The free event in English presenting entrepreneurship opportunities in Iceland and offering the basic tools and information on how to start and run any business activity in Iceland.

P R O G R A M

10:30 REGISTRATION (FOYER)
Arrive early to register and get more information. Then join Entrepreneurial Speed Dating – there is no registration needed you may join in at any time.

11:00 HOW-TO (ROOM 2)
Basic and useful information on how to start and run any business activity.
Establishing a business in Iceland – Emiliya Nikolova (Emily Consult)

11:50 Coffee break

12:00 GOOD EXAMPLES (ROOM 2)
Stories from local entrepreneurs sharing their business ideas and strategies.

Ewa Marcinek / Self-employed artist and non-profit founder
Thomas Hammel, Stefan Sand & Haukur Darri Hauksson / Art Across
Chris McClure / CEO & Co-founder of
Loki Foods
Marianne Ribes / Founder of
Atfylgi Skrifstofu
Meiting Qin & Lijing Zhou / Co-founders of
Heima Consulting

12:50 Coffee break

13:00 OPPORTUNITIES (ROOM 2)
Flash presentations from projects, services, and platforms supporting entrepreneurs in Iceland.

Ásdís Guðmundsdóttir about Initiative (Vinnumálastofnun)
Sigurður Óli Sigurðsson about
Rannís – The Icelandic Centre for Research
Michelle Spinei about Iceland Innovation Week
Bala Kamallakharan about Startup Iceland 
Freyr Friðfinnsson about KLAK
The Blue Bank 
René Boonekamp about
Hafnar.haus
Hafey Viktoría Hallgrímsdóttir about Fab Lab Reykjavík
Anna Marjankowska about East of Moon
Tanja Wohlrab-Ryan about Totel.ly

14:00 NETWORKING (FOYER)
Get a chance to talk to other participants, speakers, and entrepreneurs. Take part in Entrepreneurial Speed Dating with other participants (no registration, join at any time). Share your skills and needs at the Offers & Requests Exchange (register here).   

More information: viltubusiness@gmail.com

To join the event please
REGISTER HERE!

The event is organized
by ALO Ísland

thanks to grants from
the City of Reykjavík - Borgarsjóður and Miðborgarsjóður.

Production team: Emiliya Ivanova-Nikolova / Ewa Marcinek / Jessica LoMonaco / Jordi Cortes / Maria Basto / Marianne Ribes – Atfylgi Skrifstofu / Michael Godden / Michelle Bird – Courage & Creativity Iceland / Nathalia Bardales – Niba.is / Nathalia Cruz Wiium / Patrik Ontkovic /Tahera Asa – Chihil Dokhtaran / Tanja Wohlrab-Ryan – totel.ly / Tom Urban


Special thanks to
the French fine pastry shop
Sweet Aurora Reykjavík &
the electric scooter-sharing service
Hopp for the discount for those arriving at Bíó Paradís.