SMASH Lahti 2022

28 April
2022

ONLINE FROM STARTHUB

MUKKULANKATU 19, LAHTI

IT'S ALL ABOUT NETWORKING

The final event of SMASH Lahti trilogy is themed LAHTI GOES GLOBAL. In previous SMASH Lahti events the programme has been built from global to local but now we go vice versa.

SMASH is all about networking! We have invited our friends from Japan, Spain and the Nordics to join us on SMASH stage. They will introduce their own hubs and communities and invite you all to network.

We celebrate the unique status of Lahti as an international facilitator and broker of the sports business, attracting international companies and players for co-creation, R&D and acceleration of sports innovations and businesses. And with the partners from all over the world, Lahti Sports Hub will be the gateway between Europe and Asia.

We take a stroll down memory lane and look back where it all started a couple of years ago. And also we head full speed ahead and give you a glimpse about what is about to come at SMASH.

SEE YOU ONLINE - SMASH Lahti on 28 April 2022

Speakers

Jani Backman

Business Development Manager
Lahti Region Development LADEC Ltd

Hiroaki Dehari

Innovation Planner /
Transformation Producer
Dentsu Inc.

Lars Elbæk

Associate Professor and Researcher
Learning and Talent in Sport (LET'S) Unit, SDU

Raija Forsman

CEO
Lahti Region Ltd

Guillermo Marín

Digital Transformation Services Director
Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft

Aki Mikkola

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, LUT University

Denis Mustonen

Head of Foreign Affairs
City of Lahti

Isto Vanhamäki

Head of Development
Lahti Region Development LADEC Ltd

Jakob Wikenstaal

Founder
Nordic Sports Tech

Miikka Neuvonen

Host of SMASH Lahti

Program

SMASH Lahti 28.4.2022

9:00

LET'S GET SMASHED!

Opening of SMASH Lahti by our host Miikka Neuvonen.
Introduction of StartHub Lahti, the home base of SMASH, by Mark Poutanen, Head of Operations, StartHub Lahti.

9:15

LAHTI GOES GLOBAL

Panel discussion with
Raija Forsman, CEO, Visit Lahti LTD
Denis Mustonen, Head of Foreign Affairs, City of Lahti
Isto Vanhamäki, Head of Development, Lahti Region Development LADEC Ltd

Moderated by Mikko Saarinen

9:35

LAHTI SPORTS HUB - GATEWAY BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA

Lahti Sports Hub is unique network for sport and business. Launched last year, the hub brings sports, business and innovation together and creates services especially for European and Asian companies, events and matchmaking. As a part of SMASH Lahti, the hub organizes the first ever Lahti Sports Hub Innovation Camp.

Jani Backman, Business Development Manager, Lahti Region Development LADEC Ltd

Mikko Korpela, Facilitator, Director of Consulting Services at Crazy Town
Aki Mikkola, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, LUT University

10:05

IT’S ALL ABOUT NETWORKING!

Meet our international partners from Japan, Spain and the Nordics. And get to know the latest innovations from the hottest startups aroud the globe.

Guillermo Marín, Digital Transformation Services Director, Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft

Lars Elbæk, Associate Professor and Researcher, Learning and Talent in Sport (LET'S) Unit, SDU

Hiroaki Dehari, Innovation Planner / Transformation Producer, Dentsu Inc.

Jakob Wikenstaal, Founder, Nordic Sports Tech

11:55

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW

Summary of SMASH Lahti trilogy. What we did, what we achieved, where we failed. And most importantly: what is coming next.

Jukka-Pekka Vuorinen, Chairman of the Board, SMASH