Oslo Meets Hackney is an ongoing series of events that connects and boosts commercial ties between Oslo and London. Oslo Meets Hackney 2015 on 4 December, organized by Oslo Business Region and partners, was a full day of activities that investigated the future of fintech, edtech, music tech and eCommerce.

1. OSLO MEETS HACKNEY 2015
BUZZ AND KEY FACTS
London, 4 December 2015
Oslo
Meets
Hackney
2015
was
a
full
day
of
events
that
inves:gated
the
future
of
fintech,
edtech,
music
tech
and
eCommerce.
Speakers,
contributors
and
aEendees
included
Oslo
and
London
based
companies,
startups,
organiza:ons,
investors,
media
and
first
movers.

2. BUZZ AND KEY FACTS
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015
4.4
MILL REACH
ON SOME*
69%
UK ATTENDEES
27%
NORWEGIAN
ATTENDEES
400
ATTENDEES
100%
GOT NEW INPUT**
93.3%
GOT NEW
CONTACTS**
*Reach=the total number of estimated unique social media users that talks about and have done activity in regards to the search term. The reach is measured on all
open accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Private (closed) accounts is not included. Source: #osloxhackney on Notified, 8 Nov – 7 Dec 2015.
** ”Handshake indicator” –poll sent to attendees.

3. ABOUT
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015
PARTNERS 2015
Oslo
Meets
Hackney
is
an
ongoing
series
of
events
that
connects
and
boosts
commercial
:es
between
Oslo
and
London.
The
city
of
Oslo
and
the
Borough
of
Hackney
recently
signed
a
memorandum
of
Understanding,
with
the
goal
of
promo:ng
the
tech
and
crea:ve
industries
sector
through
exchange
of
knowledge
and
collabora:on.
However,
the
two
ci:es
has,
over
a
periode
of
three
years,
cooperated
on
events
such
as
Oslo
Meets
Hackney.
Oslo
Meets
Hackney
2015
on
4
December
was
a
full
day
of
ac:vi:es
that
inves:gated
the
future
of
fintech,
edtech,
music
tech
and
eCommerce.
Speakers,
contributors
and
aEendees
included
Oslo
and
London
based
companies,
startups,
organiza:ons,
investors,
media
and
first
movers.
Oslo
Meets
Hackney
is
organized
by
Oslo
Business
Region.

4. MARK PRISK MP, UK PARLIAMENT
JULES PIPE, MAYOR, BOROUGH OF HACKNEY
GEIR LIPPESTAD, VICE MAYOR, CITY OF OSLO
IMOGEN HEAP
JANINE HIRT, INNOVATE FINANCE
ALEX WOOD, THE MEMO
NEIL MURRAY, THE NORDIC WEB
CHRISTOFFER HÆRNES, SPAREBANK 1 GRUPPEN
JEANETTE D. KVISVIK, VILLOID
SPEAKERS RAGNHILD IMERSLUND, ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN THE UK
CARL MORTEN KNUDSEN, CREAZA
CHARLES ARMSTRONG, THE TRAMPERY
NEIL DALY, SKIN ANALYTICS
MARIA PAALGARD, LONDON & PARTNERS
BEN BARTON, EDTECH UK
FREDRIK SYVERSEN, STARTUP VILLAGE TØYEN
LIV FREIHOW, ICT NORWAY
STEPHANIE MCLAREN, LET’S BE BRIEF
SILVIJA SERES
HILDE HUKKELBERG, INNOVATION NORWAY
JOSTEIN SVENDSEN, FMB DEVELOPMENT LTD
PATRICK BERGEL, CHIRP
NASSIR ARCHOUR, VIDLFOW
JEN LONG, DICE
GEIR SAND NILSEN, EDTECH FOUNDRY
ARNFINN REDSE, KIKORA
SINEAD MAC MANUS, FLUENCY
JOHAN BRAND, KAHOOT!
ALDO DE PAPE, TEACHPITCH
JOSEF YOHANNES, THE URBAN LEGEND
STEPHEN HEMPTON, ROLI
MICHAEL RIEDLER, EDGEFOLIO
DAG ASHEIM, TRENDTECH
PATRICK KELLY
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015

5. #osloxhackney
9:45 Door opens
10:15 Welcome
Geir Lippestad, Vice Mayor for Business Development and Ownership, City of Oslo
Ragnhild Imerslund, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, The Norwegian
Embassy in the UK
10:30 Jules Pipe (UK), Mayor, Borough of Hackney
10:35 Welcome to London – Startup capital of Europe
Mark Prisk MP, Prime Minister’s Envoy for the Nordic and Baltic Nations
10:50 Panel Discussion: EdTech – Future of Learning.
Ben Barton, Education Foundation in conversation with Johan Brand, Kahoot!
11:10 Startup Village Hackney and Startup Village Tøyen
Charles Armstrong, The Trampery and Fredrik Syversen, ICT Norway
11:15 Jeanette Dyhre Kvisvik, CEO, Villoid
11:25 Winner of Oslo Innovation Week 100 Pitches: Neil Daly, Founder, Skin Analytics
11:35 Fredrik Winther, Managing Director, Oslo Business Region
12:00 Thank you – See you at the Oslo Meets Hackney Seminar at the Trampery!
PROGRAM BRUNCH RECEPTION
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015

6. 1:00 Welcome
Geir Lippestad, Vice Mayor for Business Development
and Ownership, City of Oslo
Charles Armstrong, Founder, The Trampery
1:10 10 ways to build a global service,
by Jeanette Dyhre Kviskvik, CEO, Villoid
Studio XO, Nancy Tilbury, Co-founder, Studio XO
1:45 Norwegian Fintech, Liv Freihow, ICT Norway
1:50 The Nordic Fintech Scene, Christoffer Hernæs,
Director, Sparebank 1 Gruppen
2:05 Innovate Finance - Janine Hirt
2:20 What attracts Norwegian companies to London?
Q&A with Hilde Hukkelberg, Innovation Norway
2:25 Finnovate Demo Style:
TrendTech, EdgeFolio and FMB Development Ltd
3:05 Panel Discussion: FinTech - Disrupting finance?
Christoffer Hernæs and Janine Hirt
3:25 Break with food and drinks
3:55 EdTech International Battle: NO vs UK Startups
EdTech Foundry (no), Kikora (no), Fluency (uk),
Kahoot! (no), Creaza (no), Teachpitch (uk), The
Urban Legend (no)
4:50 The winner of Oslo Innovation Week 100 Pitches:
Skin Analytics, Neil Daly, Founder
5:00 Let’s Be Brief Panel Discussion: Music Tech
Imogen Heap, Nassir Archour (vidFlow), Partick
Bergel (Chirp), Jen Long (DICE), Stephen Hempton
(Roli). Stephanie McLaren (Let’s Be Brief)
5:25 Winner of the EdTech Battle announced
5.30 Thank you! See you at the Afterparty at Fish Tank
#osloxhackney
PROGRAM SEMINAR
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015

7. 1) THE URBAN LEGEND (no)
2) KAHOOT! (no)
3) TEACHPITCH (uk)
WINNERS OF THE EDTECH BATTLE
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015
THE JURY
THE AUDIENCE
MARIA PAALGARD, LONDON & PARTNERS
SILVIJA SERES
PATRICK KELLY

8. DJ-sets from
LOVELESS (no)
THE MONITORS (uk)
DJ LINN KRISTIN (no)
AFTERPARTY AT FISH TANK
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015

9. TWEETS
Oslo Meets Hackney 2015
#osloxhackney trended as number one
on Twitter during the event.