Welcome to Nordic Business Forum 2023
Here you will find guidelines and information for the accredited media attending the event.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Janica Niva
Content & Communications Specialist
janica.niva@nbforum.com
+358 40 531 2540
Please note: during the event days (27-28 Sept.), contact my colleague Laura Koskenrouta (Head of the Media Team) at +358 50 300 0895 with any media-related inquiries.
Practical Information
Press Passes and Access
Please collect your press badge upon arrival at the press check-in at the Southern entrance of the event venue, Messukeskus. Please carry your press badge and ID with you at the event at all times.
PLEASE NOTE that there is no press check-in at the Northern entrance!
In the seminar hall, accredited media can sit at any VIP seat. Our staff will also be there to help you find a seat.
If there are any changes to the names or number of representatives attending the event, please inform us as soon as possible.
Please note that this year we are not paying for parking for the media or any other event attendee. This decision was made to align with our sustainability policy, as we want to encourage the use of public transportation.
The Press Room and Food
We have a dedicated press room on the second floor of the event venue. You may use the press room for work and for storing your equipment. The live stream of the event will also be visible there. Additionally, our staff will always be close by to help or guide you.
The press pass includes lunch and snacks for both event days. You may eat lunch at the same buffets as our event guests at the networking area. During the other event breaks, you will find snacks in the press room. Coffee and tea will be available throughout the event in both the networking area and the press room.
Event Agenda and Speaker Interviews
You can find the up-to-date event agenda on the event website. Media representatives can participate in all of the main stage sessions—including VIP sessions.
We will not host press conferences, but many speakers have allocated some time for interviews. Many interview slots have already been booked, but for any additional interview requests, contact us at media@nbforum.com.
Photographing and Filming
The accredited press can take photos and record videos during the conference, but please note that you are not allowed to record, stream or broadcast full presentations. Broadcast cameras can be present in the seminar hall, but you can publish only 5 minutes of a session.
Please be considerate of the seminar audience and their view of the stage while taking photos and filming.
The seminar is also photographed by the event organizer. Feel free to use our pictures provided in this photo gallery.
Electricity sockets for press videographers can be found in the seminar hall (see the picture below).
Brella Event App
Just like the other event guests, you may download our Brella event app. You should have received a unique join link to set up your profile (sent from noreply@nbforum.fi). Through the app, you have easy access to relevant information (such as the agenda), but it also allows you to book meetings with our event guests. For more detailed instructions about using the Brella event app, check our event website.
Nordic Business Forum 2023
The 2023 conference is the 12th annual Nordic Business Forum. The main theme of the event is Be the Change. The speeches focus on the theme in the context of leadership, innovation, resilience, and artificial intelligence.
Attendees
The event gathers over 6,500 attendees from almost 50 different countries at Messukeskus. While most of the audience comes from Finland, hundreds of people are joining from the Baltics and Nordics. Also, there are people coming from many other countries, such as the UK, Germany, and Belgium.
NBForum 2023 attendee statistics
- Board member 6.6%
- CEO 14.1%
- Chairperson 1.9%
- Employee 10.8%
- Founder/Owner 7.2%
- Manager 32.5%
- Other C-level 20.4%
- Director 6%
The event will also be followed via live stream with an estimated 25,000 live stream viewers worldwide.
Speakers
- Tim Ferriss – Entrepreneur, Investor (Uber, Facebook, Duolingo..), Author of The 4-Hour Workweek and several other books
- Malala Yousafzai – World’s Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Activist for Female Education
- Patrick Lencioni – Team Management Expert, Co-Founder of The Table Group, Best-Selling Author
- Rebecca Henderson – Economist, Harvard Business School Professor, Author of Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
- Nicolai Tangen – CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Philanthropist
- Amy Webb – Quantitative Futurist, Advisor to World Leader’s, Author
- Jos de Blok – Founder and CEO of Buurtzorg, Pioneer in Healthcare Organization
- Maryna Saprykina – Sustainability Consultant & CEO at CSR Ukraine, Founder of Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurs Hub
- Mikko Hyppönen – Cyber security expert, CRO at WithSecure and advisor at F-Secure
- Scott Galloway – Serial entrepreneur, NYU Business School Professor
- Sheena Iyengar – Columbia Business School Professor, Researcher of the Psychology of Decision-making
- Mo Gawdat – Former Google [X] Chief Business Officer, AI-Expert
Sustainability
One of the core values of Nordic Business Forum is sustainability. We have taken sustainability into consideration in the production of our event. For example, our menu choices emphasize local and sustainable ingredients, 95% of our attendee lanyards are reused, and we try to choose the most sustainable option in production-related materials. In addition, Nordic Business Forum donates tree plants to compensate for the computational carbon footprint of the main event and has started an initiative to protect the biodiversity of forests. You can read more about our sustainability efforts here.
Students Working at the Event
Nordic Business Forum has been collaborating with Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences since 2014. Every autumn, we provide around 200 Haaga-Helia students with an opportunity to gain valuable work experience from our main event in Helsinki. This year we are also working with Laurea and Metropolia. The students gain 3 ETCS for their degree for working as temporary customer service staff and in other support roles at Nordic Business Forum, and they also receive payment for working the event days. You can read more about the cooperation here.
The Event Partners
We are incredibly grateful to all our partners for their support and commitment to making our events an unforgettable experience each year. Below is a list of our partners:
Main Partners: Oma SP, Polestar, Knowit
Partners: Grano, University of Jyväskylä, Scandic, Roschier, Village Works, Net Group, MySpeaker, VTT, Mediateko, PwC, Delingua, Antilooppi, Posti, Ramboll, Framery, WorldVision, Deloitte, ServiceNow, Staria
Media Partners: HS Visio, Delfi
About Nordic Business Forum
Purpose
Nordic Business Forum organizes annual business conferences that inspire leaders towards better leadership. We believe that inspiring and equipping business leaders who want to make the world a better place is a powerful way in which we can affect the whole society at large. We do what we do to empower leaders to change the world.
What makes Nordic Business Forum conferences so exceptional is the unique combination of people, knowledge, and experience. At the conference, the world’s best business experts help the attendees take their leadership skills and business to the next level. Through the community of diverse C-level leaders, attendees can make new connections and widen their networks. Finally, we take pride in offering an event experience like not other – an experience our participants will remember.
The Company and Its History
Nordic Business Forum was founded in December 2008 by Hans-Peter Siefen and Jyri Lindén. The first events were organized in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. The company headquarters is still located in Jyväskylä, but the main annual conference has been held in Helsinki since 2014.
Over the past few years, Nordic Business Forum has grown into Business Forum Group by acquiring a part of Oslo Business Forum in Norway and DenkProducties in the Netherlands. Therefore, besides the flagship event in Finland, the company organizes events in the Nordics and Benelux Countries. Nordic Business Forum conferences attract altogether over 10,000 attendees annually and tens of thousands of live stream viewers from all over the world, making Nordic Business Forum one of the most significant business conferences in the world. In recent years, the company has also arranged multiple online events and intensive courses.
The company has offices in Jyväskylä and Helsinki in Finland, in Tallinn, Estonia, in Oslo, Norway, and in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The co-founder of the company, Hans-Peter Siefen, operates as the CEO of the group (Business Forum Group). Since March 2022, Priit Liiv has been the Interim Managing Director of the Nordic Business Forum company.
Past Speakers
Nordic Business Forum is known for its extraordinary speakers. The list of past speakers includes prestigious names such as Barack Obama, Al Gore, Jack Welch, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arianna Huffington, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Wozniak, Ben Bernanke, George Clooney, Simon Sinek, and Brené Brown.