EVENTS 2010
EVENTS 2009 are moved here

(Looking for event sponsors:  London, Tokyo and Bangalore)

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Mobile Africa
Time: 8.30-18.00, Thursday September 30th, 2010
Place: Astoria Hall, Iso Roobertinkatu 14, 00120 Helsinki

Welcome to Europe's largest happening on mobile opportunities in Africa. More details here. 

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Tampere Synapse
Time: 6-9pm, Tuesday June 8th, 2010
Place: Demola (www.demola.fi), Väinö Linnan aukio 15, 3rd floor
(Siperia area), Tampere

Jointly with Protomo



Let's get together once more before the summer cottages and sunny
terraces steal all of our time and mental capacity and have a Synapse
evening at Tampere. The format is the same with couple of interesting
pitches from startups and then informal networking. Facilities and
snacks are offered by our sponsor Protomo.

Confirmed speakers:
- Juha Kaario - Mobile Co-Creation
- Pekka Pirttiaho - Mobile Tools
- Pertti Salminen - MobileMonday
- Tuomas Kumpula - Geniem

If you want to introduce your company in this or some other MoBB
Tampere event please contact Harri Lakkala (harri.lakkala (at) iki.fi
or 045 260 3884).

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London Synapse
Time: 6-8 pm, Tuesday April 13, 2010
Place: The Clachan, 34 Kingly St., Soho, Westminster, London W1B 5QH 

Jointly with Grow VC



Agenda:
- Introduction to Grow VC, Jouko Ahvenainen - presentation
- Augmented Planet, Nitin Samani - presentation
- Networking

Thanks for attending Jouko Ahvenainen/Grow VC, Nitin Samani/Augmented Planet, Tuomas Korpela/Nokia, Patrick Bergel/Animal Systems, Keiran Betteley, Mauricio Reyes/Flirtomatic, Julien Fourgeaud/Le Catalyst, Ian Fogg/Forrester, David Wood/Delta Wisdom, Petra Söderling/Nokia, Helen Keegan/Beepmarketing, Lester Madden/Augmented Planet, James Norris/Social Media Strategist, Antony Edwards/International Gaming Technology

Some pics uploaded here.

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Helsinki Twestival
Time: 8 pm, Thueday March 25, 2010
Place: Nude Lounge and Bar, Kaisaniemenkatu 2 A 00100 Helsinki

Mobile Brain Bank co-organizes Helsinki Twestival, a great party where people meet offline for one night, have fun and do some good for an important cause in the process.  This year's theme is the importance of education. Global fundraising goes to Concern Worldwide, providing education to the world’s poorest children.

Helsinki has chosen to raise funds for Concern's Education For Girls and Teacher Training campaigns. For more information and tickets, please go to http://helsinki.twestival.com/
  
Fundraising is about sponsorhip, and plenty of opportunities from 5 euros up to 1000. For the sponsorship opportunity, please contact me.


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Salo/Turku Synapse
Time: 6-8 pm, Wednesday March 10, 2010
Place: Salo Business Center (Yrityssalo), Örninkatu 15, Salo
 
jointly with


There has been many requests to host a MoBB synapse in both Salo and Turku. As Salo recently opened its own Protomo, it feel natural to start the cooperation there. We hope that people from Turku can come to Salo for this time. We'll be happy to host one also in Turku, please volunteer to host and sponsor.

Confirmed speakers:
- Kimmo Ojuva, Dimes
- Hannu Ylinen, SXG Finland - PRESENTATION

Thanks for all Salo and Turku attendees.
Jori Nieminen/Benefon, Petra Söderling/Nokia, Igor Burattini/Breezetags/BoostTurku, Hannu Ylinen/SXG Finland, Janne Aaltonen/CVON Innovations, Kari Iso-Järvenpää, juha Röyhkiö, Jussi Hakunti/Nokia, Mikko Rindell/Tatami/BoostTurku, Timo Rantala/University of Turku, Juha Borenius/Agenteq, Jukka Pulkkinen/Protomo, Olli Routio, Anu Torkkeli/Paljon Hyvää

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Symbian Stammtisch
Time: 6-9 pm, Tuesday March 09, 2010
Place: Restaurant Vltava, Havel Cabinet, Elielinaukio 2, 00100 Helsinki


                                                 


Mobile Brain Bank, in cooperation with Sasken and Symbian Foundation, arrange the first ever Symbian Stammtisch in Helsinki. A Symbian Stammtisch is an informal meeting for interested and insightful people within the Symbian community. Come and claim your seat in the regular table!

Agenda:

- Welcome and induction to Stammtisch, Terho Niemi
- A brief on Mobile Brain Bank, Petra Söderling
- Introduction of Sasken, Olli-Pekka Saksa/Jani Turpeinen
- Stammtisch topic of the evening

Stammtisch by: Tapani Puntila, Markku Kaurila/Nokia, Jouni Miettunen, Cristian Tudose/Helsinki University of Technology, Lauri Hirvonen, Pertti Kasanen/Fambit, Oliver Kallas/Ruuler, Marko Kolks/Ruuler, Alexey Smirnov/Teleca, Sampo Savolainen/Nokia, Tero Hasu/Helsinki University of Technology, Mikko Amper/Nokia, Juan De Miguel/Elektrobit, Dietmar Tallroth/Symbian Foundation, Marko Kaasila/Bitbar, Petra Söderling/Mobile Brain Bank/Nokia, Mikko Aittola/Nokia, Hugo Van Kemenade/Ixonos,  Oliver Bremer/MyStrands, Asif Raza/Viztrend, Shakeel Tabassam/Viztrend, Eero Penttinen/Nokia, Olli-Pekka Saksa/Sasken, Jani Turpeinen/Sasken, Terho Niemi/Symbian Foundation + others

Thank you for a great Symbian evening! Some very dark pics here.

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Helsinki Synapse
Time: 6-8 pm, Wednesday January 20, 2010
Place: Design Factory, Betonimiehenkuja 5, 02150 Espoo



Our first 2010 brain bank was hosted by Powerkiss, the pink magic company. Thank you for the good opportunity to visit Design Factory, a "physical, social and mental experimental platform" of Aalto University.

Agenda:
Powerkiss, Maija Itkonen/Roope Takala - VIDEO 1  2  3  4  5  6 
User Intelligence, Janne Lohvansuu - VIDEO
Lumo Research, Kristian Tanninen - VIDEO
Cloudberry, Trond Neergaard - VIDEO
Demos, networking, tour of Design Factory

Pictures uploaded here. Tweets with #MoBB.

Synapse by: Diana Leskelä/Aalto University, Harri Salminen/Vidian, Oliver Bremer/Strands, Nils Lagerström/Novowave, Markku Ranta/Fambit, Petri Allekotte, Lauri Hirvonen, Heikki Mäkilä/Dazide, Trond Neergaard/Cloudberry, Ramine Darabinha/MySites, Roope Takala/Powerkiss, Maija Itkonen/Powerkiss, KristianTanninen/Lumo Research, Janne Lohvansuu/User Intelligence, Peter Vesterbacka/Some Bazaar, Petra Söderling/Nokia