🤏 re:compass #37: Small Event Season
Navigator for events during 01–07 February 2021
“Clubhouse. Is the idea to take the least valuable part of conferences and make it scale infinitely? Non-stop expert panel discussions? I was excited …and now I’m confused” Steli Efti tweeted not a long time ago.
It was fun to consider expert panels as the least valuable part of conferences. Having even less value than promotional leaflets that are being pushed in the goodie bags for the attendees?
And then another friend mentioned that Clubhouse is essentially unbundling radio programme and putting on app only one particular part — the one where guests are being interviewed by a radio presenter.
This got me thinking. Is unbundling happening in the event industry?
The answer is sort of yes. Jein, if you speak German. There is nothing, as of yet, that would be a stand alone unbundled version of a big conference. Maybe it is even not supposed to be. Conferences, after all, are a concentrated bundle of so many processes that only make sense if one can take couple days off to enjoy them all. Yet online conferences are unbundling their content into series of smaller, shorter events. They are building communities around themselves, exclusive membership clubs and online networking opportunities.
This sort of unbundling is happening, and it is accelerating in 2021. Next week is dominated by small short events, and the larger conferences split their sessions to conveniently accommodate their attendees work schedules. Looking forward to it.
Let the small event season to commence!
🕴️ Innovation@Work Virtual Week
When: 01–05 February 2021
Access: free
Type: online conference
Innovation@Work is a bold new event by the Economist tightly centered on the future of work. With insight from the world’s most respected corporations on how they are thriving despite disruption, it will host data-driven case studies on leadership, collaboration and productivity. 100+ global speakers, C-Level executives, and other tech leaders will share timely and practical knowledge from recent experiences and transformative work experiments across all functions and industries, giving you fresh inspiration and takeaways to apply to your own 9–5. The agenda splits conference content into 4-hour long sessions every day throughout the week and caters to key interest areas for the cross-functional audience.
When: 02–04 February 2021
Access: free
Type: online conference
Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands
The best way to get to know the Dutch tech ecosystem. The Netherlands is full of groundbreaking startups with huge potential, and it is the home for tomorrow’s leaders in tech. Do not miss this chance to network with some of the biggest scale icons, get all your questions addressed, and discover what 2021 holds for the Dutch tech ecosystem.
🍃 Meet Global Alumni of the Founder Institute and Ask Questions
When: 02 February 2021, 08:00 HKT
Access: free
Format: online session
Alumni of the Founder Institute pre-seed startup accelerator have raised nearly $1 billion in funding, and are building some of the world’s fastest growing technology businesses. As the next Hong Kong cohort gets ready to start, join us for this online and interactive Q&A panel event with the Local Leaders and various program Alumni. Learn the tips and tricks to building a startup, and ask the alumni about their experience in the FI program. Join the event to talk to Ana Lizz Pardo CMO & Co-Founder of Keyboo, Juan Jose Diaz Enriquez, Founder & CEO of Wizdem, and Anatolii Shkliaruk, Co-Founder of Paqt.
🎰 Silicon Allee Online Meet Up
When: 02 February 2021, 09:00 CET
Access: free
Type: online networking
Silicon Allee’s mission has always been to connect Berlin’s tech community with the rest of the world. These days they are organizing regular online meetups. Join this one to meet new people chat roulette style (1-on-1) for five minute chats or visit someone from the Silicon Allee team in their virtual booth on Hopin.
🧸 How to get your brand right for scale
When: 02 February 2021, 14:00 GMT
Access: free
Format: online session
You’re a business owner, with a future unicorn at the reins. You’ve got a cracking team behind you, and enough passion to fuel a rocket ship. Now you need to scale-up, increase revenue and grow your brand loyalty. Join Kelly Mackenzie, Founder & Creative Director of White Bear Studio, to find out how.
🦄 How Your Tech Ecosystem Can Be Successful in Attracting Tomorrow’s Unicorns
When: 03 February 2021, 08:00 GMT
Access: free
Format: online session
Startup ecosystems are in need of attracting startups and scaleups in order to accelerate their startup ecosystems and fuel economic growth. There is growing competition in the global landscape in attracting startups and scaleups. Hear how organizations like The Next Web and Catalonia Trade and Invest have bridged the gap. Join the conversation with Roger Costa, Deputy Director FDI Promotion at Catalonia Trade & Investment, Arno Nijhof, Director of Ecosystems at TNW, and Stephan Kuester, Head of Ecosystem Strategy at Startup Genome.
When: 04 February 2021, 09:00 UTC
Access: free
Format: online session
AI is widely used by Fintechs and has added speed and efficiency to the services they provide. AI solutions do not only improve the precision level in the industry, but enhance the customer engagement level and speed up the query resolution period yet some Fintechs are still hesitant to use AI solutions. What else can AI bring to the table? Can it help overcome AML challenges? Can it bring the speed and customer service to another level? What AI solutions for Fintechs are yet to be developed and are much awaited? Join this session by AI Boost Lithuania to find out.
🌇 Pulse of the startup ecosystem in Stockholm
When: 04 February 2021, 11:00 UTC
Access: free
Format: online session
Stockholm is often called the unicorn factory due to its world-famous startups. During this lecture Ariane Pousette from Invest Stockholm will tell us more about the startup ecosystem in Stockholm, give you an introduction to the major players as well as local communities, and share insights of success factors behind Swedish unicorns.
✔️ 500 Startups Batch 27 Digital Demo Day
When: 04 February 2021, 17:00 GMT
Access: free
Format: online demo day
500 Startups are bringing back their Digital Day format, complete with a livestream with founders’ presentations, an exclusive investor virtual space to connect with the startups and fellow investors, and more. It will showcase their newest accelerator companies and facilitate connections with the investor community. RSVP to the event to get an access to the investor virtual space and connect with startups in this batch.
🐺 Martin Wolf — The World in 2021
When: 04 February 2021, 18:30 GMT
Access: £15 + fees
Format: online session
Admired across the political spectrum for his level-head, independence and lack of dogmatism, Martin Wolf is far more than an astute analyst of global economic affairs. He returns to How To Academy next week in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Matthew Stadlen to explore what the future holds for the post-pandemic, post-populist world. Will the pandemic lead to the greatest upheaval in the social contract since the second world war, the end of globalisation, the beginning of the Asian century? Will it lead to tax rises, inflation, further austerity?
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