THE GLOBAL TECH PARTY | SLUSH DAY 0 2026 | Helsinki

If you are a startup looking for a co-founder to join your early-stage team, or a talent wanting to join a startup, welcome to Co-Founder Matchmaking event! In this event, startups and talents can meet in a 1:1 settings powered by AI-matchmaking tool. How it works: 1️⃣ Talk to AI matchmaking tool via this link: https://funfox.ai/NH37 for a short conversation (2-3 min). Tell what you're working on, what you're looking for, and who'd be a great match. 2️⃣ Get your matches — AI matchmaking will run, and show you relevant people based on needs and offers. 3️⃣ Book a meeting — Select a time slot to have 1:1 meeting with each person you want to meet. 4️⃣ Show up and meet them — come to the event with great energy to connect with people. Event is organized by Maria 01. Co-founder Matchmaking Helsinki 📅 Tuesday 27 Oct 2026 🕐 17:00 - 19:30 Finland Time (EST) 📍 Maria 01, Lapinlahdenkatu 16, Helsinki 🏠 Building 3, Lars Sonck Spots are limited — register now!

When the emperor got new clothes he exposed himself a bit too much. Data teams are looking change up their tools, workflows and job descriptions due to the rapid changes of AI. Will they end up exposed like the emperor or dressed and prepared for a new era? Join us for an afternoon with experts as we openly discuss the future of data teams and their tools. We discuss how tools like MotherDuck and dltHub are adapting, but also what challenges data analysts and engineers face. Together we will explore the possibilities that AI opens up, the changing requirements for data jobs, and the difficulties organizations face when everyone acts as a data team of one. Agenda 15:00 Networking and light bites 15:30 The Workbench of The Future: How MotherDuck and dltHub support the post-modern data stack. Dumky de Wilde, Developer & Agent Experience Engineer @ MotherDuck Adrian Brudaru, co-founder @ dltHub 16:00 Panel discussion Adrian Brudaru, co-founder @ dltHub Amy Raygada, Head of Data & Al Central Europe @ Thoughtworks Stijn Zanders, Data & IT @ Aiven 17:00 More networking, more bites and exploring the best of the brewhouse: the bar

Communal Reading meetup These regular meetups are low-threshold opportunities to check-in with our lovely community and for newcomers to familiarize themselves with our book club. So feel very welcome too if this is your first time joining the Asian Book Club Helsinki! What do we do 📖 We read together in silence for about an hour. You can read the book we picked for our upcoming Book Discussion or any other (Asian) book you’re reading at the moment. 💬 Before and after our reading hour there is time to connect & chat with each other. The program for this meetup: 16:30-17:00: Arrivals, ordering drinks & treats 17:00-18:00: Communal Reading (in silence) 18:00-18:30: Connect with fellow Asian Book Clubbies About the Asian Book Club Helsinki We are an open, diverse community of (aspiring) readers & lovers of Asian literature. In our book club we read and discuss: books by authors from an Asian background – including diaspora authors from all 5 Asian regions – East, Southeast, South, West, Central contemporary literary fiction (novels, short stories, novellas, biographical fiction) and memoirs Please follow the Asian Book Club Helsinki on Instagram! Support Asian entrepreneurs All Asian Book Club Helsinki meetups are free of charge. But we ask you to support our lovely (Asian) entrepreneurs of the venue by ordering drinks & treats/food from their cafe menu. NOTE: If you can't make it to our meetup, don't forget to cancel your registration to free up space for people on the waitlist! A fee will apply for: late cancellations (within 24 hours prior to meetup): €5 no-shows €10

Ready to talk about your business with confidence and get the legal groundwork sorted too? In this workshop, our expert will walk you through the legal essentials of starting a business, with plenty of room for your own questions in a live Q&A. You'll also get hands-on practice crafting and delivering your elevator pitch, whether it's for a business idea or simply about yourself. Either way, you'll get real time feedback while also learning more about other participants! No polished business idea? No problem, come as you are and leave with a sharper pitch and clearer legal footing. Schedule: 16.30-16.40: Introdution 16.40-17.10: Legal presentation - Mikael Suonio 17.10-17.40: Legal Q&A 17.40-18: Networking 18.00-18.30: Pitching presentation 18.30-19.30: Elevator pitch workshop https://www.thinkcompany.fi/what-we-do/programs/helseed-workshops