Mindtrek 2018 | International Technology Conference

Open World

Smart City

eHealth

Immersive Tech

EdTech

Academic Mindtrek

WHAT IS MINDTREK?

Mindtrek is an international technology conference organized annually in the beautiful city of Tampere, Finland. It’s all about networking and exchanging ideas with people who come from different backgrounds and who have different areas of expertise. Mindtrek consists of around 70 different sessions which revolve around different themes like Open Source, Smart City, Immersive Tech, IoT, Blockchain, EdTech, eHealth and AI.

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ANNOUNCED SPEAKERS FOR MINDTREK 2018

Simon Phipps

President of Open Source Initiative

Bas Boorsma

Managing Director of Rainmaking Urban, founder of The Academy for Smarter Communities

Björn Lundell

Software Systems Research Group, University of Skövde

Pia Kantola

Vice President of Customer Experience, HMD Global Oy

Peter Vesterbacka

Co-founder at Lightneer, & Fun Academy. Formerly Mighty Eagle at Angry Birds

Petteri Kivimäki

CTO of Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions

Ville Sirviö

CEO of Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions

Miimu Airaksinen

CEO of RIL

Ralf-Martin Soe

ICT Councellor to the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Miguel Arana Catania

Director of citizen participation of the Madrid City Council

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HOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT MINDTREK

"An inspiring #MINDTREK17 at Tampere and had great networking opportunities. A lot of good speakers and (delegates) satisfied by the feedback on my presentation: Key takeaways from moving forward with Open Smart City IoT – New way of procuring from SMEs and startups [...]"
Ann Fournier | Digipolis
"I am looking forward to attend Mindtrek and network with all other attendees. This will certainly be a great opportunity to give back a part of what I have been learning in the exciting Future Cities domain [...]"
José Quádrio Alves | Vice President of CGI
“When I am listening to an interesting presentation it feels as if the time is not linear any more. I am in the present, the past and the future at the same time: aware of what is going on now, contemplating on what were the motives, failures and achievements, and foreseeing where the new idea will take me [...]"
Natalia Pavlova Tomé | QA Manager at Symbio
"This year the Mindtrek technology conference presents the Immersive Tech Event providing you with insider information about today’s big topics and future breakouts of VR, AR and MR in fields of neurology, forestry, video games and rehabilitation, to name a few. During the event, several teams take part in hackathon to tackle a surprise task with Nokia OZO [...]"
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