BIG BANG LAUNCH:
Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets
When: 23 October 2025
What time: 14.00-16.30 + networking drinks
Where: Epicenter, Edward Storms Gate 2, 0166 Oslo
This event is the BIG BANG LAUNCH of Tech Nordic Advocates and Global Tech Advocates 'Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets' international expansion initiative, headline funded by Oslo Kommune launching at the event.
The event also offers a great opportunity to meet and network with investors and partners and the wider ecosystem who can support this objective.
Who should attend?
Tech Startups, Scaleups, investors and others from the Oslo Region tech startup ecosystem keen to understand how to scale and expand internationally and how to get help to do so from Tech Nordic Advocates and Global Tech Advocates 'Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets' international expansion initiative, headline funded by Oslo Kommune launching at the event.
This event is organised by Tech Nordic Advocates in collaboration with Epicenter Oslo.
PROGRAMME
WELCOME & OPENING
13.30-14.00: Arrival, Coffee and networking
14.00-14.10: Welcome and today's programme - Jeanette Carlsson, Founder and CEO, Tech Nordic Advocates, Head of Europe, Global Tech Advocates
14.10-14.20: OPENING KEYNOTE AND OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF GLOBAL LAUNCH PAD - GATEWAY TO GLOBAL MARKETS - Øyvind Såtvedt, Assistant Director General, Department for Culture and Business Development, City of Oslo
14.20-14.30: Overview of Tech Nordic Advocates , Global Tech Advocates and Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets, Jeanette Carlsson, Founder/CEO, Tech Nordic Advocates and Head of Europe, Global Tech Advocates
14.30-14.55: Promising Norwegian Startups on the Journey. What does it take for Norwegian startups to scale and become global leaders and what do you need from the ecosystem to help you succeed (beyond capital)
Startup speakers: Ingrid Sofie Øvrum, CEO & Co-Founder, Shapemaker; Trygve Mongstad, CEO & Founder, Over Easy Solar; Anna Turvoll, CEO, Völur, Synne Sauar, CEO & Co-Founder, Litech and Simon Rathke, Chief of Staff, Laiout
Moderator: Siw Andersen, CEO, Oslo Business Region
Followed by:
14.55-15.15: Interactive debate - what action do we want to see to help Norwegian tech cos scale up and expand internationally?
Moderator: Jeanette Carlsson, Founder/CEO, Tech Nordic Advocates and Head of Europe, Global Tech Advocates
15.15-15.30: Coffee break
15.30-16.00: Investor and partner perspective: Beyond cash, what do you need to scale and expand internationally
Speakers: Karianne Vintervoll, Partner, KPMG; Alexander Løtvedt, Manager, Nordea Startup & Growth NO; Magnus Gaarder, Partner, nFront Ventures, Krisztina Horvath, Partner, IdeKapital
Moderator: Sagar Chandna, CTO and Senior Partner, Runway FBU
16.00 -16.30: Action: When, what and how to join 'Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets: Jeanette Carlsson, Founder and CEO, Tech Nordic Advocates, Head of Europe, Global Tech Advocates
16.30: Close followed by Networking drinks
