch) on how startup founders can take care of their mental health.
Corporate Action with Startups on Sustainable Development Goals
A session on how startups can be the key to helping large organizations move towards sustainable development goal success.
Scaling Product Hunt from 1 to Millions of Users
Radoslav Stankov shares the backend story of Product Hunt, and how they went from an email list to millions of users.
What Not To Do When You Raise Funding For Your Startup
Learn the crucial things NOT to do when pitching your startup to investors.
Designing a Better Common Future
A session on how design thinking and immersive technologies can be used to build a more responsible future, post-COVID-19.
How Growth Hacking is Changing and What Startups Need to Know
Sean Ellis, creator of the term “Growth Hacking” and considered by many to be the founder of the worldwide growth hacking movement shares practical insights on growth hacking for startups.
Helping More Kids to Find Science as Their Passion
Discover MEL Science’s unique approach to helping kids find their science passion
Mastering Your Mindset – Your Startup’s Biggest Asset
Kyle Hermans holds a session sharing why utilising your mind to its fullest can be a extremely valuable to a startup.
Transforming Behavior in the Workplace with Immersive Technologies
An insightful session on the world of virtual reality and its application in behavioral training.
PitchUP 2020 Finals
A handful of pre-selected early stage startup founders will pitch to investors and everyone else in the audience. This is public, and the winner is chosen by an audience vote!
How to Drive Digital Transformation Through Partnerships
The CEO/Vice President Strategy & Business Development of Microsoft Sweden and Sandvik Coromant discuss how their recent partnership can drive digital transformation, and how others can follow their blueprint.
Giving Investors the Growth Data They Need
Learn what data driven investors will ask for in growth rounds, and how early startups can put processes in place to prepare ahead.
What Successful Scaleup Founders have in Common
Mike Butcher (Techcrunch) and Carl Fritjofsson (Creandum) discuss what critical skills and attributes founders of scaleups have in common.
Doing Design for Billions of Users
Jay Kothari, head of Product Management for Material Design at Google gives some rare insights into how Google thinks about design at extreme scale.
How Technology Can Support Parents Through Their Kids Early Years
A talk on how technology can help parents raise bright kids and close the primary school readiness gap.
Changing the Agenda: From Problem Creators to Solution Providers
A session on new approaches towards finding excellent solutions for the world’s problems.
Community-Driven Musical Happening
Jurgis, an edutainer, social alchemist and creative campaigner, will be performing a very special interactive musical happening as part of our after event program.
Virtual Startup Pub Quiz
A fun, virtual pub quiz with a tech startup theme. Answer questions, and bring drinks along if you’s like. The winner of the quiz will be winning an awesome prize (to be announced soon)!
Beer Tasting Extraordinaire with Prototyp
Stockholm/Barcelona-based code lab Prototyp is opening a new office in Sweden, and has decided to organize something fun and unique for some hand picked future friends & partners. This invite-only will involve virtual beer tasting and there will be a mingle afterwards with some great networking opportunities.
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