Global Launch Pad – Gateway To Global Markets
Launch Event
When: 25 April 2025
What time: 13.30-17.30 + networking drinks (arrival 13.00-13.30)
Where: Copenhagen City Hall, ‘Rådhushallen’, Rådhuspladsen 1, 1553 Copenhagen
Come join the official Launch of Tech Nordic Advocates & Global Tech Advocates' “Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets” global initiative programme
Who should attend?
- Tech startups and scaleups preparing for international expansion
- Investors
- Tech ecosystem leaders
- Government trade agencies
- International delegations and embassies
- Press & Media
What's the Programme?
13.00 -13.30: Arrival and networking
13.30-13.40: Welcome from the Mayor of Copenhagen & Chair of European Movement
Jens-Kristian Lütken, Mayor of Copenhagen, Employment and Integration and Chair of the European Movement
13.40-13.50: Welcome from Tech Nordic Advocates
Jeanette Carlsson, Founder/CEO, Tech Nordic Advocates and Head of Europe, Global Tech Advocates and Per Thau, Chairman, Tech Nordic Advocates
13.50-14.00: Opening Keynotes - Nordics and Europe as Global Tech Hubs
Sindre Bornstein, Managing Director, Nordic Innovation, Nordic Council of Ministers and Merete Clausen, Deputy CEO, European Investment Fund (EIF), European Investment Bank (EIB)
14.00-14.35: Official launch: "Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets'"
Russ Shaw CBE, Founder and Tracey Rob Perera, Head of Corporate Development and Community, Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates (GTA)
Official launch of Global Launch Pad and introduction to the GTA community and global ecosystem leaders.
14.35-15.00: Why global collaboration today is more important than ever
From AI and other emerging technologies to geo-political shifts, the new wave of innovation and disruption is causing businesses, governments and organisations around the world to rethink how they are run, how people work, and how governments serve their citizens. Our distinguished panel of international experts, trade representatives and Ambassadors will share their perspectives on what we can expect from this next wave. And why we’ll need stronger than ever collaboration between the global, private/public sector, developed/developing countries and the corporate/start-up ecosystem.
Panel: Sindre Bornstein, MD, Nordic Innovation (Nordic Council of Ministers); Suki Fuller, WINNER 2024 Powerlist: Meta - Tech, AI and Innovation Award, Intelligence Fellow ,Speaker, Host, Moderator , Board, Co-Lead GTA Women-in-Tech (U.S./UK); Kasper Barfoed, Country Director, British Embassy Copenhagen (UK); Leslie Sarma, head of APAC, Global Tech Advocates (APAC); HE Manish Prabhat, Ambassador of India to Denmark (India); Anna Coen, Founder of DKTech4Ukraine.
Session chair: Henrik Rasmussen, Partner, Magnusson
15.00- 15.20: Coffee/tea/networking
15.20-15:40: Bringing Underrepresented Voices to the Global Stage
Diverse innovation– in all its multifaceted forms – is essential to solving complex global problems. Yet, there’s a huge mismatch between the groups that get investment and diverse, underrepresented tech innovators that don’t. This gap is what TNA and GTA are working hard to close by championing and helping diverse tech founders succeed. In this panel, you’ll get to hear from impressive diverse tech founders and their solutions to real-world problems.
Panel: Adam Sam, Founder, Monok.com; Marit Wetterhus, Founder & CEO, Capassa; Windi Muziasari, Founder & CEO, Resistomap; Susan Poulsen, Founder, AdPlenty
Session chair: Flavilla Fongang: Founder of GTA Black Women in Tech and Black Rise
15:40-16.00: From Garage to Global: Stories from Global Tech Startups
Inspiring success stories and lessons learnt of tech startup and ecosystem leaders that started in garages and eventually achieved remarkable global success.
Af Malhotra, Serial entrepreneur, CEO, REN and Diversity Economics Institute and Global TNA Advisory Board Member; Esther O'Callaghan OBE, founder hundo, WEF AI Governance Alliance; Peter Vesterbacka, Founder, Slush, ex CMO, Rovio (Angry Birds), Founder, FinEst Bay Area and TNA Ambassador; Suzanne Lauritzen, Founder, raffle.ai; David Helgason, Serial Entrepreneur, Founder of Unity Technologies, Investor and lots more.
Session chair: Chris McGahan, Head of Western Europe and Nordics, Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange
16.00-17:20: Interactive Global Roundtables: In a first of a kind event format, we kick start the "Global Launch Pad - Gateway to Global Markets" initiative with a curated 'tour of the room' offering guests a unique opportunity to meet and connect with successful tech pioneers, entrepreneurs, investors, GTA and other ecosystem leaders, government trade agencies and international embassies from around the world at interactive round tales - in an afternoon:
Session chair: Morten Høgh-Petersen, Partner, Grant Thornton
Country tables: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Baltics, UK, U.S. Canada, India, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia/Middle East, Global Tech Advocates and many more
Tech tables: AI, generative AI, cybersecurity, semi-conductors, biotech, robotics, cloud computing, Web3, WomeninTech, Black WomeninTech and many more
Verticals: health tech/medtech/lifesciences, edtech, fintech, proptech, cleantech, energy, environment, sustainability, fintech, agritech/foodtech, space tech and more
Partner tables: London Stock Exchange, COWI, Magnusson, Grant Thornton and many more.
The goal is for everyone to kick-start the Global Launch Pad programme by making new connections from around the world in an afternoon.
17.20-17.25Global Launch Pad – Gateway to Global Markets. What's next?
17.25-17.30: Closing Remarks
17.30 - Global networking drinks reception
How do I get there?
From Copenhagen (Kastrup) airport):
Taxi rank on the right immediately as you come out in the airport arrivals hall. Duration to City Hall: 20 minutes. Cost is 250-300 DKK
Trains: The Airport train station is connected to the airport. Proceed straight on when you come out into the arrivals hall. Ticket office on the right. Escalator to trains on the left. Frequent trains to Copenhagen Central Station (København H). Duration: 10 mins. The Central Station is 7 mins walk from the City Hall.
Metro: The Airport metro station is also connected to the airport. Proceed straight on, when you come out into the arrivals hall and up the escalators and across the internal footbridge to the Metro Station. The City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen) has its own metro station. However, no direct trains from the airport. You need to take the yellow (M2) line to Kgs. Nytorv and change to blue M4) line to 'Rådhuspladsen' (City Hall Square) : https://m.dk/en/
