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The first set of sponsors of Nordic Business Forum 2015 is now confirmed. The main sponsors of the event are PwC and Elo & LähiTapiola with a joint sponsorship. Other official sponsors are Tekes, The Federation for Finnish Enterprises – Suomen Yrittäjät, Enfo, The Finnish Business School Graduates – Suomen Ekonomit, Nordea, Lataamo and Vallila Interior. The first media partners of the event are Finland’ leading business media Kauppalehti and a Finnish media company MTV, which is the main media partner of the event. The sponsors’ support is important to the success of the event, and they all play a key role in making the seminar happen. Together with the sponsors, we pursue to provide the seminar attendees with memorable and inspiring

Nordic Business Forum is extending the reach of its annual main event, Nordic Business Forum 2015, with licensed live stream events. The first published licensed live stream event is held in Jyväskylä. Jyväskylän Kongressikeskus Oy will organize an official Nordic Business Forum 2015 Live Stream event in Paviljonki on October 1 – 2, 2015. This is the place where the story of Nordic Business Forum began in 2010 and where the seminar was held until 2013. The licensed live stream event includes the live broadcast from Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center. There will be an event host on the spot in Paviljonki. As in the main event, also in this live stream event, attendees are encouraged to network with each

Nordic Business Forum 2015 was launched last Friday and nearly 4,700 tickets were sold right after the launch. The rest of the 5,300 tickets were sold out yesterday, almost a year prior to the event. The previous Nordic Business Forum seminars have been also sold out before the event, but this is the first time the event was sold out this quickly. We are now considering solutions to slightly increase the maximum capacity at the venue, but for the time being, the seminar is sold out. Waiting list & live stream If you wish to experience Nordic Business Forum 2015 on the spot, you can sign up for our waiting list. There might be cancellations, which would free up some

Over 4,600 tickets for Nordic Business Forum 2015 were sold instantly after the launch. Nordic Business Forum 2015 and its world-class speaker lineup was published on Friday October 10th 2014. The event gained an extremely positive welcome. To this day already over 4,600 tickets have been sold to the event. This start of the sales broke all the previous sales records Nordic Business Forum has ever had. There are all in all 5,300 seats available at the seminar. The theme of Nordic Business Forum 2015 is Impact. The theme is based on the idea and belief that the businesses with the strongest impact for the better will be the ones to succeed. The sub-topics of the seminar are Strategy, Disruption and

The first day of Nordic Business Forum 2014 started with Jim Collins‘ presentation on The Process of Building Great Companies. In addition to Jim Collins the 5,300 seminar guests heard a presentation about Reaching the Next Level by Engaging Everyone from Matti Alahuhta, the former CEO of Kone. There was also a panel discussion called the Hot Seat Session with William Woflram, Vladimir Funtikov, Linda Liukas and Anna Nyboe. The panel discussion was moderated by Alf Rehn who challenged these young entrepreneurs on their views on future trends. The day ended with one of the most anticipated presentations of the seminar, when Arnold Schwarzenegger took the stage with his Rules for Success.

David Garibaldi, an American performance painter and America’s Got Talent sensation, performed at Nordic Business Forum 2014 in Helsinki. Garibaldi not only surprised the audience, but also Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the main speakers of the event, by painting Schwarzenegger’s portrait before he came to the stage. In addition to Schwarzenegger’s portrait Garibaldi also painted the portraits of Steve Jobs and Einstein. Check out the amazing performance of Garibaldi painting Arnold on video:

Also the second day of Nordic Business Forum 2014 provided the seminar guests with amazing set of presentations. The day started with woman power when Dambisa Moyo, one of the world’s most 100 most influential people, opened the day with her presentation on What’s It Going to Take to Be Successful, followed by the Danish entrepreneur Soulaima Gourani. Soulaima Gourani is listed as one of the top 100 talents in Europe to keep an eye on. The second half of the seminar day included presentations from Tony Fernandes, the Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of AirAsia and Caterham F1 Team, author and international advisor Sir Ken Robinson. The seminar ended with a presentation from the long-time (1986-2003) manager of Manchester

Britain’s Got Talent success, Jonathan Antoine, performed today at Nordic Business Forum 2014 in Helsinki. The audience awed for Jonathan’s performance and gave standing applause to this young talent. Jonathan is very well known in the UK and his first solo album will be released next Monday October 13. His performances have gone viral on YouTube and received a great amount of views. Jonathan’s duo with Charlotte at the Britain’s Got Talent has received almost 60 million views on YouTube. Watch the duo’s performance at Britain’s Got Talent: