UEF Startup Day, Joensuu

UEF Startup Day will be held for the fourth time in November 2024, once again on the Joensuu campus in the lobby of the Carelia building on Thursday, November 28, from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM.

The event will showcase examples of how the skills of university students and researchers can lead to the creation of companies and business ventures. There will also be information sessions on entrepreneurship services and studies offered by the university, as well as on support activities and networks provided by stakeholders to promote entrepreneurship.

This time, the featured entrepreneurship stories include EduZolve, Ouro Stories, JEDI, and Sportspot. The detailed program will be available soon and will be updated in this announcement.

The primary language of the event is English.

All students, researchers, and staff interested in entrepreneurship and the commercialization of skills and research are welcome, regardless of educational background, as well as representatives from entrepreneurship-related stakeholder groups.

Pizza and coffee will be available for those who register in advance by 27 Nov.

Programme

11:00 Welcome!

11:05 Case story: EduZolve

11:20 info: Entrepreneurship studies in UEF

11:25 Case story: JEDI

11:40 info: Draft Program

11:45 break 20 minutes

12:05 info: Havuja Bootcamp & event subsidies for innovation services

12:10 Case-story: Ouro Stories

12:25 Business Joensuu

12:30 Case-story: Sportspot

12:50 Joensuu Entrepreneurship Society JoES

12:55 Final words + Q&A

13:00 Free networking

13:30 Event ends

For further information, please contact Tomi Tuovinen, tomi.tuovinen@uef.fi, phone +358 50 571 5046. 

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