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Join AWS in Helsinki for Slush 2019

AWS is back in Helsinki, Finland for its third year at the Slush Conference. This year’s event is expected to host 25,000 attendees, including 4,000 startups, and 2,000 investors.  For full details on the event, visit https://www.slush.org/events/helsinki

Our AWS team will be on site, so drop by and see us at our booth. The activities that we’re running include:

Mentor Hours aimed at providing hundreds of startups with the opportunity and time to ask one-on-one questions and connect with media experts, top speakers, and lead investors.

Booth programming featuring expert speakers from the AWS team around the world, as well as fireside chats from AWS customers.  They will cover a wide range of business and technical topics geared toward startups. Whether you’re just getting started, or interested in diving deep in specific technologies or architecture patterns, join us. You can find the complete, schedule of programming below:

Founders Day Programming – Kaiku (Kaikukatu 4, 00530 Helsinki)

Wednesday, November 20th

  • 5:00-5:45pm  – Keeping your Startup DNA as you Scale your Business
    • Bijal Nagrashna, Sr. Startup BDM Nordics & Baltics, AWS

Booth Programming – AWS Footprint # 7B.9

Thursday, November 21st

  • 9:00-9:50am – How to Build your MVP using AWS
    • Rob de Feo, Startup Evangelist EMEA, AWS
  • 10:00-10:50am – Building a Backend for your MVP in 45 Minutes with Serverless
    • Nicolas Moutschen, Startup Solutions Architect, AWS
  • 11:00-11:50 – Set Yourself up for Success: Your AI/ML Project Checklist
    • Anton Popovine, Startup Solutions Architect, AWS
  • 12:00-12:50pm – Voice is the New Controller
    • Mark Bate, Game Tech Solutions Architect, AWS
  • 1:00-1:50pm – Blast Radius: Getting your Game Launch Ready for Maximum Impact
    • Andjela Kusmuk, Startup & Game Tech BDM Nordics, AWS
    • Ivan Milles, Senior Game Developer, Dice
  • 2:00-2:50pm – Building an Analytics Pipeline for your Game
    • Marcia Villalba, Technical Evangelist, AWS
  • 3:00-3:50pm – How to Build, Ship and Launch Mobile Applications Quickly using AWS
    • Anupam Mishra, Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture, AWS
  • 4:00-4:50pm – Choosing the right Container Orchestrator on AWS
    • Dima Breydo, Solutions Architect, AWS

Friday, November 22nd

  • 9:00-9:50am – The Lean Startup: Customer driven development, before you even start building
    • Paul Duffy, Leader WW Solutions Architecture, Startups, AWS
  • 10:00-10:50am – Marketing Essentials for Building the Right Startup Strategy
    • Fatih Mehtap, Head of Game Tech Marketing EMEA, AWS
  • 11:00-11:50 – Hiring the Amazon way: 10 Best Practices for Hiring Winning Teams
    • Jonno Southam, Sr Venture Capital BDM, AWS
  • 12:00-12:50pm – Mapillary Customer Session: Back to basics: Improving mobility through better map
    • Jan Erik Solem, CEO Mapillary
  • 1:00-1:50pm – Confessions of a Founder
    • Q&A moderated by: Michael Copeland, Editor-in-Chief, AWS Startups
  • 2:00-2:50pm – How we think about Innovation at Amazon
    • Shayan Sanyal, Sr. Startup BDM France, AWS
  • 3:00-3:50pm – Using Next Level Tech to Empower Creative Teams of All Size
    • Jen Maclean, Head of Global Game Tech BD, AWS
  • 4:00-4:50pm – Nailing and Scaling your Global Go-to-Market Strategy
    • Jonno Southam, Sr Venture Capital BDM, AWS

Garden Chamber WorkShops – AWS Garden Chamber Lower Gallery

Friday, November 22nd

  • 9:00-9:50am – How to Build your MVP using AWS
    • Rob de Feo, Startup Evangelist EMEA, AWS
  • 10:00-10:50am – Building a Backend for your MVP in 45 Minutes with Serverless
    • Nicolas Moutschen, Startup Solutions Architect, AWS
  • 11:00-11:50 – Set Yourself up for Success: Your AI/ML Project Checklist
    • Anton Popovine, Startup Solutions Architect, AWS
  • 12:00-12:50pm – Voice is the New Controller
    • Mark Bate, Game Tech Solutions Architect, AWS
  • 1:00-1:50pm – Blast Radius: Getting your Game Launch Ready for Maximum Impact
    • Andjela Kusmuk, Startup & Game Tech BDM Nordics, AWS
    • Ivan Milles, Senior Game Developer, Dice
  • 2:00-2:50pm – Building an Analytics Pipeline for your Game
    • Marcia Villalba, Technical Evangelist, AWS
  • 3:00-3:50pm – How to Build, Ship and Launch Mobile Applications Quickly using AWS
    • Anupam Mishra, Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture, AWS
  • 4:00-4:50pm – Choosing the right Container Orchestrator on AWS
    • Dima Breydo, Solutions Architect, AWS

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