What's On Week 47

This week in Copenhagen is marked by CSE Investor Day: providing startups with the chance to present their innovative ideas to a large team of investors. Also in Copenhagen, Lars Fløe Nielsen from Sitecore (a local hero whose journey from startup to global giant can be read about here) will speak.
Enjoy!

Copenhagen

Monday 17th November
Boost Dit Startup Pitch! (Danish)
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm, @ Symbion, Fruebjergvej 3
Connect Denmark and Accelerace invite you to a workshop where you can train and get feedback on your pitch presentation from a panel of experts, expeerience mentors.

Tuesday 18th November
Big Data Hackathon
8:00 am – 11:00 am, @ DTU Skylab, Diplomvej B373
They’re looking for Bachelor and Masters students with entrepreneurial spirit. You’ll get to develop Big Data solutions addresses towards real society using specific data, plus get hands-on experience with IBM Bluemix (TM) and the chance to pitch to a panel of judges. There’s even the possibility that you will be considered for Climate-KIC Nordic’s accelerator program and win part of a 55,000 dkk prize.

Perfect your startup handshake pitch! By Bill Joos
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, @ Symbion, Fruebjergvej 3
As a a part of The Danish Entrepreneurship week, Accelerace invites you to meet Bill Joos, one of the best and most entertaining pitch doctors in Silicon Valley and former VP of Entrepreneur Development at Garage Technology Ventures, which he helped co-found.

CSE Investor Day
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm, @ CSE, Porcelænshaven 26, 2. floor
The Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship will present startups to investors. Places are still available for both startups and investors.

Automating deployments, the future of DSDG & presentation by Lars Fløe Nielsen
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, @ Pentia, Islands Brygge 55
Along with the technical topics, Lars Fløe Nielsen of Sitecore will speak – and he’s worth listening to. Sitecore is one of Scandinavia’s best kept secret tech success stories. Emil Okkels Klein & co from Pentia will talk about automating sitecore deployments, followed by an open discussion about the future of the Danish Sitecore Developer Group. They’ll be serving homemade burgers, drinks, and a “deadly sweets bar” – as if you needed more reasons to say yes.

Thursday 20th November
Startupbootcamp Demo Day
1:30 pm – 7:30 pm, @ Nikolaj Kirke, Nikolaj Plads 10
Reserved for investors: if you are an angel investor, or if you’re looking to become one, then this is event is a must! Three months ago, Startupbootcamp took eleven promising startups with traction, and now they’ve turned them into some of the best prospects in the country. (If you’re not an investor you can still request a ticket… but be quick about it.)

Spilbar 22: Til the World Ends
4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, @Bio Asta, The Film House, Gothersgade 55
The granddaddy of game industry meetups is back. This one features a talk by Ste Curran titled, “The Slow Death Of Punk Rock”.

#ExpertNight: Funding for Startups
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, @ Rocket Labs, Hejrevej 30
They’ve invited successful founders, accelerators and others to answer when to raise money, how much, and from whom? Is it better to grow organically? What is funding? How do you attract investors? What is your startup worth? Do you need funding? Angel, VC, Banks, Frienfds, fools, & Family? What happens during a due diligence process? Want answers? Show up!

Friday 21st November
Likemind CPH
8:00 am – 10:00 am, @ Cafe Din Nye Ven, Skt. Peders Stræde 34
Coffee-fueled networking for the morning crowd.

Silicon Drinkabout
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, location tbd
Kick it after a hard-working week with like-minded spirits!

Malmö

Tuesday 18th November
Lunchföreläsning “Hjärnans märkliga beslut”
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm, @ Media Evolution AB Stora Varvsgatan 6a
In Media Evolutions second lunch session, Charlotta Rydholm will show you how you can become a smarter in communication relations.

Wednesday 19th November
Agile Manager’s Corner How does agile change the expectations on the manager?
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, @ Foo Café, Stora Varvsgatan 6a
Sony Mobile Communictions’ Roger Jansson will lead a discussion on whether or not agile changes the expectations of the manager. The event is one of a series designed to give managers a chance to knowledge share, find inspiration, and get hands-on advice.

Thursday 20th November
PITCH IT! – Talk and workshop on pitching with Rick Jacobs
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, HUBn @ STPLN
Rick Jacobs, an American who relocated to Sweden several years ago, mainly works as a producer fro TV, film and theatre. Rick is also a very big Eurovision fan, but don’t hold that against him.He has worked over the years to source project funds for various different projects and is happy to share the tricks that he’s learned over the years in how to find success in different kinds of cultural projects.

Friday 21st November
Likemind MMX
10:00 am – 12:00 pm, @ Solde Kaffebar, Regementsgatan 2
Coffee-fueled networking for the later morning crowd in Malmö.